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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Bob Schieffer moderated one of the debates in 04. It was well known that he had long standing social ties to the Bush family and that he was a frequent personal golfing buddy of GW. In fact, Bush appointed Schieffer's brother to be ambassador to Australia in his first term, and ambassador to Japan after his reelection. He and McCain go back together a long way as well, with Schieffer being an enthusiastic traveler on the "straight talk express".....btw, Schieffer will moderate the last debate.
In any case, Iffil should make some disclaimer at the start of the debate.
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dc - Regarding the relationship with Schieffer to GW or McCain, I don't see the parallel with Ifill standing to benefit substantially from book sales if Obama wins. It's like Pete Rose betting on Reds games.
I agree that appearances of cronyism should not have been tolerated if that truly was the case with Schieffer. The ambassadorship to his brother could be questionalble, but two of my siblings are opposites politically to my little sister and me. Bob Schieffer's brother could have earned that all on his own... who knows? So I have difficulty seeing the Schieffer analogy as being equal, but give points on the appearance of some kind of relationship.
If the McCain camp is OK with an Ifill disclaimer, then I think that would be fine. It could make things more interesting depending on the questioning and performance of the candidates.
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Originally Posted by asaris
Not hard. The next presidential debate is being hosted by Tom Brokaw, NBC's liaision to the McCain campaign and spreader of McCain lies on Meet the Press. Do you hear many liberals complaining about it?
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Tom Brokaw is an evil white conservative.
