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The moderator for Thursday's VP debate is an unabashed Obama supporter who has written a book promoting him:
VP debate moderator Ifill releasing pro-Obama book
Focuses on blacks who are 'forging a bold new path to political power'
Posted: September 30, 2008
8:35 pm Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2008 WorldNetDaily

Gwen Ifill
The moderator of Thursday's vice-presidential debate is writing a book to come out about the time the next president takes the oath of office that aims 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."
Gwen Ifill of the Public Broadcasting Service program "Washington Week" is promoting "The Breakthrough," in which she argues the "black political structure" of the civil rights movement is giving way to men and women who have benefited from the struggles over racial equality.
Ifill declined to return a WND telephone message asking for a comment about her book project and whether its success would be expected should Obama lose. But she has faced criticism previously for not treating candidates of both major parties the same.
During a vice-presidential candidate debate she moderated in 2004 – when Democrat John Edwards attacked Republican Dick Cheney's former employer, Halliburton – the vice president said, "I can respond, Gwen, but it's going to take more than 30 seconds."
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"Well, that's all you've got," she told Cheney.
Ifill told the Associated Press Democrats were delighted with her answer, because they "thought I was being snippy to Cheney." She explained that wasn't her intent.
But she also was cited in complaints PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler said he received after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin delivered her nomination acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., earlier this month.
Some viewers complained of a "dismissive" look by Ifill during her report on Palin's speech. According to Getler, some also said she wore a look of "disgust" while reporting on the Republican candidate.
At that time she said, "I assume there will always be critics and just shut out the noise. It is surprisingly easy."
Ifill, who also works with her network's "NewsHour," is making preparations to moderate this week's debate between the two candidates for vice president, Palin and Democratic Sen. Joe Biden.. She told BlackAmericaWeb.com she thinks debates "are the best opportunity most voters have to see the candidates speaking to issues."
She said she is concerned only about getting straight answers from candidates.
"You do your best to get candidates to answer your question. But I also trust the viewers to understand when questions are not answered and reach their own conclusions," Ifill told BlackAmericaWeb.
"Four years ago, when neither John Edwards nor Dick Cheney proved capable of answering a question about the domestic epidemic of AIDS among African-American women, viewers flooded me with reaction," she said.
She said she will make her own decisions about what questions to ask, adding "the big questions matter."
In the Amazon.com promotion for her book, Ifill is described as "drawing on interviews with power brokers," such as Obama and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
In an online video promoting her book, she is enthusiastic about "taking the story of Barack Obama and extending it."
It focuses on four people, "one of them Barack Obama of course," she said.
"They are changing our politics and changing our nation," she said.
On Amazon.com, Ifill is praised for her "incisive, detailed profiles of such prominent leaders as Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, and U.S. Congressman Artur Davis of Alabama."
"Ifill shows why this is a pivotal moment in American history," the review says.
She told AP her view of Obama: "I still don't know if he'll be a good president."
She also describes how she met him at the 2004 Democratic convention and since then has interviewed the Illinois senator and his family.
She also boasted that by the time of the debate, "I'll be a complete expert on both" Palin and Biden.
The debate will be held at Washington University in St. Louis, which has posted information about the evening's events online.
Ifill's profile there describes her as a longtime correspondent and moderator for national news programs and includes her service as moderator of the 2004 debate between Edwards and Cheney.
However, there's no mention of her upcoming book. Nor does the website for the Commission on Presidential Debates, which is organizing the meetings of the candidates, mention her book.

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Wonder if she named Clarence Thomas in her book, or maybe he isn't
>>>>> The problem is not that she's an Obama supporter.
>>Yes it is.
It's clear that you feel this way, but you still have not articulated why you feel this way. If you've heard Ifill endorse Obama or gotten an early copy of the book or something else, do share. Otherwise, I'm still not following your logic here.
>>And she's unethical.
I'm not sure that I disagree with you here. It's tough for me to say that she is unethical, but I am very disappointed that she didn't so the right and simple thing by disclosing that she was writing a book.
>>Um...no...book sales aren't like that. If Obama tanks she loses BIG money. If he wins, she wins BIG money.
So, how do book sales work, then? Again, you're not telling me specifically why she would lose BIG money if Obama loses and would "win" BIG money (rather than earn?) if he wins.
I'm not being snarky here. I'm just questioning the assumption that Ifill has a financial interest in this election.
Laura
>>Wonder if she named Clarence Thomas in her book, or maybe he isn't part of the"black enough" conundrum".
From advance descriptions of the book, she doesn't seem to, but Thomas is not and never has been an elected official. That may explain it.
Laura
Oh, I see it's about elected black politicians. Wonder why she mentions Vernon Jordan then, was he an
>>> It's clear that you feel this way, but you still have not articulated why you feel this way. If you've heard Ifill endorse Obama or gotten an early copy of the book or something else, do share. Otherwise, I'm still not following your logic here.
I'm not sure where your confusion lies...her book, by all descriptions, it a pro-Obama book. I think you'd have to be nose-deep in the kool-aid to believe that it's an anti-Obama tome or even one that is simply "dispassionate." But even if you wish to toss all of that out the window...as many on the left obviously do...she still has a financial interest in Obama getting elected.
>>And she's unethical.
>>> I'm not sure that I disagree with you here. It's tough for me to say that she is unethical, but I am very disappointed that she didn't so the right and simple thing by disclosing that she was writing a book.
I believe that she was asked questions concerning conflicts by the Debate Committee. She was obviously well aware of her book and most probably about the reaction she would get if it were disclosed. Her decision not to disclose it is obviously unethical if not outright fraud.
>>Um...no...book sales aren't like that. If Obama tanks she loses BIG money. If he wins, she wins BIG money.
>>> So, how do book sales work, then? Again, you're not telling me specifically why she would lose BIG money if Obama loses and would "win" BIG money (rather than earn?) if he wins.
Obviously a book about the Presidential winner coming out on inauguration day would be more successful than a book about the loser coming out on inauguration day.
>>> I'm not being snarky here. I'm just questioning the assumption that Ifill has a financial interest in this election.
It seems pretty obvious that a book about the stunning rise of Obama might do a little better if, in fact, he actually has a stunning rise instead of losing the election, and likely being consigned to political obscurity.
Sopal
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>>her book, by all descriptions, it a pro-Obama book.
Which descriptions? I haven't seen evidence of that, and I don't think you've provided it. (By the way "stunning" means surprising and remarkable. Obama's rise can certainly apply to where he is now-- the first African-American candidate for president for either of the two major parties.)
>>I think you'd have to be nose-deep in the kool-aid
Or I could simply disagree with you and see things differently.
>>Obviously a book about the Presidential winner coming out on inauguration day would be more successful than a book about the loser coming out on inauguration day.
You keep saying this, but you haven't backed up that opinion with anything substantiative.
>>It seems pretty obvious that a book about the stunning rise of Obama might do a little better if, in fact, he actually has a stunning rise instead of losing the election, and likely being consigned to political obscurity.
That makes more sense than anything you have written, except that it is still opinion. However, I doubt very seriously that Obama will be consigned to political obscurity if he is not elected. That's an absolutely absurd thing to say about the nation's first African-American presidential candidate for either of the two major parties, nevermind his previous experience. I get that you don't like him, and that's okay. But he's very, very popular with others. I highly doubt that political obscurity is in his future. *smile*
Laura
>>I'll have to let you research the history of best sellers, especially topical titles, and why they became best sellers.
Ah, you mean: "I have no response, so I'm going to put the responsibility for supporting my argument onto you." That's okay. It's been fun debating with you today. (And I mean that.)
Laura
Sure, because she says so.
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