RIGGED SYSTEM : Presidential Debate Moderators Announced – Four of Five are Liberals
Every four years, Republican presidential candidates walk into a big trap: the debates. The supposedly non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates leans decidedly left. The co-chairs of the commission include an establishment Republican, former GOP Chairman Frank Fahrenkopf, Jr., and a former Clinton Press Secretary, Mike McCurry. Neither of these gentlemen is a conservative, and both are probably privately supporting Hillary Clinton for president.
The group’s board of directors consists of liberals like former television anchorman Charlie Gibson, and so-called moderate Republicans like former U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe and John Danforth. In fact, in an interview last December, Danforth lamented the conservative direction of the Republican Party and labeled Donald Trump “a self-proclaimed great man.” It is an outrage that the debate commission would keep on their board of directors someone who holds such anti-Trump views.
Clearly, the Commission on Presidential Debates is biased against any conservative like Trump. However, even a moderate like 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney faced unfair treatment. In the infamous encounter with moderator Candy Crowley, Romney was denied the opportunity to make a final statement, even though it was outlined in the rules. Crowley also supported President Obama in a dispute with Romney about the terrorist attack in Benghazi. Moderators are not supposed to take sides; they are supposed to be objective.
For the 2016 debates, the commission has once again chosen liberal moderators, with the exception of Chris Wallace of Fox News, who is a truly objective journalist. The liberals include Lester Holt of NBC, Anderson Cooper of CNN, and Elaine Quijano of CBS, and Martha Raddatz of ABC, who moderated a debate in 2012.
It should be noted that Republicans have long been skeptical of Raddatz since President Obama attended her wedding in 1991. Not surprisingly, she invited President Obama to her wedding. In addition, Raddatz’s husband was appointed by Obama to the FCC, so there should be no confusion about her allegiances. Her performance in the 2012 Vice Presidential debate was atrocious, as the incumbent Joe Biden was allowed to completely dominate his GOP opponent, Representative Paul Ryan, and interrupt frequently.
Elaine Quijano has used her position on CBS to advocate for illegal aliens and the threat of global warming. She claimed that this threat could cause a 10-foot increase in sea levels, which would put “much of South Florida underwater.” Since GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has been tough on the issue of illegal immigration and believes that global warming is a hoax, it is doubtful that a moderator who holds such opposing views will be fair and balanced.
Lester Holt surely leans left and his feelings were exposed after President Obama’s recent speech to the Democratic National Convention. He described it as “a powerful arc embracing hope and optimism.” Undoubtedly, Holt would never describe a Donald Trump speech in such a manner.
The other moderator, Anderson Cooper, is clearly another liberal. For years, he has advocated for gay rights and same sex marriage. For example, in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in Orlando Florida, Cooper interviewed Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. He used the opportunity to condemn her for opposing gay marriage, a view a liberal like Cooper believes is unacceptable.
With liberal moderators dominating the presidential debates, Hillary Clinton will surely have the advantage. This is no surprise to Trump, who knows the commission is biased against him. Back in July, he blasted the commission when it was announced that two of the debates were scheduled against NFL games. Trump tweeted to his followers that “As usual, Hillary and the Dems are trying to rig the debates so 2 are up against major NFL games.”
The commission claimed that the dates were set and could not be changed; however, if they wanted to avoid NFL games they could have scheduled the debates for Tuesday or Wednesday nights when there are no professional football games played. Instead, they chose to schedule at the same time, which will surely impact the audience for the debates.
Trump believes that the commission is trying to limit the viewing audience for the presidential debates as the DNC did in the primaries by scheduling debates on NFL game days. The DNC tactic was a ploy to help Hillary Clinton in her battle against Senator Bernie Sanders for the party’s nomination.
For these debates, despite the conflicts and the liberal moderators, there will be a significant viewing audience. Due to Trump’s personality and flair, there is tremendous interest in this year’s presidential race.
Hopefully, Trump will be given ample opportunities in the debates to present his ideas on how to move this country in a positive direction. The commission’s questionable scheduling and moderator selection notwithstanding, Trump should do well in these upcoming debates as long as he is treated fairly. Unfortunately, for a Republican presidential candidate, especially a maverick conservative like Donald Trump, to receive fair treatment in the presidential debates is far from guaranteed.
H/T – Townhall
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That’s BS!!! DON”T DO IT DONALD!!!!!
AbsoFUCKINGlutely Do not agree to do this under any circumstances! Don’t be her BITCH like Bernie was to her! Each candidate should pick their own 2 moderators. End of Story!!!
