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!!

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.

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!

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.