Jeanne Lipinski:

I was under the impression that Brokaw was trying out for the position of the “moderate left” (determined dunces) voice on ABC’s The View. His tiresome tone could put even those cuckoo wildcats to sleep.

Always such a clever guy I.S. Now if we can only get a little honesty out of you.

I guess you’ve heard about Palin and her ethics problem. Of course it was a witch hunt even though it was started long before she became a candidate and it was initiated by fellow Republicans. Still, it does have the trademarks of a typical Democratic smear campaign, wouldn’t you agree? Those nasty Democrats. Kind of like when people tried to convince us that she really wasn’t against that “bridge” when we knew deep down in our hearts that she was.

Ms. Lipinski you obviously haven’t seen many political “debates”. The candidates mostly don’t know the questions before hand and don’t much care anyway. They all have their talking points they want to get across to the audience. Gov. Palin was the best example of this in her “debate” with Sen. Biden. The only difference is most candidates will give lip service to a question asked them by the moderator and then will go on to give whatever talking point on the paper in front of them that night. Gov. Palin, when asked about the difference between the Bush administration and that of a potential McCain/Palin administration stated “I’m going to talk about taxes now…”.

Palin/McCain fan:

“I guess you’ve heard about Palin and her ethics problem”

Oh no! She used her authority to reassign a subordinate? How perfectly dreadful! We are fortunate that the criminal conduct takes our minds off the Democratic raid on the US Treasury caused by Obama’s ACORN, Fannie Mae. Freddie Mac, Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd that will cost hundreds of thousands of jobs and personal financial losses to all investors and taxpayers. Thank you for straightening out our priorities, you insufferable twit!

I was under the impression that Brokaw only picked people from the audience or read email questions. I didn’t realize he had the freedom to ask his own questions. I was disappointed that he did not allow those picked from the audience follow-up questions. Or ask them if the candidate answered their question.

Ms Lipinski

In spite of the fact most seem to be responding to other, invisible letters….

You certainly are right. he could have been better.

Brokaw probably cried at the “Demorat” convention just like the Big O (Oprah), has a smelly tingle go down his leg every time B.O. speaks like Chrissy Mathews and has written a book on Barry Boy like Gwen Awlful.

— Iconoclastic Sage
“Thank you for straightening out our priorities, you insufferable twit!”

Sadly, more personnel attacks rather than an intelligent contribution to the discussion.
Trying to divert the discussion to your speciality of hate, demonization, and baiting.

So sad

Who can’t help but “hate” mental midgets so morally and intellectually bankrupt they won’t acknowledge fact from fiction?

STL:

“Trying to divert the discussion to your speciality of hate, demonization, and baiting.

So sad”

I’m sorry I don’t have a diplomatic way to answer an impassioned citizen that is impaled on the stake of Alaskan government personnel decisions and unconcerned about the collapse of the United States financial markets and the hundreds of thousands if not millions of soon to be unemployed, because of the credit squeeze. Do you have a better way that I might compliment misguided priority?

If Sen. McCain can’t channel the energy stemming from the anti-Marxist plus anti-mainstream media anger and put E.T. (Empty Talker) in his place, then he doesn’t deserve to win.

Iconoclastic,

If I may be so bold and give you a hockey mom shout out…
The reality of our current situation is a result of those that prefer government stay out of the way. What amazes me is that, people romped by this economic hurricane now want the GOVERNMENT to do something.
Perhaps McCain’s plan should be to send Michael Browning to Wall Street. He would do a “heck of a job!”
The reality is that if you continue to support those who think government should stay out of the way, THEY WILL. Be it in New Orleans, or currently on Wall Street.
For eight years the “Fiscal,” and “Compassionate Conservatism,” the Bush/Cheney ticket preached has been anything but. Why continue with four more years of the same party?

tevious:

“If I may be so bold and give you a hockey mom shout out…
The reality of our current situation is a result of those that prefer government stay out of the way. What amazes me is that, people romped by this economic hurricane now want the GOVERNMENT to do something.”

I’ve known toddlers with incomplete toilet training that had a better grasp on political reality than you. Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac, toting Obama’s
ACORN barge and lifting the Chuckie Schumer bale was the primary cause of our current predicament, have always been “regulated” by Congress and I sure as hell want them to stay out of the way in any rescue effort.

The economy teeters yet Americans are on the verge of ceding virtual unchecked power to an inexperienced, Reverend Wright and Bill Ayers inspired, slick Harvard lawyer.
And the Harvard sophist has hooked the masses with the false lure that the masses will actually be better off when he drowns the rich in a sea of high taxes.
Yet, mark my words, it will be the masses who will howl the loudest once the Harvard sophist’s tax hammer falls.
What harvest will the masses reap when the Harvard sophist’s tax drain causes their rich employer to pay them less in wages or in health care benefits?
Or when they lose their jobs when their rich employer closes its doors or moves overseas because of the Harvard sophist’s tax frenzy?
Or when prices soar when the rich employer passes tax costs on to consumers?

That was the worst piece of garbage I have ever seen by a professional newsperson, especially in a serious campaign such as this. I learned nothing new, and the platform of this debate looked like it was slapped together in 5 minutes by a college communications flunk-out. I wonder why nobody asks Obama about when a baby becomes a human being? Oh wait, he said that’s above his pay grade. Here’s the answer. Go ahead, Catholics. Cast your vote.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIdbYjmbFzo

Poor Jeanne Lipinski - all the posts I’ve read and alomst no one responded to what she wrote. Instead, I read a lot of hate-filled replies from what surely must be junior high kids. I don’t understand why the candidate that is not your personal choice must be the target of such hatred. Oh, and speaking of “Choice” - Scott: you have no clue what you’re talking about if you don’t have a uetrus. And Ms. Lipinski - to your original statement before it was highjacked by name callers and anti-choice members: I thought the same thing while watchign the debate. Brokaw was easiy the most qualified debate moderator they’ve had, yet, dropped the ball. I was surprised.

You think those are “great questions”??? Sounds more like Katie Couric stuff. “When were you most proud”???
“What promises”??? That’s the problem - they offer PROMISES but NO SOLUTIONS nor do they outline a realistic plan to DELIVER on the promises.

I share Jeanne’s frustration with these debates and how the people rarely get a chance to have the candidates get to the meat of the question. While Mr. Brokaw has his share of the blame for not pinning the candidates down to really answer some of the audience’s questions, but rather pose his own questions, in all fairness to Tom, these candidates have always evaded answering the real questions. What’s worse is that I been watching PBS recaps of Presidential debates from the 60’s and tragically, politicians still use the same old classic techniques and canned talking points.

First I’d like to point out that the rules of this debate were scrutinized and agreed on by both parties, so blame who you want for the format. Brokaw apparently was the one who got to choose the questions. The argument could be made that he chose the questions that he thought were most relevant to the current state of affairs in your country along with a few others for good measure. Both candidates did launch into mini stump speeches, and neither one revealed too much new stuff. Well, except that part where McCain goes ultra socialist offering to directly buy up all of the bad mortgages, even though as I understand it that’s kinda already in the current bail out bill.

Sage, please explain to me in small, easy to understand words how the things you say did cause our current predicament.

Chris Porter, you said:

“The economy teeters yet Americans are on the verge of ceding virtual unchecked power to an inexperienced, Reverend Wright and Bill Ayers inspired, slick Harvard lawyer.”

You jackass. No one is ceding anything. If you want to speak about virtual unchecked power and anyone who might inherit it, thank W. If you really think that Obama somehow was molded by Ayers or that he took everything Wright said in his church to heart, you know like everyone else does in their churhes, then yeah, you are an ignorant, narrow minded jackass and I pity your existence. Tell me which is worse, high taxes or high debt? Seems to me I always here about how good the economy was when Clinton was in office.

Scott, you said:

“I wonder why nobody asks Obama about when a baby becomes a human being? Oh wait, he said that’s above his pay grade. Here’s the answer. Go ahead, Catholics. Cast your vote.”

How about because if you don’t have a job or credit pretty much everything else after that is non existent. You don’t have abortions to worry about, you worry about your next meal or where you will sleep. IF the economy was doing fine then sure bring the social issues to the front of the line. You “pro-life” voters kill me. You don’t want unborn fetuses killed yet most of you won’t go for measures otherwise that would help reduce the number of them that have to be aborted.

Personally I’m done with both of these parties, and I’d like to see some other people be able to attend these debates.

I have watched almost all of the debates over the past year (both parties), and fail to see how a change in moderator questions would help. The cadidates seem to decide the question they want to answer, whether it was asked or not.
And then, of course, there is the governor of Alaska who doesn’t choose to answer any questions at all.
I think they should be “gonged” when they go off-question.