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The Moderator For the Next Debate?

Posted on 10/18/2012 8:02:05 PM PDT by Vinylly

I haven't heard who the moderator is for the next debate. My concern is will the next moderator be another biased fiasco like Crawley? Will he/she be fair and keep the debaters in check or will he/she get into the debate like Crawley did? I'm also wondering why the moderators have to be from the extream left side of the media? Why can't they choose somebody from FOX News Channel for example? I'm sure that Bill O'Reilly would be an excellent and fair moderator. Doesn't the Republican Party have anything to say about who the moderators will be, just to be fair and balanced???


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1 posted on 10/18/2012 8:02:07 PM PDT by Vinylly
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Bob Schieffer. Not great, but more professional than Crowley.


2 posted on 10/18/2012 8:05:06 PM PDT by trappedincanuckistan (livefreeordietryin)
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Pretty sure it’s another shill...Bob Scheiffer


3 posted on 10/18/2012 8:05:11 PM PDT by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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bob schieffer. old school guy. an improvement, if only because cramdy crowlady is such a piece of snit


4 posted on 10/18/2012 8:06:12 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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3rd debate moderator

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5 posted on 10/18/2012 8:06:30 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: Vinylly

It’s Bob Schieffer


6 posted on 10/18/2012 8:07:38 PM PDT by Mastador1
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To: Vinylly

Rush that still on the air old windbag thats my choce


7 posted on 10/18/2012 8:07:50 PM PDT by al baby (“If Barack Obama has a Harvard law degree, he didn’t earn that. Somebody else made that happen.”)
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It’s going to be Bob Schieffer
http://www.debates.org/index.php?page=2012-2

I agree, there has been a complete bias toward left-leaning moderators who have dutifully carried water for the left agenda. Kudos to Romney who has methodically turned this bias to his advantage.

The trend we are seeing now in a shift in the polls toward Romney will only be more pronounced after this last debate next Monday.


8 posted on 10/18/2012 8:10:49 PM PDT by TexasVoter (No Constitution? No Union!)
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I wish it could be Sissy Chrissy Matthews. Old Tingles would be talking so fast and slinging so much spit Obamalamadingdong would need a raincoat and a snorkle to get out of there without looking like a drowned Rat.

Oh, wait ...


9 posted on 10/18/2012 8:11:15 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. That should be a convenience store, not a Government Agency.)
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10 posted on 10/18/2012 8:12:37 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (18 days, a hook and a wake up.)
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This is what I heard.

Click here: Larry King

11 posted on 10/18/2012 8:14:24 PM PDT by Spunky (Those)
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It’s Bob Schieffer. And I think he’s worse than Candy Crowley.


12 posted on 10/18/2012 8:15:45 PM PDT by deweyfrank
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Romney had the perfect zinger for this in his speech at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner:


Romney: “Now I never suggest that the press is biased. I recognize that they have their job to do and I have my job to do. My job is to lay out a positive vision for the future of the country.” Pause. “And their job is to make sure nobody else finds out about it.”


13 posted on 10/18/2012 8:18:47 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Forget my last posting. I should have read the whole article first. I heard this on talk radio during the night, but now that I think about it, it was some Libertarian talk radio program. It is in the middle of the night though so I was half asleep.
14 posted on 10/18/2012 8:19:03 PM PDT by Spunky (Those)
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Bob Schieffer Falsely Claims Ryan Budget 'Really Slashes Into Social Programs'
15 posted on 10/18/2012 8:25:49 PM PDT by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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To: Vinylly

I think Bob Schieffer.


16 posted on 10/18/2012 8:28:21 PM PDT by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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I posted this on another thread a bit ago, I’ve got this all figured out.

First, announce that no RNC candidates will participate in any similar shenanigans in 2016. No more town halls or other crap. Candidates will be given equal time in future debates, and timing will be strictly enforced.

How to pick moderators: Let both parties submit 10 names and then throw all of the names into the trashcan. Cut a deal with the NFL to hire NFL officials to moderate each debate, equipped with three things:

1. A list of questions and rules

2. A stopwatch

3. An audio/video control box

Think about it. That is ALL you need in a moderator. When a candidates time is up or if he/she breaks the rules, the audience sees sees a test pattern and hears some nice patriotic Sousa march music until the bad behavior ends.

The moderator doesn’t need to be a “media person” at all. They just need to be able to ask questions and enforce the rules. This isn’t rocket science.


17 posted on 10/18/2012 8:40:31 PM PDT by bigbob
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After the backlash Crowley got, I think Scheiffer will stay out of it and let the candidates spar like Lehrer did.


18 posted on 10/18/2012 8:41:24 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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” - - - - I’m sure that Bill O’Reilly would be an excellent and fair moderator. “

Really? Only Crissy Matthews talks over the top of his guests on “Softball to Liberals” on PMSNBC more that Bombastic Belligerent Billy O’ on his FOX show “The Factor.”

Neither Crissy M. or Billy O’ need to bother with having guests on their shows, because none of their guests are allowed to answer questions.

Look to Professor Larry Sabato of NC to be a good Moderator.


19 posted on 10/18/2012 8:42:47 PM PDT by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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The left probably want someone they deem neutral like Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews or Rachel Madcow.


20 posted on 10/18/2012 8:43:07 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance." - Barack Hussein Obama - Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009.)
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