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Topic: It’s Jim Lehrer’s turn
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It’s Jim Lehrer’s turn
to respond to the debate
Washington Post, by Paul Farhi
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Posted By:Drive, 10/5/2012 2:28:29 PM
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| Jim Lehrer has a few words in response for those who thought he let President Obama and Mitt Romney ramble on and roll over him in Wednesday’s presidential debate: “So what?” The veteran PBS newsman, who was persuaded by the Presidential Debate Commission to moderate his 12th debate — the last one he’ll do, he vows — says the event wasn’t about “control” or the strict enforcement of rules. It was about producing a sharp discussion and substantive contrast between the candidates. Besides, he says, few people seemed to understand that the new format,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
G-Tom, 10/5/2012 3:12:02 PM (No. 8912522)
From the comments…
Øbammy-boo-boo totally exposed himself as a stumbling, bumbling Affirmative Action dumbell. As Sununu said you can't prep stupid and if Obama proved anything in Denver it was that the man is just simply stupid. When you add in lazy to boot, well what you saw is what you get.
The ONE'sThatWeren'tWaitingForHim knew he was a dumbsss all along. We know why he guards his grades better than his ambassadors. He's an Affirmative Action pass along with a side of being Kenyan when convenient and Kenyan was convenient in getting accepted to places like Columbia and Harvard.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Mobyclik, 10/5/2012 3:18:05 PM (No. 8912537)
Rush was just talking about some PBS lib that said Lehrer was too old and too white to moderate that debate. ''Hey everyone, make room under this bus, here comes Jim.'' Libs will eat their in a heartbeat.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Keekng, 10/5/2012 3:19:42 PM (No. 8912540)
Lehrer seemed like a drone but in retrospect, the debate ran smoothly, with the debaters interacting and the moderator sitting on the sidelines, as it should be.
Previous debates have been a sideshow with moderators playing the "gotcha" game.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Echohawk, 10/5/2012 3:33:35 PM (No. 8912579)
Jim Lehrer did a great job. The debate is supposed to be about the candidates, not the MSM spin.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
dman, 10/5/2012 3:42:14 PM (No. 8912598)
IMO, Lehrer was in a corner. All the warnings on conservative media about an Obama-LSM "double team" ambush of Romney made it too obvious for the usual domination of the flow by Lehrer. He had to be a bit subtle about it. The format was also a bit more free-flowing, for a change, with the "discussion" periods. Lehrer did try to jump in several times when Mitt was about to bring his point home, but it was too easy this time for Mitt to just talk over him. (Even at that, NerØbama still talked for more minutes than did Mitt.)
At last it was the moderator, rather than the Republican candidate, who was in a "no win" situation.
When, oh when, will we dispense with "moderators" and replace them with computer-controlled timers that simply turn off the microphone when the count-down reaches zero?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
woodsman, 10/6/2012 6:01:41 PM (No. 8914788)
Best debate format I've ever seen....Lehrer did just fine
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
JoniTx, 10/6/2012 6:23:16 PM (No. 8914814)
It seems that most Republicans liked the new format; most dems did not. In other words, when there is substance, without strict time limits, the left wants to run and hide. Very telling.
Jim Lehrer did just fine.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Coy860, 10/6/2012 6:28:41 PM (No. 8914820)
This was a complete backfire on Leher.
Word was out that Obama was having great difficulty getting any point across in a limited time in practice. 4 years of pointless rambling, punctuated with uh uh didn't help.
Lehrer chose a format that would allow Obama to ramble, relieving the time pressure on Obama somewhat. Tough cookies.
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