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To: Neeka who wrote (467007)	1/24/2012 2:55:28 AM
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OUR LAME PRESS: “Brian Williams asks Gingrich a ridiculous question: whether he’ll shift in his views on foreign policy in order to get Ron Paul’s endorsement. Williams seems like he isn’t even trying to do a good job of moderating the debate.” UPDATE: Steven Den Beste writes: Why is it that the debate moderators are all such turkeys? Why don’t they get someone like Hugh Hewitt? Because they want turkeys. ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Brian Gates writes: What keeps the candidates from having every exchange go like this: Democratic Moderator: Please tell us what restrictions on gay rights you want to impose, and whether you would follow up with legalized segregation. Republican Candidate: In the time it took you to ask that stupid question, the federal government under Barack Obama incurred an additional $200,000 of debt that will have to be paid by Americans. Here’s my plan to cut spending…. What are they afraid of, getting a failing grade from Brian Williams and not being allowed to advance to the next debate? It would be best to have no moderators present, but a very close second would be to make it clear that they are asking frivolous questions – by providing answers to substantive ones. And Prof. Stephen Clark writes: “Somewhere in NBC, I imagine an executive saying, ‘I swear to God, I thought turkeys could fly.’” MORE: Reader John Williams writes: “Because a serious moderator asking intelligent questions would make the candidates seem serious and intelligent. Add to that, it would connote that the presidential election is important and who we choose is a serious, if not vital, decision that must be carefully considered. As long as they can make the Republican debates look like a circus and the candidate chosen seem irrelevant, the better chance their candidate has of squeaking out a second term.” Posted at 10:44 pm by Glenn Reynolds