CNN GOP Debate

But yeah, I agree. Harwood should have a leash put on his biased liberal ass from now on. 👆

Republican debates should be moderated by those who will be voting in a Republican primary (conservatives) not liberal mods who behave like children trying to insult the candidates by asking inflammatory questions about comics books or accusing them of being immature or dumb or trying to get them to attack each other.

Originally posted by Star428
But yeah, I agree. Harwood should have a leash put on his biased liberal ass from now on. 👆

Republican debates should be moderated by those who will be voting in a Republican primary (conservatives) not liberal mods who behave like children trying to insult the candidates by asking inflammatory questions about comics books or accusing them of being immature or dumb or trying to get them to attack each other.

Ask good, pertinent, and tough questions with a professional demeanor. Being fair and balanced does not mean you need to agree with someone on the issues being debated.

I will be interested in seeing the next debate and if the moderators swing completely to other side of the spectrum and ask easy questions to the candidates now. Basically will they be afraid to try and appear unprofessional like CSNBC did. Also will the Republicans use this to abuse and derail any kind of questions they deem to be problematic to their stances going forward. Like a get out of jail free card for the debates.

So you have no criticism for Harwood being a complete ass?

Originally posted by Digi
Economics is the hardest area to pin down, imo. Like, I'm pra
In other news, Fiorina admitted she was wrong about a key debate statistic:
http://news.yahoo.com/carly-fiorina-says-she-wrong-92-claim-153359201.html#

I'm not parading this as a negative. I think it's great. Every politician sites bogus numbers at some point. The ability to correct one's stance is a plus in my book.

Agreed, plus on her for being admit to correct.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Why would anyone let this sick offent on stage to begin with. He is a disgrace to professional journalism. He should be fired, or put in the mail room, never on live television again. What a shameful disgusting piece of shit.

Really, I don't think it's necessarily him that's the big problem- I mean, Fox has tons of partisan people who aren't aware of it too, and one can be partisan and still ask good questions, that's not necessarily a fatal problem.

It's whoever approved the questions and had such an ill-set up moderator panel that should be fired - it wasn't Harwood who gave the lousy question to Cruz. It wasn't him who had moderators talking over each other at some points. There's bigger problems than one moderator.

Originally posted by Newjak
The only requirement there should be to moderate a debate is being a professional with how you ask the questions. It shouldn't matter what party you identify more with.

Ask good, pertinent, and tough questions with a professional demeanor. Being fair and balanced does not mean you need to agree with someone on the issues being debated.

I will be interested in seeing the next debate and if the moderators swing completely to other side of the spectrum and ask easy questions to the candidates now. Basically will they be afraid to try and appear unprofessional like CSNBC did. Also will the Republicans use this to abuse and derail any kind of questions they deem to be problematic to their stances going forward. Like a get out of jail free card for the debates.

Most of them absolutely walked all over the CSNBC mods as is, if they face an even more spineless set of mods, it will be a bloodbath.

Originally posted by Q99
Agreed, plus on her for being admit to correct.

Really, I don't think it's necessarily him that's the big problem- I mean, Fox has tons of partisan people who aren't aware of it too, and one can be partisan and still ask good questions, that's not necessarily a fatal problem.

It's whoever approved the questions and had such an ill-set up moderator panel that should be fired - it wasn't Harwood who gave the lousy question to Cruz. It wasn't him who had moderators talking over each other at some points. There's bigger problems than one moderator.

The good ole blame shift.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
So you have no criticism for Harwood being a complete ass?

I've said the questions asked by CSNBC during the debates were unprofessional and silly. What more do you want me to say?

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
The good ole blame shift.

Of course. That's democrats favorite tactic. Well... that and screaming "racism" or "bigot" at anybody who disagrees with them. 👆

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
So you have no criticism for Harwood being a complete ass?

I think if Republicans are to be questioned by liberal jackasses intent on insulting them then it's only fair for democrats to be questioned by conservatives. Could you imagine the fear that HIllary would feel if she knew she were going to be questioned by someone like Rush Limbaugh at the next debate? LOL. She'd shit in her pants from the fear. 👆

I still say to be fair. They need to have the next Democrat debate be hosted by some Conservative Moderators.

Like Mark Levine.

That would be sweet.

Originally posted by Star428
I think if Republicans are to be questioned by liberal jackasses intent on insulting them then it's only fair for democrats to be questioned by conservatives. Could you imagine the fear HIllary would fear if she knew she were going to be questioned by someone like Rush Limbaugh at the next debate? LOL. She'd shit in her pants from the fear. 👆

Why do the conservatives have to be moderated by the liberal media, and how on earth does that seem fair to you?

Maybe the GOP candidates should moderate each other. I'd be down for that.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Why do the conservatives have to be moderated by the liberal media, and how on earth does that seem fair to you?

Originally posted by Q99
I wanna talk about the question Cruz was asked that lead to that response.

Transcript

Here was that question-
QUINTANILLA: "Senator Cruz. Congressional Republicans, Democrats and the White House are about to strike a compromise that would raise the debt limit, prevent a government shutdown and calm financial markets that fear of — another Washington-created crisis is on the way.

Does your opposition to it show that you’re not the kind of problem-solver American voters want?"

Ironically, it *is* a question with a fair amount of substance to it.

Or more specifically, 3/4ths a good substantiative question about compromise and debt limit which is well worth asking and answering, then 1/4th a weird little gotcha on the end.

Replace the last sentence with, "How do you respond to people who say this stance will just lead to more government disfunction?", and you have a nice, hard-hitting question. Not just "Are you not the kind of problem-solver American voters want?". That turns it from a deep question, to a yes/known question that isn't really asking about the issue raised, but just whether his stance on the issue is popular or not, which is a tremendously less interesting question.

It's like, you're 3/4th of the way to a good moderator question there, who thought that end would be a good idea?

Yes, but he wasn't just referring to that specific question. Although yeah...merely having 3/4 of a good question simply isn't good enough for people running for President.

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Why do the conservatives have to be moderated by the liberal media, and how on earth does that seem fair to you?

One, it doesn't, this is how the Republicans set it up. If they wanted to, they could do all-Fox.

Two, how about not-so-partisan news stations? I mean, PBS, C-SPAN, CNN, they are not actively partisan like MSNBC and Fox.

The good ole blame shift.

Note, all I'm saying is it's his *boss's* responsibility, and that's why not just-him but most of the moderators sucked.

I.e. your criticism was narrow focused, when it should be up the chain in the organization.

It's interesting how sensitive you are, and tend to react negatively to any difference of opinion from myself or several other posters- even if the difference isn't an attack on anything or even on a different side than yours. "Ah ha, you're blame shifting to someone more important in the same organization!" is a gotcha to you?

Also it appears Ben Carson did indeed claim he cured his prostate cancer with some kind supplement with ingredients like tree bark. For some reason though he still had surgery to remove this cured cancer.

This is a doctor saying this. I don't care if it's not the field of medicine he focused on..he is still a friggin doctor. How are you supposed to take this candidate seriously?

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Why do the conservatives have to be moderated by the liberal media, and how on earth does that seem fair to you?

As I've said in a previous thread, Liberals live in some kind of Bizarro World. What you and I rightfully recognize as being unfair and biased they just repeatedly stubbornly shake their heads and proclaim "nuh uh". ❌

Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Why do the conservatives have to be moderated by the liberal media, and how on earth does that seem fair to you?

You understand that the Republican party chooses what debates to participate in, yes?

Originally posted by Bardock42
You understand that the Republican party chooses what debates to participate in, yes?

You do understand that he's under the impression that the 'liberal all controlling media' chooses/controls everything, yes?