VP debate Moderator Gwen Ifill Releasing Pro-Obama Book

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VP debate moderator Ifill releasing pro-Obama book
Focuses on blacks who are 'forging a bold new path to political power'

Is this fair that the moderator for the VP debate is releasing a book on Obama around the inaurguration next year??? Can she be even handed in her questioning?

Peace

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

g under p wrote:

VP debate moderator Ifill releasing pro-Obama book
Focuses on blacks who are 'forging a bold new path to political power'

Is this fair that the moderator for the VP debate is releasing a book on Obama around the inaurguration next year??? Can she be even handed in her questioning?

Peace

no and no

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

PEPPER wrote:

No but what would you expect from the left

ha. Pot, meet Kettle.

godpt3

g under p wrote:

Is this fair that the moderator for the VP debate is releasing a book on Obama around the inaurguration next year??? Can she be even handed in her questioning?

Peace

Of course, blame the moderator when your candidate can't handle anything more than a softball question. I mean JESUS, she couldn't even handle Katie Couric. You're just whining because Palin's gonna get her ass handed to her tomorrow. And Joe Biden's going to wipe the floor with the remains

anotherclone

I would think that if Ifill were moderating a debate with Obama as a debater, that might be more of a concern.

For the sake of comparison, was it fair to have someone from the former Clinton administration moderate a debate between Obama and Clinton during the primary? No. But Obama showed up and debated anyway. You might remember he took a lot of shit from Stephanopoluosusohkjha (or however it's spelled ).

I guess this will give the McCain campaign the excuse they've been wanting to get Palin out of the debate or claim "bias".

PuckJam

And the excuses begin....

stupidcorporatewhore

PEPPER wrote:

No but what would you expect from the left

you're hurting America with this shit.

Dirtie_Frank

If hannity was the moderator democrats would be in an uproar too, but that is ok i Guess.

keeponrockin

I'm a dem, and this is unfair.

anotherclone

Dirtie_Frank wrote:

If hannity was the moderator democrats would be in an uproar too, but that is ok i Guess.

probably they wouldn't be in an uproar considering he's not a friggin journalist anyway and everyone knows it Dems would have just negotiated him out or not agreed to debate with him as the moderator.

my2hands

How about Bill Clinton campaign coordinator G. Stephanopolas hosting the debate between Hillary and Obama a few months ago?

Dirtie_Frank

anotherclone wrote:

probably they wouldn't be in an uproar considering he's not a friggin journalist anyway and everyone knows it Dems would have just negotiated him out or not agreed to debate with him as the moderator.

I just picked the first name I could think of but you understand what I mean.

anotherclone

Dirtie_Frank wrote:

I just picked the first name I could think of but you understand what I mean.

I do, I was just messing with you.

But...as I and my2hands mentioned...

anotherclone wrote:

For the sake of comparison, was it fair to have someone from the former Clinton administration moderate a debate between Obama and Clinton during the primary? No. But Obama showed up and debated anyway. You might remember he took a lot of shit from Stephanopoluosusohkjha (or however it's spelled ).

Dirtie_Frank

anotherclone wrote:

I do, I was just messing with you.

But...as I and my2hands mentioned...

I got you I am not saying Palin should not Debate at this point I really do not care anymore. Everything from both sides is really getting to me

anotherclone

Dirtie_Frank wrote:

I got you I am not saying Palin should not Debate at this point I really do not care anymore. Everything from both sides is really getting to me

I hear ya. Sometimes I have to give myself a self-imposed media black out. And it's only going to get worse in the next few weeks. Seriously. From both sides its going to be all bs, all the time.

BetterThanYou

PuckJam wrote:

And the excuses begin....

nobody is making excuses. other than your average "joe american" posting things online. mccain has said he thinks ifill was a fine choice as moderator and he thinks she'll conduct herself very professionally.

personally, i don't have a problem with it. think about it, no matter who moderates these debates, they're voting for someone and there exists a possibility to be bias against the person they're not voting for. but what you hope for is someone that can put that bias aside to complete a task.

YieldInHiding

Duplicate thread here...

Folks...research before spouting off...PLEASE.

http://forums.pearljam.com/showpost.php?p=5899050&postcount=65

McCain is fine with this. Non-issue.

Vince

g under p wrote:

VP debate moderator Ifill releasing pro-Obama book
Focuses on blacks who are 'forging a bold new path to political power'

Is this fair that the moderator for the VP debate is releasing a book on Obama around the inaurguration next year??? Can she be even handed in her questioning?

Peace

Of course it's fair. Both candidates had to sign off on her moderating the debate so this should be no surprise to either side. She is a professional and I think she will handle the debate with even handedly.

Anon

BetterThanYou wrote:

nobody is making excuses. other than your average "joe american" posting things online. mccain has said he thinks ifill was a fine choice as moderator and he thinks she'll conduct herself very professionally.

personally, i don't have a problem with it. think about it, no matter who moderates these debates, they're voting for someone and there exists a possibility to be bias against the person they're not voting for. but what you hope for is someone that can put that bias aside to complete a task.

stop making sense. some peoples heads will cave in.

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Dirtie_Frank wrote:

If hannity was the moderator democrats would be in an uproar too, but that is ok i Guess.

Bring him on, it would be more fun actually having him as a moderator. The point with this post is that Miss Ifil needed to reveal this book beforehand, be more forthright and upfront rather than have this come out a day or two before the debate.

She could then point out she'll unbiased in her questioning and therefore more believable to me at that point. Now she comes across as totally unbelievable no matter what she says.

Peace

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godpt3 wrote:

Of course, blame the moderator when your candidate can't handle anything more than a softball question. I mean JESUS, she couldn't even handle Katie Couric. You're just whining because Palin's gonna get her ass handed to her tomorrow. And Joe Biden's going to wipe the floor with the remains

You must like to ASSume quite a bit. In what way did you surmise that this is my candidate with a simply question about whether this is fair or not for Ifill being the moderator.

I think Palin will do just fine actually, it all depends on which we'll are tending to vote for. Biden needs to play this debate like Mohammad Ali, he may win the debate but without beating her to a pulp. Let the media decide how bad or how well she does. As for me neither Presidential nor VP candidates are my choice as yet. At the moment Ralph Nader has a better chance of geting my than either candidates.

Peace