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Time for Action: Ifill Must Withdraw for Conflict of Interest [Update x2]

By Matthew Weaver on October 2, 2008 at 11:01 AM in Barack Obama, Current Affairs, Joe Biden, John McCain, Sarah Palin

From GateWayPunditThe failure to remove Gwen Ifill as moderator tonight is a travesty and embarrassment to the Commission on Presidential Debate’s mantra of “professional and nonpartisan“. Gwen Ifill has written a book, titled “Age of Obama” that she and her publisher are now promoting for release on Inauguration Day! She has a clear bias for Obama and stands to personally, professionally, and financially profit from his successful election as president. Thus, tonight, it is in her interest to see that Governor Sarah Palin does not do well, or is even embarrassed.

It cannot be understated that the moderator of the debate has control over the debate questions, follow-ups, and discussion. The moderator can overtly or subtly make a winner and a loser. Ifill’s bias and conflict of interest are so great and so obvious that any result tonight will be suspect. It is unfair to either candidate, to the parties, and to the American people that she continue as moderator. Gwen Ifill claims to be a journalist but has failed to honor one of its most sacred principles: impartiality.

Since, despite her bias and conflict of interest, Gwen Ifill refuses to step aside and allow for an impartial moderator to host tonight’s debate, it is up to us, the American people, to voice strong protest to force her replacement as moderator.

Bias
Gwen Ifill bias is obvious:

  1. Here is Ifill at the Republican convention.

  2. Consider this interview. The tone and bias are unmistakable.

  3. “Despite the protestations of her colleagues that she will be fair, Ifill has appeared on numerous radio and TV talk shows over the past several months to cash in on her access to the Obama campaign. She recently penned a fawning cover story on the Obamas for Essence magazine that earned much buzz. The title? “The Obamas: Portrait of an American Family.”—Michelle Malkin
  4. Gwen Ifill herself wrote August that “The Obama generation is just beginning its run.”—Time on August 21, 2008

Conflict of Interest

  1. Gwen Ifill has written a book lauding Barack Obama. While she hasn’t named him “The One” as has her friend and colleague Oprah, Ms. Ifill has titled her book the “Age of Obama”. In promotion material The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama is described as “shedding new light on the impact of Barack Obama’s stunning presidential campaign.”
  2. Here is Ms. Ifill in a video advertisement for the book:

  3. Ms. Ifill and publisher Random House have timed release for “Age of Obama” on January 20, 2009. Inauguration Day for the country’s next president.

Obama Cult Defense
Ms. Ifill has defended herself in a manner that speaks well of her Kool-Aid drinking Obama Cult:

  • Questioned recently about her biases, Ifill is quoted by the Washington Post saying, “no one’s ever assumed a white reporter can’t cover a white candidate.”
  • “Ifill questions why people assume that her book will be favorable toward Obama. ‘Do you think they made the same assumptions about Lou Cannon (who is white) when he wrote his book about Reagan?’ said Ifill, who is black. A sked if there were racial motives at play, she said, ‘I don’t know what it is. I find it curious.’”—David Bauder, VP debate moderator’s impartiality questioned.
  • Ifill disingenuously observed when asked about the debate, that “I’m not running for anything.”
  • Anne Belle, spokeperson for Ifill’s PBS program, “The NewsHour”, said “The book has been a known factor for months, so I’m not sure what the big deal is.”

A Few Notes
The news on Ms. Ifill’s bias and conflict of interest have been sparse. While the book was not a secret, it was not well known and, as Ms. Ifill now admits, she did not disclose it and her conflict of interest to the debate commission. It is surprising that Senator McCain’s campaign did not pick up on Ms. Ifill’s book and conflict of interest earlier, claiming now to have not known about it. As well, the media is complicit by either ignoring the conflict of interest or not inquisitive enough to put two-and-two together when the information is right in front of them.

  • One of the earliest mentions of Ms. Ifill’s book was on July 21.

    • “We have an awkward history about how to talk about race in the nation and in newsrooms,” says Gwen Ifill, senior correspondent for PBS “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” and author of “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama,” slated for publication early next year.”—Kinney Littlefield, AP, Talk-show host Tavis Smiley tackles Obama and race.

  • Gwen Ifill herself wrote about her upcoming book in Time on August 21
  • The book was referenced as a footnote on September 3rd in a Washington Post article, “Ifill is working on a book called ‘Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama’. She focuses on the Democratic nominee. …”
  • Although not a secret, until this week there no major news articles on the debate disclosed Ifill’s bias and clear conflict of interest.
  • The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Ms. Ifill’s moderation of the vice-presidential debate on September 17.
  • Ms. Ifill now acknowledges not telling the Commission about her book, its slant, or about the timing of the release on Inauguration Day. NPR’s Mara Liasson, who spoke with Fox News’s Brit Hume Wednesday evening, noted that Gwen Ifill has stated that she did not tell the Commission on Presidential Debates about her book.
  • Greta Van Susteren reported Wednesday morning at Fox News that “the McCain campaign did NOT know about Gwen Ifill’s book.”
  • Senator McCain also observed in a Wednesday afternoon FOX News interview that Ifill’s book was “not helpful” and ill-timed. He did add that he trusted her to be professional.—Politico
  • Governor Palin, for her part, said that she was “not gonna let it be a concern.”
  • The MSM is complicit in ignoring Ms. Ifill’s bias and conflict of interest. A survey of news reports find little mention of her book, its content, or timing of its release.
  • Michelle Malkin has been out front leading media reports and commentary against Gwen Ifill. her latest writing in today’s New York Post is “Impartial? VP-Debate Host Pens Book Lauding Obama.
  • Karl Rove was quite direct Wednesday evening on FOX News: “She [Ifill] has a problem, the debate commission has a problem… this is appalling.”
  • Juan Williams of NPR and FOX News said:

    • “Clearly her books aren’t going to do as well unless Obama wins, so it looks like she has some investment, literally, in one candidate or the other. And she’s supposed to be sitting there as a neutral arbiter during the debate,” said NPR’s Juan Williams, a FOX News contributor. “I think the world of Gwen Ifill but I know there’s a perception problem.”–FOX News.

  • The Commission has not made any comment on the matter.

Time for Action
Why would anyone think Gwen Ifill can be unbiased in questioning the two VP candidates as she has a clear personal, professional, and financial stake in seeing that Biden does well and that Obama wins in November?

Ms. Ifill has bias and conflict of interest so clear and obvious that her journalistic instincts should to scream out to her that she is not and cannot be impartial. It is a shame that she risks destroying her well-earned reputation in such a foolish manner.

As Ms. Ifill will not recuse herself and withdrawal as moderator of tonight’s debate, it is up to the American people to call upon the Commission on Presidential Debates and their sponsors to replace her with someone who can act impartially. It is a matter of the gravest importance as the viewers of the debate are ultimately charged with voting for our nation’s next president and vice-president. A biased moderator discredits the debate and gains undo influence in the election process.

Ms. Ifill must be replaced! Be a squeaky wheel and write or call the Commission on Presidential Elections and their sponsors:

[Updates thanks to Ms. Porter and others]

  • Commission on Presidential Debates at (202) 872-1020
  • Janet H. Brown, Executive Director of the Debates Commission, at jb@debates.org
  • Frank Fahrenkopf, Co-Chairman, no contact info
  • Paul Kirk, Co-Chairman, no contact info [Update: pkirk@sandw.com]

Sponsors (Thanks to Tamra Lahav)

  • EDS, contact Christine Krumbholz, (972) 605-4658 [Update: Email for Board of Directors is BoardCommunications@eds.com]
  • Anheuser-Busch, Inc., (800) 342-5283< [Update: Email is shrrelations@melloninvestor.com]/li>
  • BHH New York, (212) 242-9242
  • Howard G Buffett Foundation, contact Allen D. Greenberg, Director, Decatur, IL 62525-4508 [Update: Email addresses are hgb@hgbfoundation.org, mew@hgbfoundation.org, and egrants@foundationcenter.org]
  • Sheldon S. Cohen, Esq., CPA, (202) 530-5600, (800) 390-3277, sscohen@farrmiller.com [Update: scohen@farrmiller.com]
  • Director, International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), (703) 683-5213, Information Hotline: 1-800-WATER-11, ibwainfo@bottledwater.org
  • The Kovler Fund, no contact info found
  • Kaiser Family FoundationHeadquarters, (650) 854-9400 [Update: Ms. Young at Kaiser Foundation indicates they are not a financial supporter and have asked the commission to remove their name.]
  • Washington, D.C. Office/Public Affairs Center, (202) 347-5270
  • YWCA USA, (202) 467-0801, advocacy@ywca.org, communications@ywca.org, or info@ywca.org

Please be respectful! For example,

Is it the commission’s position that Gwen Ifill can be non-partisan in the debate Thursday when she has a new pro-Obama book set to publish Inauguration Day? She has a clear personal, professional, and financial motive to make sure that Biden wins the debate and that Obama wins the election. It is discrediting to your organization that you have her slated to moderate. I recommend and ask that you replace Ms. Ifill with someone who does not have a clear, unmistakable conflict of interest.

Note: If you have updates to these contacts or others to share, please share them via a comment here or email matthew@theindependentview.com.

  • Freedom Fighter

    Gwen is only being assailed because she is female and she is African American. Tom Browkaw has written books about presidents before, has anyone called to disqualify him? The racism and sexism directed at Gwen Ifill is disgusting.

    • Pragmatist

      obama is the only one who is disgusting and the main stream media is pravda.

      • Freedom Fighter

        The MSM, in John McCain’s own words, is his base. Even his base is abandoning him. Like the American people, the MSM is also tired of 8 years of Bush, and they don’t want another 4 more years of McSame.

        • WasLNbutNoBamaBotsKeepStealingMyName

          Troll alert…you obots are soooo tiresome. Yawn…

          • NYC

            I don’t understand why these brainwhashed trolls come here if they are so sure that their disgraceful candidate will be the winner?????? Maybe they are afraid of last minute surprises…?

            • Carol

              You all remember Their Chosen One wants them to get in our face. Well, I say start getting in the trolls’ faces and throw their crap right back at them. Fight fire with fire!

        • tillthen

          Eight minutes of Obama is too much. I can’t watch him for 8 seconds on TV.

          • destardi

            What, you mean you don’t get anything about of “Blahblahblah, blah blah, blah blah blah blah?”

            You’re just not on the same wonderous “brain wave” as Teh One.

          • http://blogawayintothenight.wordpress.com/ Miss H

            Same here, Obama on TV promotes a strong gag reflex in me; particularly when he goes into that Southern preacher, hellfire and damnation pulpit yelling that the MSM refers to as “a great orator”. Sounds like a Jeremiah Wright rehash to me!

        • HC

          FF I don’t want another 30 days of your boring, repetitive, off topic, intellectually dishonest trolling posts. They are clearly meant to be disruptive and obnoxious.

          We all get that you love Obama and hate McCain.

          Point made, now go away and stop embarrassing yourself.

          • MsSoAnd So

            you mean intellectually bankrupt!

        • Carol

          Yes, the MSM wants the next four years to be on the reporting of what an abysmal failure your chosen One is. They will finally be reporting on his allegiances to Ayers, et al; how his 20 years under the tutelage of Wright has warped his patriotism; how taxes have doubled and tripled under his reign to pay for all his Socialistic Government-run programs. How he seems never to read a bill before he signs it and then blames someone else. How the MSM treat him unfairly because they are racist.

          Get a life, better yet start researching the one you profess is the better candidate. The one who cannot seem to produce his transcripts of grades from Columbia and Harvard, his SAT and LSAT scores. Heck he cannot even produce anyone who remembers him being at Columbia. Who doesn’t want anyone to know that he became president of HLR because of affirmative action. The one who cannot produce even one article he wrote for HLR. The one who claims to have walked away from a career on Wall Street, to become a community organizer a job that he didn’t do all that well. Constitutional Law – he doesn’t even know the Constitution.

      • beebop

        Freedom Fighter doesn’t address the fact that Tom’s presidents looked nothing like 0bama. NONE OF THEM WAS CURRENTLY RUNNING FOR OFFICE … DUH.

        • Donna Brazile

          It’s because he/she/it doesn’t know that little fact!

          FF is just a race baiter hater and brings contributes nothing of substance.

          Stop the hate!

        • latina

          Please… ignore the Troll )@@@Freedom Fighter@@@@

          Remember
          1) Looks like a Troll?

          _ Ignore It

          2) Smells like a Troll?

          _ Ignore It

          3) Tastes like a Troll? (a trick question)

          _ Spit it out

          _ Ignore It

          Let him drown in his own vomit.

      • http://obamafact.blogspot.com/ Mel

        Racist because Ifil stands to gain millions if Obama wins vs thousands if he loses from book sales, just like Freedumb Uniter stands to gain a full $0.05 per post by Axelrod, yup racism is running rampid but funny how it is only used by those profitting off Obama!

        • Irish1139

          Ifill has already shown her bias against Palin. Did anyone hear Ifill following Palin’s speech at the convention. She looked like she had something sour in her mouth. I expected her to spit at any moment. It wasn’t up to Ifill to show how she felt about Palin. Obviously, Ifill was unable to be objective or even look objective. What makes you think she will be fair tonight? Plus, she has a lot riding on making Sarah look foolish. If Obama wins the presidency, Ifill stands to make millions.

    • Urban Hillbilly

      ^^^ BS TROLL ^^^

      • beebop

        Yeah. Hillary Clinton supporters are so ANTI FEMALE …. we’re KNOWN for that, dontcha know ….

    • http://www.madinthemiddle.blogspot.com churl

      Gwen, eh? You know her personally? If so, give us a nice long testimonial about the quality of her character, as opposed to calling everyone a racist who has questions about her impartiality. What would you think if perhaps Clarence Thomas or Colin Powell were moderating the debate?

      • doctorate

        Wouldn’t that be great.

        • Rob in Chicago

          Particularly since Justice Thomas has a reputation on the Supreme Court for never asking any questions of the attorneys presenting oral arguments before the Court. Palin and Biden could work on crossword puzzles in silence for 90 minutes.

    • http://www.theindependentview.com Matthew Weaver

      You’ve stated this previously, again without noting the issue: she has written a book favorable to Obama and timed for Inauguration Day! Do you not see the conflict of interest?! This has NOTHING to do with her sex or race. Nothing, absolutely nothing, here or in any articles, on the news, or in comments by anyone–except you–suggests otherwise.

      So, please, (1) address the bias and conflict of interest and (2) if you insist that the calls to replace Ifill is based on sex and race, please substantiate this with some discussion and credible references.

      By the way, you do realize that Governor Sarah Palin is female, right?

      • Freedom Fighter

        Have you read her book yet? How can you say it is favorable or not? You simply don’t know that for a fact.

        Yes, Sarah Palin is female, but she doesn’t represent the women of America. Gloria Steinem and many in the women’s movement have stated as such and are uniformly opposed to Sarah Palin’s candidacy.

        • benny

          *****insane troll*****

        • http://villamedia.wordpress.com/ RepublicanChick

          Have you read her book yet? How can you say it is favorable or not?

          Either way, would it not be the honest and right thing to disclose to the Commission that she was writing a book involving a politician currently running for President? If this had been a conservative, you would be railing.

          Yes, Sarah Palin is female, but she doesn’t represent the women of America. Gloria Steinem and many in the women’s movement have stated as such and are uniformly opposed to Sarah Palin’s candidacy.

          Gloria Steinem and “many” in the “women’s movement” don’t represent all American women. Some of us can think for ourselves and don’t need movements or organizations to tell us what is important.

          If you care about women, it shouldn’t matter how their political leanings slant–it should be about the bettering of society for women and girls. Period.

          • Larry

            She DID.

            Get your facts straight

            Here is an AP article from Wednesday, July 23, 2008.

            “We have an awkward history about how to talk about race in the nation and in newsrooms,” says Gwen Ifill, senior correspondent for PBS’ “The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer” and author of “The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama,” slated for publication early next year.”

            Debate moderators were chosen on August 6, 2008.

            Silly facts always get in the way.

            • destardi

              The silly “facts” are that bush got away with murder, even though we all know the score.

              The silly “facts” are that uhbama is getting away with murder (racebaiting) and smearing of two world class liberals (Bill and Hillary) while half the party is standing by using right-wing talking points against them.

              BULLSHIT moron!

              • Larry

                Yup, when you have no answer, just lie and spew hatred. Good job destardi.

                (ps – those word class liberals are doing everything they can do get Obama elected).

                And please do show me where Obama used right-wing talking points against Bill and Hillary. I’d love to see that.

                • http://purplechiten.wordpress.com Chiten

                  You are blind, deaf and dumb. It’s amazing how low some people can go and how totally ignorant they can become when they are being controlled by someone else.
                  I really feel sorry for you. Obama has you and you don’t even realize it. I’m happy that I refused the KoolAid because I would not want to be as blinded and foolish as you are. Obama supporters are racists and sexists of the worst kind and it’s truely pathetic.

            • http://villamedia.wordpress.com/ RepublicanChick

              The host of PBS’”Washington Week” and senior correspondent on “The NewsHour” said she did not tell the Commission on Presidential Debates about the book.</blockquote>

              SHE DID NOT TELL THE COMMISSION. In her own words, she says she didn’t tell them.

              Get the facts straight before you go down this road.

              • Larry

                I mean, it was published in countless articles. I heard about her book in late July. It’s been on Amazon.

                They couldn’t have figured it out? It’s not like she was hiding it.

                If the McCain campaign really didn’t know about this until a couple of days ago, they’re in worse shape than I thought.

                I didn’t think we see a worse-run campaign than Hillary’s Mark Penn disaster for years. I was wrong. All it took was a couple of months!

                • street_parade

                  It’s sad that campaigns now have to do opposition research on supposedly ‘professional’ journalists. But this is the sad state of our beloved (by some, though not all) country.

                • wonderwoman

                  Why didn’t they pick somebody else anyway. She moderated the VP debate in 2004.

                • Carol

                  It’s been on Amazon.

                  Only as a Pre-order for a discounted price of $16.47. No description or anything else. So I guess it’s kind of like on Amazon.

            • joseyj

              Your post is more proof the election is rigged on so many levels for Barack Hussein Oblahma.
              McCain knew nothing about Ifill’s book and apparently the Presidential Debate Commission didn’t inform him.

              • Larry

                Then McCain is dumber than I thought.

                Maybe if he knew how to use a computer…

                just saying….

          • latina

            Please , lets keep to the thread. This one is for a call to all of us to denounce Ifill’s Bias for Obama. Let us leave FF talking to himself, and start picking up the phones and denouncing the apparent truth and the real conflict of interest this lady has in the outcome of this debate and this whole election. We are entering the Dark Era, where we have, as always, keep vigilant. Let us not drown in the pettiness of the arguments with these trojans.
            Let us start calling and emailing the sponsors, for the sum of all of us make make a difference tonight.

        • Emma

          Palin represents many of the women of America. You are so stuck in liberal land. There are a whole lot of women who could careless what Steinem thinks. Palin is the real deal feminist!

          • destardi

            Please get OFF the “liberal blah blah blah” crap.

            I am a liberal! But I am NOT voting for uhbama, and CLEARLY Dems are doing more than Republicans EVER did when their party was hijacked by Neo-Cons: see – PUMA!!!

        • Jackie

          Gloria Steinem is a women but she no more represents me than does Andrew Dice Clay.

          Her views are destructive.

          Women who choose to be mothers should be honored not belittled.

          Like Madeline Albright said,”there is a special place in Hell for women who do not help women.”

          • Pennsylvania goes RED!

            Then I guess we all know Sandra Bernhard’s final destination.

        • http://deleted Buzz Latte

          Festerdom Farter,

          Naive doesn’t even begin to describe the silliness you post today. did you miss the little yellow bus this morning?

        • Betty

          Yes, Sarah Palin is female, but she doesn’t represent the women of America

          Who died and left you in charge of divining who represents the women of America?

          • jwrjr

            Your question applies to you, too.

          • Postmaster

            Sarah Palin does represent a LOT of women in America, of course not all, but a lot. Not everyone believes pro-choice means simply pro-abortion. Why should Palin be beat up and villified and her downs syndrome child be ridiculed by idiots and cruel videos posted on YOUTUBE? The previous poster said it all, ‘there is a special place in hell for women who do not help women’. THere should also be a special place in hell for those people who ridicule and mock disabled people.

            In the meantime, step aside, Gwen Ifill, your bias shows.

        • kgirl1028

          A. Sarah Palin does represent a large amount of american women. Just not the insane bitches that turned on hillary clinton because they were jealous.

          B. why is it you trolls only come on this board when you think obama might get his ass kicked, is this just your way of dealing with the fact the american public will eventually see this man for the incompetent fraud he is?

          C. And lastly with as much cheating as Obama first got in this race, why are people surprise about ifell. It falls right in line with everything that has been going on in this race. Everyone knows he and biden are riding the short yellow bus to the white house. Personally I know longer care, this foolishness is going to catch up with obama before or after he gets in office, and when he does, freedom fighter and the dull acting people like him who placed him into office better not be standing around, cause i will beat the crap out of them. It makes no damn sense these idiots, are picking some who they know isn’t crap. It’s the only reason they get scared every time a debate rolls around or the pools start to dip back into mccains favor they start freaking out so they want to bully mccain supporters. I hate silliness, and i hate silliness that affect my life. I dont’ give a damn about who you vote for, but don’t get in my face cause i don’t like your stupid choice for president. maybe if you did run around attacking women who has more executive experiences anyone else on both tickets combined I might let your stupidity go but you are proud of your foolishness, and it doesn’t’ matter to you that you trash our country for your own I have low esteem in my race reasoning. It is the same reasoning that allowed black professionals to help out with the Tuskegee’s syphilis studies, doctors and nurses justified the screwing of their own people by saying that they want to prove blacks were not as differ enc as whites thought they were. I don’t have that problem, I know blacks are smart and capable, and it’s one the reasons i am livid about the obvious racist bullshit notion that obama should not be held to the same standards that white presidential candidates are because this affects the lives of hundreds of millions of people, not just your fragile ego. The day you allow a black inexperience thoracic surgeon with a reputation of leaving clamps and scalpels in peoples chests and causing hemorrhaging, over a more qualified white female surgeon with a great reputation and bed side manner, is the day you r stupid behind can come on here and insult anyone about anything. now get of the damn board you stupid fruit cake, people that have zero logic, and have no right to critique of bully anyone else, cheating is not winning it stealing, so wrap your mind, around the fact that even if he gets into office it does mean a damn thing, but he’s a cheat and you helped him do so, and that is nothing to be cocky or proud about. So take your tired behind somewhere and shush it.

          D. If you really think ifell’s book will not be biased points out one of the reason you think obama is a great choice, you lack reasoning ability. or either you choose to be stupid as hell.

        • lark

          I have read the book and it is not favorable. That’s why is coming out on the day of his inauguration. It will tell of all his dirty associations, cheating, lies, frauds, deception and mocking practices.

          I’m also reading her sequel           to that book where Der Fuhrer sends her to prison camp, indoctrinates her until she becomes a faithful obot and then he send her to the north pole to count polar bears.

          • J.J.

            Maybe instead of exiling Ifill to the North Pole, they can have her lead a chapter of the Obama Youth singing songs for the leader in the “Age of Obama”.

        • CLEM GRECO

          NEWS FLASH….STEINEM DOESN’T REPRESENT WOMEN OF AMERICA ….SHE ONLY REPRSENTS THE RABID FEMINISTS WHO ARE OBSESSED WITH ABORTION.L.

          • workingclass artist

            Hmmm….Gloria represents Feminists who only care about women who parrot them…(sigh)

      • Larry

        I already addressed this yesterday.

        Every single major news anchor who would be possibly up to moderate one of three Presidential races makes greater than $250,000 – most substantially more. Thus, for every single of these news anchors, they stand to benefit financially from a McCain Presidency, just as you claim Ifill would benefit from an Obama.

        Yet I do not see you assuming that every one of these anchors is in the bag for McCain. Because people don’t necessarily vote on their wallets. I’ve been voting against my wallet, for Democratic Presidential candidates who will tax me more, for my entire life.

        So please, if you want to claim that Ifill is “in the bag for Obama,” you need to substantiate this claim with evidence, other than potential FINANCIAL gain. Unless you want to begin to state that every single person who makes over $250,000 is in the bag for McCain.

        I have listened to Ifill for years, and watched her a substantial amount this election season. I haven’t heard her make any anti-McCain, pro-Obama comments – if any of you watched her (which you have already you stated that you don’t since you boycott ALL MSM), I think you would find that she has been about as even-handed a journalist as there has been to come by this election season.

        Thus, I cannot find a reason you’d be claiming that she has a conflict of interest, other than assuming that she is in the bag for Obama because she is black. Her book, if you read the synopsis, is a study of post-Civil Rights black leaders – NOT a puff piece on Obama.

        Also, please explain to me how we get from Gwenn Ifill to the “why not just have Donna Brazille moderate” comments which have been excessively repeated in posts regarding this topic on this website for the past two days. How is this NOT saying, one black woman is the same as the other.

        Anyone with any brains can see that Gwen Ifill is NO Donna Brazille. Conflating them is racist.

        Unless you have other opinions. I’d be happy to listen.

        • Larry

          Where’d you go Matthew? Do well-reasoned arguments scare you away?

          I see, it’s easier just to post a diary and run then actually have to explain your asinine line of thinking.

          • beebop

            You’re NOT WORTH responding to.

          • mimi

            Hey Larry,

            I have a bracelet, too!

            • http://obamafact.blogspot.com/ Mel

              You too?

              And I take it Ayers is just a guy in your neighborhood too..lol

            • workingclass artist

              LOL…I got my bracelet too and paid for it with Obarkycoins…chuckle…

        • buckwheat waffles

          C.H.A.N.G.E…..COME HELP ANOTHER NEGRO GET ELECTED. GET OFF HERE YOU ODIOUS TROLL.

      • http://purplechiten.wordpress.com Chiten

        Let’s see, black woman writes a book called “Age of Obama”, is clearly a supporter and you ask us how we know if it’s favorable or not. Hmmmmmm, such a tough question.
        Let’s see, we have this thing called a brain. It works on something called logic. There’s also something called a “no brainer” meaning you don’t even need a brain or logic to know the answer.
        YES, it’s favorable for obama. There have been interviews about it, there have been promotions about it. It is painfully pro-obama, hailing him as the “second coming of Christ”.
        What kind of stupid, assanine question is that???
        She’s in the tank for obama, she stands to profit monetarily if he wins, no, she cannot be unbiased and should be removed. It’s pretty damn simple and if you can’t see that you are either blind or downright stupid.
        I think you CAN see it but you are purposefully turning a blind eye. You are doing what all the obama supporters are, you are willing to lie, cheat, steal, kill or whatever it takes to get bambi boy in the whitehouse and nobody who has any logic can figure out what it is about him that has fooled so many and controls them the way it does.
        Just start wearing a brown shirt, grow a funky little mustache, hold your arm out straight and slightly elevated and shout HIEL BARACK and get it the hell over with.

    • WasLNbutNoBamaBotsKeepStealingMyName

      There we go again…ANY criticism directed toward anyone who favors the Plastic Jesus is deemed racism! And sexism…please, where was Gwen Awful Ifill when Hillary was being attacked, or Sarah Palin?

      Freedom Fighter we can see right through you. You are a ghost without substance.

      McCain/Palin Nov 4th

      • Freedom Fighter

        Chuck Todd, political analyst made a compelling argument today that the race is essentially over. Everything is breaking in Obama’s favor. You guys at NQ are just wasting your time whining now. How embarassing would it be to vote for a 40 state loser on Nov 4th? If I were you, I would just go ahead and write in Hillary and at least get her name in the hat for a run in 2016.

        • http://villamedia.wordpress.com/ RepublicanChick

          Chuck Todd, political analyst made a compelling argument today that the race is essentially over. Everything is breaking in Obama’s favor.

          This is exactly why Democrats have only won 2 Presidential (Carter and Clinton won twice) races in the past 44 years.

          Keep underestimating Republicans and watch if you don’t have your ass handed to you on the night of November 4th.

          • destardi

            Chick, I’m hoping and praying that you’re right.

            I can’t stand another 4 years of not being able to listen to our President when he speaks.

        • lark

          Everything is breaking in Obama’s favor

          Everything broke in Castro’s favor, also in Putin’s favor, in Hugo Chavez favor, in Hu Jintao’s favor, in Hitler’s favor, in the Vietcong favor, in Stalin’s favor.

          The issue is if things are breaking in your own interests favor. I’m sure not because you hate anyone making over 250K.

        • Pennsylvania goes RED!

          Everything is breaking in Obama’s favor.

          Oh yeah we all know the drill.

          Everything always breaks in n0bama’s favor.

          Until it doesn’t.

      • Larry

        Have you ever turned on PBS and watched Gwenn Ifill?

        I’d be willing to bet you hadn’t heard of her until this made-up controversy.

        The woman is one of the best journalists this country has for heavens sake.

        • workingclass artist

          Ehemmm..Larry I watch Gwen both on the Newshour and her show…She was showing bias then imho…
          Not as BLATANT…But it was there nonetheless…

          • Larry

            You see biased in a tree at this point.

            “You see how the branches form a tiny “O” shape over there! It’s an Obama-bot tree! Racist tree!”

            You’re hardly an objective observer.

          • beebop

            Artist …. “larry” had never heard of Gwen until this controversy … which by the way is one of her making.

            • workingclass artist

              agree Bee…Larrytroll probably thinks Juan Williams sells cars…chuckle…

        • Jackie

          I have watched her for years…I think she is a waste of skin.

          • workingclass artist

            I ave watched Gwen for years as well and up until this primary season…Had great respect for her…
            I’ll still watch the Newshour cause I like… Jim’s a Local boy…I’m just sayin’

            • Irish1139

              I have always liked and respected Gwen but you have to admit her remarks and the look on her face following Palin’s speech was a little sour. She claimed Palin belittled Obama. Palin was responding to Obama belittling her for being a mayor of a small town. Why is it all right for Obama to belittle people but not all right for Palin? Ifill definitely showed her bias.

          • Havoc

            Then why would you “watch her for years”. liar. Either she is credible that’s why you watch. Or you’ve never watched her. Either way ..liar.

    • destardi

      You can’t be serious. Really…you can’t.

      Just the mere FACT that an issue has to be questioned if there’s conflict of interest, results in a serious compromise of neutrality.

      • mimi

        I’ve watched Gwen Ifill for years. I thinks she’s a top-notch journalist. She’s smart, she knows the political territory and she communicates well.

        That’s why I’m personally shocked at the following:

        that she did not tell the CPD that she was writing a book with 0bama’s name in the title and that it would include a chapeter on him

        that she doesn’t see how this can be perceived as a conflict of interest

        I thought Ifill had more personal integrity than this. She knows just like I do, how very much the self-esteem of the AA community has been invested in 0bama. It’s clear that she is among the majority desperate to see 0bama become POTUS. She can’t tell me that in her private life, among her fellow AA friends, and family, that this has not been the main if not only topic of conversation. She can’t tell me, that privately, she has not participated in the vitriol that is being spewed at Sarah Palin by white feminists, blacks and all the Botheads. I’m sure she has been careful to keep her comments restricted to only the closest of immediate friends and family and being a professional, I’m sure she chooses her words carefully. But I’m sure they all know she agrees.

        By everyone’s admission, especially in the AA community, this has been a long awaited dream, how can she actually believe that she can detach herself emotionally during the debate. The only way to do that is to not have an opinion. It’s been crystal clear that EVERYONE in the msm has a bias toward 0bama by the way he has been covered. NO probing into his past, selectivity on the stories that are covered about 0bama, refusal to ask him tough questions, nor probe into questionable practises in his campaign.

        It’s a joke that Ifill or anyone else believes she can be impartial. It’s like believing the fox would let a chicken convince him not to eat him.

        Ain’t gonna happen!

        And when it’s all said and done, Ifill will have taken one for the team, and no one will be able to prove otherwise.

        • workingclass artist

          Hmmm…Guess Gwen had a lapse in judgement? I think you are dead on MIMI…Gwen ( sigh ) has thrown her ethics out the window…
          I have watched her for years…Had a lot of respect for her…Now? ( shaking my head ) Well I won’t be watching her show anymore…Don’t know if I will again…not the same as I did before.

          I’ll still watch the Newshour cause I like Jimmy…But (sigh) this journalistic BS has got to stop.

        • jwrjr

          Not telling the CPD about her book in and of itself gives Ifill the appearance of a conflict of interest. No conflict of interest? Then why not tell the CPD about the book?

        • Sally

          that’s affirmative action and fascism for ‘all. Smart?….excuse me I gotts gag.

    • Leisa

      Please enlighten us… show us where this article by Matthew Weaver was racist and sexist…

      Gwen does not help either campaign because she has a financial vested interest for one candidate to prevail. That hurts her credibility as an impartial moderator.

      How is my comment racist or sexist?

      • beebop

        She is going to make money from the sale of the book. That is the conflict. That alone disqualifies her … she knew it and that is why she didn’t tell the Commission. If she didn’t think there was a problem, why else would she omit to tell them?

        • http://obamafact.blogspot.com/ Mel

          For the same reason Obama only said “Ayers is just a guy in my neighborhood”

        • Larry

          If financial benefit alone creates a conflict of interest, I continue to ask why we do not consider it a conflict of interest when wealthy individuals who stand to personally benefit from the continuation of the Bush tax policy discuss politics on TV. Because that describes nearly ever TV anchor and pundit out there. They ALL have a conflict, under your opinion – they MUST be pro-McCain, right?

          Please explain how these two situation differ and how Ifill is biased towards Obama due to potential financial gain while others like Tom Brokaw are not biased towards McCain due to potential financial gain.

          • Rob in Chicago

            Because her financial gain from an Obama win will likely be much greater than her financial gain from a McCain win, otherwise, the book would not be released on inauguration day (to maximize profits from an Obama win and the resulting O-Bot celebrations). Additionally, if you watched the videos in the article above and don’t see clear bias, then you are watching with a blindfold and the sound off.

        • Freedom Fighter

          This was never a secret. Every person in every newsroom in America knew this no-secret. The fact that John McCain and the Repub didn’t do their homework doesn’t justify their whinning at the 11th hour of the debate.

          • http://deleted Buzz Latte

            Festerdom Farter.

            This is what is so funny…YOU actually think you know what is going on behind the scenes for McCain. LOL!!!

            Man, these Obots are all omnipotent and psychic aren’t they?

            What if the McCain camp knew and threw out a red herring of a complaint? It did it’s job didn’t it? We’re all discussing Ifill and her credibility has come into question ahead of the debates.

            Score a major one for the McCain/Palin camp!!!!

          • beebop

            Listen, you little twerp just because Every person in every newsroom in America knew this no-secret. does not mean that the people tuning in to watch this debate are not entitled to someone who is not biased. Your argument is like saying, “everyone knows Hannibal Lector eats flesh,” so if he bites you, too bad?

            You, “Larry,” 0bama, Gwen all need really good lessons in logic and morals …. not necessarily in tha order!

            • Larry

              No, that was just to refute the ridiculous point made by Republican Chick that it was some kind of a secret.

              The point is it wasn’t a secret, and the reason no one complained is because it is NOT a conflict of intereset.

              I made what I thought was a pretty good point about financial gain regarding the money that wealthy news anchors (and their corporations, for that manner), stand to gain from another Republican Presidency with the Bush tax cuts. Of course, no one responded to that, because it’s easier to accuse and attack than debate a logical argument.

              • Leisa

                No one responded to your “brilliant” point about the Bush tax cuts because it was idiotic.

              • http://villamedia.wordpress.com/ RepublicanChick

                because lots of journalists write books and she assumed that they knew, given that it was posted in the AP and on amazon.com.

                This was your point from below. After she admitted herself to not telling the CPD about her book.

                It’s easier for you to accuse and attack than READ HER ACTUAL WORDS.

              • POdVet

                Your mediocre point was thoroughly debunked already, since as I pointed out in the previous thread. Every thing they do is deductible! And you might as well prepare yourself for Nov 5 now. You will wake up that day knowing that your Obamessiah not only lost in the biggest landslide in history, but the Republicans will most likely be in charge of both houses of Congress again! All because sociopaths in the DNC tried to force an immoral, corrupt, incompetent on the American people when they could have had 8 years in the White House with Hillary getting things done. So come Nov 6 when you realize your Obama paid blogging job is over. And you head for the breadline, wondering how long you have before Obama’s good friends from Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae foreclose on your parents house. But I guess you could always look on the bright side…they donated millions to Obama and gave themselves one hell of a sweetheart bonus! Maybe you can keep some of your Obama posters and use them for insulation in your cardboard box!

    • Dawnelle

      TROLL, if you actually LISTENED to Gwen in those tapes you can tell EASILY that she is prejudice against Sarah already!!!!
      (race beats gender?)

      BIG TIME!

      She has to go.
      But at this point finding ANYONE left that can read a teleprompter that is NOT deep in the koolaid for one candidate or the other would be very hard.

      Ya know who I’ve been watching lately that I can NOT tell who she is for is Alicia (?) Witt on MNSBO

      • workingclass artist

        Hmmmm….I could smell it during the primaries…

      • lark

        Its the way people for Obama contribute to changing the country into a Russian and China identical twin. Oh, they’ll love it to be told where to move and what job they qualify for.

        Attention FF, its 5:30 a.m. get up and go to the job you’ve been assign to. Get ready is 6:30 a.m. lets do your exercises because if you don’t loose 25 pounds this month your rations of food stamps will be cut in half.

        FF: Yes, my commander, let me sing you a song.

    • OhioMary

      I’m pretty sure she is not going to try to make him look bad. She would have the wrath of the AAs on her back. On the other hand, I’m pretty sure she will try to make Palin look bad. (if not, she would have the wrath of the AA on her back). Wait and see. I hope I’m wrong.

      • mimi

        Like I said above, she’s taking one for the team and discarding her journalistic integrity. The people whose opinions she values will not accuse her of bias.

        It’s clear that she could care less what the other half thinks.

    • Objective analysis

      Negro please – that is not true. I am a lawyer who happens to be an African-American woman. She is a journalist before she is black. If a white journalist was doing the same thing, they should be removed for not disclosing. It is the APPEARANCE of impropriety that is the problem. If it was not a secret, the woman should have disclosed the book and let McCain and others decide the issue of her moderating. She played herself. Self-righteous b****. You know the rest.

      PUMA 2008!

      • workingclass artist

        RIGHT ON! Objective analysis…This is about principles…This hypocrisy….is gettin OLD

        CORRUPTIO OPTIMI PESSIMA!
        CORRUPTION OF THE BEST…IS THE WORST!

        Sorry…Gwen has no excuse on this one…Aaaaand she knows it…hence the racist defense…sheeesh!

    • Objective analysis

      To Freedom Fighter (after the NAACP):

      Obama is not elected as president. Brokaw wrote about presidents. I think you are smoking some stuff to think that Obama is the President. This self-grandiose fulfillment is getting tiring. I saw the video (aka Hitler, Stalkin reinvention) and the seal, his wife’s ugly bust, and his portrait of him being president.

      Cocky indeed. Dewey (Obama) v. Truman (McCain). You know the rest. Peace!

      PUMA 2008!

    • MikeG

      Just make it fair — give Governor Palin three lifelines.

    • Lisa

      Freedom Fighter,

      Excuse me? YOU, I mean YOU stop playing race card and gender card.

      Any one writing an Obama is Wonderful book is not qualified as the moderator, no matter that person is a black or whte, male or female.

    • nancysabet

      She lied and did not disclosed her ties to Obama nation. lie just like the one.

    • Lisa

      Freedom Fighter,

      Take back your bullshit race and gender cards.

      Even if Gwen is a white man, our objection to her position in the VP debate would remain the same.

    • Lisa

      Freedom Fighter,

      Take back your bullshit race and gender cards.

      Even if Gwen is a white man, our objection to his position in the VP debate would remain the same.

    • stodghie

      bull! gwen ifill is clearly biased and needs to be removed.

    • Ginger

      It’s a clear conflict and needs to be disclosed. It seems she is still doing the debate so it hasn’t hurt her, but it needs to be made clear to the public in the interest of full disclosure, which I presume dems are also FOR….or is it only when it hurts others that you are for it? I forget.
      I never see you press for disclosure about your candidate…only ours.

      You love victim mode…so this should give you wet dreams for days…enjoy.

    • Patti

      Have they not given you new talking points yet ?

    • It’s Not Me

      OK…did Brokaw publish a book on Clinton right before he was elected TWICE? NO. Did Brokaw write a book on Carter right before he was elected? NO. Did Brokaw write a book about Kerry before his election? NO. WTF are you talking about? RACISM??? Are f*cking kidding me? YOU PEOPLE have made that term become USELESS! The BOY who cried wolf…know that story? That’s BO and his freakin’ demented cultists. You scream racism every f*cking chance you get and now the word means NOTHING…..absolutely NOTHING! You WILL COME TO REGRET THIS CRAP when true racism raises its ugly head and NO ONE believes you or defends you. SHAME ON YOU PEOPLE!

    • hank48188

      Gwen has a vested interest in Obama winning, how well would her book sell if Obama does not win??? This is a conflict of interest, If she had any class she would to remove herself.

    • http://investigatebarackobama.wordpress.com/about/ kat in your hat

      Oh look at this cartoon about tonight’s debate:

      http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2096025/posts

    • athy

      Freedom Fighter-
      Did Tom Brokaw have published books waiting in the wings to be released/sold immediateley AFTER he interviewed a candidate in a DEBATE?

      If the answer is yes-please specify.

      Do you see one of the main issues here ?

      C O N F L I C T O F I N T E R E S T

      Ms Ifill stands to profit IMMENSELY if the candidate that she is interviewing in tonight’s debate wins the election.

      Got it?

      Oh…and by the way…it was Sen Obama who first played the RACISM CARD in this election.
      Read how…

      He hired David Axelrod to manage his campaign. Axelrod is known for marketing African American politicians by using RACISM as a wedge to divide and conquor American voters. he injects racism at every turn and then Sen Obama gets the angry black votes and sympathetic white votes.

      Sen Obama has set race relations in this country back at least 25 years (in my opinion based upon my observations)

      http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=aa0cd21b-0ff2-4329-88a1-69c6c268b304

      The New Republic, “Race Man” by Sean Wilentz

      http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070219/hayes

      The Nation, “Obama”s Media Maven” by Chrisptoher Hayes. 2/19/08 issue

      • athy

        Clarification:
        Ms Ifill stands to profit IMMENSELY if the candidate that she is interviewing in tonight’s debate wins the election.

        Should be:

        Ms Ifill stands to profit IMMENSELY if Obama/Biden win the election.

    • http://purplechiten.wordpress.com Chiten

      This is laughable. You claim that SHE is being assailed with racism and sexism??? Oh Gawd, come on. The obama camp and all it’s kool-aid drinking followers are so blinded they can’t see what’s in front of their own faces. Their ONLY interest is putting an unvetted, unqualified, unprepared and inadequate candidate in the most powerful position in the country, possibly the world.
      Obama has clear and visable issues with patriotism, citizenship, experience, ability and even whether he is actually a natural born citizen and eligible to hold the office yet his cult followers are trying as hard as they can to push him into the office that he does not deserve and cannot handle.
      This is a replay of hitler and his followers. The parallels are frightening. It’s hard to believe and understand how, in 2008, in the country that is SUPPOSED to be the land of the free, the home of the brave, that we are on the verge of possibly electing HITLER himsef as POTUS. You think George Bush has been bad? You ain’t seen nothin yet. The Constitution is on the verge of being completely rejected and thrown aside. The US Constitution is the document that holds the premis upon which our country was founded and how it is run, how it can continue and how we became what we are today…or more like how we became what we were before this election and the bush atrocities. This is a fundamental destruction of our society and the installation of communism to replace our democracy and people like Ifill and those trying to defend her are traitors to this country and the ideas it was founded upon. Treason is an every-day occurance now and the kool-aid drinkers are actually defending treason and traitors as legitimate when they are far from it. You are trying to hijack MY country and I’m not going to stand by and allow it to happen.
      When obama used chicago politics to strong arm his way through the caucuses during the primary, when he used outright sexism against Hillary Clinton, when he used cries of racism (while he was the only racist involved), when pelosi, reid, et al. allowed the hijacking of the convention and handed the nomination to him on a silver platter when Hillary Clinton was the clear winner in all aspects of it, our road to communism started.
      There are a lot of theories out there about Dec 2012, there’s a good reason for that. We are leading up to that destruction now. More and more, I realize that our future has been laid out for us and that future is coming together before our very eyes. Barack Obama will be the destruction of our country and possibly, most likely, the world. And there is a huge cult following him to ensure that it happens.
      Have you no eyes? Have you no ears? Do you not see what is unfolding before us? Our destruction is before us and we have the power to choose. Will you choose life or will you choose death? Not your own life, ALL life. Yes, it IS that serious.

  • Urban Hillbilly

    Ms. Ifill should have fully disclosed her book when first considered to be the moderator. It’s her bad.

    Worse yet, she freakin’ played the race card when called on her nondisclosure! Thus, confirming a lot of worries about her objectivity.

    I don’t care a flip about her “reputation”, but Ms. Ifill should really be ashamed.

    • Larry

      This book has been public knowledge for months before she was chosen as a moderator.

      This is just a made up controversy to detract from the embarrassment that Sarah Palin has become for the McCain campaign.

      • beebop

        IGNORE THE TROLL

        THE 0BAMA CAMPAIGN KNOWS THIS IS A PROBLEM OR WOULDN’T BE SENDING THEIR THUGS TO DEFEND THE INDEFENSIBLE.

        IGNORE THE THUGS.

        • http://obamafact.blogspot.com/ Mel

          They aren’t thugs, they are Obama bobble heads who cannot even think for themselves and need Axelrods talking points to lead them towards their $0.05 per post…….lol

          • lark

            They should know how an economy controlled by Federalistas work. Lets give them a phone number for the Labor department in Caracas.

      • Lisa

        Larry,

        Be fare, this is the only thing we ask for.

        Public knowledge? It is hidden at somewhere on the Internet. It is public all right, but not publicly known.

      • Rob in Chicago

        If this was common knowledge (as opposed to be knowledge that was “out there”, but not really known far and wide, then the Presidential Debates Commission should have not made the offer to moderate the debate. But that body has also stated that they were unaware of Ms. Ifill’s soon-to-be-published book.

    • Betty

      Worse yet, she freakin’ played the race card when called on her nondisclosure! Thus, confirming a lot of worries about her objectivity.

      Yes, I agree, why won’t she just step aside now? The fact that she won’t and has accused us of racism says to me she was planning something and thought she could get away with it.

  • mjr17

    I think the title of your article needs to be revised. It should read “Gwen Ifill Must WITHDRAW (not withdrawal) for Conflict of Interest” – no?

    • http://www.theindependentview.com Matthew Weaver

      Yes, oops, my bad. Fixed it. Thanks!

  • workingclass artist

    XCELLENT Mr. Weaver.
    Why don’t we just get Commissar Donna Brazealot to moderate…SHEEEESH!

    • Larry

      Please explain to me how Donna Brazile has anything to do with this, other than being another black woman.

      And thus, please explain to me how this is not racist.

      • workingclass artist

        TROLLLarry….Commissar Donna Brazeal repeated the mantra of ” Being undecided and nuetral ” DUH!…AND USED THE SAME RACIST CRAP! DUH!

        save your crap for gaza…and tell the overseers we want entertaining trolls…SHEEEESH!

      • cdo

        The fact that Ms Brazile is black has nothing to do with anything.
        The fact that Ms. Brazile is a woman has nothing to do with anything.
        The fact that Ms. Brazile quite openly supported Senator Obama during the primarys while she was in a position to influence their outcome IS a relevant comparison.

        If this is still beyond your comprehension, then you need help with basic logic skills.

        • Ginger

          The most relevant similarity between the 2 women is they are pretending they do not have a stake in this, they are pretending impartiality, they are lying straight out to the public to achieve their own agendas…….

          Donna lied for months, while constantly bashing Hillary and praising Obama, it was obvious and insulting to listen to her. Ifill is doing exactly the same thing….all the while doing her fake victim crap….do dems go to some special school to learn this skill before allowed on TV.

          Stop peeing down my back and telling me it’s raining.

          • It’s Not Me

            BINGO! Who was it that said the Democratic Party doesn’t need the middle class, rural, and female voters anymore? OH YEAH…that would be Donna Brazile. Freakin’ wench.

            Ifill needs to go and Brazile needs to be booted to the curb after this election is over. They’re both liars. It’s obvious to anyone with a brain who they support for prez. Their problem is…they think we are as stupid as they are.

  • http://villamedia.wordpress.com/ RepublicanChick

    The host of PBS’”Washington Week” and senior correspondent on “The NewsHour” said she did not tell the Commission on Presidential Debates about the book. The commission had no immediate comment when contacted by The Associated Press. A spokeswoman for John McCain’s campaign did not immediately return phone and e-mail messages.

    Her honesty and credibility are sorely lacking. Why didn’t she tell the Commission about her book??

    “Do you think they made the same assumptions about Lou Cannon (who is white) when he wrote his book about Reagan?” said Ifill, who is black. Asked if there were racial motives at play, she said, “I don’t know what it is. I find it curious.”

    Let’s just leave that nugget out there. She fails to tell the Commission about her book and then she has the nerve to be “curious” about whether racial motives are at play?

    Give me a break, chick!

    • Urban Hillbilly

      I have liked Gwen Ifill, so it is really disheartening to see her cry racism!

    • Larry

      Give ME a break.

      You can keep repeating a lie, it doesn’t make it true.

      Ifill’s book was reported in the AP BEFORE moderators were chosen.

      • street_parade

        She did not tell the CPD about the book and her, obvious to a child, financial conflict of interest. Who would think that a professional journalist would do such a thing?

        Do you expect that campaigns are now supposed to do opposition research on, supposedly, ‘professional journalists’ who are to serve as moderators?

        This works to McCain / Palin’s benefit though, the story is out there and Ifill has been unmasked as a partisan hack. So there you go.

      • http://villamedia.wordpress.com/ RepublicanChick

        The host of PBS’”Washington Week” and senior correspondent on “The NewsHour”

        said she did not tell the Commission on Presidential Debates about the book.

        And you can keep being a dumbass trying to avoid what she said YESTERDAY in a newspaper article. Again, she did not tell the commission.

        Ifill’s book may have been reported, BUT SHE DID NOT TELL THE COMMISSION!

        Why is that Larry??

        • Larry

          …because lots of journalists write books and she assumed that they knew, given that it was posted in the AP and on amazon.com.

          • benny

            lol rofl. what a dumb excuse!!!!!

          • cdo

            uhm, LOTS of people write books about lots of different subjects.

            there are many companies that publish books.

            It was not the job of the debate commision to do a background check on Ms. Ifill to make sure she had no financial stake in the outcome of the election.

            It was Ms. Ifill who was responsible for making this clear.

            At least, that is how it works in every other area of grown up life.

            Thanks for playing.

            • Larry

              Are you serious?

              OF COURSE it’s the job of the debate commission, as well as both campaigns, to RESEARCH the person who will be moderating a fair debate.

              What’s next. It’s not the job of the McCain campaign to vet Sarah Palin? That’s pretty clearly how they felt.

              Maybe their campaign is just so disorganized that it fell through the cracks? Like, I don’t know, Health Care would under a McCain Presidency?

              WOOPS.

              • benny

                OF COURSE it’s the job of the debate commission, as well as both campaigns, to RESEARCH the person who will be moderating a fair debate.

                you’re being illogical. if you think thats right, prove it. do you have any links to uphold your claim?

                If you dont, you’re just ignorant.

              • Rob in Chicago

                I sure as hell wish that someone had vetted Obama, but I guess that is asking too much of the DNC and the media.

              • POdVet

                I’d rather have minimal health care under McCain than pay triple for even less care like the uninsured do at the hospital Michelle Obama worked for!

              • athy

                Larry-
                whose job was it to vet Sen Obama before allowing him to run as a presidential candidate representing the Democratic party?

          • http://villamedia.wordpress.com/ RepublicanChick

            because lots of journalists write books and she assumed that they knew, given that it was posted in the AP and on amazon.com.

            Wait a second! You just said I was spreading a lie. Even though the “lie” was quoted yesterday in an article by Gwen Ifill herself.

            By the way, lost of journalists aren’t moderating a VP debate.

            • http://villamedia.wordpress.com/ RepublicanChick

              Should be “lots” and not “lost”.

