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I suppose if we HAVE to have Brokaw, the townhall is a much better place to have him than the round table that is the last debate. Anyone know who that moderator is?
LOL!!!
When the right-wing machine went batshit over Gwen Ifill, I thought it sounded desperate. Ifill has a distinguished reputation as a professional and served as moderator in prior election debates. The brouhaha the right-wingers concocted was disingenuous, designed to lower expectations for Sarah Palin because they felt she was bound to totally step in it.
I don't see the need to lower expectations for Obama one bit. An attempt to smear Brokaw seems hypocritical and desperate -- and that just doesn't feel apt at this point or in regards to this candidate.
Remember: Both campaigns had the prerogative to refuse a moderator with whom either candidate had concerns.
Gwen Ifill was right today on "Meet The Press." She served only as moderator. Her role was to pose questions. It wasn't an interview. Ifill would have been out-of-line getting belligerent and aggressive with either one of the debaters. If one of the two folks at the podium wasn't cooperative or forthcoming -- he or she chose that route to his or her potential peril. The other easily could have addressed the behavior -- calling the offender on her/his bullshit. Or he or she could have let it go, confident that those watching would judge for themselves.
The latter is what Joe Biden chose in response to Sarah Palin's evasiveness -- and it was effective, judging from the fact that pretty much the entire free world came away with the sense that Palin was answering the questions in her head and not Ifill's.
I sincerely doubt Brokaw will pointedly pose questions about the topics you suggest. Even if he does, though, I have no doubt Barack Obama will be prepared and will respond just fine. Concocting a rip-off of the imbroglio the right-wingers attempted concerning Ifill is silly. It deflects attention away from the issues -- and, therefore, plays into the McCain campaign's chronic attempts to change the focus away from what voters are truly most concerned.
It's a tactic best left for Michelle Malkin. AMERICABlog is too reasonable, too sure-footed, too mature for such foolishness.
Ifill was put in a really crappy position, made worse by Palin's openly announcing she had NO INTENTION of answering the moderator's questions. So, faced with a no win situation, what did Ifill do? She politely stepped out o f the way and gave Palin enough rope to hang herself. And guess what the number one story after the debate was? Why, it was pundit after pundit discussing her refusal to answer any of the questions - which made them even less confident in her ability to serve as VP, not more.
Can you imagine if a debate moderator was known to have had lunch with Obama?
Folks if you haven't already seen the devastation, the treasonous acts of the media, then not only have you not been paying attention, you have done the proverbial head in the sand. But it gets worse. would you suspect that there would be a media that would outright lies to the American people? Would you? Would it challenge the very core of your belief system that the government you so cherish is out to destroy you?
I hardly think Obama will change this facet of governance. I hardly think your vote will as well. But in the arena of 2 party system, where we are forced to pick the lessor of two evils, we have come to fork in the road of self-preservation.
And as I continue to ask, at what point will the people rise up? When they loose their home, loose their money, loose their job, or loose their integrity.... You wont know when to rise up, because the media hasn't told you do so.
The financial system you have cherished for so many years, is on its death bed.
Hence my black band on the distressed American flag....
No truer words speak clear then these words: Crossing the Rubicon, The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil.