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WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA
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PACNWguy 
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10/1/2008 12:03 AM
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Do you think she might be just a little biased and In the Fucking Tank for the Messiah?
Www.drudgereport.com
Lets have the GOP chair be the moderator for the next presidential debate.
OBAMA - THE FASTEST FAILED PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY |
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PACNWguy
User ID: 501628
10/1/2008 10:34 AM
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Of course everyone is saying its not a conflict of interest if the success of the moderator's book depends on Obama winning.
OBAMA - THE FASTEST FAILED PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY |
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PACNWguy
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10/1/2008 10:47 AM
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A Debate "Moderator" in the Tank for Obama
By Michelle Malkin
My dictionary defines "moderator" as "the nonpartisan presiding officer of a town meeting." On Thursday, PBS anchor Gwen Ifill will serve as moderator for the first and only vice presidential debate. The stakes are high. The Commission on Presidential Debates, with the assent of the two campaigns, decided not to impose any guidelines on her duties or questions.
But there is nothing "moderate" about where Ifill stands on Barack Obama. She's so far in the tank for the Democratic presidential candidate, her oxygen delivery line is running out.
In an imaginary world where liberal journalists are held to the same standards as everyone else, Ifill would be required to make a full disclosure at the start of the debate. She would be required to turn to the cameras and tell the national audience that she has a book coming out on Jan. 20, 2009 -- a date that just happens to coincide with the inauguration of the next president of the United States.
The title of Ifill's book? "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama." Nonpartisan my foot.
Random House, her publisher, is already busy hyping the book with YouTube clips of Ifill heaping praise on her subjects, including Obama and Obama-endorsing Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick. The official promo for the book gushes:
"In 'The Breakthrough,' veteran journalist Gwen Ifill surveys the American political landscape, shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama's stunning presidential campaign and introducing the emerging young African American politicians forging a bold new path to political power... Drawing on interviews with power brokers like Sen. Obama, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and many others, as well as her own razor-sharp observations and analysis of such issues as generational conflict and the 'black enough' conundrum, Ifill shows why this is a pivotal moment in American history."
Ifill and her publisher are banking on an Obama/Biden win to buoy her book sales. The moderator expected to treat both sides fairly has grandiosely declared this the "Age of Obama." Can you imagine a right-leaning journalist writing a book about the "stunning" McCain campaign and its "bold" path to reform timed for release on Inauguration Day -- and then expecting a slot as a moderator for the nation's sole vice presidential debate?
Yeah, I just registered 6.4 on the Snicker Richter Scale, too.
Despite the protestations of her colleagues that she will be fair, Ifill has appeared on numerous radio and TV talk shows over the past several months to cash in on her access to the Obama campaign. She recently penned a fawning cover story on the Obamas for Essence magazine that earned much buzz. The title? "The Obamas: Portrait of an American Family." A sample of Ifill's hard-hitting investigative journalism, illustrated with Kennedy-esque photos of the Obamas and children posing at home on the back porch and by the piano:
"Barack Obama is sitting in the back of his rented luxury campaign bus with its granite counters and two flat-screen TVs. The Illinois senator's arms are wrapped around his wife, Michelle, whom he doesn't get to see much these days. At this very moment he is, of all things, singing."
During the Democratic National Convention, Ifill offered her neutral analysis on NBC News before Michelle Obama's speech: "A lot of people have never seen anything that looks like a Michelle Obama before. She's educated, she's beautiful, she's tall, she tells you what she thinks and they hope that she can tell a story about Barack Obama and about herself."
During the Republican National Convention, the PBS ombudsman fielded numerous complaints about Ifill's coverage of Sarah Palin's speech. Wrote Brian Meyers of Granby, Ct.:
"I was appalled by Gwen Ifill's commentary directly following Gov. Sarah Palin's speech. Her attitude was dismissive and the look on her face was one of disgust. Clearly, she was agitated by what most critics view as a well-delivered speech. It is quite obvious that Ms. Ifill supports Obama as she struggled to say anything redemptive about Gov. Palin's performance. I am disappointed in Ms. Ifill's complete disregard for journalistic objectivity."
Like Obama, Ifill, who is black, is quick to play the race card at the first sign of criticism. In an interview with the Washington Post a few weeks ago, she carped: "[N]o one's ever assumed a white reporter can't cover a white candidate."
It's not the color of your skin, sweetie. It's the color of your politics. Perhaps Ifill will be able to conceal it this week. But if the "stunning" "Breakthrough" she's rooting for comes to pass on Jan. 20, 2009, nobody will be fooled.
OBAMA - THE FASTEST FAILED PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/1/2008 10:54 AM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
Do you think she might be just a little biased and In the Fucking Tank for the Messiah?
Www.drudgereport.com
Lets have the GOP chair be the moderator for the next presidential debate. Quoting: PACNWguy
Most likely, whomever is a moderator for a debate, favors one candidate over another. Does this mean that one candidate will get softball questions and the other faces high hard one's? No.
I'm sure if this was reversed, you would be saying it makes no difference beacause of (insert talking point here). |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/1/2008 11:00 AM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
In the TANK for obama...... |
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12Follow
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10/1/2008 11:03 AM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
IN THE TANK, BIOTCH. your girl already looks like an ass, wait until tomorrow.
oh and pac, you do realize both campaigns have to agree on the moderator. of course, if mccain/palin want to "suspend" their campaigns and not have the debate i'm sure they can come up with some sort of bullshit reason. |
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Xeitgeist
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10/1/2008 11:04 AM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
Do you think she might be just a little biased and In the Fucking Tank for the Messiah?
Www.drudgereport.com
Lets have the GOP chair be the moderator for the next presidential debate. Quoting: PACNWguy
Bob Schieffer was in the tank for Bush/Cheney. His brother is a Bush appointed ambassador. Gwen Ifill is very close friends with Condi, dinners at each other houses, swapping recipes, hanging out together, etc. In the incestuous world of Washington DC, everyone is connected somehow with everyone else, sort of Six Degrees of Dick Cheney.
Have you read Ifill's book? I haven't. How about if you do a book report and get back to the rest of us? Is she praising Obama for his politics or for his efforts as a black man to rise to this level? Does the book focus solely on Obama? Is it possible that Ifill mentions Clarence Thomas in the book too? |
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Gag
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10/1/2008 11:09 AM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
Yeah its all about the"great new black leaders"like Rev.Sharpton,Rev.Jesse Jackson,Rev.Wright and Rev.Messiah Obama and his black panther muslim communist party.... |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/1/2008 11:32 AM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
Yeah its all about the"great new black leaders"like Rev.Sharpton,Rev.Jesse Jackson,Rev.Wright and Rev.Messiah Obama and his black panther muslim communist party.... Quoting: Gag 514132
Stereotype much? |
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Dread Pirate Roberts
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10/1/2008 12:37 PM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
Write the Debate Commission,
Janet H. Brown, Executive Director of the Debates Commission
jb@debates.org
Ask the Commission on Presidential Debates if Ifill will acknowledge her conflict of interest: 202-872-1020.
If not, e-mail McCain to encourage Gov Palin to congratulate Ifill at the debate and ask her the title of her book
[link to www.johnmccain.com]
Jesus is coming soon. Are you ready?
"And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh." Luke 21:28 (KJV) |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/1/2008 12:43 PM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
already looking for excuses for pigsticks epic failure?
even pac finally lost faith in his new messiah! |
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LifesReflections*
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10/1/2008 12:43 PM
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it is ALL rigged
Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued. It must ensue. And it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.Victor Frank
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User # 78/68
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10/1/2008 12:48 PM
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Whine a little more Pacnfudge, willya! |
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Anonymous Coward
User ID: 514132
10/1/2008 12:52 PM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
Yeah its all about the"great new black leaders"like Rev.Sharpton,Rev.Jesse Jackson,Rev.Wright and Rev.Messiah Obama and his black panther muslim communist party....
Stereotype much? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 503960
truth biatch  |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/1/2008 12:55 PM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/1/2008 12:56 PM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
Aw.....Ain't that ashame????
Kill the Messenger! (oops, I mean moderator) |
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Goody
User ID: 514132
10/1/2008 12:58 PM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
Aw.....Ain't that ashame????
Kill the Messenger! (oops, I mean moderator) Quoting: Anonymous Coward 457129
Actually it will make the mod an Obama both look bad now that this is out.Cain wins another debate  |
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Seneca
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10/1/2008 1:05 PM
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[link to gretawire.foxnews.com]
October 1st, 2008 8:15 AM Eastern
oh - oh !!
by Greta Van Susteren
I confirmed for us here on GretaWire: the McCain campaign did NOT know about Gwen Ifill’s book (I think I told them when I made my efforts - emails about midnight - to find out!) I am stunned….the campaign (actually both) should have been told before the campaign agreed to have her moderate. It simply is not fair - in law, this would create a mistrial.
And I would add, not disclosing her forthcoming book is a material misrepresentation, if not outright fraud.
Where is the outrage from the Democrats? For a moderator to have a financial interest in the outcome of the election via book sales is a clear conflict of interest. |
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1-2-Follow
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10/1/2008 1:10 PM
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[ link to gretawire.foxnews.com]
October 1st, 2008 8:15 AM Eastern
oh - oh !!
by Greta Van Susteren
I confirmed for us here on GretaWire: the McCain campaign did NOT know about Gwen Ifill’s book (I think I told them when I made my efforts - emails about midnight - to find out!) I am stunned….the campaign (actually both) should have been told before the campaign agreed to have her moderate. It simply is not fair - in law, this would create a mistrial.
And I would add, not disclosing her forthcoming book is a material misrepresentation, if not outright fraud.
Where is the outrage from the Democrats? For a moderator to have a financial interest in the outcome of the election via book sales is a clear conflict of interest.
so the mccain campaign is also terrible at researching before making a decisoin??? tell me it ain't so.
"Yep but for now we dub you toast guy." - AC520845 |
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Seneca
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10/1/2008 1:15 PM
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so the mccain campaign is also terrible at researching before making a decisoin??? tell me it ain't so. Quoting: 1-2-Follow
Surely you're not attempting to blame the McCain campaign for Ifill's dishonesty?
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1-2-Follow
User ID: 341826
10/1/2008 1:19 PM
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so the mccain campaign is also terrible at researching before making a decisoin??? tell me it ain't so.
Surely you're not attempting to blame the McCain campaign for Ifill's dishonesty?
i'm just saying it's stupid of them to not research, just as it's stupid of all these mccain or obama supporters that don't research their candidate.
what do you think they asked Ifill "have you ever or do you plan to ever write a book about barack obama?"
"Yep but for now we dub you toast guy." - AC520845 |
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Anonymous Coward
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10/1/2008 1:23 PM | | Re: WTF? Moderator For VP Debate is Releasing New Book: THE AGE OF OBAMA | Quote |
so the mccain campaign is also terrible at researching before making a decisoin??? tell me it ain't so.
Surely you're not attempting to blame the McCain campaign for Ifill's dishonesty? Quoting: Seneca
No, perhaps the poster was hinting at the folly of the decision to tap Palin.
I hope the moderator is changed - simply to stop Pac n' the Gang having a ready-made excuse for Palin's failin' in the debate; because of this 'disclosure', he's not outraged - he's overjoyed, in fact. |
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Reece2076
The Voice of REASON
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10/1/2008 1:27 PM
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I saw this earlier on drudge. my first thought was.. this will be the spin after Palin crashes and burns in thursdays debate. mccains camp will say the moderator was biased so that's why Palin came off as such a dumb ass. it won't have anything to do with the fact that she is a dumb ass.
:mcdoctrin: :mcairh2: :mcairhead:
As Above, So Below |
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Seneca
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10/1/2008 2:19 PM
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VP debate moderator releasing pro-Obama book
October 1st, 2008
[link to www.youdecide2008.com]
This recent revelation seen on the Drudge Report and first reported by WorldNetDaily is quite startling considering the goal of moderator is to be objective. Thursday night’s VP debate moderator, Gwen Ifill from PBS News, is set to release a book about post-racial politics on inauguration day in 2009. The book is not centered on Obama, however, from the description it appears give him favorable praise. You can view the Amazon.com product page here.
Whether you’re for Obama or McCain, think of having a pro-McCain moderator at an Obama/McCain debate, you’d never got for it! The moderator should be, as much as possible, free from inherent ties to bias. In this case, Ms. Ifill has a financial interest in bias since her book will be more meaningful if Obama becomes the next President. This isn’t to say she still can’t do a good job, however, these types of things should be disclosed well in advance or Ms. Ifill should have withdrawn her name from the running as moderator. |
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Seneca
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10/1/2008 2:21 PM
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Gwen Ifill from PBS News is set to release a book about post-racial politics on inauguration day in 2009. Quoting: Seneca
Nope. Nothing to see here, folks.
*whistling* |
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