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| Hildebeest Campaign Pressuring Lester Holt To Act As More Than A Moderator |
| 2016-09-26 |
| The first presidential debate is Monday night at 9 p.m. ET. NBC’s Lester Holt will be the moderator, and I want to believe that he’ll be objective. But the Clinton campaign isn’t happy with him, even though the debate hasn’t even happened yet. They’re actually pressuring Holt to take on a more "active" role in the debate, because Hillary can’t possibly present her vision for America and point out Trump’s factual inaccuracies at the same time. That’s not fair to her! Holt needs to help Hillary and continuously challenge Trump! "It’s unfair to ask for Hillary both to play traffic cop with Trump, make sure that his lies are corrected, and also to present her vision for what she wants to do for the American people," Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said on ABC’s "This Week." Even George Stephanopoulos pressed Mook. Isn’t that the point of debating? Presenting your argument and disputing your opponent’s? That’s what you do in a debate. But Mook said this election is unlike anything we’ve ever witnessed before, so an exception should be made. |
| Posted by:Blossom Unains5562 |
| #12 I suspect a Rantburg grade determination would rate him much higher than a Captain. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-09-26 16:53 |
| #11 P2k should have stayed with the Captain Hatfield monicker, but it's just me likely. Damn, there's a lot of dust in this blog. :( |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-09-26 16:48 |
| #10 It's never been about fairness to the media/Left. It's all about power. Power is self rationalizing. The 'show' is just for the rubes to maintain an illusion of legitimacy. Posted by Captain Hatfield aka P2K Are you suggesting that there actually is a 'shadow gov't' and this is all a kabuki dance? .....gasp ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-09-26 16:44 |
| #9 ...oops, that was me. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-09-26 16:41 |
| #8 It's never been about fairness to the media/Left. It's all about power. Power is self rationalizing. The 'show' is just for the rubes to maintain an illusion of legitimacy. |
| Posted by: Captain Hatfield5769 2016-09-26 16:40 |
| #7 The moderator will be persona non grata among the liberal elites if he doesn't bend over backwards and carry Hillary. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-09-26 12:16 |
| #6 You would think Trump would be prepared for this kind of crap and will assume that he is facing 2 opponents and not one. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-09-26 11:26 |
| #5 Rasmussen says that nearly 1/2 of those polled think the moderators will help Clinton. I'm surprised the number's not higher, but I don't think it'll matter - Trump is exactly the wrong guy to pull this crap on. He'll have Holt and his big fucking forehead on a pike with the first slanted question. |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-09-26 11:22 |
| #4 |
| Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy 2016-09-26 10:10 |
| #3 Of course she is. She can't win the debate without the moderator's help and she knows it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-09-26 09:21 |
| #2 The Hildebeast campaign's internal polling must be bad because this is a sign of desperation. Or maybe this is just a call for a "safe space". |
| Posted by: brujotejano 2016-09-26 08:35 |
| #1 They’re actually pressuring Holt to take on a more "active" role in the debate "Take an active role? You mean like a Candy Crowley active role?" |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-09-26 08:19 |