    • lark

      Her honesty and credibility are sorely lacking

      Well no wonder her book is about the age of Oblahblah.

  • doctorate

    Must read: how polls are cooked to fabricate trends

    Summary: AP and other MSM cook the samples in polls to produce whatever trends they want. Recent polls in last week had % of Democrats wildly increased so that 5-point McCain lead in PA turned into a 7-point BHO lead in PA. Well, that poll went from having a 33-31 mix of Dem-Republican to having a 40-29 mix of Dem-Republican. In one week.

    Remember this article when you look at polls — and keep in mind the only poll that really matters is the one taken at the polls on Nov 4th.

    http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2008/10/02/cooking-ap-polls-radically-changes-party-mix-fabricate-obama-trend

    • Newly Independent

      I knew it.

      I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:

      The polls are all an illusion.

      The same tricks were pulled on Hillary during the primary in NH, CA, MA, NJ and other states she won.

      Now the pollsters & MSM are pulling the same crap again with McCain.

      If there are any undecided and troubled voters reading, I’m making a personal plea to you guys:

      Please vote on Election Day.

      John McCain definitely wasn’t my first choice for POTUS. But he is the best frontrunning choice we have left. The only other alternative left is Barack Obama – who is seriously underqualified.

      How would you feel about a man who has collectively served less than 200 DAYS as a U.S. Senator being elected to the most powerful office in the world – all because thoughtful voters decided to stay home on Election Day?

      • Lisa

        Newly Independent,

        Yes, vote, vote for McCain.
        Save our country.
        Save our culture.
        Save our democracy.
        Save the principles and values that we Americans can call ourselves Americans.

        • pasmalltowngirl

          SAVE OUR CHILDREN !!!

  • http://villamedia.wordpress.com/ RepublicanChick

    Matthew:

    Thank you for the excellent article. I would demand the Commission remove Ms. Ifill from the debate, but I’m currently busy at the moment.

    Washington DC is currently being flooded, by yours truly and probably thousands of other ticked off Americans, with faxes and emails. I’m currently at Rep. Kathy Castor of Florida’s 11th District.

    If you’d like to join the fray, you go here: http://www.house.gov/ and start encouraging the House to vote against the Senate’s EESA Revised Bill. The listing goes alphabetically for all Representatives listed.

  • Larry

    Yup, this is gonna work, you lazy bums.

    There’s no whining in politics.

    • destardi

      …did you know that when someone “sponsors” a bill, that that only means they voted for it?

      Why don’t you take uhbama’s lazy azz “present” votes and kiss off?

  • ford

    It is not too late to email the Commission..

    address…jb@debates.org

    • dee4hill

      I did yesterday.

    • beebop

      Email/Call you local PBS station to express your lack of interest to support future fund raising. Tell them that they can expect “Freedom Fighter” and “Larry” to pick up your slack.

    • Rob in Chicago

      McCain has already said (after this issue erupted)that he will accept Gwen Ifill as the debate moderator, and is confident that she will act professionally. This is pretty much the position he had to take. At least if the bias (or, to be charitable, potential bias) is known before the debate gets underway, any such bias may be more readily detected, and that could work to Gov. Palin’s advantage.

  • Bingo

    Larry Sinclair was interviewed by a local radio station in Grand Rapids this morning. The Pro Nobama blogs are going NUTS with anger and are contacting the station. Check out a few of these comments.
    http://www.wsnx.com/pages/contactpage.html

    “This is bull shit… The guy from the station knows the deal… I tell you this broadcast was no accident.
    For what ever reason.(ratings?? Who knows?) But the D.J. was very familiar with the story. We need to do some back ground check on the D.J. AND THE STATION.
    Having made that observation.! Just now they mention that the pod from the broadcast would be played again and call s would be taken during the Re-broadcast.
    A The station also has its own live site…( Have no idea how to find it.) We need to go there also.”

    “DEL-

    Settle down. It was just a silly morning show. It wasn’t planned and, you’ve got to admit, as crazy as Larry’s allegations are, he’s pretty entertaining.”

    “So nice to see you even if you are “P.O.ed”

    Are you angry because we’re commenting on the interview?
    DEL face it , there will be more no doubt, hopefully not many. There is nothing wrong in my opinion for keeping up to date on Larye’s travels whether it’s an interview or not…. how else can we keep track on what he is up to, turning the other way?

    “Ratings are NOTHING in my view, they are short-lived.”

    “You have no idea … How I fill right… I can/t even type…. am serrios..l”

    “YEA…. GUys…. but this is not some silly small web station… this is a real station… rgferless how small….”

  • Talk2ThePaw

    Good grief, when Juan Williams has doubts about her fairness then it is “Houston we have a problem” time. Ifill is another egotist, I saw her statement yesterday and she has no intention of stepping down unless forced to do so. Unfortunately, I do not see her being forced to step down at the tenth hour. I made my phone calls yesterday but do not think it will help. The Obamabots have been busy since yesterday talking over hosts and not answering questions but spewing their talking points on Ifill being capable of fairness, the McCain campaign as being petty, etc. etc. etc.

    • Patti

      I saw one this morning while watching Fox and Freinds. She didnt answer the question that was asked of her… She just kept going on and on, she wouldnt even shut up for 2 seconds. It was gibberish,worse than gibberish coming from drunks.

      • Maverick

        Good. I want her to go on and on to shut the Obama supporter fools up!

  • standard

    This debate crap has to stop.
    A moderator should be neutral and transparent.
    This is the first year that debate moderators unapologetically show favoritism for one particular candidate. And publicly bash the opponent.
    CNN Campbell Brown stinks to the heavens. Don’t even mention ape-mouth Matthews.

  • ford

    I have for a long time thought that Mr. Sinclair was quite a nutbar.

    Then, I read about BO’s lost years in NY where he was living with a gay drug addict…who is still in NY.

    I think that BO could have taken a walk on the wild side. Larry Sinclair has no cred…as drug users usually don’t.

    The MSM has not been curious about the “lost years”,that were located very close to them in NYC…they are busy sorting trash in Alaska.

    • No Obama for me

      Ford,
      I definitely think Sinclair is a NutBAR, however if he can do anything to bring Obama down then I totally applaud him. He is gross though isn’t he.
      but then so is Obama. He froths at the mouth when he talks for a period of time.

      I just wish we did not have all of this racial stuff going on in our country but Obama has created it, Obama and his buddies, P.Diddy, Kanye West,Ludacris and Kid Rock and Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick too.
      No thanks guys we don’t need to paint our White House Black.

    • oppo

      don’t worry – i hear rudy has the “goods”.

      patience ;)

      • John Smith

        What are you talking about?

  • Independent Voter

    Question: is the Paul Kirk listed in this article as the co-chairman of the Debate Commission the same Paul Kirk who is Chairman of the Board of the JFK Library Foundation?
    http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK+Library+and+Museum/Kennedy+Library+Foundation/Board+of+Directors/Paul+G.+Kirk+Jr+Chairman.htm

    If so, I find it interesting.

  • mimi

    Here’s a little tidbit link about Gwen Ifill’s cousin a law professor spewing invective about Palin:

    http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/10/02/brilliant-ifill-cousin-scours-palin-offensive-black-women

    • Urban Hillbilly

      Thanks for that!

      “women who are privileged” = white women

      (according to Sherrilyn) What a divisive way of thinking.

      • beebop

        Yeah … and we’re racists, right? Still looking for my tiara.

        • workingclass artist

          lol…you are hot today Bee…chuckle…

    • HC

      I live right near Politics and Prose, the bookstore mentioned, and the “Feminist who hates Palin” stickers are thick in that parking lot. I cannot even walk in the door these days its so disgusting to me.

      The owners are so charming they cancelled a book signing by a Palestinian woman author because they found it to be against their personal philosophy. She wasn’t radical, and wasn’t advocating violence. She was just an author with some ideas on the Middle East the owners suddenly didn’t like, just before the book signing.

      Such is the tolerance of the new left.

      • oppo

        where is your:

        “democrat who hates obama” bumper sticker?

  • Sassy

    If I ever have to go to trial, which I don’t intend to, I hope my judge will be more ethical than people we are seeing during this election!
    One by one, biased persons are risking reputation and their very careers to support a candidate who does not deserve their loyalty!
    He would run them over in a New York minute!
    Governor Palin deserves better than this, but so did Senator Clinton!

  • wodiej

    I don’t normally listen to Rush Limbaugh but he is RAKING OBAMA OVER THE COALS TODAY. Saying Obama’s campaign and media are trying the same strategy they have been using for the last 60 years..haha, talked about Ayers and Wright. Said Obama’s campaign and media is trying to convince people the election is over and they don’t need to bother to go vote.

    • oppo

      i’m listening too!

      all about the “pork” filled bailout — ha!

    • Pennsylvania goes RED!

      Said Obama’s campaign and media is trying to convince people the election is over and they don’t need to bother to go vote.

      Since everything n0bama and the MSM say is 180 degrees removed from the truth, then what they’re really saying is n0bama is in trouble and McCain will win in a landslide.

      That is the translation.

      I think from now on we need to do our own translations of everything that comes out of n0bama and the n0bama media. It’s easy: whatever they say, just translate it to the exact opposite.

  • cdo

    It does not matter who Ms. Ifill plans to vote for.
    The simple fact is, her upcoming book is about Obama.
    It will be released on inauguration day.
    Therefore, an Obama win would benefit her book. No matter if it is complimentary to him or not.
    Bringing up racism is a red herring.
    She will clearly benefit financially from an Obama win.
    That is all that needs to be pointed out, and in a sane world would prohibit her from hosting a debate.

    • beebop

      AMEN …. thank you …. hallelujah ….

  • street_parade

    I’m actually shocked that Gwen Ifill was so willing to call her ethics into serious question. Her professional reputation has been seriously stung by this and quite rightly so.

    She has herself said that she did not tell the CPD about the book. I think that the CPD as well as the Republicans assumed that Ifill would not put her reputation on the line by concealing information like this. McCain / Palin can’t do much about it though even if they did do oppo research on the ‘moderator’. They’d only be attacked as racist if they had pushed for her removal, then or now.

    This info is out there though and it will cause people to look at the debate through the prism of Ifill’s obvious lack of ethics, not to mention her financial conflict of interest.

  • dee4hill

    In all fairness to the Commission, Senator McCain and the Obamedia, it was Ifill’s responsibility to disclose her upcoming book to the Commission, not theirs to research. She is 100% at fault here and should recuse herself immediately. Instead of all eyes being on the two candidates tonight, Ifill will be the main focal point and for days to come. She needs to go. But of course she won’t, because that would be “racism.”

    Are we in the Twilight Zone or something? Damn, I want my country back!!!

    McCain/Palin ’08
    Hillary ’12

  • tbww

    It seems like everyone is in the tank for Obama, even the FEC, DOJ, and FBI.

    Whistleblower (FEC auditor) is ignored for requesting investigation of $200 million in fishy donations to Obama.

    The entire government is corrupt.

    http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/breaking-whistleblower-ignored-by-doj-fec-fbi-200-million-in-fishy-obama-donations/

    “We’re gonna rearrange the world!”

    • lark

      That’s the way I see it. Collectivism will rule the day. Hurray.

  • benny

    If Gwen Ifill had any journalistic ethics, she would have recused herself. sad to see her cry racism.

    • http://obamafact.blogspot.com/ Mel

      Well she went to the Obama campaign for talking points to combat the truths of why she should excuse herself from the debates, and what are the sole OBama campaign talking points?

  • Maverick

    I hope she asks Obama about his ‘friends’

    Rev Wright
    Tony Rezko
    Michelle Obama
    Louis Farrakhan
    William Ayres
    Bernadine Dorhn
    Rashid Khalidi
    Nadhmi Auchi
    Frank Marshall Davis
    Saul Alinsky
    Father Pfleger
    Kwame Kilpatrick
    Rev Meeks
    George Soros
    Raila Odingo
    Abongo Obama
    Black Panthers
    Ludacris
    Ahmad Yousuf (Hamas)
    Fidel, Raul Castro
    Hugo Chavez
    Daniel Ortega
    Kim Jong Il

    Change we can ‘bereave’ in

    Vote FOR America … McCain/Palin ’08

  • Paul3triple

    check out the new ad at the real barrackobama
    it is called barrackbook and it names names.

  • HC

    Well, I cannot think of many members of the press who are not in the tank for Obama.

    If we are going to get a biased moderator better it be obvious to the point of the ridiculous as it currently is.

    Just let everyone you know in on this Gwen Awful story, because its getting zero play in the big papers where I am.

    Joe Biden is a walking gaffe machine and rarely gets called on it (How big is Mexico’s economy Joe? What about that clean coal? Hows your son doing?). Palin gets called on everything, even things she never said. Welcome to Barakastan.

    I hope Sarah cleans the floor with Joe and Gwen and walks out with her head high.

  • Paul3triple

    check out the new ad at the real barrackobama
    it is called barrackbook and it names names.

    it is from the rnc

  • ford

    You’re right freedom fighter…why even vote??Let’s just have the SELECTED ONE rule…throw out Democracy…Todd is a left wing tool on MSDNC…if you want to get YOUR news there great, light up another joint and enjoy. I’ll stick with democratic elections.

    You know when Lincoln won he had a platform worth voting up or down on. He even thought American principles were worth something..you don’t.

    John McCain has a platform of reform and NO PORK.

    The PLASTIC JESUS has given some speeches, but never has walked the walk.

  • maggie

    Okay, stop it now– racist racist racist — I can’t stand it anymore — you can’t criticize any black person without being called a racist.Once and for all, we don’t care what you call us. We don’t want Ifill and we don’t want Obama. So go ahead — racist racist racist. Do you hear how stupid you sound? By the time you are finished, the whole country really will be racist–and you will have gotten what you really wanted, since that’s all that keeps you going it’s youre reason for living. Must be nice to have a built-in excuse for all your life’s failings.

    • WasLNbutNoBamaBotsKeepStealingMyName

      Preach it, Maggie! This is EXACTLY it.

    • wodiej

      say it…right on…

  • mimi

    Regarding Ifill’s remark about no one questioning a white journalist’s ability to be unbiased, well, she’s wrong. I have ALWAYS questioned a white journalists partiality with regard to politics and so have MOST AAs. And Gwen Ifill knows this.

    AAs have always been traditionally suspicious of a white journalist’s POV. It goes with the territory of dealing with racism.

    She can’t tell me, an AA, that in her private life, in her dealings with family, and other AA friends, that they haven’t chewed the fat big time over 0bama’s ‘historic’ candidacy and what it means to a substantial portion of AAs who have been clearly whipped into an hysterical frenzy over the possibility of 0bama becoming POTUS.

    Ifill is a LIAR if she denies this. In most AA circles it’s ALL they are talking about. The only AAs who are not talking about it all the time are the very poor and uneducated, but even they are passionate about 0bama.

    All you have to do is read about the statements Ifill’s cousin made (see the above link) to know that what I’m telling you is the truth.

    McCain may be stating that his belief that Ifill will be fair, but here’s my take:

    What if Ifill’s prepared to take one for the team?

    Throw her journalistic integrity on the line for 0bama. How would be able to prove otherwise? People watching debates always see things from their own personal perspective. We would never come up with a fair concensus about Ifill’s bias. The damage would be done. 0bama gets elected, her book earns her a tidy profit and she’s set for life.

    Ifill’s been around long enough to already be considering the next phase of her life after being an on-air journalist. She would be a hero in the circles she cares about and still be able to teach, lecture and write more books.

    If Gwen Ifill really cares about her journalistic integrity then SHE MUST BE THE ONE TO DECIDE TO STEP DOWN.

    If she doesn’t, I have no alternative but to assume that she’s taking one for the team.

    • Urban Hillbilly

      Ifill’s inability to acknowledge how others could see this as a conflict of interest is telling. She obviously feels a personal stake in this.

      Also, Ifill has observed many other “journalists” go weak in the knees for Obama without any negative repercussions. So, why should she care?

  • Elizabeth

    McCain and Palin don’t seem particularly concerned about this blowing up on the morning of the day before the big event. So maybe something is up with that. The campaign may have wanted her retained as damaged goods. It could be helpful to them in some way. If that was the strategy, it seems to be still operative and hopefully will come out as planned.

    • Read my lipstick

      Hillbuzz has a post re Gov Rendell’s (PA) advice re a biased moderator:

      http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/gov-ed-rendell-gives-good-free-advice-to-gov-sarah-palin/

      A priceless exchange this morning on Fox & Friends where Ed Rendell, making it look easy, walks Steve Doocy and Gretchen Carlson through how a campaign could really take advantage of Gwen Ifill moderating the veep debate:

      DOOCY: But let me ask you this: If you are at one of your gubernatorial debates and the moderator had written a positive book about your opponent who you’re squaring off against across the coffee table, wouldn’t you be going, “Hey, wait a minute. That doesn’t smell right”?

      RENDELL: Well, what we — what I would advise my people to do is make a big stink about it but not remove the moderator so the moderator would bend over backward to be fair to me…

      CARLSON: Exactly.

      RENDELL: … to show that he or she was fair.

      CARLSON: Yes.

      RENDELL: So we’d use it to our advantage.

      CARLSON: Well, and it could be used an advantage for Sarah Palin tonight…

      RENDELL: Sure.

      CARLSON: … because all eyes, right or wrong, will be on the questioning of the Gwen Ifill.

      RENDELL: Right.

    • Maverick

      Palin is not and will not be damaged goods. She is an ‘All-American” gal and highly proficient in all areas of living and life. People need to open their eyes to this brainy competent beauty queen who was once a TV anchor. Palin is highly intelligent with common sense to support her intelligence. That can’t be beat. She doesn’t live in a protected bubble like some others we know. She still shops at the store and knows how to use a coffee and soda machine at the corner store. Ahem cough cough. She still drives her own self. She is an awesome public servant and will be great for this country. In 2 short years she challenged her own party and rid her state of deep, long term corruption and now runs a smooth ship with finances in the BLACK for Alaska and an 85% approval rating! What other state NOW can claim that? She began in Government nearly 20 years ago as she sat on state committees. Anyone see the pics of her in office as a state committee chairwoman? From there she spent 8 years as Mayor of Wasilla and now 2 years as Governor of Alaska. She is far from “new on the scene”. She is from the PACIFIC NORTHWEST so get used it it yankees. This brainy beauty queen had to enter a beauty contest to win the top dollar prize for her education. No affirmative action was handed to her.
      At 44 she is an American legend and she is about to turn the page and be our next Vice President! I can’t wait for her jabs towards Obama/Biden today!
      She is no shrinking violet like BHO is! Go Palin!

    • Pennsylvania goes RED!

      After all the abuse and scurrilous garbage that has been thrown at Palin, after the criminal offense perpetrated on her, I think the McCain camp had a bit of a clue that ANY MSM moderator will be biased. Does anyone think they haven’t seen footage of Ifill’s coverage of the 2008 election?

      McCain’s camp knows that every single time they step into an MSM arena they are in enemy territory.
      They were prepared for the slant.

      The fact that Ifill’s obvious conflict of interest made it out into the world outside the blogoshpere is great as far as the undecideds are concerned.

  • ford

    It’s not too late to email the Commission..

    address….jb@debates.org

  • Lynda

    All the chatter saying the book was known about is BS. The average joe didn’t know about it as we are to busy living our lives and making a living to be “informed” about a book that someone is writing months before it comes out.

    The point here being, those of us not in the inner circles of the media elite didn’t know about the book, but we know now and we don’t like it.

    As Greta said last night, had she disclosed this to both campagins and they were ok with her as moderator, we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

    However, she didn’t do this and now she has opened herself up to questioning of her motives.

  • Destini

    My letter…using the above talking points:

    Is it the commission’s position that Gwen Ifill can be non-partisan in the debate Thursday when she has a new pro-Obama book set to publish Inauguration Day? She has a clear personal, professional, and financial motive to make sure that Biden wins the debate and that Obama wins the election. It is discrediting to your organization that you have her slated to moderate. I recommend and ask that you replace Ms. Ifill with someone who does not have a clear, unmistakable conflict of interest.

    I am a lifelong democrat and believe in fairness, on all sides. I urge you to deal with this clear breach of ethics in a timely manner. If she cannot be replced then I would expect to see her mention her book and inform the viewing audience of her bias and conflict of interest up front before the first question is asked.

    Respectfully,

  • tarheelmrp

    The email for Board of Directors at EDS is

    BoardCommunications@eds.com

  • tbww

    Where is the “update” indicated in the title?

    • http://www.theindependentview.com Matthew Weaver

      This was to reflect that the title was corrected from Withdrawal to Withdraw.

  • nancyjoe

    Yet another disgrace and way to stack the deck, cheat and manipulate the system by filthy dirty backroom Chicago machine politicians Obama and Biden. I still don’t understand how anyone with a brain could vote for those two boobs. But look at America and what idiotic SHEEP we have become. Something as biased, prejudicial and ridiculous as having this woman, in the tank for Obama, moderate an impartial debate is a joke. WTF is wrong with everyone? If this were the 60′s we would ALL be in St. Louis, at Wash. U. picketing and raising hell. Now, in 2008, the Obama Campaign continues to cheat, lie, commit voter fraud, manipulate the Constitution, etc. and we’re all just sitting here. It makes me sick. Costa Rica looks pretty good about now. I hear their government is based on our Constitution. Good thing, because Obama has taken over America, and it’s Hitler time. No more Constitution for US. This woman should step down. Period.

  • Linda

    Wow, have these phone calls been disappointing. Claiming they have no weight in the matter.

  • Jay

    F*** Obama.!!!!!!

    McCain needs to hit Obama harder !!!

  • Pete

    At this point McCain will be lucky to win Georgia and Mississippi! What a loser!

    • John Smith

      You need to read this article that sheds some light on why the McCain campaign is not worried. I saw McCain on F&F this morning and he was very calm. They asked him why he does not attack Obama harder and he just smiled. Once you read this article you will see why. McCain could easily take CA in this election.

      http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/breaking-whistleblower-ignored-by-doj-fec-fbi-200-million-in-fishy-obama-donations/

    • benny

      lol. except for the bill clinton victories, I see this democratic optimism every 4 years. polls always favor the democrats, and in the end the repubs win. the next day lots of hand-wringing.

      • John Smith

        Bill Clinton won because he was not a left wing nut and actually was a Gov. for years before running for president. Plus, everybody forgets the he has Ros Perot to thank for his first win. Everybody forgets that. Perot took a lots of votes away from Bush.

        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ2DXN3aOSo Jeremiah God Damn Barack Amerikkka Wright

          Bill Clinton won his first term because ross perot syphoned off a very sizeable portion of the vote that would have gone to George Bush.

  • http://OTliesvideo Lyn

    Has anyone been able to get thru to Commission on Presidential Debates at (202) 872-1020 ? or have they just taken the phone off the hook? every time I’ve tried I get a busy signal

  • yttik

    I for one will be drinking champaign for the debate tonight. It’s been 25 yrs since we last had a female VP in a major party debate. 25 fricken years. Come on, women are half the human race. Palin could walk on stage and fall on her face and I will still be drinking a toast to her. As Ferraro said, I may not vote for her, but I sure am rooting for her.

    Well, I’m not only rooting for her, I’ll also be supporting the ticket she’s on. Go Palin!

    • Urban Hillbilly

      Your comment is terrific!

      The leftwing expects Palin to trip and fall over her own feet on the way onstage. But, I imagine Gwen Ifill, using her good leg, trying to trip up Palin! Ha!

      I am going to remind all my family and buddies– this is the first time in 25 years a woman has participated in a national debate! WOW!!!

    • wodiej

      I know that’s right!! Bottoms up!!

    • dixie

      I’m having a liller. :)

  • Maverick

    Never Forget!
    Will Obama have a teleprompter in the next debate?
    Obama is lost without a teleprompter.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHUsRTYFAU
    Will he be asked about his 57 states? (of Islam)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws
    Uh-This is how Obama will do in the next debate.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4qGKdl37iY
    The sweetie video
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKzm2-wfcNg
    Punished with a baby video
    Obama Hates Babies.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjaJk0ZeNEI
    Dr. Dobson Terrified Of Obama Being Leader Of The Free World
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pG5jUFDwWs
    Obama Hates America
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0Q4Z8piBhw

    Barack Hussien Obama -Support Killing Babies
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxS88wFhICo

    Sean Hannity asserts Barack Obama is a racist
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW3qbibh8Mk

    • latina

      Thank you, Maverick. Good collection to keep and remember

  • kcfromtx

    Watch her at the RNC. She can’t hide her contempt for Sarah Palin. Gwen will be on a mission tonight to destroy Sarah. She picked on barky, she has to pay.
    Total bullshit! Whatever Palin says tonight, she will be ridiculed and deemed too inexperienced and ill-suited to be VP.

  • wodiej

    Ifill like Obama’s supporters cannot be objective. This story is ALL OVER. So what she is doing is actually going to help McCain and Palin, not hurt. Her plan BACKFIRED. The majority of people watching will be watching to see how she treats Obama.

  • marie3548

    Both of these women have a personal agenda Gwen Ifill and her cousin.

    http://outoftownnews.blogspot.com/2008/10/brilliant-ifill-cousin-scours-palin-as.html

    Thursday, October 2, 2008

    ‘Brilliant’ Ifill Cousin Scours Palin As ‘Offensive to Black Women’
    From Newbusters:

    Here are more signs Sarah Palin could face an uphill battle with PBS host Gwen Ifill. Professor Sherrilyn Ifill of the University of Maryland Law School, who Gwen Ifill has lauded as “my brilliant baby cousin,” has written that black women are not buying Sarah Palin’s “false claims to feminism” and is portrayed as too perfect: “when women who are privileged present as though they have it all together, it’s offensive to black women.”

    The Community Times, a suburban Maryland newspaper, found Professor Ifill was ardently opposed to the Alaska governor when they did an e-mail interview:

    “From the first day, Palin presented herself as shooting a bear in the morning, field dressing it, cooking up the breakfast, diapering the babies, passing legislation in the afternoon, cleaning the house, satisfying her husband, etc., etc., etc. And it’s just not true,” she wrote in an e-mail interview. “It’s hard to be an average working mom, really hard. And when women who are privileged present as though they have it all together, it’s offensive to black women.”

    • Maverick

      Sarah is a huge threat to them. The more competent the woman, the more of a threat she is in the work world. Get a grip America!

