Will Candy Crowley be a good moderator? Will she call bullshit if she sees it? What do you guys

[gateley]

think?

I rarely watch CNN so I'm not all that familiar with her.

[sadbear]

1. Oh man.

She'll have to restrain herself from climbing on stage and (fill in the blank) Rmoney.

[gateley]

3. That's not at all what I wanted to hear. I'm sorry I asked!

[Dawson Leery]

6. Many times the truth is exceptionally harsh.

[gateley]

18. I was just hoping for an objective moderator.

[gateley]

20. You shouldn't have edited -- it made the point perfectly.

[silvershadow]

32. Editing or not, it was a perfect first reply to the uninitiated.

[sadbear]

39. I've had posts hidden for much less.

You can click on the edit history if you're interested.

[dkf]

45. Lol. Have to admit that wasn't the exact word I was thinking.

[gateley]

52. I saw the original. I thought it was perfect and totally answered my question. :-)

[teddy51]

2. When I watched her she is/has been a Right wing troll and nothing has changed in that regard.

[gateley]

7. Damn. Two out of two thumbs down. Do I dare ask who's moderating the next Prez debate?

[Tutonic]

4. Hell no.

Do some research girl. She's Wolfe without the beard.

[gateley]

12. Asking on DU IS my research! Where else could I get the info I want to know from people

who are basically of the same mind?

I did look on Wiki and all I learned is she's a vegetarian and practices TM. Wonder what her mantra is.

[OldDem2012]

5. Do you remember how she was during the Clinton scandal? She was just...

...beside herself with the thought of bringing down a President from the Democratic Party.

[gateley]

10. No -- I wasn't following politics then, and didn't have cable anyway.

[Bjorn Against]

8. She might be a slightly better moderator than Rush Limbaugh would be

I can't give her any more credit than that. My only hope is that the town hall format will allow for some good questions to get asked despite having a Republican tool as a moderator.

[gateley]

16. Yeah -- good point. The format may allow for some non-agenda questions

[rufus dog]

9. if you aren't convinced from the previous replies

No FUCKING WAY! She will let Mitt lie and will come back at the President at every opportunity, with repuke points.

[gateley]

15. I was convinced after the first reply. And I'll be visualizing her clawing her way

up on the stage to do the act.

[Whisp]

24. and she will sneer at him, just you watch. or almost roll her eyes.

that's now CNN does their schtick against Democrats. Paula Kahn from years ago had a thing on CNN for a while and that is what she would actually do, roll her eyes if it was fitting for a repug to do that about a democrat. Think it was around 2004, she had a real hate on for Kerry and couldn't hide her disdain.

and Crowley is worser.

[gopiscrap]

11. Can we get a petition going

to present to CNN asking for fairness and for the moderator to do her job? It wouldn't have any legal weight but it could be apsychological warning and also a signal that many feel she is biased.

[JuveDem]

13. I don't see her as a strong moderator

If Obama rises up to the task, we do not need to worry about how she performs. Obama must own the stage and point out what he has accomplished over the last 4 years while also highlighting what he will do during the next 4 years. Romney will be there to attack, attack, and attack... Obama MUST respond the the attacks by refuting them, highlight what the reality is, and state how the next 4 years will improve.

[gateley]

17. You're right. And I really think he'll be ready.

[hrmjustin]

14. She is not horrible, but not ok.

[Rosco T.]

19. I got an idea... let's get a push for someone NOT on any of the broadcast networks OR cable news....

Dan Rather

[gateley]

21. How cool would that be?!?!?

[Rosco T.]

26. In-frigging-credibly Cool

first time Mittens got outta line, smacked down like a lying .. oh wait.. smacked down like Mittens

[CakeGrrl]

22. "Dulce" Crowley?

"Dulce" being her little pet nickname from Dubya.

Not expecting anything good from her. Neutrality would be a big surprise and a win for us.

