There's one good reason Gwen Ifill, the host of the PBS show Washington Week, is moderating the vice-presidential debate: she has a forthcoming book about Barack Obama (and other black Democrats) called The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. Ifill talks about the book project on YouTube here.
In addition to her portrait of Obama, Ifill will also investigate Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, a close friend of Obama's; Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who Ifill describes as "very charismatic" in the video; and Rep. Artur Davis of Alabama. "They all chose to get into politics for the most upstanding of reasons, and they all have achieved much more than their parents could have hoped." It doesn't hurt that it's made Obama a mega-best-selling multi-millionaire author.
Ifill presents Obama and the others as the idealistic successors of Martin Luther King: "This book is about a generation of people who took seriously the achievements that their parents fought for. They knew that Martin Luther King did what he did so they can do what they’re doing, and they decided to follow through."
The obvious question in all this is whether Ifill is not merely writing about a "breakthrough" for Obama and the new generation of black Democrats, but rooting and wishing and hoping for it. The less obvious question that her liberal friends might ask: why no profiles of black female politicians in your book?
Michelle Malkin has more -- including how Ifill profiled the Obamas for the black magazine Essence.
Our 2004 Media Reality Check on Gwen's Greatest Hits is here.
UPDATE: In an interview with her former Washington Post colleague Howard Kurtz earlier this month, Ifill suggested people like Obama (with their "immense accomplishments") are somehow left out of the "lazy" racial dialogue, and expanded on the need for what supporters call affirmative action:
"We're very lazy when we think about race in this country," Ifill says. "We try to put it in a box. It's Jesse versus Al, or Jesse and Al versus everyone else," she says, referring to Jackson and Sharpton. "We love simplistic conflict. There's a whole group of people who have Ivy League degrees and immense accomplishments who actually benefited from the things their parents were fighting for."
So why aren't there more of them in the media ranks at the Republican convention?
"You have to look hard," Ifill says. "That's a failure of news organizations, mostly newspapers, to support and promote people of color."
Again, we need to ask: does Ifill want the elites to "support and promote people of color" from Ivy League colleges just in the media....or all the way to the White House?
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center.
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Uh... yeah, right
October 1, 2008 - 06:14 ET by Indiana JoeWithout knowing anything more than this, Tim, I'd hazard a guess as to where this goes. Question #1: Does she "investigate" any other black politicians, or are these the only 3 she deems worthy of mention? <edit: delete Q2>
Assuming the answer, the "successors" of MLK's "dream" are socialistic panderers and racial grievers.
That about cover it?
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
But she's not biased, right?
October 1, 2008 - 06:44 ET by motherbeltBut she's not biased, right?
Oh, I'm sure, MB
October 1, 2008 - 07:13 ET by Indiana JoeJust ask her!
<edit - Late thought: The media is unbiased the way the prisons are full of innocents.>
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
Talk about in the tank!
October 1, 2008 - 06:17 ET by BobAnthonyHeard Fox and Friends talk about this. As we Italians say...
che cose c'i di nuovo--So what else is new?
Then again she works for PBS, as Deb Schlussel calls it the Palestinian Broadcasting System!
Tanks for the support
October 1, 2008 - 06:27 ET by Jack BauerIfill-In-For-Obama isn't just in the tank.
She's driving the frackin' tank.
Let's just call her Gwen
October 1, 2008 - 06:21 ET by Jack BauerLet's just call her Gwen Ifill-In-For-Obama.
You'll note that in Gwen's eyes, it seems black conservatives are NON-PEOPLE.
They don't deserve to be noted, let alone exist. They can be stuck in the closet and the door safely bolted shut.
Maybe she thinks of black conservatives (such as Michael Steele) as sub-human?
Jack, not only Steele but...
October 1, 2008 - 11:27 ET by goldenthroatLet's go right down the list - Clarence Thomas, Ken Blackwell, Alan Keyes, J.C. Watt and others - those who liberal blacks would classify as "Uncle Toms".
Isn't it interesting that this news hit the fan two days before the debate. How will we be able to watch the debacle and not see Ifill's bias?
She has a financial stake in this election, for crying out loud! She'll be soft on Biden and open up both barrels on Palin.
Does anyone see a backfire effect here?
"Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers!" - Firesign Theatre
And, I'm puzzled why the
October 1, 2008 - 11:40 ET by marpelAnd, I'm puzzled why the McCain campaign did not realize her "persuasion" even after the VP debate of 2004!! It was all over the news...Did they think she had changed in some way? These things are going to lose the election for McCain. I'm just sick...
marpel, the reason why is...
October 1, 2008 - 12:16 ET by goldenthroatI am not sure if that would have been an issue as other libs in the MSM have moderated past debates. But why this stinks to high heaven is that the information about the book was revealed after the commitment was made! Check out this link from FNC:
http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2008/10/01/oh-oh-6/
Convenient, huh?
Don't worry - what goes around, comes around!
"Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers!" - Firesign Theatre
Michelle Malkin is covering
October 1, 2008 - 06:21 ET by motherbeltMichelle Malkin is covering this also, and has this:
Ask the Commission on Presidential Debates if she will acknowledge her conflict of interest: 202-872-1020.
And here’s the e-mail address of Janet H. Brown, Executive Director of the Debates Commission: jb@debates.org
She also reported that a bunch of her readers have recommended that Sarah Palin open her debate remarks by congratulating Ifill on her book and asking her to tell everyone the title.
Wouldn't that be a hoot!
Motherbelt, just tried calling the number...
October 1, 2008 - 10:02 ET by goldenthroat...and it sounds like they're getting swamped - line is constantly busy - unless they have taken the phones off the hook! This wouldn't surprise me!
Keep the calls and letters coming, gang. We're making our message known!
"Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers!" - Firesign Theatre
Obama is Love
October 1, 2008 - 06:35 ET by Fist of EtiquetteLook, if you guys insist on writing about every brazenly leftwing Obama sycophant in the media, we're going to run out of internet.
By the way, the response to this from the McCain people should not be formed as a complaint. Couch media bias as just another obstacle to overcome on the way to reforming Washington. Considering how solidly behind Obama newsrooms are, it's a testament to McCain that he's in a dead heat with Obama.
Yup...
October 1, 2008 - 06:42 ET by The Distributist"...in a dead heat with Obama."
And their own poll re: Palin is in a dead heat as well. Let's tip it!
"Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers." -GKC
Thank you...
October 1, 2008 - 06:35 ET by The Distributist...for Mz. Brown's contact info. I have sent my e-mail, and at the opening bell I will call.
"Modern man is staggering and losing his balance because he is being pelted with little pieces of alleged fact which are native to the newspapers; and, if they turn out not to be facts, that is still more native to newspapers." -GKC
Not New News
October 1, 2008 - 06:38 ET by TexndocWEEKS ago there was a story of a media conference where Ed Rendell got up front and center and said that it was "embarrassing" how MSNBC was so totally in the tank for Obama and that it was something a fair and balanced media should be ashamed of. As I recall the moderator interrupted with "Let's ask Ed Rendell to sit down now", to audience applause. As I remember one of those clapping loudly reportedly was Gwen Ifill. Anybody paying attention even then knew she was in the tank.
Enter THE BEAST
October 1, 2008 - 06:39 ET by sentforth5Every finger on the hand of communism is being used in this election.
PBS is the pinky. Get it? Pinky? Ughhh.
These are all factions of the first beast mentioned in the book of Revelation ch. 13. A one-world government that will not succeed until satan himself(antiChrist) heads it up DEFACTO.
This election cycle is to date the best example yet of the coming tragedy America faces. The war is not dems vs. republicans...it's not communism vs. Liberty...it's not islam vs.Christianity...it IS satan vs. God plain and simple. The day is drawing to a close in our generation before our very eyes.
just sayin' is all...............................................
Imagine that...
October 1, 2008 - 06:41 ET by GatorgradWell folks we are getting what we deserved. McCain's team weakly negotiated the debates and we get this. A blatant PARTIAL maderator that actually has a vested interest in seeing one side prevail in this debate.
McCain should have demanded town hall debates. But nooooooo Gotta play nice and to the middle. What BS. Sorry but McCain has been outflanked and outmanuvered steadly since the convention. What happend to the "I will fight for you" McCain?
Come on John, demand a change in moderator. FIGHT FOR US.
