Comments on: Tank, Schmank http://xrlq.com/2008/10/01/tank-schmank/ Politische Kommentare mit Snarkenremarken Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2008/10/01/tank-schmank/comment-page-1/#comment-452097 Xrlq Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:13:54 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3870#comment-452097 OK, I'll bite. What is the connection between Brokaw and McCain (aside from the obvious fact that both are Democrats)? OK, I’ll bite. What is the connection between Brokaw and McCain (aside from the obvious fact that both are Democrats)?

]]> By: tgirsch http://xrlq.com/2008/10/01/tank-schmank/comment-page-1/#comment-451789 tgirsch Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:22:32 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3870#comment-451789 As I said on my site, this is just pre-emptive excuse making by Palin's supporters. If she does poorly, it will be <i>because</i> the moderator was "biased against her." If she does well, it will be <i>in spite of</i> that fact. It's largely about expectations management. Although that's probably not the whole of it. A lot of this, I'm sure, is just an attempt to work the refs. Maybe they're hoping that Ifill will go all softball to "prove" that she's not biased. That's a possibility, too. Of course, I expect Brokaw's ties to McCain will be of no concern whatsoever to Right Blogistan when that debate rolls around... As I said on my site, this is just pre-emptive excuse making by Palin’s supporters. If she does poorly, it will be because the moderator was “biased against her.” If she does well, it will be in spite of that fact. It’s largely about expectations management.

Although that’s probably not the whole of it. A lot of this, I’m sure, is just an attempt to work the refs. Maybe they’re hoping that Ifill will go all softball to “prove” that she’s not biased. That’s a possibility, too.

Of course, I expect Brokaw’s ties to McCain will be of no concern whatsoever to Right Blogistan when that debate rolls around…

]]> By: Xrlq http://xrlq.com/2008/10/01/tank-schmank/comment-page-1/#comment-451759 Xrlq Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:06:07 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3870#comment-451759 I agree that Palin is not necessarily better off seeing Ifill replaced, particularly if she got replaced by an equally "unbiased" reporter who was just as much in the tank for Obama ideologically but didn't have an actual financial stake in the outcome. Maybe better to have an obviously biased moderator to kick around in case the debate doesn't go well. And if it <i>does</i> go well, there's only so much an Obamabot watching her future book sales vanish before her eyes can do about it, anyway. Pending the debate, I'm reserving judgment as to whether Palin *couldn't* name a single news source she reads, or whether she saw where Couric's question was effing with her in return. I hope the latter, though admittedly I have no evidence of that (yet?). I agree that Palin is not necessarily better off seeing Ifill replaced, particularly if she got replaced by an equally “unbiased” reporter who was just as much in the tank for Obama ideologically but didn’t have an actual financial stake in the outcome. Maybe better to have an obviously biased moderator to kick around in case the debate doesn’t go well. And if it does go well, there’s only so much an Obamabot watching her future book sales vanish before her eyes can do about it, anyway.

Pending the debate, I’m reserving judgment as to whether Palin *couldn’t* name a single news source she reads, or whether she saw where Couric’s question was effing with her in return. I hope the latter, though admittedly I have no evidence of that (yet?).

]]> By: tgirsch http://xrlq.com/2008/10/01/tank-schmank/comment-page-1/#comment-451718 tgirsch Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:39:33 +0000 http://xrlq.com/?p=3870#comment-451718 You know, if <i>I</i> were Ifill, I would have <i>at least</i> had the decency to announce the book a couple of months before the debate, so that if anybody had a problem with it, they could have mentioned this with plenty of time to spare, rather than waiting until a couple of days before the debate, when they found out that their preferred candidate can't even name a single magazine or newspaper that she reads. But maybe that's just me. [And, for whatever it's worth, I think they <i>should</i> replace Ifill, but if I were a Palin supporter, I'd file that under "be careful what you wish for."] You know, if I were Ifill, I would have at least had the decency to announce the book a couple of months before the debate, so that if anybody had a problem with it, they could have mentioned this with plenty of time to spare, rather than waiting until a couple of days before the debate, when they found out that their preferred candidate can’t even name a single magazine or newspaper that she reads. But maybe that’s just me.

[And, for whatever it's worth, I think they should replace Ifill, but if I were a Palin supporter, I'd file that under "be careful what you wish for."]

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