How is Palin being "set up?" LOL

The debate is going to be awesome!

http://www.congratstothewinners.com/2008/10/biden-vs-palin-debate.html

With all the negative press coverage by the liberal media of Governor Palin, one would guess American citizens could trust her more than any current member of congress with their below 10% approval rating.

I think Palin will be able to hold here own---but it still still leaves a stench in the air that the moderator is so pro-Obama. Would the Democrats tolerate Ann Coulter as moderator even if she promised to be fair?

Gwen is a black woman in a wheelchair who works for PBS/NPR and she's going to be FAIR to Gov Palin? How dumb do they think we are? This quota woman isn't unbiased enough to run this debate..she's got a book coming out ON Barack Hussein Obama........geez, talk about conflict of interest. Palin isn't the one in over her head......

There is no way this debate can be fair with Ifill as the moderator. She has a clear conflict of interest - think how much more money her book will make on Inauguration Day if Obama is elected. I have never, ever seen an election where the media has thrown their support totally and unequivocably (and unabashedly) behind a candidate. It is shameful.

How did the debates get set up this way? NBC stations? Ifill? Who let them do this? Names please.

Palin has been playing victim every step of the way since day one, why stop now? on the surface the Ifill thing seems a little sketchy, but we'll see how it actually plays out.. She might actually do her job professionally end even handed. No matter what though, Palin will never take responsibility for being ignorant, inexperienced, and uninformed.

Oh yeah - no setup. The dems wouldn't cry fould if Sean Hannity was moderating the debate. Would they?
Ifill wrote a book about Obama winning the Presidency - she wouldn't suffer at all by him losing.

I bet Biden has had a copy the questions for a week.

I think it's funny that the Dems refuse to debate on FoxNews but the moderator of the VP debate can be an open supporter (and have a direct financial conflict of interest) of Obama? Something doesn't sound right...

All the republicans need for a "money faucet" is for Klein to keep running blogs. I'm sure he's not biased!!

comparing ann coulter to ifill proves just how pitifully ignorant you are. stephen colbert is SATIRE, not something to strive for.

ABC might as well be MSNBC - your bias and love for Obama and all things Obama makes the rest of us sick. We still don't understand what the people of Michigan with their Democratic Governor, 2 Democratic senators and mostly democratic congressmen are thinking - definition of insanity - keep voting in Democrats and expect the things in Michigan to improve. Palin will do fine inspite of the member of the Obama campaign as the moderator. The MSM has become the biggest joke and american people the biggest losers in this election.

Will Biden tell us more stories about being shot at in Iraq? Or having to land a helo in Afghanistan under fire? Or about his coal mining days?
Biden is a liar...just like Obama.

How is Palin not set up? Oh, let's see. The mod didn't reveal she was writing a book largely about African-Americans in politics and specifically an Obama environment. The book is set for release on inauguration day.

This goes beyond the typical "ref has a favorite team" that we typically see with these moderators. This ref has a bet on the game. She stands to make far more book money with an Obama victory than an Obama defeat. If that isn't a conflict of interest, then nothing is.

Biden is gonna chew Palin a new moosehole!!!

http://www.cafepress.com/sarahpalinteez
http://www.cafepress.com/walnutstees

Didn't both campaigns agree on all of the debate terms? It was no secret that Ifill wrote this book and that the debate would be on PBS. Stop the whining and perform.

I'm getting a little tired of the sinister lack of integrity I see all around the Democratic political scene. There is an acute lack of moral turpitude and honor from Obama on down. Obama and his supporters seem to be invigorated by the opportunities that open to them as a result of questionable occurrences and outright outright sinister happenings. DISGUSTING!!

I must be missing something. Are you trying to say that Gwen Ifill is not writing a book that positively trumpets Obama and that will not impact her in any way at the debate? I can only imagine what you liberal shills at ABC would be saying if the proverbial shoe was on the other foot. Give me a break! The entire media establishment is invested in Obama winning. There is no other choice. The Messiah is inevitable and if not, then we are all racists. God help this country!

Regardless of your politics, you can not deny that Ifill has a financial stake in an Obama victory. Her book releases on the day of inauguration. Her book will make a ton of money if Obama wins and likely bomb if he doesn't. For this reason alone she should be removed as the moderator.

