Posted on 08/13/2012 3:09:24 PM PDT by Lakeshark
I was appalled, although not surprised, to read the just announced list of moderators for the forthcoming presidential debates: Jim Lehrer of PBS, Candy Crowley of CNN, Bob Schieffer of CBS, and Martha Raddatz of ABC (VP debate).
All liberals from liberal news organizations. Not even a token representative from Fox or the Wall Street Journal – not in the moderator seat anyway.
Don’t we live in a democracy? Or is this Syria or Egypt where its new Islamist president just wrested power from the military?
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But there is something we can do about it even at this late date: protest and protest loudly. In this manner, we highlight the bogus quality of the debates. Even if our candidates perform better than the opposition, continue the protest. They can talk about the economy. We can still protest the bias.
Demand the moderators be removed even if they are not. As Churchill told us, never, ever give up. Someone might even be listening. And that someone is the American people.
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It’s never good when the guys working on your opponents campaign are going to moderate the debates...:(
Congrats.
Slimeball.
The primary debate on November 22 was excellent with questions coming from people selected by Heritage and AEI. Wolf Blitzer was a great moderator, spreading the time around and asking appropriate followups. Watched it from the floor then caught some of the rebroadcast when we got home.
The best presidential debate I have ever seen was Alan Alda and Jimmy Smits on The West Wing. That’s probably the only episode I ever watched - great television and a great hint to the Debate Commission.
The network execs said “I mean, get us the first mainstream African-American woman who is articulate and bright and clean and a a nice lookin’ lady. Like, we’ll get her a real storybook to study before hand, and then maybe we’ll give her a man.”
I wondered aloud why they didn’t just go ahead and appoint the ‘moderators’ as Ed Shultz, Keef Olbermann, and ‘Tingles’ Matthews.
Thanks for the ping!
I was one of the several thousand people who thought the list was a joke!...because it is a joke!
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