Everything looks like varying shades of pink to you.

Tom, take the sunglasses off every now and again and see what the real world looks like.

The abortionists love to use the word 'choice' but do not recognize any choice as valid other than killing the baby.

I refer to the two sides as pro-life and pro-death. Maybe anti-life is vaiable too.

The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.

Brokaw knows they did the best they could last time.  They're trying again, by not investigating any topic that will make their current candidate look bad.  If there had been any coverage of the medal-throwing and Paris "honeymoon" trip in 2004, President Bush woul have beaten Kerry by 20 million votes. 

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."  - Sir Winston Churchill

Oops, I have to agree with Tom Brokaw on this one.  On pure debating points, John Kerry outdid George W. Bush.  

I am by no means a Brokaw fan, but he is right here in that voters didn't care about debate technique as much as the two candidates' positions on the issues. 

How arrogant and elitist of a middle aged white man to assume that all women should agree with his stance on abortion.

moderate one of the debates with the other two going to PBS and CBS.  It was a huge mistake.  They will all be very biased towards Obama and this election will be decided by those debates.

I wouldn't bet the house on this, but I'd guess that in this country, liberal and conservative ideologies don't start from scratch. This country is more conservative than liberal. It may not be by much, but in close elections, a little is a lot. That's why, for all of Bush's mannerisms and futility with the English language, all Bush had to do during the debates was advertise himself as a conservative. That meant that Kerry had to talk uphill. So while Kerry may have made a few more points during the debates, it would be disingenuous to say that he beat Bush in debate, because Bush's conservatism gave him some extra points before they even started.

I think that's important, because the media is trying to convince the public that Palin is popular because she's a woman, not because she's a conservative. Brokaw is even claiming that women must be joining the sisterhood, despite (he asserts) their own rejection of conservatism. But the opposite is much more likely to be true. They aren't rejecting conservatism, they're embracing it. People are loving Palin because she's the only true conservative in the race. Her gender is a bonus, but she represents the small-town conservatism that dominates most of the country, and that's why she's popular.

Is Brokaw's "everybody" like Chris Matthews' "million balloons"? Nobody does hyperbole like the liberals.

Well, I believe Bush's sincerity and genuine attitude won him the debates and the election twice.  He was my Governor, and he was tremendously popular.  I had had the opportunity to meet him once while he was Governor, and his sincerity and kindness will stay with me always. One day, we will all see what a great President he truly was.  Sure there were mistakes, but history will tell the tale.  This morning, the elitists, once again, stuck that knife just a little deeper with the Brokaw remarks.  It's never going to be enough for them.  They will never get over the 2000 election as they were so sure that reptile, Gore, had won.

Their bitterness does not flatter them.

  didn't need to.

  Kerry went before congress and passed along 3rd hand lies about veterans while we were still at war.

  Won't watch these debates either.

  Obama wanted to cut and run from a war we are winning.

  Oh, and Brokaw - tool.

It seems like he's already preparing for a defeat in the debates.  he's setting up the excuse that an Obama loss in the debates only means that people 'feel' better about McCain.  Obviously, we don't understand the issues or we would like Obama more.

 needs more cowbell

The "choice" has already been made, i am for the life of the unborn, i am Pro-Life. If you are in favor of the death of the unborn via abortion, you are Pro-Death.

kilrod

Remember, only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American Soldier

" TOM BROKAW: Debates should be judged on two big counts: tonal and substance."

Surprisingly, Brokaw is missing a powerful aspect of televised debates: the visual. I've read studies that show about 90 percent of viewers forget 97 percent of what was said in televised debates in about 20 minutes. What they DO remember is how a debater "looked". Did the debater look confident? Did the debater have shifty eyes? Or seem angry, or awkward etc. The old saw that human communications is 95 percent visual is true particularly for television.

Which brings me to my point: Biden usually "looks" like he is about two exit ramps from a meltdown. He appears nervous, not centered, etc.

Palin goes over well with viewers not only because she is extremely clear, verbally, but she "looked" like she was supremely confident and centered (which I believe she is). Fearless, really. People like that in leaders.

Barack's "look" on television is more complicated (and confusing). When he's on teleprompter, he seems cool and collected. When he's off teleprompter, he "looks" like he is completely confused, BS'ing his way through an answer, hoping his words make sense. People do not like that in a leader. He usually fails miserably in this mode.

My conclusion: Palin will wipe the floor with Biden, no matter what "words" are spoken. He won't know what hit him.

The major media report only half the news. Why are they surprised they have only half the potential audience?

Like most libs, Brokaw can't imagine that there is a woman in America who isn't pro-abortion, hence his comment about the "sisterhood" in spite of their differences with Palin.  Plus, living in his rarified bubble world, he probably doesn't know anyone who isn't a lib Democrat.  But, in a way, that's good, in light of this comment.  It indicates that, of the women Brokaw knows, who were probably Hillary supporters, there is now a move to Palin.  More votes for our side!