Politics and religion.

[smokey the elder]

It would be the logical way to do it, but would never happen. Too elitist.

And the pool of presidential candidates as it exists now isn't? You need at least 10 million dollars to even think about becoming President. You don't get that working at Wally World.

[RICHARD]

And the pool of presidential candidates as it exists now isn't? You need at least 10 million dollars to even think about becoming President. You don't get that working at Wally World.

At 8.50 an hour?

7776470.5882352352941176470588235 hours, before taxes.

Many pres bids are financed by entities that are more like the human side of a ventriloquist pair. The candidates need someone with a hand down their pants to make their mouths move and eyes to blink.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Yep, Ole honest Abe L. would never get elected today. He wasn't rich enough.

[lizbud]

Yep, Ole honest Abe L. would never get elected today. He wasn't rich enough.

It's the political party that choses the candidate and raises the money
for them to run in the first place, but it sure is expensive nowadays.

It's really hard to believe Lincoln was in the same political party as Bush
and McCain. They have really lowered the bar since the old days.

[RICHARD]

Yep, Ole honest Abe L. would never get elected today. He wasn't rich enough.

IF he wasn't so fricking lazy and counted up all the pennies he owns?

[RICHARD]

Here's a question that I pondered for all of three seconds.

If BO was a community organizer, just like JC, where are all the reports/news clips of the wonderful things he's done?

I figure if he can claim that on a resume', why not give us some hard facts to judge him by.

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Another thing about the debate.

What was the "That's not true!" statement getting tossed in while JM was talking?
That's one of the "dem' tactics I have noticed the party has adapted lately. SHOUT PEOPLE DOWN!!!!! Sheesh. what a marroon!

[caseysmom]

My daughter had to critic the debate for a political science class. It is pretty interesting, things that we would not have noticed if she had not been asked to notice. One of the questions is whether or not the canditate looks into the camera or do they look around at other things and look down.

McCain always looked down and around and pretty much anywhere but the camera, Obama stared right into the camera.

[blue]

Obama stared right into the camera.

The telepromter is in line with the camera isnt it?

[Puckstop31]

LOL

So much for an impartial moderator at the veep debate.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76645

Oh and before you rag on WND as a biased source, (which it can be at times) please preorder the book...

http://www.amazon.com/Breakthrough-P.../dp/038552501X

[RICHARD]

LOL

So much for an impartial moderator at the veep debate.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76645

Oh and before you rag on WND as a biased source, (which it can be at times) please preorder the book...

http://www.amazon.com/Breakthrough-P.../dp/038552501X

Well, I can see that the converstation will be like should BO lose in November with that twit.

WHat royalties are you getting by selling the book? I can get it in the 99 cent bin at the local Target in Feb!

[Grace]

Regarding Ifill's book - it's not as though anyone was trying to hide the existence of it. From Politico -

October 01, 2008
Categories: Debates
Ifill's book was no secret

Michelle Malkin and World Net Daily have made a lot of noise today about the fact the Gwen Ifill, the moderator of Thursday's debate, has a new book coming on Inauguration day about Barack Obama and the politics of race -- leading to the front of Drudge.

Fox's Greta Van Susteren reports that the McCain campaign didn't know about it.

"I am stunned….the campaign (actually both) should have been told before the campaign agreed to have her moderate. It simply is not fair -- in law, this would create a mistrial."

But one didn't have to go the lengths of oppo research to find out about a book that was hiding in plain sight on Amazon. Not to mention, She discussed it with Howard Kurtz last month in the Washington Post, in the only profile she's done before the debate. (And I'd imagine someone in the campaign should have read it).

To the extent she can carve out any spare time, Ifill is working on a book called "Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama." She focuses on the Democratic nominee and such up-and-coming black politicians as Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Newark Mayor Cory Booker.

"We're very lazy when we think about race in this country," Ifill says. "We try to put it in a box. It's Jesse versus Al, or Jesse and Al versus everyone else," she says, referring to Jackson and Sharpton. "We love simplistic conflict. There's a whole group of people who have Ivy League degrees and immense accomplishments who actually benefited from the things their parents were fighting for."

Regardles, the story's getting major play on cable, especially Fox News.

Speaking with Bill Hemmer, Fox analyst Juan Williams spoke admirably of Ifill as a journalist but admitted that "it looks like she has some investment" in the outcome of the election, and that "there's a perception problem." The FoxNews.com headline: "VP Debate Moderator Pens Pro-Obama Book."

I think Malkin and other critics have a right to raise questions about whether Ifill should be moderating, but at the same time, it's not as if the veteran PBS journalist has been keeping the book under wraps until now. It's also a logical question to ask whether an Obama book would sell better or worse depending on the outcome of the election. I don't think I'm going out on a limb to say that if Obama's sworn in on the Jan. 20 pub date, it will likely sell more copies.

So why is this coming up less than 36 hours before Palin and Biden hit the stage?

By Michael Calderone 09:44 AM

Seems like some were not doing their homework?

[Puckstop31]

Regarding Ifill's book - it's not as though anyone was trying to hide the existence of it. From Politico -




Seems like some were not doing their homework?

Whatever... Not doing homework, whatever.

Do you think it's fair that the moderator for the debate stands to profit from an Obama victory? Do you think there might be just a smidge of bias???

[lizbud]

LOL

So much for an impartial moderator at the veep debate.

So much for a non biased website. The WND site is a hoot.

[sparks19]

So much for a non biased website. The WND site is a hoot.

That was already addressed and is why a link to her book was also posted

[lizbud]

That was already addressed and is why a link to her book was also posted

I already know of her book. She's a Obama supporter in her private life.

She is not a political operative & can conduct a debate as well as any
other qualitied news person. She is also well regarded in her field.