Rick Klein, just how much deeper can you get into Obama's tank, I can just imagine your outrage if they had asked Rush Limbaugh to moderate the debate.

If you think someone who wrote a book whose title was that this was the "McCain Age in America" could do this debate then you are deluding yourself. Of course Palin is being set up. The Media bias in this campaign is despictable. If the real truth were told about Obama he would be in the 20% range in the polls. Why does the Media hate America? That is the real question.

'wholly manufactured'? who are you trying to b.s.?

it would've helped if Ifill were honest and told the debate commission that she was writing this book when they met with her about this opportunity.

so if Obama wins, then Ifill profits in book sales. and for someone to say that this book isn't about 'Obama', etc.. i remind you that the scheduled release date is Inauguration Day.

she should not moderate this debate. it's flat out wrong.

I think Sarah baby is going to "shock the world tonight." She will be relaxed, informed, and come right at Joe Biden and Obama. By this time tomorrow night, this race could be turned completely around. You heard it here first.

Leo

Rick,

Maybe the fact that studies that show 60-70% of Americans believe that jouralists are in the tank for Obama is somehow wholly manufactured too. Here book title after all is about a "Breakthrough" in the "Age of Obama." Yeah, no vested interest in the outcome of this election here. The only thing wholly manufactured is the journalistic hubris and phony outrage of articles like this one. Here's a new's flash for you: Jouralists are to report facts, not arbitrate truth. There's a reason why the majority of Americans do not trust the MSM.

God bless America if Palin wins and God help America if Obama wins!!

Media bias is still more of an issue than the moderator's. Biden can make any number of gaffes (like he has already) and the media won't run it. Palin can make only one, and it will be in three different cover stories on the NYT or CNN.

They have treated Palin awful. The media is a shabbles and I don't trust to many of them

About Palin being set up, I BELIEVE IT, at least as far as the debate is concerned.

REMEMBER: When a referee is fixing a basketball game he doesn't have to control the whole game, he just has to shave 4 or 5 points in the last 2 minutes.

All Ifill needs is one "gotcha" question, well placed, and it will be wallpapered on every liberal media outlet for the next 72 hours. IT'S NOT THAT HARD ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE WHO STANDS TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS ON AN OBAMA VICTORY IN NOVEMBER

Quota Woman?
Intelectual being compared Coulter?
What different plannets we live in.
Real Sad.

BTW, the news about her book being released was out in July, so it's been known all along.

Why is she being the moderator. She has a conflict of interest.

We know who Rick Klein is voting for - is it impossible for reporters to be unbiased these days??

"Don’t think Republicans are trying to get some mileage out of this (wholly manufactured) Gwen Ifill thing?"

Wholly manufactured? Are you serious, you don't see any conflict of interest!!!!

I'm sure if Sean Hannity or Laura Ingram were writing Pro McCain Books and they were the moderators there would be hell to pay from the Libs and the media.

Give me a break Rick Klein!!!!!

Imagine if the moderator had written a book about great white heroes and John Mccain was in it....wow I bet ABC would be the first of the liberal media to cry foul.
Katie Couric, Charlie Gibson and Keith Olberman...one and the same.

The dems have spent millions in an attempt to diminish Sarah, so this should surprise who?

The liberal bias of the press is painfully obvious.ABC is getting to be as bad as NBC.The debate is tilted left...obvious except to the liberal left who just see things as fair because they truly can't handle the truth.

This will all be forgotten when Barack Hussein Obama loses in a landslide.

Sure guys - and if Mary Matalin was conducting the debate you'd be SO fair-minded about it. Right? Incredible.

Too bad the McCain camp agreed to the moderators months ago - weeks AFTER Ifill's book went up for preorder. My how the mighty Republicans have fallen, already on damage control before the debate even begins.

So it's OK for Sean Hannity and then Rush Limbaugh to moderate the next two Presidential debates?

Gee, you mean this isn't shuffleboard??
When are the Repubs going to get fire in the belly and come out fighting instead of wussing around. There is plenty to slash and burn about the whole O. resume. Duh!

