Posted on 10/22/2012 8:18:43 AM PDT by Kaslin
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: Does a bear do his business in the woods?
I still find it hard to understand just why our guys do not use a conservative in just one debate, just one is that asking too much?
Greta van Susteren would be a great moderator, in my opinion. She asks very good questions of her guests and actually lets them talk, and is pretty good with follow-up.
I don’t think she’s a conservative (more of a moderate), but she is fair and would ask more of each candidate.
The only question is, how many minutes less than Obama will Romney get to talk?
In all three debates so far, the Republican candidates have gotten minutes less floor time.
Will Schieffer show clear bias? In the vice-presidential debate, the moderator when out for Dunkin Donuts and came back ninety minutes later. In the second presidential debate, the moderator brought a chair into the ring and knocked out the Republican guy in tights. With her foot on Romney’s head while holding Obama’s hand up, she mouthed, “I’m not biased, honest!”
And then the media dutifully described the event as one where an unbiased moderator did her solemn duty, and the president just mopped the floor with the other guy.
I don’t know how he could do that with Crowley’s heel stuck in the side of Romney’s head, but then I digress.
Schieffer will be fluffing Obama the whole time.
He doesn't want to answer too many questions about the debate moderation.
The question of the day is who is going to take responsibility for Benghazi? My question is who in the GOP establishment is going to take responsibility for the debate moderators?
Bob Schieffer passed his sell-by date in 1996...
First question to His Excellency: The nobel committee awarded you a peace prize. Do you think they should give you another?
First question to Romney: Do you feel your outsourcing jobs to China when you were in charge of the rabidly capitalistic Bain capital helped US Foreign policy by weakening US manufacturing base and thereby lowering our employment leading to a drop in our national income?
Second question to his excellency: Do you agree Romney is more like George Bush or Ronald Reagan in his foreign policy approach that is kind of like robo diplomacy?
Second question to Romney: Aside from exporting jobs to China and interfering in serious discussions with Iran and Libia for political purposes, can you cite any beneficial foreign policy matters you have been involved with? BTW, you mission to France to avoid service in Vietnam does not count.
Folks it doesn’t matter... the debate tonight isn’t likely to change anything... Voters made up their minds in Denver.. will it sway some possibly, but is it going to change the momentum of the election? Nope.
Romney isn’t going to fall apart, and the best Obama can do with the moderator cheerleading for him is a draw.
Prediction.. Lowest number of viewers of all the debates, and media will try to spin an Obama win, while focus groups will agian swing Romney.
Romney isn’t going to fall apart and collapse, Obama needs a prop to simply stand up and its obvious to anyone who isn’t in the tank for him from the get go.
We conservatives have nobody looking out for us.
There are plenty of qualified moderators who would have been at least somewhat fair. We got 3 of the worst left wingers possible.
Yes we did. And as SickOfLibs said, someone had to agree to this. Either the Romney team or the RNC agreed to this, perhaps both.
Do you think the Democrats would have agreed to four FoxNews talking heads? Why does our team agree to it in reverse?
Answer: They’re not our team!
The citizens of this nation are being gamed, massively.
I expect him to be worse. Schieffer is a doddering old leftist fool. And a tool.
“Will Liberal Bob Schieffer Be the Next Candy Crowley?”
If he isn’t, it won’t be for lack of trying.
” Folks it doesn’t matter... the debate tonight isn’t likely to change anything..”
maybe not, but whoever in the RNC allowed 3 of the worst KNOWN left wingers to moderate these debates sure tried to do us in. how do you think the DNC would have responded if we submitted the following 4 people to moderate:
1) Britt Hume
2) Sean Hannity
3) Rush Limbaugh
4) Mike Savage
All of the above have won numerous broadcast awards, so their credentials would pose no problem....RIGHT ?
Moderators are not necessary. Just give them microphones activated by times.
Sorry but your list only has 1 person on it remotely qualified. #2,3 and 4 are commentary and entertainment people.
I would love to see Brit Hume moderate a debate. Frankly he was the only washington journalist I trusted back before he semi-retired.
#2-4 are no more going to moderate a debate, than Maher, Matthews or that Maddow.
” Sorry but your list only has 1 person on it remotely qualified. #2,3 and 4 are commentary and entertainment people.”
I was giving an example of the outrageousness of allowing only known leftists, moderate our debates. Brit is not the only person who would qualify, as you well know.
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