I think the "Straight Talk Express" gets derailed Thursday night. Watch for "Explain" questions for Biden and "Defend" questions for Palin. Sarah better come out swinging and congratulate ifill on her book and name the title during the congratulations. And hammer Biden on tax increases and his "I helped write the assault weapons ban" stand on guns and gun owners rights.
Gatorgrad,
October 1, 2008 - 07:23 ET by Indiana JoeIt seems the Reps will never learn. I took a serious lesson from the early years of GWB; the left has no interest in playing nice, or in "bipartisanship," (except on their terms) and, like an expansionist national power, will take any attempt at compromise as a "weakness."
McCain had better get a clue. We can't win this war alone. We need a hero right now. Is it Sarah? That's an awful long shot, but it may be the only shot we have.
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
The Fix Is In
October 1, 2008 - 06:44 ET by NoMoreClintonsThis woman has a clear and unmistakable conflict of interest and there is no way she should be "moderating" this debate. She is totally biased in favor of 0bama and democrats and has made that clear. She stands to gain financially if the unthinkable happens on Nov. 4. If a moderator was writing a pro-McCain book would he/she be allowed to continue? Of course not: the left wing MSM would be howling.
man o man...
October 1, 2008 - 06:50 ET by sentforth5If the "moderator" had a conservative McCainish book in the works it would be a bonafide five-alarmer for the MSM. iIt would be the only news story we would see today. STAND UP, CHRISTIANS! I sent my e-mail!!
I have discovered a copy of the debate questions.
October 1, 2008 - 06:49 ET by superconIfill: Senator BidenWhy is it do you think that people see Obama as a symbol of hope?
Ifill: Ok,now on to moose girl.Oops...I mean Sarah Palin.Miss Palin,Isn't it true that you are some honky white trash trying to strut your way into the White House on the skank vote?
Ifill:Now back to you stud muffin.Senator Biden,after you win the election....may I have a job?
Ifill: Yo ...Ellie May,just who the hell do you think you are to be on stage with this man?
Ifill: Senator Biden,How does it feel to be able to reach out and touch the hand of Barack whenever you want and also I would like to ask a follow up.Do you feel blessed to be near him?
Ifill:Excuse me...what's your name again?Oh of course.Sarah honey,what do you say to voters who may feel that your husband Todd is actually your brother as well?
I can't believe that the McCain camp would allow such an obvious Obama hack to moderate the debate.
Who approved that?I want them fired.
They may as well have Michelle Obama moderate the damn thing.
Victory in Iraq.
Liberals suck.
McCain for Preznint.
Supercon
October 1, 2008 - 07:06 ET by jsteve2xGreat stuff. I am going to "borrow" and distribute.
Thank you.
October 1, 2008 - 07:19 ET by superconFeel free.
Victory in Iraq.
Liberals suck.
McCain for Preznint.
Supercon's Wonderful Stuff
October 1, 2008 - 08:35 ET by CellaPerfect, simply perfect! Ditto!
Fight, McCain, Fight. We'll stand up with you, if you will only stand up!!
Spot on! Well done. The
October 1, 2008 - 10:20 ET by celatorSpot on! Well done.
The major media report only half the news. Why are they surprised they have only half the potential audience?
Gatorgrad Imagine that...
October 1, 2008 - 06:55 ET by donsalimanImagine that...
October 1, 2008 - 07:41 ET by Gatorgrad
("McCain should have demanded town hall debates. But nooooooo Gotta play nice and to the middle. What BS. Sorry but McCain has been outflanked and outmanuvered steadly since the convention.")
I agree with you to a point but, What can McCain do,if Obama refuses?
call him a coward
October 1, 2008 - 07:01 ET by sentforth5call the omnipotent one a cowardly know nothing. If the media will not select you as news-worthy, MAKE yourself news-worthy.
C'mon son-of-cain! SHOUT! FIGHT WITH US! STAND UP!
Ya fight fire with fire...not dry branches. Geeeez louise anyways.I swear I hate this cr@p.
The debates were negotiated
October 1, 2008 - 07:16 ET by GatorgradThe debates were negotiated long ago. And McCain could have used the fact that Obama refused to do town halls against him. He could have called him out on it repeatedly. Watch Saddleback and you see why Obama does not do those. McCain lost a major atvantage with that.
