Posted on 10/16/2012 9:44:13 PM PDT by Darnright
How good was Gallup’s vetting of the questioners at the 2d Presidential debate held at Hofstra on Long Island?
One explicitly feminist question was asked by undecided voter Catherine Fenton:
And it’s Katherine Fenton, who has a question for you. QUESTION: In what new ways to [do] you intend to rectify the inequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72 percent of what their male counterparts earn?
By a strange coincidence, there happens to be a Catherine Fenton who in 2008 identified herself as the Media Coordinator of CodePink Long Island.
Is she the same Catherine Fenton? Presumably we will be able to determine this over the next few days. For now, it is worth noting that the CodePink Fenton discussed whether feminists in March 2008 should support Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, or a third-party candidate:
As a liberal, I believed and still do believe, that after the complete and abject failure of conservatism, we should have been heralding in a President Al Gore, or if not, then a President John Edwards. Barack Obama is not my first choice. But as he did vote yes on banning cluster bombs in civilian areas, and speak out against this war before it happened, perhaps he is the better choice. Perhaps a third party candidate is a better choice for you. These are matters of individual conscience. But Hillary is not the answer.
And I’m not turning my feminist card in.
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Catherine Fenton Media Coordinator CODEPINK Long Island
The CodePink Fenton seems to argue that Hillary Clinton is not reliably left wing enough for her tastes.
More here and here.
UPDATE: Because probably few people who supported McCain in 2008 are undecided today, Gallup had a problem coming up with unbiased undecideds. Indeed, CNN admitted that almost all of the audience had voted for Obama in 2008.
There may be a partial solution to this problem: pick a majority of people who supported Bush in 2004. 2004 was a close election, so it shouldn’t have been hard to find undecideds today who voted for Bush in 2004. Next, CNN (or the debate commission) could have picked a Republican-leaning reporter to be a moderator.
I noticed Obama making head motions and other indications that he was connecting with someone in the audience, on the stage. At one point, it looked like he was nodding his head, as if to say, ok, I got it. Right in the beginning when he came on stage, he wiggled his fingers, hello to someone.
Interesting. Thanks for looking that up. The Catherine Fenton associated with Code Pink lived in Holbrook at least in 2005, according to the Newsday article she authored here:
http://www.newsday.com/opinion/500-words-or-less-1.530685
Doe that help narrowing the 5 women down to the debate participant?
Moderator gave the _resident the questions beforehand to reduce the number of Uhs in the debate.
Well, here's one answer: The two Republicans you might actually know on the CPD are Alan "Go Along to Get Along" Simpson, and John "I never met a Democrat I didn't like" Danforth.
Tonight's "debate" was a disgrace. It's time to get some actual Republicans on the CPD.
Perhaps one is an aunt and the other is her niece.
You are absolutely correct. I have been saying this very thing. I also wrote the RNC that they should get new republicans on the commission. I’m not sure how all that works but I assume the RNC has some influence over that.
With the rise of Romney Republicanism, perhaps the species is extinct.
By the way, they announced at the first ObamaRomney show that the newest member of the CPD is none other than Fr. John Jenkins, the man who brought Obama to Notre Dame and heaped him with honors.
There wasn't a single actual conservative anywhere near this debate process, in any capacity. Including the debaters, of course.
When I worked in software engineering we have a female worker complain that she and a male worker had started on the same day but after about 7 years she was making less than the male. She had to be reminded that she had taken three 1-year leaves of absences when her children were born, and thus had 3 years less experience.
Also, when the clock struck 4:30 she left, period. Most of us stay later. During crunch times I'd go home at 6 PM, get something to eat and be back by 7 PM and stay until 10 PM. Then start all over the next morning at 7 AM. These things do in fact affect your salary.
“....I also wrote the RNC that they should get new republicans on the commission....”
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The RNC has given us what we have now—someone like Jim DeMint should be the one designated to name the Republican representatives.
The RNC is clueless.
Biggest point to be made. And fixed once and for all. If there is a way to get a Dem presidential candidate in front of a REAL moderator, they would go down in flames.
That 72% myth has been around for at least forty years. Rad feminists and lib pols repeat it endlessly, but it doesn’t make it any less false. It’s still fundamentally a dishonest statement. The “experts” think Romney was right not to mention the myth because it might turn off female voters. I don’t understand how telling the truth about something would turn off voters.
The GOP is run by crooks and idiots.
Seriously? The questions were bad enough, as it was. Did she really give the questions to Obama?
Which question did she ask ?
Which question did she ask ?
I’m hoping that Breitbart or some other organizations with the required resources are now vetting last nights questioniers.
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