Conason gets the debate moderator Putney to answer questions about the Florida Debate:
Michael Putney says that's just ridiculous. "Let me be absolutely clear about this: neither candidate had advance knowledge of either the questions or the names of the citizens asking them," he replied to my questions in an email this morning. And he has an alternatefront of the candidates, but not visible on any camera, the director would cue up the next questioner and freeze it--with the 'super' line with the questioner's name beneath it. My guess is that Gov. Bush looked up and saw the name 'Fran' and her face on the monitor and inadvertently used it rather than 'Sylvia.' Big deal, right? The McBride campaign is desperately trying to find a conspiracy where none exists."
Reasonable explanation, perhaps, though for the record I (nor Dedalus) have nothing to do with the McBride campaign. And, Putney's contempt for McBride comes out pretty clearly in that statement, unsurprisingly.
