Debate Night: Will Liberal Bob Schieffer Be the Next Candy Crowley?

NewsBusters.org ^ | October 22, 2012 | Rich Noyes

[rdb3]

It is actually a fairly reasoned act of assessing blame and placing it squarely where it belongs, for an entirely reasonable issue of concern.

I truly desire us to take the time to do just that. It only takes a second!

The pain you feel today is the strength you'll have tomorrow.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”If your intent was not what I thought it was, then I’m willing to apologize to you. I have no interest in treating people unfairly. I will take you at your word, and I am sorry I took your post the wrong way. Please forgive me for responding as I did.”

You comment referencing me prompted me to get up on the soapbox and make a general rant about my frustration with the R party.

I assumed you were complementing me so I sure wasnt trying to disagree :)

Hopefully Mitt will hit another home run tonight and I wont have to rant again tomorrow.

[doug from upland]

[Lancey Howard]

Bob Schieffer is a fossilized life-long Democrat who has absolutely no ability to think outside the Democrat template or to even understand that there is another side to the issues. He always seems confused to me.

Look for those pronounced facial expressions of confusion every time Romney offers a definitive conservative answer to anything. Those frequent looks of complete confusion are not just Bob Schieffer being cute - - they are genuine. You will see them, guaranteed.

[lentulusgracchus]

Watching PBS's coverage this afternoon, even Brooks is practically giving the election away -- oh, yeah, yeah, it's Obama, baby.

The MotS interviews feature people who want to talk about economic issues and the academic they interviewed predicted (Prepped, massaged) that the debate will leave foreign policy (a huge deficit for Obozo) and careen back to economic issues and rising employment (Barky's lies).

This MSM coverage is so crooked, its indictable.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks RDB3.

[DoughtyOne]

Okay great SickOfLibs. Thanks for your response.

The debate is over now, and frankly I wasn’t that impressed with Romney on first blush.

I actually walked in during the debate and caught it flat.

Then I started watching Obama, and by golly, the guy was pressing very hard. By contrast Romney seemed to be taking it all in stride. He looked poised and presidential.

Obama looked like he was looking for a place to deliver a knock-out punch, needed desperately to do it, and wasn’t getting there.

I’ll watch the whole think tomorrow, but the part I saw, Romney was the guy looking presidential, and Obama was the guy trying to prove he was presidential too, and seemingly failing.

Later.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Then I started watching Obama, and by golly, the guy was pressing very hard. By contrast Romney seemed to be taking it all in stride. He looked poised and presidential.
Obama looked like he was looking for a place to deliver a knock-out punch, needed desperately to do it, and wasn’t getting there.
I’ll watch the whole think tomorrow, but the part I saw, Romney was the guy looking presidential, and Obama was the guy trying to prove he was presidential too, and seemingly failing.”

I was posting a comment every 30 min or so during the debate to share my thoughts, but before bed my final summary was this: see #1079

I always want Romney to beat Obama up, but then I am not the mushy undecided woman in the swing state(who voted for Obama) who thinks I will learn something from the debates . However if Romney loses to Obama then he did us no favors by being so nice to Obama and talking about bipartisionship.

In typical Romney pattern he shot his wad on Libya attack in the last debate then dropped the entire subject this debate.
He had agreed with Obama on helping the rebels overthrow Qaddafi. Didnt Qaddafi give up his WMDs?
I guess Romney missed that FNC special this weekend or he was scared that O had info that could blow up anything he said about it.

[DoughtyOne]

I think it would have been very effective if Romney would have looked down and shaken his head when Obama was lying or acting the fool. That semi-simpering smile on his face for long periods didn’t help. I will admit it sort of reminded me of someone on meds that keep you very happy.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”I think it would have been very effective if Romney would have looked down and shaken his head when Obama was lying or acting the fool. That semi-simpering smile on his face for long periods didn’t help. I will admit it sort of reminded me of someone on meds that keep you very happy”

LOL,

The problem is he kept it up, on and off, for two hours.

Yes, I think a non-dramatic slowly shake his head would have worked.

The dreamy smily got old fast.