Chris Wallace is a phoney..He doesn’t like Trump..He is getting the total screwing
Chris Wallace makes it VERY EVIDENT that he is a Hellary BUTT KISSER! There are NO TRUE media outlets.
Semper Fi.
They will let Hillary slide n all her non-answers and pound on Donald… ridiculous
Chris Wallace will hammer Trump. I saw his so gentle treatment of Hillary when she was on his show. No follow up questions. Then Mike Pence was on and got hammered. He’s a Democrat so there you have it. ALL the moderators are loyal dems….totally unfair.
Regardless of their bias views, for our sake they should DEFINETLy ask Hillary :
if you COULDNOT handle and keep your e mails secure, how are you going to handle and keep a NATION secure?
Doesn’t matter, she will give a scripted reply to this already anticipated question, the audience of 80% Democrats will cheer and applaud loudly, and there will be no follow-up questions.
Trump must refuse to debate until the odds are evened out. Lawsuits should start immediately. If he goes ahead, ALL RULES OF FORMAT AND CHOICE OF MODERATERS MUST BE ANNOUNCED PUBLICLY TO THE VIEWING AND LIVE AUDIENCE.
Trump should decline to attend the debates, period. It’s a set up; he knows it, the Demorats know it, the liberal moderators know it.
Trump can hold his own with these assholes.
Doesn’t Matter what they say about Trump, He is our next President the People will vote him in. We the people Will Not Vote For a Liar and a Thief. Hillary for Prison and a few of her friends too!
AMEN!!
I certainly hope so but nothing is guaranteed!!
The more that the Liberal News organizations go after Trump unfairly, the more my husband and I will be voting for him. Our Friends and Family will be watching their questions at the debates to both Trump and Hillary very closely. All Good Americans will be doing the same.
Chris Wallace is a democrat. Google it and you will see he is. That’s foxes way of being fair and balanced. So they are all liberals. Not right.
Request a new panel decidedly split between democrats and republicans. Without this he is better to simply campaign and preach the inequities of a debate (democrats have switched lady justice with an agenda and taken off her blindfold). Level the playing field and Trump will meet Kilary any place any time.
Interesting comments
I would not agree to this if I were Trump. This not fair or balanced. This is wrong. How can they justify this? They can’t. It’s discriminating against Republicans and conservatives. We should’nt agree to this or accept it. It is sabotaging the debates is what it is.
For the first debate call in sick, don’t show at the last minute.
Demand new moderators for the second, then hold your own streaming space and declaration of your platform and it’s difference with the socialist Killary.
Show for one debate and answer questions with policy, plans, and the truth about Killary’s crimes.
Can somebody please tell me why there can’t be two commentators, one picked by Trump and the other picked by Hillary? I know it hasn’t been done in the past but neither have debates with one person in one room and the other person in another.
It is up to the candidate’s on how they answer the questions. The debates are about policy if Trump had actual policy’s with actual answers then that’s all that matters. Trump should be happy about his favorite fox five will be there to protect him.
What a crock!!! Hillary only has one policy. Lying. She lied about Benghazi, she lied about her private server, she liked about classified email on said server, she lied about turning over emails. You don’t have a server professionally scrubbed clean after deleting government emails unless you have something to hide. She is a crook, Obama is a joke. Can’t wait till their both a bad piece of history.
Rupert Murdoch is no fan of Trump. He’s made it known, so no wonder
his most liberal reporter (Wallace) would be picked to be a moderator.
He was soft on Hillary when he interviewed her and gave Pence a hard
time when he interviewed him. Hillary wouldn’t have allowed herself to
be interviewed by any of the other Fox reporters.
Lyndon LaRouch, oops I mean DJT, has already shown he can’t stand up to tough questioning. Weak. Is the blowhard billionaire trying to ditch the debates like he’s ditching releasing his taxes? Looks like it. Sad.
Interesting and meaningful comments. I think there must be some deal taking place. I don’t think our token Fox commentator Chris Wallace is going to cut it! Trump is a fighter for justice and fairness. I think it’s important both candidates are treated fairly. It’s going to be a sight to see.
Change your caption to read: “Five are Liberals” – Chris Wallace is as liberal as they come! He will be hard on Trump and soft on Hillary. (Obvious we can’t believe everything we read, even from TRUTHFEED)
Driving home the final nail in Scum(p)s unavoidable political coffin.
A moderate Republican is now proof of “leaning left.” Zowie.