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Moderator Crowley became focus of debate when talked turned to Libya
Washington Post ^ | October 17, 2012 | AP

Posted on 10/17/2012 12:15:59 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

NEW YORK — Candy Crowley’s signature moment as moderator of Tuesday’s rough-and-tumble presidential debate came when she was called upon to referee a dispute over President Barack Obama’s description of the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya as an act of terror.

When Republican Mitt Romney questioned whether the president had done so, Crowley said, “He did, in fact, sir.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012debates; biasedmedia; candycrowley; cnn; debate
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

"Sit down Governor Romney! Now.....sorry about that Mr. President......please Mr. President, continue......tell us again how you were so concerned for our Embassy personnel that you could not sleep a wink that night........


41 posted on 10/17/2012 3:33:33 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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It bears repeating. Do not be mad at your laptop.

Sometime what appears to most as an accident or coincidence... is not.

42 posted on 10/17/2012 3:45:17 AM PDT by USCG SimTech (Honored to serve since '71)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The Rules for Presidential debates don't apply to Liberals, and the Moderators for EVERY debate are hard-core EVERY TIME.

She violated the standards of conduct, and you KNEW that was going to happen. NONE of the debates, except the first one, were conducted professionally at all, and because we have a Usurper in the White Hut, you cannot expect any "Presidential" conduct from the whole Liberal gang.

It is an EMBARASSMENT to America when we have to look at the immature, non-professional, and outright FALSEHOODS that are spouted over and over, whereas the Record shows that this past 4 years have destroyed decades of progress, in the name of "spreading the wealth".

43 posted on 10/17/2012 3:45:17 AM PDT by traditional1 (Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Madam Chairman I rise to call a point of order. The chairman is debating.


44 posted on 10/17/2012 3:45:36 AM PDT by jimfree (In Nov 2012 my 12 y/o granddaughter has more relevant&quality executive experience than Barack Obama)
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To: RKBA Democrat
The story talked about around the watercooler this morning will be how the moderator was a cheerleader for hussein.

Ultra liberal media running cover for ultra liberal candidates because they cannot stand on their own web of lies.

A sad part about truth is it is a stand-alone singularity devoid of the circus fireworks mandatory to promote liberal lies the weak minded tend to embrace.

45 posted on 10/17/2012 3:50:09 AM PDT by USCG SimTech (Honored to serve since '71)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
“Late Monday, she appeared on CNN and was asked by Wolf Blitzer what Obama needed to do avoid a repeat of his first debate performance, widely considered poor.”

Unfreakinbelievable!

46 posted on 10/17/2012 3:56:47 AM PDT by tobyhill (Obamacare, the final nail in the US coffin.)
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To: comebacknewt

Why no one asked this?
Mr. President, ‘US soil was under rocket, mortar and small arms attack in a coordinated assault for 6 hours and you didn’t know?


47 posted on 10/17/2012 4:10:32 AM PDT by databoss
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To: Nitehawk0325

Personally, I like the emphasis... Hit send again.

All of us need to hitting back at this Bull$1t.

The RNC chairman, whom I like, coming on and complaining about it is too little too late for me.

They should have never agreed to the slate of “Host” (not Moderators) for these debates.

We shoot ourselves in the foot constantly and then moan about when it bleeds.


48 posted on 10/17/2012 4:29:17 AM PDT by WomBom ("I read Free Republic for the pictures")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

With all due respect, it must be remembered that Ms Crowley is the only NFL linebacker to make it to a mainstream news gig. She couldn’t resist tackling the runner that broke through the defensive line.


49 posted on 10/17/2012 4:39:13 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: paul544
What Romney accomplished was to let people see him as a potential President.

There was nothing that Romney said to a particular question that was a 'slam dunk', 'knockout' 'homerun'.

It was his grasp of the facts in general and his demeanor that won people over to his side.

50 posted on 10/17/2012 4:41:54 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Arthurio
Exactly! Since they can't run on the issues, their only hope was to make Romney appear as someone who could not be President.

That was Biden's goal in his debate, try to belittle Ryan.

They have failed and thus, they will lose.

51 posted on 10/17/2012 4:43:38 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

It is time the people in the Repub party put a stop to this media run debates. Every year we go thru this same garbage. Why would anyone even think of Candy Crowley for a moderator? How about some Republican women for moderator? Imagine what the left would do.


52 posted on 10/17/2012 5:03:39 AM PDT by Hattie
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Can’t someone here with photo ability get a photo of Candy throwing the referee flag? Sorta like the empty chair? Correct that - a photo that “looks like” Candy so she can’t say a word.


53 posted on 10/17/2012 5:08:25 AM PDT by Hattie
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Candy Crowly is not only a self-impressed bore/boar, we now all see that she should be censured by her profession and hand in her journalism diploma. Her purposeful abandonment of her role as “impartial” moderator during an internationally televised presidential debate will relegate her to nothing more than a shameful footnote in American history.


54 posted on 10/17/2012 5:08:41 AM PDT by Seeing More Clearly Now (Big Bird Can Fly on His Own)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Larry Lucido; ..
Professor, I keep playing the tape... over and over again--

"Governor Romney, the President went to Las Vegas just after the Benghazi attack to clear out the terrorists threatening undecided voters in Nevada... and it is a fact, not one member of al-Qaeda has won a Vegas jackpot since then-- Check the transcript!"

Clam down, Bender. You cannot get your oil boiling again... your crankcase wouldn't stand it--

55 posted on 10/17/2012 5:11:00 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

When the hell are the RNC/GOP powers-that-be grow a pair and not agree to far-left moderators? It’s “our” own fault that Crowley was debating Romney.


56 posted on 10/17/2012 5:11:09 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Candy Crowley did exactly what a debate moderator is NOT supposed to do — become the focus of the debate. It may have been the biggest moment in her career and she screwed it up royally. She should be ashamed of herself.


57 posted on 10/17/2012 5:35:37 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Think this debate was biased? Wait until the last one. Romney will be lucky to get 3 minutes to talk for the entire debate. No way in hell the moderator for that one lets obama lose.


58 posted on 10/17/2012 6:10:22 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: fortheDeclaration

Stop looking for ‘knockout’s and ‘homeruns’, they aren’t coming


So true. This is War and won’t be won quickly.

The Luntz focus group in a state that can have an impact is what matters.

Who thinks NY will go against Obama


59 posted on 10/17/2012 6:18:03 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Ambassador Stevens receives a Marine Corps guard 5 weeks too late:

http://www.latimes.com/includes/sectionfronts/AA1.pdf


60 posted on 10/17/2012 8:43:05 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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