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Current Events => Politics => Topic started by: Kyle Ricky on August 13, 2012, 04:31:43 PM
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They announced the Presidential debate moderators today. And yes, they are all liberal (and in bed with obama). Not one conservative moderator, again.
First presidential debate:
Jim Lehrer, Executive Editor of the PBS NewsHour
Wednesday, October 3, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Vice presidential debate:
Martha Raddatz, Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent, ABC News
Thursday, October 11, Centre College, Danville, KY
Second presidential debate (town meeting):
Candy Crowley, Chief Political Correspondent, CNN and Anchor, CNN's State of the Union
Tuesday, October 16, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Third presidential debate:
Bob Schieffer, Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News and Moderator, Face the Nation
Monday, October 22, Lynn University, Boca Raton, FL
It is going to be stacked against both Romney and Ryan. Then when is it not normal to have them stacked against the Republicans.
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Did ya expect anything else?
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So it's the same bunch of corpses and shills as last time. :yawn:
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Candy Crowley was on CNN over the weekend blasting Ryan, saying that he is a terrible VP pick. And they are having her as a moderator? WTH!?!?!???!? Everyone knows where her mind is. She is biased, and should not be there.
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Fox isn't involved in the debates at all? :argh:
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Fox isn't involved in the debates at all? :argh:
I am happy that MSNBC isn't.
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Did ya expect anything else?
I thought the same thing.
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Fox isn't involved in the debates at all? :argh:
I'd love to see 0bama on faux.
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I'd love to see 0bama on faux.
You will never see obama on Fox. Mostly for the fact that they won't kiss his ass like he MSM does.
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The campaigns need to start choosing 2 moderators each.
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The campaigns need to start choosing 2 moderators each.
Good idea.
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Good idea.
No idea why Romney didn't suggest it.
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No idea why Romney didn't suggest it.
Because Romney , unlike Obama, is a real man , who doesn't resort to mudslinging, is going to stay on topic, and verbally attack the issues at hand..
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I do not understand why Repub Presidential candidates do not insist on a balance of media types. Makes no sense to me. What I would like Romney to do when asked stupid or slanted questions is do what Newt did and blast the moderator. That worked for Newt in SC and voters do not like unfairness.
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I REALLY can't wait to hear Paul Ryan take apart Crazy Uncle Joe!! It'll be almost as entertaining as Cheney/Edwards but with less blood.
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Tho Obama administration has been such a dismal failure at everything that it's going to be hard for the moderators to pick a subject that favors Obama/Biden.
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Who sets up the debates and decides who the moderators are?
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Who sets up the debates and decides who the moderators are?
I'm not sure, but they were saying that they had over 100,000 people sign a petition to get woman on there, which is why they chose Candy Crowley. I am guessing the one of the requirements is to be a liberal though. Looking at the past couple of Presidential debates leads me to believe that.
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Well I did a little looking around and found my answer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_on_Presidential_Debates
The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) began in 1987 by the Democratic and Republican parties to establish the way that presidential election debates are run between candidates for President of the United States. The Commission is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) corporation as defined by Federal US tax laws,[1] whose debates are sponsored by private contributions from foundations and corporations.[2]
The Commission sponsors and produces debates for the United States presidential and vice presidential candidates and undertakes research and educational activities relating to the debates. The organization, which is a nonprofit corporation controlled by the Democratic and Republican parties, has run each of the presidential debates held since 1988. The Commission has moderated the 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 debates. Prior to this, the League of Women Voters moderated the 1976, 1980, 1984 debates before it withdrew from the position as debate moderator with this statement after the 1988 Presidential debates: "the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter." The Commission was then taken over by the Democratic and Republican parties forming today's version of the CPD.
The Commission is headed by Frank Fahrenkopf, a former head of the Republican National Committee, and former Massachusetts Senator Paul Kirk, a former head of the Democratic National Committee. Under the leadership of these two former heads of party, the CPD established a rule that for a party to be included in the national debates it must garner at least 15% support across five national polls. This rule is considered controversial as most Americans tune in to the televised national debates and hear only the opinions of two parties instead of the 10 or so parties that are actually running for President of the United States.
Washington University in St. Louis has been selected by the Commission to host more Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates than any institution in history.[3]
But it still makes no sense why all the moderators are liberals if the commission that picks them are supposed to be from both parties.
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You were expecting Rush to be one? :???:
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You were expecting Rush to be one? :???:
I would have accepted Brit Hume or Bret Baier. Almost all sane democratics agree those two are fair .
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I would have accepted Brit Hume or Bret Baier. Almost all sane democratics agree those two are fair .
My thoughts exactly...
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Candy Crowley was on CNN over the weekend blasting Ryan, saying that he is a terrible VP pick. And they are having her as a moderator? WTH!?!?!???!? Everyone knows where her mind is. She is biased, and should not be there.
She is the opposite of her name. Especially if you were to add the adjective "Eye".