Not only is it a conflict of interest on personal bias, she has a financial interest in selling more books if obama gets elected. Oct 01, 2008 the debate moderator john sackman, moderator of the vp debate, has a book coming out about john mccains struggles in vietnam on inauguration day. You would think answering the questions would let the american people know what her and mccain stand for, but oh no, she wants to go back to the kitchen table and soccer mom. Gwen ifill, the moderator of thursdays vicepresidential debate, has a book coming out in january called the breakthrough. The debate moderator john sackman, moderator of the vp debate, has a book coming out about john mccains struggles in vietnam on inauguration day. Controversy surrounds vp debate moderator cnn political. On thursday, pbs anchor gwen ifill will serve as moderator for the first and only vice presidential debate. With palin, mccain is gambling with the country truthdig. Her book, the breakthrough, is due to be released about the same time the next president takes. Oct 01, 2008 gwen ifill was named to be the moderator of the us vice presidential debate to be held on thursday, october 2, 2008.
Moderator gwen ifill is set to publish a book praising barack obama the moderator of the vicepresidential debate between republican sarah palin and democrat joe bidden is releasing a book on. Oct 02, 2008 ifill and her book, about the new generation of postcivilrightsera black leaders, have become a fresh object of outrage on conservative talk radio, blogs and cable news ever since a right. The day before the joe bidensarah palin debate, columnist michelle malkin wrote in the new york post about ifills book, saying, shes so far in the tank for the democratic presidential. Joe biden personal life she is 53, the fifth of six children her mother was born in barbados. Palin says schmidt cursed around her children, telling her that vicepresidential debate moderator gwen ifill was going to f with you. One chapter which is dedicated to barak obama gave the mccain campaign a decisive advantage. I think sarah palin will definately win the debate tonight as long as it is an unbiased debate i heard the moderator wrote a book including her candidate obama sarah seems to be the most experienced when it comes to executive level. The united states presidential election of 2008 was sponsored by the commission on presidential debates cpd, a bipartisan organization that sponsored four debates that occurred at various locations around the united states u. A debate moderator in the tank for obama by michelle malkin. Are these same openminded folks whore willing to assume ifill will be fair to. Sarah palin is writing a book, to come out about the time the next president takes the oath of office, to shed new light on democratic candidate barack obama and other emerging young african american politicians who are forging a bold new path to political power. Oct 02, 2008 gwen ifill, moderator of thursdays debate, is the author of a coming book, the breakthrough.
Gwen was fine as moderator after the debate, my family and joes family joined us onstage. Sarah palins farcical debate performance lowered the standards for both female candidates and us political discourse fri 3 oct 2008. So, how should we approach the economy, governor palin. In 2000, palin was the mayor of an alaskan town of 5,500 people, while biden was serving his 28th year as a united states senator.
In midaugust, shortly after the commission on presidential debates named gwen ifill of pbs as a moderator of the coming vicepresidential event, she wrote an essay in time magazine that identified. Asked if there were racial motives at play, she said, i dont know what it is. Pattericos pontifications moderator of palin debate has. Ifill is moderating thursday nights vicepresidential debate between joe biden and sarah palin. Why not question that the moderator, gwen ifill, of the upcoming bidenpalin debate is proobama. Moderator of palin debate has proobama book coming out on inauguration day. The book, as planned, contains one chapter about obama, which ms. Sarah palin plans to go on the attack in tonights debate, politico reports, hitting joe biden for what she will call his foreign policy blunders and penchant for adopting liberal positions on taxes and other issues, according to campaign officials involved in prepping her for tonights showdown. Debate moderator faces charge of bias against palin, gop. Sep 30, 2008 tons of readers recommend that sarah palin open her debate remarks by congratulating ifill on her book and asking her to tell everyone the title. Sarah palin, who has far less debate experience and whose supporters had been already trying preemptively to lower expectations.
Ifill and her book, about the new generation of postcivilrightsera black leaders, have become a fresh object of outrage on conservative talk radio, blogs and cable news ever since a right. Veep debate moderator may not be impartial jacobsweblog. Gwen ifill, the scheduled moderator of the october 2, 2008 vice presidential debate, wrote a proobama book called the. Oct 01, 2008 gwen ifill was announced as the veep debate moderator on august 5th. Politics and race in the age of obama, by gwen ifill, scheduled for release on jan 20, 2009. A madefortv drama pundits largely scored thursdays vp debate a good night for sarah palin, because she beat their low expectations for her. In this debate, palin revealed a glimpse into her vice presidential campaigns antagonistic relationship with the media, gently needling one moderator, who had once worked in knowless. Palin in debate camp until thursday cnn political ticker. It marked the third appearance this season by tina fey as sarah palin, along with surprise guest queen latifah sitting in as moderator gwen ifill and regular cast member jason sudeikis as joe biden. Wikipedia mentions her book deal, including the full title of the volume, on 2 september and it was probably known before that. Its clearly in his best financial interest for palin to win this debate. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. The commission on presidential debates a bipartisan private group is the sponsor of this event. Are these same openminded folks whore willing to assume ifill will be fair to palin similarly confident oj will find nicoles killer.
Gwen ifill, the scheduled moderator of the october 2, 2008 vice presidential debate, wrote a proobama book called the breakthrough. The fact that palin was able to string her sentences together last night which she couldnt manage to do in her unscripted interviews with katie couric shows only how low mccain has. On the eve of thursdays vicepresidential debate between joe biden and sarah palin, conservative commentators questioned the impartiality of moderator gwen ifill, whose forthcoming book is. Vp debate moderator, gwen ifill, wrote book featuring barack. A national poll of people who watched the vice presidential debate thursday night suggests that democratic sen. For the first and only time, alaska governor saran palin and delaware senator joe biden came facetoface for what stands to be the most watched vicepresidential debate in history. Three of the debates involved the presidential nominees, and one involved the vicepresidential nominees. Moderators planned book becomes a topic of debate the. The mccain campaign is saying that they think shell do a good job. Bob unruh of worldnetdaily wrote in an article last night that gwen ifill, the moderator of tomorrow nights vice presidential debate between sen. On paper, of course, the debate appears to be a mismatch.
Oct 01, 2008 washington cnn controversy swirled over vice presidential debate moderator gwen ifill one day before the faceoff between gov. Debate moderator draws criticism over obama book the new. The moderator for thursday nights palinbiden debate. What the palinbiden debate really told us anderson. Oct 01, 2008 on the day before the heavily anticipated debate of the vicepresidential candidates, some of the scrutiny has shifted to its moderator. This is a terrible choice, and could easily have been remedied by choosing from hundreds of other more objective potential moderators.
Vp debate moderator, gwen ifill, wrote book featuring. With the first and only vice presidential debate between joe biden and sarah palin just over 24 hours away there is now concern about the neutrality of the moderator, pbs journalist gwen ifill. Debate moderators objectivity questioned the new york times. Moderators planned book becomes a topic of debate the new. Oct 02, 2008 i think sarah palin will definately win the debate tonight as long as it is an unbiased debate i heard the moderator wrote a book including her candidate obama sarah seems to be the most experienced when it comes to executive level. Oct 01, 2008 if palin does well theyll trumpet her ability to overcome and obviously hostile debate moderator and if she does poorly theyll blame it on an obviously hostile debate moderator win win for. I think that she was rendered impotent by the reports of her upcoming book about black politicians. Gwen ifill is planned to be the vp debate moderator, but there are calls for her to be replaced because of this book she just released. Um, well, ya know its a tough thing this economy thing. Oct 01, 2008 why not question that the moderator, gwen ifill, of the upcoming bidenpalin debate is proobama.
If palin does well theyll trumpet her ability to overcome and obviously hostile debate moderator and if she does poorly theyll blame it on an obviously hostile debate moderator win win for. Although it has been known since at least july that debate moderator gwen ifill was writing a book on politics and race in the age of obama. What the palinbiden debate really told us anderson cooper. A debate moderator in the tank for obama realclearpolitics. The moderator in a debate especially one of this importance and magnitude should be seen as completely fair, objective and above reproach. Moderator of crucial vicepresidential debate set to. Much interest leading up to the debate stemmed from governor palin s poorly handled interviews conducted in the weeks leading up to the event. Oct 01, 2008 debate moderator faces charge of bias against palin, gop leave a comment bob unruh of worldnetdaily wrote in an article last night that gwen ifill, the moderator of tomorrow nights vice presidential debate between sen. Reports show that ifill also has a book to be released called the breakthrough.
