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Early Debates have turned into prime time entertainment. Nothing more or less. What else are you going to do with so many egos at one time?
Go back to the questions posed during the first Republican debate. Fox set up sensational attack questions, no different than CNBC did last night. Who would have predicted " Rosie" would ever be mentioned in a debate?
Some of the candidate backlash at media last night was nothing more than an attempt to dodge questions they preferred to ignore.
Who promised 10% tax rate? They asked Carson that question and he corrected them on it.
Carson said 10% on previous statements on the issue, then backtracked on it when pressed on the math in the debate, to closer to 15% which the math still fails on.
Good grief, loading up their questions and comments with insults, ridicule, snark, and condescension, was what we all saw. It was obvious that some of the moderators despised the candidates, disagreed with their personal and political views, and let everyone know how biased they were.
So the debates are a microcosm of what every president faces when they get into office? Quite a fitting way to see what the candidates are made of. Bravo, CNBC.
Early Debates have turned into prime time entertainment. Nothing more or less. What else are you going to do with so many egos at one time?
Go back to the questions posed during the first Republican debate. Fox set up sensational attack questions, no different than CNBC did last night. Who would have predicted " Rosie" would ever be mentioned in a debate?
Some of the candidate backlash at media last night was nothing more than an attempt to dodge questions they preferred to ignore.
Actually, a lot of times a stupid question is a gift. You don't have to point out that the question is stupid - you just turn it back on the questioner and let them look stupid if they want to.
Anyone of either party in these fractious times needs to learn how to do this. Because the press, the public, and your political opposites in government *will* be needling and slamming you all the time.
Carson said 10% on previous statements on the issue, then backtracked on it when pressed on the math in the debate, to closer to 15% which the math still fails on.
There was a lot of that last night - candidates blatantly lying and denying they said something even though it is in print, on video, or on their website. Bunch of bald face liars.
Let's look at the very first exchange between Trump and the liberal democrat Harwood. This partisan hack thinks his purpose there is to offer up his snarky opinions of the candidates and ridicule them personally and their views, and pretend he is being unbiased:
HARWOOD: Mr. Trump, you’ve done very well in this campaign so far by promising to build a wall and make another country pay for it.
TRUMP: Right.
HARWOOD: Send 11 million people out of the country. Cut taxes $10 trillion without increasing the deficit.
TRUMP: Right.
HARWOOD: And make Americans better off because your greatness would replace the stupidity and incompetence of others.
HARWOOD: Let’s be honest. Is this a comic book version of a presidential campaign?
TRUMP: No, not a comic book, and it’s not a very nicely asked question the way you say that.
I agree, that's an idiotic question. See my previous post.
OTOH, I think it's hilarious that you consider anyone from CNBC "liberal".
Its not a good question, but to use your 60 seconds to talk about the mods like Cruz did shows that he either did not have an answer, or that he is a whiner. Trump expressed his displeasure to the "comic book" comments, and then he spent the remaining 55 seconds to answer the question. That's how you handle it. Their reaction to the questions is a test in itself, and showed a lot about the candidates. Christie and Cruz fell for it and failed that test.
By the time the got to Cruz with that question, the moderators had been so awful that they needed to be addressed for their bias, snark and unprofessional performance.
So permit me to ask the obvious questions: Why in the world is liberal journalist John Harwood moderating Wednesday’s Republican debate? And where the heck is his conservative media partner?
This guy nailed it, even before the debate started, and Harwood proved him correct right out of the chute.
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