If Obama refuses you hammer him as not strong enough to hanndle the open format. And challenge him at every turn to accept the invatation to take part in them. The more he refuses the more Obama looks afraid and intimidated with the format.
McCain's only (slim) chance now is to run ads showing his 2005 bill to regulate Fanne Mae and Freddie Mac juxtaposed with Frank, Dodd, Waters, and the rest extolling the virtues and solvency of Freddy Mac and Fanne Mae.
McCain is being pummeled due to poor campaigning since the convention. For what ever reason the "I will fight for you" has morphed into this weird, off track campaign. Sadly so I might ad. He had wonderful momemtum. Should of expanded on the Fight For You theme. People in crisis need that.
Right again,
October 1, 2008 - 07:25 ET by Indiana JoeBut the moment to hammer Obama on the TH format is long gone. McCain needs to learn the phrase, "strike while the iron is hot."
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
McCain's only (slim) chance
October 1, 2008 - 07:38 ET by SeashellMcCain's only (slim) chance now is to run ads showing his 2005 bill to regulate Fanne Mae and Freddie Mac juxtaposed with Frank, Dodd, Waters, and the rest extolling the virtues and solvency of Freddy Mac and Fanne Mae.
Also throw in there the video of Obama saying the serge would fail and articles re: his connectioins with Ayers, Wright and others. How does this demonstrate good judgement?
God Help Us
October 1, 2008 - 06:56 ET by jsteve2xWell, we had 12 years of relative sanity. The cork is coming out of the bottle and people like I-Fill-in-for-Obama are beginning to ooze out. Evidently we have forgotten what it was like in pre-Rush days when you couldn't find a statement in the press or on radio which paralleled conservative ieology. As I sit here listening to how homosexuals had a public "spank-in" in Sanfransissy on Sunday and now Gwen has been chosen to be "Moderator" to the VP debate, and Obama has children singing his praises (what does that remind us of) I don't reach very positive conclusions for the next 8+ years. Next time you see Obama doing a public gathering, take a look at the people around him. They look like normal people, could be your next door neighbor. This is what makes it more disconcerting. And Barney Frank in charge of "ethics". The list could go on with the blatant double-standard which flaunts itself each and every day, but large numbers of humans (I think) just don't see the hypocrisy. I guess this is what has me with the deer-in-the-headlights gaze as I attempt to explain why.
It's Alright......
October 1, 2008 - 06:58 ET by DanoCome on, everybody.............there allowed to do anything they want..............there the Democrates !
Racist
October 1, 2008 - 07:01 ET by nadadhimmiIt seems as if black people in America get a free racism pass. If some blacks have a conservative or even Republican viewpoint, other blacks and effete east coast white liberals excoriate them with cries of Uncle Tom, house N'er etc. Welcome to radical rule comrade.
Tell me, what's the problem
October 1, 2008 - 07:07 ET by 10ksnookerAll the blacks vote for the black guy, all the whites vote for the white guy. If that's the way they want it to be -- Works for me.
Oh that's rascism? How?
it's not
October 1, 2008 - 07:11 ET by sentforth5we only call it racism becuase of our litte minds and pc attitudes.
Nature is what it is...do you ever see blue jays interbreeding with cardinals?
I don't fault the black community for wanting a black president...I fault anyone who wants a socialist prez in free America.
What's the big deal?
October 1, 2008 - 07:12 ET by c5thenThe next election cycle will see the campaign manager for the democrat nominee be the debate 'moderator' as well as the exclusive anchor for the event on the DNC-TV.
If Obama wins in Novemeber, expect all editorials to have to be approved by his 'press secretary'.
Obama as Dinkins
October 1, 2008 - 08:39 ET by easygoerIf Obama wins he will be like David Dinkins in NYC writ large. He'll be such a unmitigated disaster he won't win reelection and there won't be another black nominee or president for a long time.
I also believe if Obama is victorious that Palin will be the Republican nominee in 2012. I guess I'm saying that Palin will be president one day.
Ready for a Black President
October 1, 2008 - 07:15 ET by ChasvsBut NOT Barack Obama!
We ARE NOT a marxist/Socialist Country and we do NOT need this dim-witted asshole as our President.
Give me a talented, knowledgeable AMERICAN of ANY racial background and I'll support him or her. But I will NOT stand for an idiot like Barack Obama to be swept into office on the basis of his skin color!