On the day before the heavily anticipated debate of the vicepresidential candidates, some of the scrutiny has shifted to its moderator. But the former vice presidential candidate also has a lot of people factchecking her claims, including a former john. Sarah palin is writing a book, to come out about the time the next president takes the oath of office, to shed new light on democratic candidate barack obama and other emerging young african american politicians who are forging a bold new path. The debate became controversial even before it began, when it was discovered that the moderator was planning to release a book about obama the breakthrough.
Gwen ifill, moderator of thursdays debate, is the author of a coming book, the breakthrough. Debate poll says biden won, palin beat expectations cnn. Where to watch the palinbiden debate online gigaom. Oct 03, 2008 palin s remarks about being outside the washington and media elite is another whine we have heard multiple times. Moderator of crucial vicepresidential debate set to release. So all eyes will be on the new political phenom, gop alaska gov. Having another day to ponder the debate i no longer think that the loser of the debate was sarah palin or joe biden.
But ya know john mccaaain has said that fanny and freddy need to be regulated now. Gwen ifill was named to be the moderator of the us vice presidential debate to be held on thursday, october 2, 2008. Oct 02, 2008 the vice presidential candidates, democratic sen. Gwen ifill writes an adulatory book talking about the age of obama, and democrats dont see any problem with her as a moderator for the vp debate. The moderator of the vicepresidential debate between republican sarah palin and democrat joe bidden is releasing a book on barack obama on the same day americas new president takes the oath of. Did gwen ifill get to pick the questions for the biden. Replace the vp debate moderator politics and world issues. Politics and race in the age of obama, which is being released on january 20, 2009. She wrote a book that praises obama, obviously she will try her best to make palin look bad in the debate why couldnt the moderator be more fair and bipartisan. Washington cnn controversy swirled over vice presidential debate moderator gwen ifill one day before the faceoff between gov. Replace the vp debate moderator politics and world. The moderator of thursdays vice presidential debate between democrat sen. Oct 03, 2008 a national poll of people who watched the vice presidential debate thursday night suggests that democratic sen. The book, scheduled for release on inaugration day, hopes to shed new light on obama and other emerging young african american politicians who are forging a bold.
At an absolute minimum, they had five weeks to get a different moderator if they had any concerns whatsoever. United states presidential election debates, 2008 wikidemon 15. Oct 02, 2008 palin brings her folksy tone to debate. In her book, palin noted there was no tangible ill consequence from ifill as moderator. Gwen ifill is the moderator and managing editor of pbss washington week, the senior correspondent for newshour with jim lehrer, and the moderator for the oct. My dictionary defines moderator as the nonpartisan presiding officer of a town meeting. Oct 02, 2008 the day before the joe bidensarah palin debate, columnist michelle malkin wrote in the new york post about ifills book, saying, shes so far in the tank for the democratic presidential. In an historic fortnight that had already underscored his erratic nature, john mccain. Sarah palin, who has far less debate experience and whose supporters had been already trying pre. It was a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere, and the time zipped by much too quickly. Dec 14, 2015 gwen ifill is planned to be the vp debate moderator, but there are calls for her to be replaced because of this book she just released.
Sarah palin has a lot of people talking about her new book, going rogue. A lotta people i knooow arrrre affected by it or so im told. Oct 02, 2008 so all eyes will be on the new political phenom, gop alaska gov. Did gwen ifill get to pick the questions for the bidenpalin. On small stage, palin scored big debate wins politico. This is a curious complaint, since a cannon was never the sole moderator or even a questioner in a ronald reagan debate in 1980 or 1984 and b lou cannon wrote at least five books about reagan. In midaugust, shortly after the commission on presidential debates named gwen ifill of pbs as a moderator of the vicepresidential event thursday, she wrote an essay in time magazine that. The book, scheduled for release on inaugration day, hopes to shed new light on obama and other emerging young african american politicians who are.
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