(1) Gwen Ifill has a book coming out on Inauguration Day. (2) Ifill's book will contain a prominent section on Senator Obama, whose name and no other is featured in the title. (3) If Obama wins, Ifill will sell more books and make more money. People don't buy near as many books about losing candidates. (4) Therefore, Ifill has a financial interest in the outcome of the election.

What do you mean wholly manufactured. Why did not she mention that she had book on the "Age of Obama" and her pie4ces for Essence magazine. I'm sure she will be impartial, Right.

I heard Biden has been watching FDRs TV debate tapes from 1929 for pointers....and they call Palin dumb

Even the Columbia Journalism Review has - reluctantly - admitted that Ifill has a major conflict here. Let's have some intellectual honesty. She is publishing a book with "the age of Obama" in the title set to be published on inauguration day. For heavens sake to say she has no financial stake in the election outcome is absurd. Perhaps that is why she did not bother to inform the McCain campaign or the CPD of the book. The left was SCREAMING about Armstrong Williams - this is much, much more serious and it is really sad that people are so determined to see him win that ethics, honesty or professionalism are throw away commodities.

If Clinton is prepping Biden, then I realize Clinton must be held by gunpoint. Why in the world would she support this looser and his presidential candidate?

PUMA 2800!

The referee has bet on the game. Who does the Referee want to win?

This is what happens when one jungle bunny is in the tank for another junglel bunny.

Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition

There is something wrong with the media to set up a debate with Ifill releasing a book at the same time favoring Obama. This is an "OUTRAGE", and they need to replace Ifill ASAP!!!!!!Where is fair and equal treatment of both parties, NOT JUST OBAMA's lackies pushing the cart for him.
Get another person to fill Ifills position ASAP!!!!!!!

the debate hasn't even started yet, and you've been whining for days. obama isn't on the stage tonight, and we can't help it if you guys are backing an incompetent twit for vp... stop whining....

Dems don't want a level playing field..

They wouldn't even take part in a Fox moderated debate with other democrats.
They cried bias....
They took their toys and went home....
Now it's obviously skewed and they don't have a problem..figures.

Palin has guts knowing they are setting her up and taking them on anyway.

The headlines are already printed that Biden wins debate before it started.

I doubt she will be totally objective. We have already seen the "fair" media with Gibson and Couric. Look at how they fawn over Obama and treat Palin like she is a blithering idiot.

I think all this exposure will make Ifill more attentive because she does not want to be accused of being biased. Now she has to work hard to at least appear neutral, something she might not have had to do had the book revelation not come out.

I wish Ifill had the sense this guy has.
http://www.onebigdog.net/democrat-the-party-of-racists/

Polmagoni: Both sides agreed to the terms of the debate, but Gwen Ifill chose not to tell anyone at the debate commission that she had a book coming out on Inauguration Day about Obama's presidency. Since she wasn't honest, you can't say that McCain/Palin should have known.

what about all that campaign money that Biden used for personal use? Will anyone bring that up tonight? What a crook

Wholly manufactured??? Good grief. Gwen Ifill has a financial interest in the outcome of this election. What's her book worth if Obama loses the election? She's not just the ref in this case, she's shown herself to be the cheerleader and now we learn she's also the bookie; having a financial interest in the outcome of the game.

Gwen,

I be so proud of you -- pleez help Boorack out tonight, and I'll give you a big fist bump afterwards.

Love,

Michelle

...so if Ifill donated any and all profits from the book to say the Cancer Society, then she might convince me she was not a partisan! Right!

What is this - low information voter day? Go ahead - confirm your stupidity by voting for McPain and Flailin'.

Obama's camp on Fox said that they have teams set up right after the debate to put out a tv ad against Palin. How do they know there will be a gaffe as they claim? I don't trust Gwen. She could have given Biden the questions days ago. This whole entire election has been set up for Obama.

Care to post some of the ridiculous and outrageous assertions from Democratic fundraising emails, which I receive quite often?

Didn't think so.

They've known Ifill was writing a book since July. Why are they objecting now? Ifill is a tough questioner no matter what party affiliation. This is an intimidation tactic so Ifill will go easy on Palin. It won't work.

It is a simple fact that Governor Palin will go in there tonite and mop the floor with Joe Biden, even with such odds stacked against her. Remember, she is a committed Christian who has God on her side, while Jobama only has the wheelchair bound biased ultra liberal moderator on his side. Give 'em hell, Governor!!!

