Posted on 10/01/2008 6:48:34 AM PDT by grundle
WASHINGTON: Gwen Ifill, who is moderating Thursday's vice-presidential debate, is releasing a book on Barack Obama and other young black politicians who are "forging a bold new path to political power."
Questions are being raised about PBS anchor Gwen Ifill's objectivity after news surfaced that she is releasing a new book promoting Barack Obama and other black politicians who have benefited from the civil rights struggle.
Ifill is moderating Thursday night's vice-presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. Her book, "The Breakthrough," is due to be released about the same time the next president takes the oath of office.
In her book, Ifill contends that the black political structure of the civil rights movement has cleared the way for post-racial politicians to ascend to new heights..
Now some are wondering whether Ifill can be fair and balanced, and whether she should be the moderator of Thursday's 9 p.m. ET debate.
FOX News political analyst Michelle Malkin argued in a post on National Review that Ifill is "so far in the tank for the Democratic presidential candidate, her oxygen delivery line is running."
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There is nothing to discuss anymore...she needs to step down.
Have two fish bowls, one with Dem question, one with Repub
question. Person from the audience grabs the question
go at it you two! END OF DEBATE.
I did not know this, for I am Ten Second Tom.
In addition to his militant anti-American associates and his abjectly marxist positions, Obama is directly tied to the current financial crisis.
In fairness Jim Corsi should moderate the next debate.
She should graciously step aside or be forced to yield to a more objective moderator. As professionals we must be concerned about the APPEARANCE of a lack of objectivity.
She should graciously step aside or be forced to yield to a more objective moderator. As professionals we must be concerned about the APPEARANCE of a lack of objectivity.
She cannot graciously step aside. She broke her ankle last night.
Surely you jest! She's a lefty and lefty's are above partisanship, doncha know. /s
And they most certainly don't 'do' graciousness and yield to no one!
If she is allowed to moderate then I am convinced McCain wants to lose.
How does she deal with Condi and Clarence Thomas in the book?
How would she or Obama feel if a White Supremest were to be the moderator? Isn’t that fair play?
The guilt got to her!
Let her moderate! It is pure cowardise cry out UNFAIR etc. If Sarah can’t confront this woman successfully, we are backing the wrong team.
If you are looking at fairness, that question is irrelevant. Any court would say she is not able in the minds of people to give a fair and unpartial debate.
Therefore she is starting from a flawed perspective.
It wont be fair to her , to Palin or to whats his name.
On any side someone will have something to say, that she was to easy because...she was overly cautious therefore Sarah benefited....and if she is fair and Sarah loses...well then she gave Whats his name the upper hand....you see this is a lose lose situation....
Better just get someone else like......Oprah! Or Someone from the View!
It burns me when Obama is classified as such. In some areas, he's capturing 98% of the black vote, and in all areas, the message is that any white person who fails to vote for him is a racist.
There is nothing "post-racial" about Obama. Nothing. It's all about the skin, baby! That's all he has going for him.
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