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RNC Chairman Unloads on "Unprofessional Display" of CNBC, Moderators
townhall.com ^ | 10-28-2015 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 10/28/2015 11:25:45 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

Boulder, Colo. - If you watched tonight's GOP presidential debate held at the University of Colorado and hosted by CNBC, you may have noticed the moderators acted more like a Democrat attack team than journalists asking questions about policy. 

Shortly after the debate ended, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus took to the spin room to slam the outlet, saying the network should be ashamed of their performance. 

"I was proud of our candidates for standing up to a pretty hostile environment. I was very disappointed in the moderators. I'm disappointed in CNBC. I thought maybe they would bring forward a pretty fair forum here tonight but I think it was one gotcha question, one personal low blow after the other," Priebus said. "All I can tell you is that while I'm proud of our candidates for pretty much sticking together, I'm very disappointed in the moderators and I'm very disappointed in CNBC."

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To: Citizen Zed
Reince N' Repeat. The Wisconsin Wing of the GOP-e/USCofC (yes, I'm being partially redundant) has a proclivity for making the lamest, most asinine after-the-fact arguments imaginable (see: Paul Ryan). Reince, are you really shocked ("Shocked, I tell you!") that CNBC moderators would be "unprofessional?" If so, then you are incompetent. If you are not shocked, but only pretending to be, then you take everyone for fools with crap like this. Assuming that the public consists of fools is not a bad bet, but when enough of of the suckers eventually catch on and stop playing the game, you are going to need better material.

Mr. niteowl77

41 posted on 10/29/2015 4:42:12 AM PDT by niteowl77 ("The truth is that this thing is not worth fixing up anymore.")
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To: Citizen Zed

Reince Priebus - The mouse that roared.


42 posted on 10/29/2015 4:48:22 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: dennisw
Reince Priebus - The mouse that roared.

Because he stupidly stuck his head in the mousetrap and took the bait.

43 posted on 10/29/2015 5:04:25 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: Citizen Zed
CNBC hasn't learned. I accidently had them on this morning while I showered, since I hadn't changed the TV after the debate ended. I couldn't change the channel without getting the floor wet, so I was stuck with it for a few minutes. All they had on was some retired liberal congresscritter "analyzing" the debate performance of each candidate. To me, there is absolutely nothing more irrelevant than what some washed up liberal hack thinks of conservative presidential candidates.
44 posted on 10/29/2015 5:28:46 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: Citizen Zed

Did their hitting the Lame Stream Media mods hurt your feelings?


45 posted on 10/29/2015 5:41:09 AM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: Citizen Zed

I think what the RNC chairman is most worried about is that the candidates are about to turn on him if he keeps getting stupid people to moderate these debates....

Why don’t they have someone like Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, someone that knows what they are talking about...these moderators so far are like ‘hit men’....

We want to know things about these candidates..not every one can sit down to a site like this, and research and find things out that the lying media won’t tell you....


46 posted on 10/29/2015 5:46:31 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 (I have such happy days, and hope you do too!!!)
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To: Citizen Zed

They don’t call you the Stupid Party for nothing, Priebus! You planned this, you sanctioned it. Stop letting the Left make a monkey out of you!


47 posted on 10/29/2015 6:10:27 AM PDT by jch10 (Hillary in the Big House, not the White House .)
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To: Chainsawj
"If Trump hadn’t bashed the press so badly from the very beginning NOBODY, except MAYBE Cruz, would have said ANYTHING tonight and certainly not the ‘rnc chairman’.'

I was thinking the same thing. I think they all did a good job handling the "moderators" but it never would have happened if Trump hadn't taken on Megyn from the first debate.

Of course, nobody will give credit to Trump for this change.

Imagine how the last election would have been if Mitt had stood up to Candy like this.

48 posted on 10/29/2015 6:19:11 AM PDT by Amntn
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To: jch10

Rinse is a leftis. He does thier work. Uni-party rules.


49 posted on 10/29/2015 6:22:12 AM PDT by Romans Nine
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To: Jeff Chandler

zackly!!


50 posted on 10/29/2015 6:37:30 AM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (WTF? How Karl Rove and the Establishment Lost...Again (Amazon Best Seller))
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To: X-spurt

Too much time was spent complaining about the atmosphere. That’s what the mods wanted. Too bad every candidate gave them satisfaction. Whining Republicans get fewer votes.


51 posted on 10/29/2015 6:39:54 AM PDT by Citizen Zed ("Freedom costs a buck o five" - Gary Johnston, TAWP)
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To: Citizen Zed

Who selected the CNBC to moderate the debates?

Reince Priebus

Another jacka$$ from the GOPe trying to regain some credibility.

WAKE UP STUPID!


52 posted on 10/29/2015 6:57:15 AM PDT by JayAr36 (How much more corruption will we willing to take from the Washington???????)
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To: Citizen Zed

Is Priebus that dense????? What did he expect???? It is C-NBC, for gosh sakes!!!!

The RNC, GOP, Republican Party MUST find a way to circumvent the 4 networks -- NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN -- and get their OWN moderators, even if they have to BUY 2 hours on each of the networks and have THEIR OWN format/moderators.

Quit letting THEM set the agenda, format, questions, moderators.

Most viewers are wanting to find out where each candidate stands on the issues, not a cage match to see which candidate helps the media the most in destroy another candidate.
53 posted on 10/29/2015 7:16:29 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Citizen Zed

Let’s see, who got the candidates into that hot mess at CNBC? Why I believe it was you Rience.


54 posted on 10/29/2015 8:15:33 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Citizen Zed

too late rince

DEBATE WINNER(s): Cruz, Trump, Carson, Rubio, Christie

DEBATE LOSER (s): CNBC mods, The media, Jeb Bush, Kasich, Hillary, Carly, The American people who had to watch this horrible media bias instead of what could have been a much better debate

DEBATE NON STARTERS: Huck, Paul, Carly


55 posted on 10/29/2015 8:17:16 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Citizen Zed

Again you are wrong on both.


56 posted on 10/29/2015 2:08:47 PM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: JayAr36

There is no TV network good enough for the debates.


57 posted on 10/29/2015 5:50:36 PM PDT by Citizen Zed ("Freedom costs a buck o five" - Gary Johnston, TAWP)
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