  • kcfromtx

    So is Roland Martin or Keith Obamaman moderating the next Presidential debate?

    • beebop

      Both … tag teaming McCain!

    • http://obamafact.blogspot.com/ Mel

      Nope, Rev Wright will be the next moderator

    • Newly Independent

      So is Roland Martin or Keith Obamaman moderating the next Presidential debate?

      LOL!! Maybe it will be Chris Matthews!

  • athy

    OT- I apologize- but important

    In addition to Bruce Springsteen giving free concert in Philly in support of Sen obama,
    Look who else is going to be giving concert and giving out free tickets in Michigan:

    http://www.power1051fm.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=&article=4339114

    Jay-Z to Perform Voter-Registration Gig

    Michigan residents 18 and older can get tickets to the event at Campaign for Change offices throughout the region this week.

    DETROIT, October 2 (UPI) — Hip-hop titan Jay-Z has agreed to perform a free concert in Detroit to promote voter registration.

    The Detroit Free Press reported Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, is scheduled to bring the Grammy Award-winning rapper and music producer to Cobo Hall Saturday night to encourage young residents to register to vote.

  • Maverick

    Never forget! Never Never Never!

    Obama Against The Second Amendment
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifEg1aq6Emo
    Carly Fiona to the rescue for Dems in exhile
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wrRIG_j98I
    Obama high taxes and new spending
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Yd80tXs_4
    McCain Slams Obama for Waffling Gun Rights, public financing and other positions.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsWjeQmLfXw

  • Lisa

    Democratic left wing journalists have
    no any ethics,
    no professionalit,
    no principle,
    no shame,
    no common sense.

    They are hold the positions that are not qualified for.

    Gwet, shameless, shameless, shameless.

  • Lisa

    Democratic left wing journalists have
    no any ethics,
    no professionalit,
    no principle,
    no shame,
    no common sense.

    They are holding the positions that are not qualified for.

    Gwet, shameless, shameless, shameless.

  • Soldier of Christ

    Since day one- I said that she needed to leave- and as usual the liberal media is leaving her in. This woman has no respect for her career. She said we were “blogger chatters”, well, these blogger chatters are the “new Media, lady debater, and we see deceit with you in the front wheel of the debate!

    • benny

      soldier, I honestly wonder why she doesn’t recuse herself. Its obvious that its a conflict of interest.

  • tzada

    In response to Gwen Ifills being a respectable “reporter”

    That may or may not be so. However when she started making grimaces, whenever she spoke about Gov Palin or Sen McCain. The hatred and bias was there, glowering out of her. She lost my respect.
    What is true is this. Watch that Ohio video. Those
    older ladies, were all frocked up like they were going to church. Some were black and some were white. We all know that on any normal day these prissy women would no more drive down the street and pick up homeless people than they would pick up a snake and eat it.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKXPhPrd_As

    OT

    Teachers union e-mail touting Obama scorned

    Teachers union e-mail touting Obama s An e-mail distributed by a Virginia teachers union encouraged members to bring politics into the classroom by wearing blue in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and simultaneously suggested that the union’s voter registration efforts include those “you teach.”

    The Virginia Education Association (VEA) e-mail drew strong criticism Wednesday from elected Republican officials and some residents after the state Republican Party obtained a copy. The author of the e-mail conceded Wednesday that the e-mail should have been worded differently.

    The VEA is an affiliate of the National Education Association, the country’s largest teachers union.
    “Schools should be perfectly neutral,” Virginia resident Julie Aurora said Wednesday. “They should teach students how to think, not what to think.”

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/02/teachers-union-e-mail-touting-obama-draws-backlash/

    TEACHERS GET HIT ON THE BUTTON

    The teachers union has been handing out thousands of Barack Obama campaign buttons to its members, sparking a clampdown by education brass.
    The Department of Education – which has a long-standing policy barring teachers from wearing campaign buttons in schools – is set to send out an e-mail this week from Schools Chancellor Joel Klein laying down the law.

    http://www.nypost.com/seven/10022008/news/regionalnews/teachers_get_hit_on_the_button_131776.htm

    What good does it do to “lay down the law” now? I say enforce the law by following up with any firings or disciplinary actions. People have been emboldened by Obama’s behavior and law flaunting. It is blatently obvious that there is no one who will take a stand against evil but people like us. When is someone going to arrest him, take him to jail and make him stand trial?

    • POdVet

      In answer to your last question…Just as soon as Antoin Rezko is sentenced and starts squealing like the little pig he is. And knowing the type of person he is, I would not be overly surprised to find he had tapes of his conversations with Blagojevich and Obama. He didn’t rise that high in the scum of Chicago without knowing to have blackmail material just in case!

  • Lisa

    FAIRNESS means nothing to the left wing Democrats journalists.

    They are destroying this society.

  • LizFrom FL

    I think Gwen Ifill should step down, no doubt about it. It has nothing to do with black or white, it has to do with the appearance of politcal bias. In the “old” days not that long ago when moderators and candidates were all white men, would a Democrat want a Rush Limbaugh as a moderator? Would a Republican want an Olbermann? Of course not, and it wouldn’t have happened.

    But in the real old world, back when Journalists were professional, they hid their own political leanings. They knew it would corrupt their credibility. Now they don’t care about credibility. I will say Gwen Ifill has always (before this election cycle) been very good, and I really think it’s wrong to call her Gwen Awful, just my opinion. But she definitely SHOULD step down.

  • tarheelmrp

    from Kaiser Family Foundation

    The Kaiser Family Foundation is not a financial supporter of the
    Commission on Presidential Debates. We are mistakenly listed as a
    sponsor on Debate.org and have asked to be removed from the page.
    Sincerely,
    Evonne Young

  • Judy L. NC

    I’ve sent emails all around so we’ll see what happens.

  • lark

    This is all about not being happy with the way we are. The Constitution gives us the right to pursue happiness. And happiness now is being like the rest of the world. Now we want to be like the Venezuelans, the Russians and the Chinese. We want to be like the Cubans, the Haitians, the Kenyans and the Somalians. Whatever to bring equality to everyone in the world.

  • kgirl1028

    McCain does make you wonder if he wants to win. There is so much bullshit he could be beating the hell out of obama with, and he doesn’t. his need to be honorable is overwhelming, his drive to win. often times at work i am the same way, but I’m a nurse and McCain is a politician. YOu don’t have to always press every point, so i let alot of things go, but if screw with my patients you will get put in your place, the only reason I’m voting for mccain is because obama is a threat to the safety of this country on so many ways it’s stupid. His arrogance alone, promises us four more years of gross incompetence, and between his goons and his minions at MSM he has hitler potential. McCain needs to beat his behind all over america. Instead he’s making the mistakes hillary did, he thinks if he is above board people will come around. But the average american is stupid. YOu can show them things and if it does not go along with what they want to see they ignore it. MSM is bashing McCain 24/7. they actually took a win and gave it to obama, who looked like a moron next to mccain, on foreign policy. These people have even take a problem caused by democrats, and they have pasted it on republicans. Obama, the little fraud, has taking gobs of money from Freddie mac and Fannie Mae, and has former members of it’s board as his advisers, and nothing is said. Joe biden, is a plagiarist, a liar, a drunk, and a person that believes they had tv in 1929 and FDR was president, but palin is inept because she doesn’t understand the bush doctrine.

    Wake the hell up McCain! Destroy these fools, you know you have the information to do so, you will be portrayed as a liar and a jerk anyway, earn it., so kick ass and give names.

    • Disgusted with Obama

      ueyeueeg7rhhdgrwuswgdhehhdurjrduehduehduey

  • Disgusted with Obama

    How do we know that Gwen has not already given Biden all the questions that well be ask? This whole election process is so full of bull____.

    • Above My Pay Grade

      I can assure you, Gwen did not give the questions to the 0bama campaign. The 0bama campaign gave the questions to her.

      Sarah will win, anyway, despite being double teamed!

      • Pennsylvania goes RED!

        That was a great response.

        We talked about this yesterday, even if Biden knows the script, he can’t stay on it.

        Palin’s going to say something that will trip the Gaffe Machine switch ON.

  • dixie

    If Obama wins the election Ifill’s book could be worth $millions. If Obama loses her book may be worth about as much as the Montgommery Ward catalog in an outhouse. Expecting Ifill to be fair is like expecting Obama to be fair.

  • lark

    I predict Gwen Ifill book will not sell as good as she thinks will sell, even if Obama is elected president. If he is elected president we will be buying books that tell us how live is in all these third world and developing countries to see what jobs do well in those societies.

  • http://www.anvp.typepad.com soldier4hillary

    During this election there is one thing constant that remains the same: Obama supporters reactions and habits NEVER change. They are guaranteed to act a certain way. They wont think, they will spout shit so far off the mark to prove a point to the extent they actually lose the ability to understand what reality is.

    Senator McCain attempted to school Obama on what “strategy” means. Instead of doing research they will take the first fucked up story reported without even trying to find the facts. I call these type of people “blogger prostitutes”. People who will blog anything to get paid by the Obama campaign without even bothering to check the facts.

    The new theme is Palin is clueless and stupid. How many Senators in the Dem party have you seen come to a microphone and pass judgement on her interviews? For once and hopefully I wont be struck by lighting…you should of took all directions from your messiah on this one.

    Cnn might be a little pissed that they have to use soundbytes from someone elses interview. So believe me, they will edit that shit to keep you idiots watching. How else will they get ratings?

    Everyone jumped on the fact that she didnt know what the “Bush Doctrine” is. But as soon as she would of quoted and answered the question. The Obama campaign would of had an ad up with that part only to say she is more than “Just the Same” of Bush.

    It’s kind of hard to link her to the policies of Bush if she “appears” **wink wink** not to know what it is. Smart Move.

    Her response to katie couric on the judicial crap? People it pays to discover. She doesnt know one? Get Real. She didnt want to give the MSM a soundbyte before the debate to pick a part. Kind of hard to hold someone accountable for a remark if you dont have one to work with. Oh and FYI? Here ya go:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H-26MOxH34

    I would continue but its more fun watching people dig holes..

    • Obamafan

      How can you support Hillary, who is smart and progressive, and actually defend Palin? Even if you don’t like Obama, how does it follow that Palin is great? She clearly has very little grasp of these issues. I guess your support for Hillary was not based on experience, knowledge, or policy since you support Palin as well. Do you support Hillary and Palin just because they are women?

      • workingclass artist

        Ehemmm…It is simple really….Barky is a FASCIST…

      • POdVet

        It’s a simple matter of contrast. If Hillary had a cousin she donated money to for an election, that cousin lost then had his thugs go out raping and murdering people…Hillary would have went and bitch slapped him! What was Obama’s response to his cousin committing atrocities again?!? So even if you choose to blindly ignore all the blatant sexism, corrupt and anti-American friends. Obama’s silence on that issue alone is enough to make any moral person turn away from him as the miscreant he is!

    • Thinker

      I call these type of people “blogger prostitutes”. People who will blog anything to get paid by the Obama campaign without even bothering to check the facts

      - lol at “blogger prostitutes”

  • tzada

    What the ratcheting up of the trolls and the polls tell me.

    Obama is in deep trouble. He knows it, MSM knows it and his camp knows it.

    Barack Obama America knows who you are and who your friends are……….

    • Pennsylvania goes RED!

      ding ding ding!

      (see my post above about translating n0bama-speak.)

  • Lisa

    What we Republicans wants is a fair game. Do we ask for too much???

    • vinnie

      yes. There is no fair game in Barrack America. The end justifies the means.

    • workingclass artist

      Hmmmm….I felt the same way in 2000 Lisa…Truth is 2 wrongs don’t make a Wriiiight….I’m just sayin’

  • Soldier of Christ

    Governor Palin, for her part, said that she was “not gonna let it be a concern.”
    ____________________________________________
    Dear Sarah, you should be concern. Those “gotcha questions” will be flying in your directions with the wooden pork arrows from the 700 bailout. I am sure if someone with the Patriot Act knowledge know how will see phone calls from the Obama, Oprah and this woman flying off the handle by now. I wouldn’t pass it by them not to call each other by now. I could see Obama saying to her: “Gosh…crap…we got caught..damn it, sister! Sister, how can you help this bro now? Gwen then answers,” Lord Obama, I can always give some gotcha questions to Biden, and then ask her almost the same way but different, couldn’t I, Lord?” Oprah then answers,” No, sister, that is too obvious, ask her foreign affairs, the woman is dumb in those questions, hit her hard with these!’ The night comes and the debate starts. Gwen shoots the first question to Sarah. “Gov Sarah, if something happens to Mccain, what assurance do we have that you can carry on with the Presidency?” Sarah, with her hair down, showing her beautiful pearly teeth smiles, and says, “Well, if Jihad comes into our land, you don’t need to ask me that question because I won’t be using a moosegun to get rid of them, the entire military army and rockets will be at my side to make sure they don’t land here. ”

    Use wit, sarah—-if you can’t answer right away. Don’t stutter, use wit.

    • latina

      Soldier… you made my day… got me out of this depression and made me laugh.
      I figured, you are right! She will be damned if she does good and damned if not.
      I have been praying for her, for the pressure is on her tonight.

  • Lisa

    If I were Biden, I would ask Gwet to be removed.

    I would want to have a FAIR fight. I would not want to win because of the moderator’s bias against Palin.

    Biden, are you a man with the spin or not?

