she has a book praising Obama scheduled for release on inauguaration day and thus has a financial interest in his election.
Let the debate proceed. Exposing her before the gazillions who are watching may be more affective in exposing media bias than replacing her.
Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama
So it was impossible and unthinkable that we actually get a debate moderator that was going to be benign at the least and more conservative at the most???
More bad news on the Palin debate front. http://michellemalkin.com/
MY Question, WHY DO WE ALLOW ANY OF THESE decisions of complete bias to be made, and act like we have to participate? SAYS WHOM??? ALL Games, and we are the football..... I am livid, anyone else?
““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.”
(from Michelle) “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 January 20, 2009, nobody will be fooled”
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 Democrat 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 January 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? “Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama.” Nonpartisan my foot.
Ifill’s publisher, Random House, is already busy hyping the book with YouTube clips of Ifill heaping praise on her subjects, including Obama and Obama-endorsing Mass. Governor Deval Patrick. The official promo for the book gushes:....”
Set your TIVO, they said Sarahcuda might begin by throwing all this transparent crap at them in the beginning of the debate. NOW that’s a show I’d like to see! Also, Dennis is right on, McCain’s letting them call all the shots, what is wrong with this MAN????
That is the whole point, it isn’t that at this late date we can remove her. However, thousands of emails puts her on guard that her bias has been exposed and we are watching...the first sign of bias means a huge conservative backlash on PBS, and DEMS..get it. This is conservative activism at work.