<![CDATA[The word “Debate” means little anymore]]>What they call debates are really just joint press conferences, as Rush says. Well, toss the word moderator into the same trash heap with the word debate. The “moderator” for the Veep “debate” is not just in the tank for Obama like the rest of the press; she’s set up shop in the tank.

Ifill and her publisher are banking on an Obama/Biden win to buoy her book sales. The moderator expected to treat both sides fairly has grandiosely declared this the “Age of Obama.” Can you imagine a right-leaning journalist writing a book about the “stunning” McCain campaign and its “bold” path to reform timed for release on Inauguration Day – and then expecting a slot as a moderator for the nation’s sole vice presidential debate?

Yeah, I just registered 6.4 on the Snicker Richter Scale, too.

I believe that would be the Snichter Scale.

Do take a moment to contact Janet H. Brown, Executive Director of the Debates Commission, jb@debates.org and encourage her to make sure Ifill’s book is prominent during the “debate”. Here’s my contribution:

To: jb@debates.org
Subject: Gwen Ifill

I do congratulate Gwen Ifill on the publication of her book and wish her
much success with it. Please make sure that the title of the book, as
well as its cover, are prominently displayed every time Ifill is on
camera during the upcoming vice-presidential debate. I’m sure the viewing
audience will want to know all about it.

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