PBS or MSNBC can't tell the difference anymore. They have a opposite vision of America then most citizens. Much more Castro like. Ifill is just another Olberman or Chris Matthews. We will not be taken over from without on by traitors from within.

Palin is gonna get her *ss served tonight. Any would all you Republicans like some cheese to go with your whine? As you used to say to dems in 00, GET OVER IT!

It seems Obama runs his campaign just like any good thug runs a street corner.
What ever you do make the sale. The man aand the party are simply ego maniacs on a mission to destroy anything american. Disgusting riff raff.

Let's have Brit Hume Moderate the next Presdiential debate. isnt it time Obama had to answer a question? Any question?

"Wholly manufactured"?

I think not. This is nothing less than finding out that a referee for the next Super Bowl has a half million dollars riding on the outcome of the game. He may not make completely erroneous calls but you know which way he is leaning.

This stinks to high heavens. This is not journalism.

Coulter or Hannity moderating the VP debate? What a laugh! Ifill is a well respected journalist amongst her peers.
That's something that the other two will never have.....

Ifill's sister, a professor in VA has declared Palin as "offensive" to black women. Looks like the race card runs in the family.

When the moderator, the definition of which is an unbiased person), has a book coming out that will undoubtably sell more if THE ONE wins, It is NOT a (wholly manufactured) thing.
If Ifell had told everyone up front, she would seem a lot more non-biased then she does now, after letting others discover her financial stake in the election.
She admits she did not inform the debate commission. Why not? She is not an unintelligent woman.
Her actions managed to insert her into the story, where a reporter should never be.
It looks like more proof of the left-wing media at work, and it's Ifell's fault.
Ron Reale
realetybytes@yahoo.com

Who, with the exception of several Fox News anchors, isn't in the tank for Barack Hussein Obama?!?

Biden has already done so much damage there's no where to go but up. So is it really possible for him to lose this debate?

Palin may be considered "inexperienced" by all the loons in the MSM. But anyone not in the "tank" (no pun intended, Gwen.) for Obama understands who is truly inexperienced. Obama has simply mastered the art of lying on demand. We all know he doesn't mean or understand a word he says.

Live blogging by Rick Klein:

Hi, I'm Rick Klein, another in-the-tank for Obama "journalist" who has to undermine legitimate concerns about having a moderator who is writing a pro-Obama book that will be released on Inauguration Day (and who rolled her eyes at Palin at the RNC).

If you will excuse me, I'm going to go tape some kids' eyes open to brainwash them into singing "Yes we can can can, Yes we can can can" for our Dear Leader, Chairman Obama.

I am very disappointed in McCain.
He should have called foul and demanded another moderator. This debate is too important to let this go and he did.
Everything hinges on Palin tonight and to have a moderator in the tank for Obama is just plain stupid on McCains part. What is he thinking!!
I only hope that Palin performs like her convention speech and is not sabatoged by Ifill who is a black woman that stands to make a lot of $$ if Obama wins. Not only is the press in the tank for Obama but now even the moderator of a debate that could decide this election.

Geez, another PBS liberal anchoring a debate? Can we get someone from the Right asking questions in at least one of these debates. This is a complete abomination. The pathetic woman should have excused herself from hosting this long ago. Maybe Sean Hannity should anchor the next presidential debate. McCain should have cancelled this debacle.

Ifill is unethical in this instance. She has a huge financial stake in the outcome of this election, and she failed to disclose this conflict of interest to the Presidential Commission and McCain campaign. Did she give the questions in advance to Senator Biden? Has she coached him? We do not know this information, but it would not be surprising in light of her potential financial windfall if democrats win the white house. Her cousin's racist remarks about Governor Palin are disturbing, and she has made sexist comments about Governor Palin's ability to raise a family and serve this country. The Commission could not have picked a more unqualified moderator for this debate.

"wholly manufactured"? Rick Klein, you're an idiot! Ifill has a financial stake in Obama winning because her pro Obama book is going to be released on inaugeration day! It's obvious she has a conflict of interest and should step down as the moderator if she had any decency, however, when it comes to Democrats, I'm not holding my breath.

