The Debates

[Stoked]

If ROmney had said something like "You're a ****ing dumbass" or Obama had said "I banged your wife". Then the moderator gets involved.

 

[nightmare3983]

Yes. Mitt Romney can stand up for himself.

The candidates do a great job of refuting what the other says without the moderator stepping into the spotlight.

 

[trigg3r]

I find this whole Libya exploitation thing hilarious.

Yep. A tragedy. It sucks that people died.

But the way the right is trying to exploit this truly shows how desperate they are... And how awesome Obama's foreign policy has been.

Compare that to the long list of foreign policy errors the Bush administration gave us that exploiters could easily exploit? HILARIOUS!

I'll take criticisms over Obama bowing to some arab dude and whether the attack on an embassy was spontaneous or planned any day over pissing off the Russians, pissing off the British, pissing off the Germans, starting 2 wars costing us trillions which will need to be paid off by our children and grandchildren, the worst terrorist attack in our history, etc...

It is a controversy and rightly so. If this happened and a Republican President was in office then it would be in the news for the next 3 weeks 24/7. People did die and it looks like the Administration has lied. Believe what you want though.

 

[sirkickyass]

Yes. Mitt Romney can stand up for himself.

We just disagree. I think the moderator is there to moderate, and part of that can include directly stating a fact when disputed. In this instance she bent over backward to give Romney the meat, the only reason it was memorable is because Romney primed the pump for the better part of a minute to make it memorable trying to make it a "gotcha" moment.

 

[sirkickyass]

I don't think moderated debates should be moderated.

I hear that complaint about this message board all the time.

 

[Stoked]

We just disagree. I think the moderator is there to moderate, and part of that can include directly stating a fact when disputed. In this instance she bent over backward to give Romney the meat, the only reason it was memorable is because Romney primed the pump for the better part of a minute to make it memorable trying to make it a "gotcha" moment.

I like how you always resort to something along the lines of what is Romney was the victim though!? Please give me more credit than that Kicky.

I disagree on why it is memorable. She directly refuted Romney. That is not her place. It was Obama's and I think he would have done so.

 

[bordelais7]

she bent over backward to give Romney the meat

Horrible.

 

[Scat]

So, while Romney has a larger nest egg, Obama's public pension is in fact, much larger than Romney's. Oh, and Obama does have a Cayman Island account as well as money invested in China.

https://www.politifact.com/wisconsi...-says-obama-also-has-investments-chinese-com/

Of course all anyone will remember is Obama's comment admitting that Romney's is larger than his own.

 

[Stoked]

So, while Romney has a larger nest egg, Obama's public pension is in fact, much larger than Romney's. Oh, and Obama does have a Cayman Island account as well as money invested in China.

https://www.politifact.com/wisconsi...-says-obama-also-has-investments-chinese-com/

Of course all anyone will remember is Obama's comment admitting that Romney's is larger than his own.

The offshore stuff is interesting but I couldn't care less whose is larger. Completely unimportant.

 

[Brown Notes]

I like how you always resort to something along the lines of what is Romney was the victim though!? Please give me more credit than that Kicky.

I disagree on why it is memorable. She directly refuted Romney. That is not her place. It was Obama's and I think he would have done so.

No, Romney refuted a fact and he was wrong. For the Moderator to interject to confirm or deny a fact is necessary to keep the debate from devolving into continuous counter-assertions. (Yes I did!! No you didn't!!)

 

[Dr. Jones]

Why do some of you find the offshore stuff interesting?

(I almost feel this warrants it's own thread.)

 

[franklin]

No, Romney refuted a fact and he was wrong. For the Moderator to interject to confirm or deny a fact is necessary to keep the debate from devolving into continuous counter-assertions. (Yes I did!! No you didn't!!)

It's a little tougher with political grandstanding because these guys are speaking to a large audience of useful idiots instead of a room full of professionals at a conference. It's hard to moderate these without injecting a bias whether intended or not--or just perceived.