Posted on 10/03/2008 6:33:48 AM PDT by ImphClinton
Ifill was selling books at the debate.
Ifill got dirty quickly anouncing rules then breaking them herself on the very first question giving no followup time for it.
She only enforced “rules” against Palin throughout. Actually she cut off Palin too early breaking her own rules each time.
At 12:55 Palin anounces she will answer Bidens attack at 13:39 Ifill cuts off Palin off. She in hurting Biden so Ifill breaks the rule completely cutting her of after only 45 seconds abruptly and nasty as any woman ever. “Now let’s move on here”. Boy was Biden smiling as Ifill slapped down Palin.
Ifill then asked a really bad question acussing McCain of hurting the poor by taking their insurance away. Saying employers would cancel $12,000 policies rather than pay taxes on it, employees would then need to use their new $5,000 credit to buy worse insurance. While helping Biden play the class warfare card against McCain.
From 17:50 through 19:30 Biden drones on 100 seconds and is awarded first on next question. Why was he not cut off like Sarah? Need I ask.
Later on (32:30) Biden is doing very badly lamely defending his no coal in America statement, he goes on for 100 seconds whereupon Ifill tries to help him out with a new question of Sarah. Sarah speaks for 70 seconds she is destroying Biden Ifill again cuts off Palin off (remember Biden just got 100 seconds) to help Biden for the next 55 seconds she helps Biden out of the hole jumping in with help as needed.
54:50 Palin is destroying Biden on the Iraq and Afganistan war. Ifill awards Biden a full 120 seconds. But it doesn’t help much so Ifill tries to help Biden by correcting his mistakes in a question to Sarah who gets 45 seconds. Ifill then gives Biden an extra question he drones on 100 seconds but is not cut off like Palin was (he is doing poor but OK).
At 69:10 Biden ask can I respond? Ifill answers very sweetly “Please” (break the rules again). Thankfully Sarah didn’t give Ifill a chance to cut her off this time by speaking up loudly and quickly the instant Biden stopped.
On the next question they joked a little. Ifill was somewhat fair for the last 20 minutes.
I would imaging that Biden most likely got a two or three more minutes total time than Sarah. I was adding it up but it was to close for this to be an obvious example of bias. In the last 20 minutes Sarah got to respond then answer and made up some time. Maybe Ifill was trying to be fair during the last 20 minutes.
I was personally fond of at the end when she talked to Biden and was telling him how great he and Obama were doing.
It is questionable whether it was announced before the debate commission received their information. Other than in some rags devoted to the industry where it was know.
But the Commission it self said it was a conflict of interest and she did not inform them and should have. She was also conveniently unavailable to them prepping for the debate.
If they can’t find an objective moderator from amongst the media, they should just go to the phone book or do townhall. Last night was an obvious affirmative action pick and blatantly biased. Worse, it was known ahead of time and allowed to go on anyway.
On Fox News there was. Briefly, by Brit Hume, BEFORE the nominees came onto the stage. “her forthcoming book”. That’s it, IIRC.
Dems would never object if Rush or Hannity moderated a debate in order to jack up book sales. /s
If the Commission really thought it was a conflict of interest, they would have made an announcement about Ifill's upcoming book at the beginning and end of the debate. Nothing needed to be said other than the title and the publication date.
I was curious if they did so. But, I wasn't expecting it.
How could they have made this announcement. Only Ifill talked and she wouldn’t answer the commissions calls.
They did post on their site it was a conflict.
I refuse to believe there was no representative of the Debate Commission in St. Louis.
Someone should have walked on the stage before the debate and made the announcement.
And then done the same at the end of the debate.
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