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April 28, 2008
Chat: Sen. Jack Reed on projo.com / Transcript

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The Rhode Island Democrat answers questions from projo.com readers during the online chat held today from The Providence Journal newsroom.
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed answered questions from projo.com readers ranging from what can be done about the high price of gas to the war of Iraq to increasing pressures on the middle class, during a live online chat at midafternoon today.
In answer to one of the questions, the Rhode Island Democrat acknowledged that he has not yet decided whom he will vote for as a superdelegate to the presidential campaign.
"I have not made a decision with respect to the candidacies of either Senator Clinton or Senator Obama," he said. "I am confident that both are eminently qualified to serve. I recognize that we should determine a nomination in the next several weeks in order to prepare for the fall campaign."
See more of what the Rhode Island Democratic senator had to say, in a transcript of the chat, hosted by Journal staff writer G. Wayne Miller.
As with all chats on projo.com, Reed was given the option of choosing the questions to answer. Answers were also be limited by the amount of time available.
The Rhode Island Democrat is the subject of a Journal profile by Miller and multimedia report, called "A Humble Path to Power." Click here to visit.
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Isn't Jack Reed up for re-election? This is absolutely laughable propoganda. A "humble" path to power? The media is completely controlled. Why do you not mention the millions of dollars Jack Reed receives in campaign contributions from banks that receive a huge profit off of the debt from the war, while Jack Reed votes to fund the war over and over? Your article and pathetic soft ball "Chat with Reed", where Reed conveniently gets to choose which questions he answers, is a pathetic display of the demise of the mainstream media. Why did your article on Sunday not mention Jack Reed's opposition this Septmeber, Christopher Young? In fact your article went so far as to outright lie and say Jack Reed has no opposition, even though I have read articles in the Warwick Beacon and Cranston Herald about Christopher Young's US Senate candidacy against Jack Reed, heard Chris numerous times on WPRO and WHJJ, and seen him in the Providence Business News and even your paper, where he was identified as a US Senate Candidate. It is well known that Chris Young is Jack Reed's opponent, so your pathetic and feeble attempt to thwart Young's candidacy by pretending it doesn't exist is an extremely poor reflection on The Providence Journal. For God's sake, Young got 11% of the vote for US Senate in 2006, beating Carl Sheeler, who spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to run. Gas prices are up 300% - why would anybody elect Jack Reed again???? When a newspaper dispenses with telling the news to the people, they become irrelevant. Your paper has become a blatant propoganda rag and not a source of news and information for Rhode Islanders. I have done my own research on Chris Young and will be voting for him in September against Jack Reed. I urge others to go to Chris' website www.wheretovote.com