[MADem]

23. She giggled like a schoolgirl outside the gates of the Bush governor's mansion in the 2000 debacle.

She was shrieking in pure delight at the prospect of laying eyes on the Wee Cowboy, tittering and cooing like a bloody blooming fool. It was probably the Most. Unprofessional. Conduct. I've ever seen on CNN.

And we've seen plenty of shit on CNN, but that whole "Elvis/Beatles" teen-aged swooning was beyond the pale. I knew she leaned right, I didn't realize that she screeched like a teeny bopper over the wingnuts.

[Stinky The Clown]

25. Ms. Crowley loves, among other things, repubicans.

[Gabi Hayes]

34. the human refrigerator? apologies in advance:

[Sugarcoated]

41. Who cares what she looks like?

[Gabi Hayes]

43. who cares who cares?

lighten up......

that's why I apologized in advance

[Bonobo]

27. No. Candy Crowley is completely untrustworthy in my opinion.

I have seen enough of her to know that she will say anything she is told to say.

I don't like the phrase "Media Whore" and am actively searching for a better one, but in the meantime, it would be her face that would be in the encyclopedia entry for it.

[gateley]

38. The phrase tells me exactly what I wanted to know.

[goclark]

28. No Candy will not be a good one

I
IMO

[ananda]

29. ROFL

Candy Crowley .. a good moderator?

Not a chance.

[grasswire]

30. She was in the tank for George W.

He flirted with her. I suspect she's still vulnerable to manipulation.

[ladjf]

31. She is one of the most dangerous Republican shills among the announcers. nt

[Sugarcoated]

33. I know a lot of people here despise her

and think she's a RW shill, but honestly, I've seen her hard on both sides. She's tries to be tough, and she may try to be in the debate. I hope to God she takes more control than Leher.

[gateley]

36. I think future moderators heard the criticisms of Leher loud and clear and will be on their toes.

[Sugarcoated]

40. I'm sure she heard the criticisms, but I'm not that hopeful

she'll be able to get anything but dodge from greasy Mittfalca. Obama can't rely on her for much help, I have to believe he knows he's gotta bring it.

[BumRushDaShow]

35. She will be awful.

[Skittles]

37. about as good as would be Nancy Grace

[Up2Late]

42. No, no moderator is quick enough to stop the Romney BS train.

If she can even keep the focus on the questions asked, I'll be surprised.

[Sugarcoated]

44. I hope Obama can stop it

Mittfalca will be over confident

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

46. All I can say is....

....Obama better be ready, because no one will save him from the lie brigade. Shreketta will probably feed Rmoney the questions beforehand.

[arely staircase]

47. in 2004 she was a w sycophant of the highest order

her head was so far up his ass she'd have broken her neck if he turned a sharp corner.

so, no.

[Baitball Blogger]

48. Are you kidding me? Candy Crowley is moderating? Is this a joke?

She is a biased piece of shit. She was at a gathering of Republicans during one of the elections and when it looked like the Republican was losing, she had a look of despair on her face. I have never, I repeat, I have NEVER seen such a display of partisanship up to that point.

Of course, today we have Chris Matthew.

[GP6971]

49. Her call BS?

I sincerely doubt it

[mick063]

50. Those national TV "news" reporters are all the same.

They want access.

If you are FOX, you get access to Mitt.

I expect Candy to be like FOX. She wants the future access.

[demgrrrll]

51. The Republicans do not seem to be going out of their way to work this Ref. but I may be mistaken

[Princess Turandot]

53. My opinion of her was set during the Clinton impeachment debacle...

when Starr released his 'report' to the media on cdr, she looked practically in ecstasy scrolling through it on a computer, looking for references to Lewinsky and reading them aloud on CNN. She's horrible.

[Mponti]

54. When did individual moderators become the 3rd candidate

Crowley is a hack....but what happened to a panel of moderators? One moderator is a 3rd, invisible candidate on the stage.

When a moderator like Jim Lehrer has to go on Fox and Morning Joe to spin his role, you got a problem with format and credibilty