It's true--she's being set up. Ifill is going to ask her questions. And that is JUST NOT FAIR! Everyone already knows she can't handle that sort of thing! It's a set up, pure and simple.

Flash! Sources within PBS Broadcasting says that Ifill leaked debare questions to Biden and Obama campaign

You play wwith the cards dealt you. If a crisis "rears" its head when Palin is filing in for McCain are you repubs going to say cut Palin some slack you hasn't prepared for that particular unfair circumstance? Quit whining already, geez.

This is just the latest in the MSM's attempt to undermine McCain and Palin, as is Klein. I'm so TIRED of this partisanship ... where is the fairness of the media? Without it, we are sunk as a country. I also saw the article on Ifill's niece who is also advocating for Obama. How do we get out of this mess. My comment: go get them Sarah. You go girl

"Would the Democrats tolerate Ann Coulter as moderator even if she promised to be fair?"

That has to be the most specious and ridiculous arguments I have ever heard. Whether or not she is voting for Obama, anyone who has watched her over the years knows that she's fairly moderate, regardless, and actually a journalist, while Ann Coulter is rabidly, insultingly right-wing, and an entertainment personality. There is no equivalence to that proposition whatsoever. That's just ignorant.

a college debate moderator would be disqualified under these circumstances.
but the bias media shifts the playing field in a distorted manner all the time

Wouldn't it be great to hear Gov. Palin look Biden in the eye with a pointed SCOLDING finger and say, "Lookie here, you pompous windbag ... even lil ole me knew that FDR did not go on TV about a financial mess that happened BEFORE FDR got elected. You should be ashamed that in all your years, you did not know THAT. Furthermore, your party trashes my 12 years in elective office. You sir, claim 35 years of experience, but to anyone who pays attention it looks more like you have ONE YEAR'S EXPERIENCE 35 TIMES!

Palin scares liberals to death and I can't wait to watch her be polite, professional and honest and show Biden for the major LOSER that he is. Its laughable.

i find it a little rediculous that the "neutral" moderator is writing a book obviously pro-obama. however considering the medias apparent inability to stay neutral in this election i dont know who else would be qualified. journalistic integrity has seriously dwindled as of late

I hope palin bits them in the ass tonite big time, i think we are all fed up with this crap,Iwish they would speak the truth,etc, and if they dont know the the honest answer to the question, then say i dont know. I would respect and trust someone more if i heard that. and the press ,well dont get me started on that, im pretty sick and tried of them...

whatever, for the last 4 months I have been putting my money in the 3 precious metals; gold, silver, and lead

How is the Gwen Ifill controversy "wholly manufactured?" Did the GOP make her write a book showering praise on Obama, then conceal it when she put her name in consideration to moderate this debate, and then suddenly bring these facts into the light two days before the debate? Obviously not. And obviously this blogger is "in the tank" for Obama just like Ifill.

Add my belly laugh to the chorus of derision Rick Klein earned with his silly assertion that Ifil-gate is "wholly manufactured." What a tool.

Rick Klien of ABC has to remove his head from where ever it is lodged deep into Obama's rear, shake off whatever is stuck on his head once he dislodges

and then maybe he will grow a brain to see How Ifill is a liberal buffoon just like he himself (Klein) is...

Klein's Moronic take on this Ifill thing clearly shows yet again why Liberalism is a Mental Disorder...LOL

Sarah is going to kick Joe's ass.

But, of course, Joe is a beta male who gets manicures and hair implants and tries to pass himself off as one of the boys.

the reason gwen is in a wheelchair

she fell down the stairs at her home

the reports of her being drunk at the time

may be untrue

This is why the Old guard media is tanking. Let it die. Let it die. I personally relish as ABC, NBC< CBS and the NYT die more and mroe each year. I savor it. And frankly, they slit their own wrists. Keep this up, the last 6 people watching might just turn off thechannel too!

BY THE WAY, CLICK ON MY NAME TO SEE HOW I REALLY SEE THINGS. Good giggle at the botton of the page.

My office will have a "pool" to bet on how long it will take Barry Hussein Obama to be impeached and removed from office, if elected.

Klein has no Spine.

Biden,36 years in the Senate and what is he known for?

Hairplugs!