Liveblogging tonight’s GOP presidential candidates debate (EXIT QUESTION: IS CHRIS MATTHEWS THE WORST MODERATOR EVER?)
ELECTION 2008: The Republican Candidates Debate – 5/3/07
I enjoyed liveblogging last Thursday’s Democratic presidential candidates’ debate, not so much because I relished watching a bunch of prima donna lefties on national TV, but more because I found it refreshing that MSNBC news anchor Brian Williams maintained the role of impartiality throughout the debate in his questions and I respected overall how he handled himself. In my opinion, how Williams handled the debate should be how all moderators should conduct themselves.
Stephen Sprueill at NRO’s Media Blog has video of Chris Matthews actually admitting on Hardball to a stunned NYT’s Paul Krugman (the look on his face is priceless! LOL) that he doesn’t believe that the American people were “snookered” into believing the rationale for the Iraq war. In other words, he was admitting that it wasn’t all “Bush’s fault!!!!!!!!!!”
Newsbusters’ Executive Editor Matthew Sheffield had a brief chat with Mr. Matthews last night and asked him why Hardball hadn’t done any shows on l’affaire de Plame since the Armitage revelation. Some background first:
Hold on to your jaw – it will likely drop after reading this one:
Former Democratic Senator Zell Miller, who gave a firestarter of a speech at the 2004 RNC, is back in the news. Seems the President has bestowed an appointment on him: