Mccain's racist attacks on debate moderator Gwen Ifill

These attacks against Gwen Ifill are so transparent. I don't know why we're even having a legitimate discussion about their validity. The McCain campaign is desperate to have the moderator of the VP debate go easy on Palin. So they are working her over, ahead of time.

In essence, they are threatening her career if she doesn't act "objectively." And their definition of "objective" is someone who asks very easy questions to Sarah Palin. They have already called the most innocuous foreign policy questions in other interviews "gotcha" questions or "trap-door" questions. They're sending a warning to Ifill. We will try to destroy your reputation as an objective reporter if you're tough on Palin.

The second reason behind this obvious gambit is that if Palin bombs they can say, "See, of course, with that biased moderator she didn't get a fair shake. It wasn't her fault. The deck was stacked against her with all of those 'gotcha' questions from an Obama supporter."

Looking at it this way, you can see why this is a smart political move. They lose nothing and possibly gain easier questions and an excuse if their candidate does not do well. That is why it is up to the media to point out that this is sheer political gamesmanship and not let them get away with this nonsense. Treating this issue as if it has any legitimacy is unacceptable. And, by the way, also completely unfair to Gwen Ifill.

One final thing on this debate. How well the moderator does tonight is going to completely dependent on how she asks follow-up questions. A debate where you just let either side give their talking points on any given issue and move on is a terrible, boring and useless debate. The public only learns how well that candidate has memorized their talking points. Follow up questions are critical. This is what has made Katie Couric's interviews with Sarah Palin so good. Simple, fair follow-up questions to get an understanding of what the candidate actually means.

It will be tragically ironic if Ifill actually mars her reputation as a journalist by not asking pertinent follow-up questions because she has been intimidated by the right-wing into going soft on Palin.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/mccain-campaign-working-t_b_131258.html

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[Worrier316]

That's why John McCain lost and will NEVER be President!

[spock8585]

McCain flip flopped more than Kerry did. Then again McCain really was the best the republican party had to offer.

[TheJuicyfun]

@AnalFlutterDOTcom Nahh, Obama is. lol

[ThomasAUSTRALIA1]

@dukeljk....Hey Deucheljk, it's easy to hide behind your monitor and make these hateful remarks. Bet you wouldn't dream of saying that to the face of an African American guy. He would crush that pale pimply ugly face of yours in a second. Later moronic coward. And man, I would seriously think of changing your chat name: "Deucheljk"?? For Hevean's sake. Arn't you embarrassed going around with a name like that?

[ThomasAUSTRALIA1]

Listen Granpa McCain, put on your fluffy grandpa slippers and your dressing gown, fill up that hot water bottle of yours and STAY at home with your grandchildren. You are well past your "use-by" date and like all stale food, you have gone right off!!

[dukeljk]

How is this racist, stupid niggers.

[SRTOOLEY]

It's not about race, morons.

The moderator is writing a book that will clearly support one political party over another. That's it. Period.

[AreThereNoMoreNames]

Whoa, when the hell did "writing a book about 0bama" become a race.

[Boobalopbop]

I don't understand, in her debates and interviews of her as governor and running for governor, she seems thoughtful, intelligent and genuine. Did she have some kind of lobotomy? Why is she so hateful and fake folksy, and can barely string a sentence together and has to write things on her hands like a 7 year old?

[freighttrain10]

Nothing that McCain said here was racist in any way. Apparently, if you think that spending our taxpayers' money into oblivion and don't think it's fair that the moderator was a liberal, who is automatically going to be against you, you also hate minorities. I'm not the biggest McCain supporter, but the left constantly plays the race card anytime they're threatened, which means that they're the ones not ready for a black president. Were blacks called racists anytime they criticized Bush? NEVER!

[ToManyPhones]

@scottysmo88

we don't like far-right extremists.