Gusciora was unable to make the Hannity and Colmes show, so my own Assemblyman Michael Panter stepped up instead. He did well; he held his own, and didn't get too flustered when they refused to let him speak or insisted he go off topic by pushing Cindy Sheehan quotes for him to react to. He wasn't able to make too many comments, because it doesn't pay for Hannity or Coulter to let him finish anything he says, but he did get a few good quotes in:
Panter to Coulter: "None of them has a book for sale. YOU have a book for sale." After Coulter went off the deep end, baselessly insisting several times that Panter wanted to burn her book, Panter stated "Your hyperbole is exciting, but no one is calling to burn your book." When they tried to throw partisanship at him, he reminded them that Republican Rep. Chris Smith had brought the 9/11 widows to Washington.
They called him a no-name politician from Jersey, and Hannity even pulled the insulting trick of calling him "Mr. Politician" instead of using his real name. Well, some of us here in Jersey sure know his name, and after watching him stick up for these women while in the lion's den of wickedly slanted "journalism," I'm glad that I do.
Colmes did what he does best- kept his mouth shut 95% of the time, then made an inappropriate comment at the end about burning Coulter's book to keep warm next winter. Lovely.
UPDATE 2PM TUE. JUNE 13TH: Here's the video. Yes, you have to go to Fox News to get it- maybe you should wait until you're about to take a shower anyway.
Here's the PoliticsNJ poll as to who won the debate. As of right now, Panter's got it. Not that we're biased here in Jersey...
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