David Kranz, the dean of South Dakota political reporters, has been scheduled as the moderator for the KELO-Land TV debate on October 11th. Kranz, of course, has been a shill for Daschle since their college days together in 1968 at SDSU, when Daschle was president of the Political Science Club and Kranz was his publicity chairman. Kranz wrote one of his very first laudatory articles about Daschle in the SDSU Collegian under the headline "Daschle was workhorse for political convention." Below is a picture of the article:
In and of itself, this article is not a big deal. But when you examine the article with the gloss of history, it is compelling evidence that Kranz is too closely linked to Daschle to be a fair and impartial moderator for a debate in the biggest Senate race in the country. The gloss of history I'm referring to is, among other things, the four "Bombshell Memos" that indisputably document Kranz to have actively worked behind the scenes to promote Democratic political figures in this state in his capacity as a "journalist." You can view the "Bombshell Memos" HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE.
Kranz's impartiality can be legitimately questioned. Is it really a good idea to have someone with such a long history of shilling for Democratic political figures while posing as a journalist moderating a debate between his old friend and John Thune?
Remember that the people who are presently running Daschle's campaign had local television anchor Mitch Krebs pulled from a debate in 2002 because he was MC at a GOP event. The same standard should be applied to Kranz.
Should Kranz be the moderator for this debate, it will be a nice reunion--from 1968-2004, shilling for Daschle.
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