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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Carl on October 16, 2012, 06:47:07 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021551254
KoKo (66,513 posts)
Crowley part of a team that "Pre-Selected" questions from an audience selected by "Gallup Org."
Candy Crowley will disregard debate agreement on Tuesday
By Alicia M. Cohn - 10/16/12 01:56 PM ET
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CNN's Candy Crowley, the moderator of Tuesday night’s presidential debate, plans to disregard the rules the campaigns signed on to and wield more control in the conversation between President Obama and Mitt Romney.
Tuesday night’s debate at Hofstra University in New York, the second presidential showdown, will be a townhall organized around audience questions. The Obama and Romney campaigns agreed in advance on rules specific to the town-hall format that rule out “follow up questions†and “comment†by the moderator.
But Crowley never signed such an agreement, and told CNN in an interview on Tuesday that she plans on "facilitating a discussion" by asking follow-up questions and pressing when necessary for a response.
"They will call on Alice and Alice will stand up and ask a question. Both candidates will answer, and then there's time for a follow-up question, facilitating a discussion, whatever you want to call it," she explained. "So if Alice asks oranges, and someone answers apples, there's time to go, 'But Alice asked oranges; what's the answer to that?' Or, 'Well, you say this, but what about that?' "
The campaigns agreed on the rules of the debate in cooperation with the recommendations of the Commission on Presidential Debates. That agreement, obtained by Time’s Mark Halperin earlier this week, includes specifics regarding the town-hall debate that limit the role of the moderator from rephrasing questions, coaching questioners or opening a new topic, as well as barring the moderator from asking follow-up questions or commenting on either questions or answers given by the candidates.
The campaigns raised concerns earlier this week that Crowley might not plan to abide by the limits of the agreement. Lawyers for both Obama’s and Romney’s campaign sent letters to the Commission on Presidential Debates asking that the commission clarify Crowley’s role ahead of Tuesday night’s event.
Crowley is part of a team that pre-selected the questions to be asked by the audience at the debate. The audience was selected by the polling organization Gallup.
More at......
http://thehill.com/video/campaign/262295-tuesdays-debate-moderator-confirms-plan-to-ask-follow-up-questions
DonCoquixote (4,369 posts)
1. In other words
We know what uniform candy will wear, and it will NOT be a referree's.
Tell us. ::)
still_one (28,636 posts)
4. The president will do just fine. We have the issues on our sides. We will win both the election
andelection and debate on the issues
:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:
OldDem2012 (602 posts)
5. Crowley is a snake in the grass. You can bet she won't treat the debate fairly. nt.
LonePirate (1,314 posts)
6. I think the foreign policy questions should be scrapped
I think the vast majority of Americans do not rank Libya, Syria or Afghanistan very highly on their priorities list. Outsourcing to China and India are the closest topics to foreign policy which I want discussed tonight.
Guess again.
ladjf (12,453 posts)
7. Well, that's what you call a "stacked deck". nt
KamaAina (43,012 posts)
9. The audience was selected by the polling organization Gallup.
In other words, the place will be packed full of repukes.
I wouldn't be that surprised to hear someone ask the President if he'd stopped beating Michelle.
These idiots truly do not live in the real world.
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I wonder if he has...stopped beating Michelle, that is.
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DUmbasses don't realize that Crowley is on their side, do they ?
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LonePirate (1,314 posts)
6. I think the foreign policy questions should be scrapped
I think the vast majority of Americans do not rank Libya, Syria or Afghanistan very highly on their priorities list. Outsourcing to China and India are the closest topics to foreign policy which I want discussed tonight.
So you are admitting that 0bama has a problem with those areas. And let me tell you something, people do care about foreign policy especially when our ambassador gets murdered due to the incompetence of the white house and the state department.
I do realize that some people only care about their 0bamaphone, but they are NOT the vast majority.
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KoKo (66,516 posts)
8. That's what I was thinking, too. Gallup? RW Poller......all that. And George II talking about
"Candy had a virus" that caused chukles amongst the Media.
I'll dig it up...in case no one remembers the "special relationship" with CHIMPY and CANDY..
And, I was shocked he'd do that to a Female Reporter...but, she seemed to be sooo.....OKAY with that trashing of her!
If I remember correctly, not very long ago the DUmmies were complaining because people were calling Bambam names. They said that it was disgusting because even if you didn't agree with him you should respect the office.
So from now on if the DUmmies do not refer to W as President Bush or at least as former President Bush it is yet more proof of their hypocrisy.
Come to think of it, they should also refer to Romney as Governor Romney or President-elect Romney.
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LonePirate (1,314 posts)
6. I think the foreign policy questions should be scrapped
I think the vast majority of Americans do not rank Libya, Syria or Afghanistan very highly on their priorities list. Outsourcing to China and India are the closest topics to foreign policy which I want discussed tonight.
Must be nice to live on Mars! Naw, prolly Venus, since the atmosphere is poisonous and this DUmbass couldn't find his ass with both hands if we gave him a catchers mitt! Or, maybe Uranus! This DUmmie is totally clueless!
So you are admitting that 0bama has a problem with those areas. And let me tell you something, people do care about foreign policy especially when our ambassador gets murdered due to the incompetence of the white house and the state department.
I do realize that some people only care about their 0bamaphone, but they are NOT the vast majority.
The fact that they sodomized him before they killed him is enough for me to warrant dropping a Nuke on the bastards!
Maybe if we kill a few million, they'll get the ****in' message!
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OldDem2012 (602 posts)
5. Crowley is a snake in the grass. You can bet she won't treat the debate fairly. nt.
Truth from a troll?
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Hillary just gave the world's smartest man in the history of the universe a lesson on how to **** somebody before they **** you. I bet there are tens of prepared responses on Bengazzigate that became obsolete right after Hillary "I'm in Peru with no media to ask questions" Clinton dropped that.
Mr. Thin Skin is going to be very upset and has already been psyched by this. Don't think Crowley will have her prepared questions and rebuttals either. Look for Romney to twist the knife Hillary put in with a smile on his face.
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Hillary just gave the world's smartest man in the history of the universe a lesson on how to **** somebody before they **** you. I bet there are tens of prepared responses on Bengazzigate that became obsolete right after Hillary "I'm in Peru with no media to ask questions" Clinton dropped that.
Mr. Thin Skin is going to be very upset and has already been psyched by this. Don't think Crowley will have her prepared questions and rebuttals either. Look for Romney to twist the knife Hillary put in with a smile on his face.
He sure as hell ain't gettin' nothin' he don't deserve.
I'll bet there's a few Marines that would like to help him out with his security.
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She did,as we all that live in reality knew she would,did everything to "get" President elect Romney.
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The fact that they sodomized him before they killed him is enough for me to warrant dropping a Nuke on the bastards!
Maybe if we kill a few million, they'll get the ****in' message!
If it were up to me, "Benghazi glass" would be a common thing throughout the Mideast. Made in a split second, and it even glows in the dark (for 10,000 years)!
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If it were up to me, "Benghazi glass" would be a common thing throughout the Mideast. Made in a split second, and it even glows in the dark (for 10,000 years)!
Works for me. You kill Americans, ya better start lookin' over yer shoulder and duckin'!