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It would appear that Journalism is temporarily down.

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It would appear that Journalism is Unavailable.

[CaptainK]

Set up questions were the rule of the night. Questions about infidelity and wealth envy coming out of the mouths of a former Clinton administration flunky and the wife of a limousine liberal Hollywood titan.

And yet,except for Gingrich and Santorium, they all turned up their collective noses at a Trump debate which would never include gotcha questions.

It's pathetically sad that so many Republicans dance to the tune of their MSM hating masters.

[Jabba the Nutt]

One last thing – why on earth would the Republican candidates tolerate moderators who are obviously liberals?

George Stephanopoulos, a top Clinton campaign aide, then Clinton administration official is OK, but Donald Trump is out of bounds. Really.

I suggested months ago the Republican candidates should get together and to reject Democrat partisans as "objective" moderators. Did they do that? Nope. Dummies.

[BfloGuy]

why on earth would the Republican candidates tolerate moderators who are obviously liberals?

It's a ridiculous system. If we had a sensible RNC, it could organize monthly debates starting several months before Iowa and leading right up to the Convention. Local tea parties and state GOP organizations could host each and choose moderators who would pose questions from a right-wing viewpoint.

If the major networks refused to carry them, there are plenty of smaller ones as well as C-Span who would. The problem, of course, is the RNC -- it set up the current mess.

[bigbob]

I would assume that since ABC sponsored the debate, they’d get to pick the moderators.

No fan of the RNC but I can’t see how they have any control over this. The networks obviously want to pimp their “stars”.

[Dogbert41]

I wish one of them would have replied, “Nobody who is struggling to pay their rent, or their doctor bill is up here running for President. Obama spent nearly a billion dollars for the job in the last election. He didn’t have a real job his entire life, yet went to the best schools the nation has to offer, and for free. Have any of you bothered to ask him this question at one of his Kobe beef parties?”

[justiceseeker93]

...why on earth would Republican candidates tolerate moderators who are obviously liberals?

This has been going on from the inception of televised presidential debates with Kennedy vs. Nixon in 1960, whether it's Republican vs. Republican, Democrat vs. Democrat, or Republican vs. Democrat. It's simply because libs control the airwaves on which the debates are seen (with the possible partial exception of FOX).

Conservative candidates know they have to deal with the prejudices of the moderators and can effectively counter them with preparation by deftly steering their remarks away from the moderator's biased questions. It really isn't all that big a problem for candidates who do their homework, most notably Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy Carter in 1980.