The Democrat's YouTube-fueled debate last week featured talking snowmen, marriage-minded lesbians, and a guy who cradled an automatic weapon in his arms and called it "my baby." But the Republican version may feature little more than the lonely sound of crickets. Though John McCain, Ron Paul, and Tommy Thompson have signed on to be interrogated by the viral videophiles on September The Democrat’s YouTube-fueled debate last week featured talking snowmen, marriage-minded lesbians, and a guy who cradled an automatic weapon in his arms and called it “my baby.” But the Republican version may feature little more than the lonely sound of crickets.Though John McCain, Ron Paul, and Tommy Thompson have signed on to be interrogated by the viral videophiles on September 17, putative front runners Mitt Romney and Rudy Guiliani have not. At first, Romney pooh-poohed the format, claiming that answering questions from Frosty the Global Warming Challenged Snowman wasn’t dignified enough.Democrats gleefully accused them of passing the buck-buck-buck-baGACK and laying a big egg in front of a generation of Net-savvy voters. Right-wing bloggers and political consultants started SaveTheDebate.com, begging the candidates to stop hiding under the covers and face the Web cam. (Today, according to a blog entry in the Washington Post, Romney says he might participate after all, if debate organizers move the event so he can clear up some scheduling conflicts. No word yet from the other 37 Republican hopefuls.)Then again, maybe their concerns run a little deeper. According to a story in the Chicago Tribune, Romney seems to think YouTube is actually MySpace:“YouTube is a website that allows kids to network with one another and make friends and contact each other,” Romney explained. “YouTube looked to see if they had any convicted sex offenders on their web site. They had 29,000.” Snowmen and perverts — the scourge of the Internet. Who wouldn’t be scared? Are you afraid of YouTube? Reveal your darkest fears below or email them to me here. Scariest stories may qualify for some nonpartisan swag. Software DevelopmentSmall and Medium Business