Get Ready For an OBJECTIVE Debate... LOL

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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Can we put this Gwen Ifill non-issue to rest yet? She is doing a good, neutral job 45 minutes in.
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  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    blackredyellow wrote:
    Can we put this Gwen Ifill non-issue to rest yet? She is doing a good, neutral job 45 minutes in.

    Gwen did a fine job....and she was fair and objective....

    I guess the mcpalin folks can't whine now....
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    inmytree wrote:
    Gwen did a fine job....and she was fair and objective....

    I guess the mcpalin folks can't whine now....

    in my opinion - she was awful ... both candidates were essentially doing an act in a play ... she didn't pressure either of them to answer questions ... i believe the GOP fear campaign worked ... palin often didn't answer the question and she just gave her a free pass ... trying too hard to maintain an air of neutrality ...

    like many of us said - her "bias" worked in favour of the GOP

    in any case - she lacked courage in my opinion
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    polaris wrote:
    in my opinion - she was awful ... both candidates were essentially doing an act in a play ... she didn't pressure either of them to answer questions ... i believe the GOP fear campaign worked ... palin often didn't answer the question and she just gave her a free pass ... trying too hard to maintain an air of neutrality ...

    like many of us said - her "bias" worked in favour of the GOP

    in any case - she lacked courage in my opinion

    did you want he to confront and push each of them....?

    what were you looking for...?

    as for palin not answering a question, that was obvious....if Gwen pushed her, the focus would have been on Gwen and taken off mcairhead...
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    inmytree wrote:
    did you want he to confront and push each of them....?

    what were you looking for...?

    as for palin not answering a question, that was obvious....if Gwen pushed her, the focus would have been on Gwen and taken off mcairhead...

    absolutely ... her job as a moderator is to instigate debate ... there was barely any of it ... she just kept moving to the next question ... how do you let someone get away with *i'm not gonna answer that*??
  • saveuplife
    saveuplife Posts: 1,173
    polaris wrote:
    absolutely ... her job as a moderator is to instigate debate ... there was barely any of it ... she just kept moving to the next question ... how do you let someone get away with *i'm not gonna answer that*??

    I actually agree with you. I think the only time she tried forcefully to get them to answer a question was when she something like "you both didn't answer my question" and then she moved on.

    I don't think she did a great job pushing for answers. That said, she was fair with her questions.
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    polaris wrote:
    absolutely ... her job as a moderator is to instigate debate ... there was barely any of it ... she just kept moving to the next question ... how do you let someone get away with *i'm not gonna answer that*??

    damned if you do, damned if you don't I guess....

    I suppose Gwen should have just stopped and forced her to answer....for me, I think the answer stood for itself....she allow both sarah and joe to showcase their stance and views without injecting herself....

    I guess you won't be buying her book....;)

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