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2016 Postmortem

Iwillnevergiveup

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28. Over rated.

Reply to Mr.Bill (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 12:45 AM

Oct 2012

She interrupted Biden several times and let Ryan go on and on without answering questions or giving specifics when she asked for them. And the mention of unprecedented "2 Catholics on stage" comment turned my stomach. Of course, that led into a question on their religion which forced me to turn it off at that point. