Topic: Conservatives flip out and call Candy Crowley (debate moderator) a journalistic terrorist.
Anonymous A started this discussion 14 years ago#22,824
Nearly every audience reaction poll that didn't oversample enraged, pugnacious Romneys has declared Barack Obama the winner of Tuesday's debate. And so, naturally, pundits affiliated with the GOP — that party of restraint and prudence — have responded by freaking the fuck out and comparing Candy Crowley's performance as moderator to all sorts of tragedies, including terrorism. Proving, once again, that the GOP is the Party of Not Understanding How Similes Work
Some Romney supporters aren't only ALL-CAPS OUTRAGED by Crowley's Libya Moment, when she countered Mitt Romney's claims that the President had not called the Benghazi attacks an "act of terror" for almost two weeks by pointing out that in a Rose Garden speech the next day, Obama literally used the words "act of terror" to describe the tragedy. They're also claiming that the questions she picked from audience members were specifically selected to make Mitt Romney look bad, that she interrupted their dear wincing hero, and that she let Obama dominate when what she should have been doing is shutting up.
Crowley arguably overstepped her expected role as moderator with her live Libya fact check of Romney. She told The View that she stepped in because she saw that the discussion had reached a sticking point, and could have gone on forever in an endless "No, you didn't." "Yes, I did!" loop unless she intervened. But, Rose Garden speech or not, ultimately Romney lost the debate by not being as good at answering questions as the President. And that whole women/binders/going home to make dinner/single mothers cause assault weapons crimes by not being married thing certainly didn't help the Governor's case.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 9 minutes after the original post[^][v]#357,809
Damn damn I want to watch video and will later. Really really need to get my 10 Miles in before it gets HOT here. Candy who clearly has eaten toooooo much candy is/was/ the 1st ever Female mod of Prez debates.
The Female touch was just the rite ticket
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 57 seconds later, 10 minutes after the original post[^][v]#357,810
@previous (B)
Why mention her weight at all? Damn def, its like you cant write even write one paragraph without sounding like an ass.
(Edited 7 minutes later.)
beckyderp !CaTLdYmooc joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 5 minutes later, 16 minutes after the original post[^][v]#357,811
I was listening to some right-wing nutjob on the radio on Wednesday, and he started his show by making fun of her hair and appearance. lol, they mad.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 19 minutes after the original post[^][v]#357,813
@previous (beckyderp !CaTLdYmooc)
I'm not surprised. I love that conservatives judge her credibility by their erections. cute.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 9 hours later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#357,997
She was being kind of a know-it-all-bitch though...
Anonymous B replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#357,999
@previous (D)
That is what she gets paid for. Just doing her job.
buspup !!x+kkCmnF4 (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#358,001
@357,997 (D)
You called someone who was competent a know it all. Thats so cute.
beckyderp !CaTLdYmooc replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#358,002
@357,997 (D)
The Libya thing was out of line, IMO. I enjoyed seeing Mitt sweat though--it really rattled him.
Anonymous B replied with this 14 years ago, 5 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#358,006
I finally had time to look at the two videos. Odd that the Lou Dobs Tucker carlson was cut off so quickly. Most excellent post OP
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 5 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#358,010
@358,001 (buspup !!x+kkCmnF4)
But what if she really tried to throw the debate for Obama? That'd be pretty shitty in a way. I don't think that happened in the last debate so I'm just saying. If it was meant to favor Obama it was a shitty play.
buspup !!x+kkCmnF4 (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 3 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#358,012
@previous (E)
To me, she just fact checked to move on from that conversation. If she had really wanted to give grief, than she would have called Romney out on one of his other 30 lies.
Anonymous B replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#358,014
@previous (buspup !!x+kkCmnF4)
That is exactly what she said on CNN on her first interview on CNN that evening. She and I paraphrase, said she felt they would keep wasting time going after each other so she put a halt to that, & they did move on.
buspup !!x+kkCmnF4 (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#358,015
@previous (B)
Also, the episode was making them both look immature, so she was kind of helping them save face.
buspup !!x+kkCmnF4 (OP) double-posted this 14 years ago, 17 seconds later, 10 hours after the original post[^][v]#358,016