Posted on 10/17/2012 5:15:10 PM PDT by Nachum
A focus group of media professionals convened by Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly burst into a heated yelling match on Wednesday during a discussion of CNN anchor Candy Crowley’s performance as the moderator of the second presidential debate.
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Several of the Republican focus group participants said that they believed Crowley’s fact checking was inappropriate, both because she was supposed to be the impartial moderator and because the fact that she checked was debatable.
Media writer and entrepreneur Carol Roth said that it was “clear that she was the third debater” during the town hall-style debate. “If we wanted somebody who was a surrogate or somebody who was a pundit, they should have clearly said this was her role,” said Roth. “But her role was to moderate, and she didn’t do that in an effective way.”
Democratic pollster Bernard Whitman disagreed, however, saying that Crowley was an exemplary moderator and “did a great job pushing back against a bully” in Mitt Romney. “It’s sort of amazing that in the face of a relatively poor performance by Romney, all we are talking about is the moderator Candy Crowley.”
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Bernard Whitman is one of the most moronic slimeballs on Fox’ payroll. He’s a bitter hack who no doubt fantasizes about Candy Crowley. Any article containing his commentary should be flagged with a barf alert.
We used to put people like this in Asylums... and we need to build Asylums and the start using them again. These people are dangerous if left in society.
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” Several of the Republican focus group participants said that they believed Crowley’s fact checking was inappropriate, both because she was supposed to be the impartial moderator and because the fact that she checked was debatable. “
It wasn’t debatable, it was a bare-faced lie. Crowley and Obama coordinated it. Crowley is on record disagreeing with Axelrod on it, regarding Obama. This whole thing is a fraud, and Romney should exploit it!
He’s a freakin’ pillow bitter. He probably dates Shephard Smith.
Just posted this on another thread but can someone enlighten me?
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From transcript:
ROMNEY: I want to make sure we get that for the record because it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in Benghazi an act of terror.
OBAMA: Get the transcript.
CROWLEY: It — it — it — he did in fact, sir. So let me — let me call it an act of terror…
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Obama knew that Candy had that transcript. He turned and walked toward her whe he said “Get the transcript”. How did he know she had it and why did she have it? It’s like they combed their archives to find some place where he called it terror and both Candy & Obama came prepared to defend that.
Is that why she stuttered and tried to get out of it? Would also expain that stupid remark she made about the words being out of her mouth before she could stop herself since the words were actually pulled out of her mouth by Obama.
Goodness forbid that anyone be allowed to "bully" the President of the United States on a debate stage.
Does anyone remember that Popeye episode where Bluto has got Popeye right where he wants him, and Popeye can't reach his can of Spinich.
The camera draws back and breaks the "forth wall." You're seeing Popeye on a theater screen, watching the show with a bunch of other kids. A kid behind you jumps up and yells out "Don't worry Popeye, I'll save you!" and throws a can of spinich (he just happens to have with him) at the screen.
Back in the cartoon, Popeye catches the vital can, tears the top off... and events take their normal course.
That's what I think of when I hear about these left-wing "journalists." Don't worry Barack! I'll save you! That's their fantasy and their dream.
Won't hold my breath waiting for one.
The `undecideds`that were chosen through out Dem talking points disguised as questions ala the `Bush ruined everything`question.
obama the bully talked a lot and said very little. Aleister, oops, I mean Candy Crowley, the myopic mendacious masticator for the mindless mendicants maneuvered him through his meandering maundering.
And Romney won.
The whole event was a staged fraud.
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Bernard Whitman is a Democratic Party political pollster and strategist in the United States. He makes regular appearances on Fox News, and has appeared as a commentator and strategist on CNN, MSNBC and CNBC.
He is the author of 52 Reasons To Vote For Obama and has been a pollster to political candidates such as Bill Clinton and Michael Bloomberg, as well as international clients.
Ya think?
I’m perversely happy the left is doubling down by coming out so far into the open by favoring one guy:
The end result will be they’ll SPEED UP the destruction of the entire left-wing media apparatus. That’s IF our guy wins, and....yeah, I think he will.
Four years ago CNN prime-time was 4 million and now it’s, what...? 400,000...?
Hey, hire a partisan moderator and get partisan behavior? Gee, who’d a thunk it?
“The whole event was a staged fraud.”
Isn’t it peculiar that Candy Crowley had that particular transcript in front of her at that particular moment? (and if she didn’t, why did she act as if she did?)
If you give it some thought, you’ll all agree the thing was coordinated between the WH and CNN.
And their dates take place in adjoining stalls.
Megyn Kelly can be a tiger when she’s angry
I didn’t think of it that way but you make an excellent point!
Just like they knew the question was coming and wanted proof on hand!
Nice catch!
I watched it again and every time Romney was making a good point like obama’s chinese investments or drilling, or even fast and furious you can see obama raise his finger and motion to Crowley to which she woudl but in and help obama and even on the Libya qestion as soon as Crowley butted in obama’s wife started the clapping.
The questions like AK 47’s
womens pay
are you like Bush and it was Bush fault for the last 4 years were all scams and a set up.
Never in my life time have I ever seen such a bitter bias rude debate.
The questions picked, whio the hell is talking about AK47’s?
Like the misses said why is it that the Dems think us women want others to pay for our pills and contraception or even abortion
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