  • http://whateversowhat.wordpress.com angie

    Even if Ms. Ifill could be nonpartisan, she is giving the opposite appearance and should step down.

    If there had been someone on the opposite side, there would be an outcry..a mean outcry.

    She will forever have questions of her itegrity questioned if she does go on and I expect she will.

  • mj
  • vinnie

    We saw how fair the moderators were to Hillary didn’t we? The so called journalists in America have sold their souls for ratings and $$$. To see them blatantly show bias toward Obama for the last year and then pretend they are objective journalists is an embarrassment to watch. Gwen can say “proof is in the pudding” all she wants but the perception of bias is already there. It’s not pudding we’re all being fed, it’s the bullshit that she and her ilk are trying to shove down our throats that we have a problem with.

  • lark

    After the debate, Ifill will be writing the last chapter of her book on another great accomplishment of Oblahblah.

    National Commission on Debates reputation: Ruined.

  • Illinois_gal

    What in the world does her race have to do with it? This has to do with the fact that she is too close for comfort with Barky. When you have a horse in the race then how are you going to be unbiased?

    Barky & his nuts have figured out yet another way to steal this election. The whole world has gone mad!!

    Keep your change! Country first!

    • stodghie

      what does her race have to do with it? i recommend that you ask gwen that question since she is the one with the problem. we don’t have a problem with her race but clearly she has a problem with ours. after all she called us a bunch of racists for objecting to her.

  • mj

    Ifill has much to gain by an Obama win. Do you think she may have given Biden the questions for the debate?

  • S. Markom

    Palin should open by congratualting Ifill on her book.
    And then she should say that she hopes it will not be as successful as she hopes, because that would only happen if Obama wins.
    That will innoculate her against any biased questions by Ifill.

  • http://www.anvp.typepad.com soldier4hillary

    People let me just say this. No matter how many people say she will exhibit professionalism the only thing going through this chics mind is that Gov Palin is ruining us “black folk” our historical nominee. If she doesnt go after Palin hard she will forever be considered in the black community as someone who handed McCain and Palin victory. She has NO OTHER choice but to attack her and attack her hard. Obama put her in a position some people are not strong enough to be in.Say what you will but its the truth.

    Her book wont sell shit and people will not buy it if they think that this debate changed the tide for McCain/Palin. She throw softballs at Palin or go easy on that debate when she walks out that door after its over, she will kiss book sales goodbye. Compared to the hatemail I get for being black and not supporting Obama will not even compare to what Gwen will get if they think her actions caused success for McCain & Palin.

    I believe she is going to hammer Gov Palin on live television. And as soon as someone complains when its over there going to be “your racist”. Because people are afraid to carry that label to Gwen can do damn near whatever and no one will say anything.

    • latina

      Soldier4 hillary
      I totally agree with you, and I don’t know how do you find the strength to deal with all this anger. This is not about race. This is all about who will be best for POTUS.

  • Hmm

    Ifill will be smarmy and sarcastic throughout the debate and favor Biden.

    I hope Palin doesnt hold back. Im so sick of these Obama people-forget the lipstick this time just be a pit bull.

  • miriam

    I don’t think it matters how many protest the appalling bias on the part of the media. The Fix Is, indeed, In. Unless the average American voter somehow manages to ignore the constant drumbeat of pro-Obama propaganda, Obama will win the election just as he “won” the primaries… And I doubt it’s worth listening to the so-called debate tonight. No matter how well Palin does, the media will proclaim her an idiot. Our country has been subverted by the lackadaisical attitude of its citizenry that has allowed the foxes to guard the chickencoop–and the foxes have taken full advantage of it. I still can’t quite believe we haven’t taken to the streets over this bailout scam.

    • typewriterstreaming

      Totally agree. Very well stated. It tears my heart apart to see what is happening to this former Democracy.

    • http://www.sugarnspice.typepad.com Sugar

      listen, miriam. Don’t you give up yet! Dammit! It’s not over. We’ve each got one vote and we haven’t even cast them yet. This is NOT the primaries. The same way the media proclaimed that Obama would win this state or that one and then time and time again they had to announce, “And, we are ready to project that Hillary Clinton will win the state of ______”. McCain might not be fighting back as hard as we would like, but the RNC as a whole is not going to just let Obama just waltz on in to that White House.

      I got an email from newsmax.com yesterday–from some PAC that is working with them, to make a donation towards the coming “Shock and Awe” campaign they are set to unleash against Obama. I’ll bet everything I own, in about two weeks, they are going to unleash more shit that Obama knows how to handle! Just wait.

      • workingclass artist

        You said it Sugar…

        Fallaces Sunt Rerum Species
        The appearances of things are deceptive

        • Pennsylvania goes RED!

          I can understand how PUMAs are dejected right now because they saw what happened to Hillary and you think the same fate awaits McCain.

          It’s funny, when I see clips where he says he likes being the underdog, and today someone posted that he smiled when asked why he doesn’t hit 0bama harder. He is displaying “capo” behavior. For all 0bama’s thug morality and values and behavior, they’re nothing but street punks. McCain is the one behaving like the Don.

          The best Dons are the ones who don’t telegraph their moves.

          • POdVet

            I’m a PUMA and definitely not feeling dejected. The Obamaphiles can poll every Obama election HQ and call it an unbiased poll for all I care. Come Nov 4 he has to face the truth at the voting booths, and there wont be any caucuses for him to bus high school kids into and report false results. McCain has the right to smile, we all know campaigns do their own polling and with a much broader spectrum than 2000 people over 3 days. I have little doubt that a fair independent poll will show the same thing the AOL straw poll has shown every single week. McCain 60+ % and Obama with less than 40%!

      • latina

        this is one of them, and a very good one

        http://www.rightchange.com

  • Shiloh

    One can only bend over backwards so far before one falls on one’s face. Ifil will either be fair or her efforts will backfire.

  • samb

    Maybe it could fall under the old saying,
    give them enough rope…

  • typewriterstreaming

    Wonder if Gwen gave Joe the heads up on the questions. Seems she has every personnal gain reason to have done so.

    • stodghie

      the question is not whether biden can handle questions. he can talk and talk and talk and answer questions in his sleep. that man has more air time on sunday second only to holy joe. biden doesn’t need ifill. palin doesn’t need ifill. the only one who can’t do without ifill is ifill. now isn’t that a piece of work for you. i suspect she will show her arse and have a black mark on her career. they’ll forgive some but not others.

  • http://www.theindependentview.com Matthew Weaver

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    If you have additional updates, please them in comments or email them to me.

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  • http://www.sugarnspice.typepad.com Sugar

    Obama looks so gaunt and sickly in that picture. Should we be concerned that Joe Biden a “heartbeat away from the presidency”??? Oh hell yes. And, why does Gotcha Gwen Ifill look like, all grinning and looking googly-eyed, that if we could tilt the camera down to see where her left hand is in that picture–we would see that she’s cupping Obama’s balls?

    • Thinker

      lol

      I have said that Obama looks gaunt and sickly over & over.

      People talk about McCain’s medical records, but Obama refuses to release his own records.

      Chain smoker, ex, possibly current crackhead.

      He looks sick and he was in the hospital recently due to a hip problem, but of course the media and the late-night comedians glossed over that.

  • NYC

    I don’t understand why these brainwhashed trolls come here if they are so sure that their disgraceful candidate will be the winner?????? Maybe they are afraid of last minute surprises…?

    • Pennsylvania goes RED!

      ding ding ding again!

      last minute surprises…yes I am glad you used the PLURAL

    • Thinker

      I know! talk about being sore winners.

      People who are confident that Obama will win don’t come on sites that are clearly anti-Obama to brag.

      Real confidence is what they lack.

      They are extremely afraid of an October Surprise and they know it’s coming.

      Shaking on their keyboards, I tell ya.

  • NYC

    The sscohen@farrmiller.com address was fine. The Updated one: scohen@farrmiller.com – “the delivery failed”.

  • Sally

    Smart? you mean affirmative action smart don’t you…you can see the pink Obamas float in front of her as she recites the news….anymore brainwashed and the brain unfurls. The educated fascist are the worse kind of all…add to that the “black” chip on your shoulder and you feel justified in become the Gestapo killing squad.

    Ever heard “you become that which you fear”? Well guess what…you’ve become it….and hopefully, if the concept of Freedom is not dead, we’ll be justified to destroy you evil brownshirts. But I won’t hold my breath.

    • MCCAIN REGRETS PALIN

      WHAT THE HELL IS “AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SMART”? I KNOW YOUR HILLBILLY ASS AINT TRYIN TO UNCUT HER EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS! YOU NEED A REALITY CHECK. WHERE IS SHE AND WHERE ARE YOU?…..HMMMM SO SAVE THAT RACIST INNUENDO SHYT

      • Sally

        Awe…did I hurt you little fascist feelings…too fucking bad you rat turd-for-a-brain fascist.

        After 50 years of you kind of “caring” look what the blacks have become……of course you’re proud of that; a racist fascist like you would be.

        • Sally

          oh…and being educated by rat turds-for-brains professors from Harvard still makes only as smart as a rat turd….rat turd.

  • NYC

    “En la puerta del horno se quema el pan” = “Bread is burned at the door of the oven”

  • Eden

    It’s just mind boggling how Biden gets a pass for things like FDR talking about the crash of 29 on TV.

    That trumps any stupid thing any politician has ever said anytime ever.

  • Talk2ThePaw

    I predicted yesterday that the Obambibots would be out in force today with the debate set for tonight!!! They are soooo predictable.

  • MCCAIN REGRETS PALIN

    BREAD IS BURNED AT THE DOOR OF THE OVEN…….WHAT THE HELL……….*BLANK STARE*

    • stodghie

      hey mccain regrets, we know you are stupid, but not this stupid. geez!

  • Sally

    Hey brain-fried idiots…be sure to look up the word “fascist” in the Websters dictionary…not the communist/chavez version.

    If you can read…tell me what it says…anything about traditional conservatives or christianity in it? NO…oh! What about: group of people who enforce their views on other through force and persecution….ahhhhhh. Thats it!

    Interesting how all the crazy fascists in the 20th C. tend to come out of leftist movements eh? …and they always have the media industry in their pockets. mmm?

    I think you need to be briefed on some basics

    ***fascists, commis and hitler were all anti-christian, pro-arab and pro-muslim, anti-semite, anti-free market, anti-tradition, anti-legislature, anti-democracy, anti-individual, anti-constitution, anti-vote, anti-old people, pro-government as god, pro-identity politics, pro-every progressive cause you are for–eg vegitarians, environmental, youth, fitness etc). They were radically pro-science and experimentation with people, evolution, pro-health care for all , pro-gov. pensions for all, pro-identity politics, who fit the correct identity…(except homosexuality but officially only), pro-eugenics (sorta like your progressive obsession with stem cell research or baby killing if the sex isn’t right, or euthanasia…wouldn’t you say?)…and of course they’re very much pro-manipulating the news, film, law, the legislature etc so that it makes NO SENSE to anyone. And of course I forget…Fascist they need and love manipulating the YOUTH…the YOUTH are always the smartest and the wisest.

    ..that sounds so very conservative to me…NOT!!

    Just accept it–you idiot..Radical “progressives” especially the radical atheist type have killed more people in 100 years than all the religious wars ever fought combined…….DIP SHIT…..who’s more tolerant?….what do you think set the stage for your “right” to shoot of that trap of yours with impunity”…yah, that’s right: Christianity and christians. Yah, That’s why all previously non-christian countries are shit holes with no freedoms, nothing.

    You and the enlightened one, want to change all that eh?…..but show me a better previously non-christian system…one in which you can shout “i hate president bush” with no punishment…let me help…there isn’t one. I hate people that hate Freedom, the constitution, western civilizaton and the USA…HATE EM. I hate you and and your GOD “O”.

    If I’m lucky I’ll get to see his head cracked open and hang by the angry mass…just like Mussolini.

  • stodghie

    i did my part emailing and calling those who were listed. they know for sure how we feel.

  • http://lesstalkmoreactivism.blogspot.com/ whoframedrudy

    If Ifill doesn’t confront Biden with his own statement that Obama is not qualified to be President, that will be proof that Ifill deliberately favored Biden in the debate.

  • http://lesstalkmoreactivism.blogspot.com/ whoframedrudy

    “People who are confident that Obama will win don’t come on sites that are clearly anti-Obama to brag.”

    Brag now, cry later. Also, these are people who have nothing in their own life to brag about.

  • stodghie

    naw, you are too frigging stupid for that honor. in fact i recommend you go to remedial reading/writing. you have some real issues little bot!

  • athy

    McCain Regrets Palin-
    Why do you say Palin is toast?

    Learn about the real Gov Palin & what she has accomplished in Alaska

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt6VzuseI30

    Now,

    Learn about the real Sen Obama and what he has accomplished in Chicago

    Watch this chilling video.

    Dear Mr. Obama: Who Are You?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16aBNduAyQ4

    This video is based 100 % on easily verifiable facts.

    http://vodpod.com/watch/857180-why-chicagoans-are-against-obama

    Nearly 125 Shot Dead In Chicago Over Summer (2008)

    http://cbs4denver.com/national/chicago.summer.shootings.2.810882.html

    Sen Obama’s ACTUAL Legislative Accomplishments:

    http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/The_Obama_Craze_Count_Me_Out_5413.html