STOP Barack NOW!
Moderator????????
October 1, 2008 - 07:15 ET by XfreeXHow the heck can this be a fair debate when you have a moderator someone like Ifill as a host? She is totally in the tank with Obama. This is a disgrace to the entire election process. Who the heck ask her to be a moderator, Oprah?
biden will cheat
October 1, 2008 - 07:19 ET by foiIfill is the one to pick the question, who to say she has not slipped a copy to Biden? This election is so important to the left, they would do anything to save Obama, including given Biden the Questions he will be ask. Also, all the questions will be liberal, and there will be none from a conservative viewpoint. There will be none on gun control.
Even if Biden has an advanced copy of the questions
October 1, 2008 - 07:24 ET by c5thenIt will still be difficult for him to keep his feet out of his mouth. I'm looking for and hoping for more examples of "president Roosevelt going on TV to explain to Americans why the crash of 1929 happened".
C5then,
October 1, 2008 - 07:28 ET by Indiana JoeAnd that will matter how? Sorry, the water-bearers of the MSM will give that the same coverage they gave the quote you offer; none.
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
Inside Investments
October 1, 2008 - 08:09 ET by jsteve2xBuy Futures in watermelon and fried chicken.
Dude,
October 1, 2008 - 10:02 ET by Indiana JoeWTF? Don't even.
"To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection." - H. Poincaré
Jsteve2x- stuff like that
October 1, 2008 - 15:36 ET by Tim the EnchanterJsteve2x- stuff like that can get you banned, and adds nothing to the discourse. We are not DU and DKos- we are grown-ups.
Because the American public is not stupid
October 1, 2008 - 08:40 ET by c5thenThe liberal and MSM mantra not withstanding. When folks in the 'fly-over states' and the core of the country get to see the real Biden (he's got too much pride to keep it hidden as he will be told to) they will see and understand. You know, the ones that Obama denegrated for having guns and Bibles?
Biden: Come on Gwenn"Stand up"
October 1, 2008 - 09:34 ET by Redrowan2000One of the funnier Biden Gaffes was him on the campaign trail asking a fellow dem to stand up with him--except the guy was in a wheelchair. With his gaffe meter running on racist remarks and the like he will nt only ask Ifill to stand up on her recently broken ankle for writing what is going to be a great book about Hussein but could you do a little tap dance for us Gwen?--Hey it's not beyond Biden. The only time he opens his mouth is to change feet.
"Don't let the bastards grind you down."
Red
Illegitimus Non Carborundum
October 1, 2008 - 11:26 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarDon't let the Bastards wear you down. The Latin phrase, in reality does not exist but it has been widely used.
I have a sign with the Latin on it. When it goes up at work in my office it's usually the first indication that I'm outta there for a new job within a few months.
"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain
It will be fair!
October 1, 2008 - 08:22 ET by northoneC'mon, people. Gwen Ifill is a totally objective journalist. She says so. Chris Matthews says so. Just because she writes a book praising Obama doesn't necessarily mean she supports him for president. It's conceivable she could be supporting McCain. No, as a professional journalist, she must remain objective, and the fact she works for PBS practically guarantees her objectivity. No one should be concerned that her questions will attempt to portray Palin in a negative light. They will be totally fair and balanced. Could someone please notify me when a Conservative journalist who has written that McCain is a maverick and is the wave of the future is given the task of moderating a debate.
Thank God For Fox
October 1, 2008 - 08:28 ET by NoMoreClintonsFox is on top of this now. I guess it will be crickets for the rest of them (Lou Dobbs, maybe, not withstanding). Greta has a comment that cuts to the heart of it:
"in law, this would create a mistrial"
http://gretawire.fox...
Okay, Glass Half Full Time
October 1, 2008 - 08:51 ET by BlondeOkay, you all have posted the down side...time to look at the bright side.
1) If the general population hears of her book, perhaps they'll draw the conclusion we have....Ifill is in the tank for B. Hussein & Biden.
2) Ifill understands the storm of criticism she's getting now, maybe she'll be FAIR! like Jim Lehrer was last week.
