I was hoping this would happen. Maybe they can get Britt Hume.
Punishment is good....
Yay! Kudos to Jim Baker!
Ooohh! How delicious.
White House going for the throat.
Ain't going to happen. The debates are set.
Three debates,
Sep 30 Florida....Subject: Iraq and homeland security
Oct 8 Missouri... Town hall style (Can't believe he agreed to this)
Oct 13 Arizona Subject: Domestic issues
VP debate: Oct 5 Ohio
This is very nice, if true.
Of course, otherwise, bush gets a bye on any question asked.
Oh, since you dont have the memo on my iraq plan....
It's about time!
Great! I hope they stick to their guns.
A moderator shouldn't be so biased that he is willing to overlook obvious forgeries to attack one side.
Yeah!
LONG OVERDUE, imho.
CBS should NEVER have been close to the debates in the first place!
Anybody watching the Bloviator? I think Laura Ingraham kicked him hard enough where it counts, that he now remembers who brought him to the dance. NOOOOOOWWWW, suddenly he notices the elite media bias against the swift vets - and hits Rather with the forgeries, albeit with a heavily cushioned boxing glove. Anybody else see this?
Bobby Boy Schieffer is as biased as is Gungha Dan. Good riddance.
Confession absent contrition is a no go. CBS is not contrite. Schiefer loses.
Nice shot across the bow. Way to go Mr. Baker.
It's about time. CBS can no longer be trusted.
Before everyone gets excited, they could just be making a point. If CBS still moderates a debate don't be surprised.
It's good either way. They are pointing out CBS is suspect. If CBS still moderates a debate they will be under scrutiny in a way no other organization would be.
Schieffer Flashback:
http://www.mrc.org/cyberalerts/2004/cyb20040823.asp
Probed Bush Guard Record, But Now Want Bush to Condemn Swift Ads
On the first Face the Nation after President Bush's Air National Guard service became a big media scandal in February, CBS's Bob Schieffer focused on the substance, demanding to know what recently released records revealed. He did not demand that the Kerry team condemn the pursuit of the issue or DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe for accusing Bush of being "AWOL" and, in fact, his co-host, Time's Karen Tumulty, outlined how the subject helped the Kerry campaign in its denigration of Bush character. But a bit more than six months later, on the first Face the Nation after the broadcast networks finally got around to the charges from the anti-Kerry Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Schieffer and his co-host, the Boston Globe's Nina Easton, didn't care about the substance of Kerry's record as both instead demanded to know why President Bush hadn't condemned the group's ads. Easton was more concerned about Kerry's plight, noting he had "finally" condemned the ads. She still worried: "Do you think he waited too long? Do you think the damage has already been done?"
The February 15 Face the Nation didn't feature any elected officials as the program started with a session on gay marriage with Dr. James Dobson. Later, with Tumulty and Boston Globe reporter Walter Robinson, Schieffer cited the "dramatic release late on a Friday night of these hundreds of pages of records" by the White House and he asked Robinson: "Did you find anything new in those records?" Schieffer soon pressed Robinson on Bush's 30-year-old records: "What has all this turned up? Was the President not at these Guard meetings? Is there actual proof of that? Or is it we just don't know what happened here?"
Tumulty chimed in with an approving assessment of how the Bush Guard story helps Kerry advance his denigration of Bush: "They're also trying to draw the contrast the way they want it drawn. Their apparent nominee is a man who, although he opposed the war, went to Vietnam and served. President Bush supported the war and went into the National Guard at a time when it was a near guarantee you wouldn't have to go to Vietnam. I think that this is the contrast that the Democrats are going to want to ride on this very important issue of character."
But on Sunday's Face the Nation, the CBS team wasn't interested in how the anti-Kerry ads may help Bush. Instead, co-host Nina Easton of the Boston Globe worried about how the ads hurt Kerry as she vexed to Democratic Senator Carl Levin, who came aboard with Republican Senator Pat Roberts primarily to discuss reorganization of the intelligence agencies, about how Kerry "finally issued a harsh condemnation and suggested the Bush campaign was behind these attacks. Do you think he waited too long? Do you think the damage has already been done?"
Easton turned to Republican Senator Pat Roberts and demanded: "Why doesn't the Bush White House condemn the ads? Why doesn't President Bush condemn those ads?" Schieffer picked up on Easton's point, and pressed Roberts about how "every time somebody asks an official, from President Bush right on down, they give this very carefully crafted answer. They say, 'we condemn all these ads,' but they will not condemn this ad specifically. Why is that?"
In the second segment on the August 22 show, Schieffer and Easton interviewed Kerry's two daughters. Schieffer's first inquiry to them: "All of us wonder what is it like to be out there when you hear these attacks on your dad? How do you handle that?"
Bet you it is because of this....
CBS' Bob Schieffer:
"I did my closing commentary on Face the Nation on these new polls that are out that show that George Bush has opened up a nine point lead over Kerry and I noted that it is really unusual and that most of the indicators in the polls, most people think that the country is gong in the wrong direction. Most people are worried about the economy and there is a plurality that believes that George Bush is handling the Iraq war in the wrong way."
CBS' Bob Schieffer:
What's happened at the White House??? They're actually acting like they don't enjoy being slapped around, kicked and spit on anymore. About frikkin' time...