3) If she's not, Sarah Palin can skewer her to the wall with the bias of the situation.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Number 3
October 1, 2008 - 09:08 ET by Gat New YorkI hope that Palin will also debate with Ifill since she is in the tank for Obama.
I do not know what kind of negotiations McCain's camp did to have moderators such as Ifill, Brokaw, Lehrer, and Scheiffer. Where was Hume or Wallace?
Frankly I am much more concerned about Scheiffer and Brokaw than of Ifill.
But you know that none of them will be replaced.
Queens
October 1, 2008 - 10:18 ET by jakotaThe McCain Campaign must be out of their minds to agree to these moderators. That's like playing chess and allowing your opponent to start the match with 4 queens.
The Ifill Tower
October 1, 2008 - 09:01 ET by CrashCome on ... was the McCain, Obama debate any less of a lefty campaign push for Obama than this? The follow up questions for McCain were posed as a challenge to part of his answer and virtually non existent for Obama.
Most of America has been following this "historic" election. By now knowing who McCain is and what makes him tick should be obvious even to the casual observer. Obama, on the other hand, is still a mystery. Obama answers questions which require direct decisive response, but instead babbles on with a nonspecific, generic, say nothing answers. This economic "crisis" is the October surprise. The candidate who gets it right WILL WIN THE ELECTION. Yet these two mediocre candidates (Obama more so than McCain) have done very little to show us that their ideas for a fix are better or any different than the 9% losers in congress, or Mr. Twenty Percent (our lackluster President).
I'd like to see this as a follow up to one of Obama's endless loop answers, "I understand that throughout a lifetime, over time many of us change. Your campaign has run on the mantra of 'change.' Throughout this entire campaign I cannot think of any examples of you not changing on the important issues facing our nation today. You seem to keep relationships with people for long periods at a time only to, and I quote your critics. 'throw them under the bus'. However, this only comes when you seem to have been backed into a corner. Could you please explain to us your decision making process?"
Crazy
October 1, 2008 - 08:52 ET by guefyThis is just ridiculous. I've already written everyone. It won't do much good, but maybe, just maybe... NAH!
allow me to love
October 1, 2008 - 09:12 ET by JIMMY1660allow me to love America
this non bias hack who writes of the lefties, nothing
concerning JC Watts/Ken Blackwell/Mike Steele
seems they are black as well, and made in roads to the political process. she is not proud of them?
Oh, they are right wingers. Oh, i forgot, no press for them!!
How do they look in the mirror? and not throw up.?
First of all, she works for
October 1, 2008 - 09:28 ET by marpelFirst of all, she works for PBS. That should tell you something there. Second of all, her objectivity came up in the last election. And, in the years since, she has demonstrated time and time again that she is a liberal. I questioned the decision of appointing her a debate moderator before I knew about this book. And this book is no surprise.
Nonetheless, she should recuse herself or someone needs to request to have her removed.
Biased?
October 1, 2008 - 09:44 ET by ff_emt1Of course she is biased. How do you think she got the job. You didn't expect it to be equal and fair, did you?
A Democrat is someone who wants to put YOUR money where HIS mouth is.
So, the Proletariat Broadcasting Service is going to allow...
October 1, 2008 - 09:45 ET by R D Helm...a "moderator" who has a MAJOR financial interest in the outcome of the election to be a part of the VP debate.
Wow, what a schock!
I'm sorry, folks, but the McCain people are bigger screw-ups than I had previously thought.
What were they thinking?
-Dave
Fear makes people do weird things....it makes their brains stop working. - Dave Ramsey
My troll fuse length today: 0.5cm
Dave
October 1, 2008 - 11:13 ET by SpikerAccording to Drudge, the McCain people were unaware of this woman and her book until now. I do agree with you that somebody should have checked this out sooner, I don't know, maybe before the eve of the debate??
Ifill needs to go.
October 1, 2008 - 10:39 ET by NBF99% of people will hear "snippets" of the debate coming from the perspective of Ifill's biased questions. They will not hear Palin nailing Ifill for her conflict of interest and bias EVEN IF she brings it up.
Ifill as a moderator is not an option.
My liberal friend is telling me to calm down...
October 1, 2008 - 11:09 ET by Spikeras well as accusing me of sounding like a "crazy liberal conspiracy theorist".
I'm not one to get angry and start calling people, largely because I have a job during the day and don't have time. This morning was an exception, when I heard about who is going to moderate the VP debate. I've had to keep quiet over this nonsense for too long. I've called the McCain campaign and asked them to please take the gloves off on this one. This woman has an obvious financial interest in Obama getting elected so she can sell her book the day after the inauguration. I'm trying to get through to the commission on presidential debates and it's a nonstop busy signal.
For some reason, this has hit a nerve with me this morning...
Listening to Mike Gallagher this morning
October 1, 2008 - 11:31 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarHe was saying that they should not have her replaced. He feels that she'll do everything she can, now, to not come off as biased.
On the surface, that makes sense, but knowing these Libs, it won't matter. Prime example is Pelooser's little negative speech right before the House vote. They don't care how over-the-top it appears. They know the MSM will sweep it under the rug. I can see it now. "The racist Republicans wanted to kick the black woman out!"
"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain
"The racist Republicans
October 1, 2008 - 11:43 ET by bigtimer"The racist Republicans wanted to kick the black woman out!"
You are so right IJF...
They would do exactly that non-stop!
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Imagine
October 1, 2008 - 11:58 ET by TheAssessorWe have truth squads, early voting for potentially illegal votes, children singing the praises of one, shills for debate moderators, lying media, communist/socialist anti-American friends & advisors, and now George Soros wants to tell us how to fix our economy!? And on top of the heap sits this incompetent bozo smiling up Fidel, Hugo and Putin. Who are Obozo's enemies again (other than Fox and NB)? They'd be my new best friends, and should be McCains. In the meantime I'll be busy stabbing myself with a dull fork to inject some bit of reality into this out of control nutdem world I can't seem to escape from. Oh.. wait.. the doctor's here with my medication...
"I have a bracelet too" ..Barak Obama, Political Sociopath
Urgent! Email Action Needed
October 1, 2008 - 13:17 ET by geoff.galeThe Executive Director of the Debates Commission is Janet Brown. Her email address is
jb@debates.org
If you're distressed about the choice of Ifill as a debate moderator, I suggest you send Janet an email right quick to express your feelings.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
- Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797)
www.conservativeboot...
Ifill revelations are astounding
October 1, 2008 - 13:22 ET by Captain KirockThis is absolutely astounding. How can this woman still moderate the debate? She now has a financial interest in who wins the election. If Obama wins, her book's sales go up. If McCain wins, I bet her book won't even be published.
Is there any integrity left in American journalism?
Any journalist who defends Ifill still acting as the moderator has no ethics and is dishonest.
This is no longer just "an appearance of bias." Ifill now has a financial interest in the outcome of the election. This is why Americans hate journalists more than trial attorneys and used car salemen.
A new approach
October 1, 2008 - 13:39 ET by 10thAmendmentEven if MS Ifill wasn't in the tank for O, she has a obvious financial stake in this elections outcome.
Who is going to buy a book called The Age of Obama if Obama loses the election, thus ending his "age." How big does a conflict of interest have to be?
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October 1, 2008 - 14:02 ET by afuelcoming to the front as this election goes on?
I sent off an e-mail to Debate Commission as well (thanks for e-mail addy btw).
Why won't McCain come out loudly about this, does he think shame or guilt will suddenly overwhelm the media and they will change their tune. This Ifill/Debate Commission is one big chin totally exposed and ripe for a right cross.
Whenever I hear McCain mention bipartisanship his poll numbers drop. When will he pull the trigger and do some Straight Talk ?
I'm a Mccain supporter but I dont support weakness.
NoObama ever....
Why won't McCain come out loudly about this...?
October 1, 2008 - 18:49 ET by R D HelmUhh, is it because he is a wimp?
As for pulling the trigger, I am no-longer sure he even has one, given the multiple opportunities he had during the first presidential debate.
Somehow, I think McCain is going to torpedo himself in this election.
Hell, he may already have.
-Dave
Fear makes people do weird things....it makes their brains stop working. - Dave Ramsey
My troll fuse length today: 0.000mm
CALL PBS
October 1, 2008 - 14:58 ET by GopGalI have tried calling the commission on presidential debates many times today- I can't get through. They have probably taken phone off the hook.
We should call PBS and ask that Ifill recuse herself.
Paula Kerger is the CEO of PBS
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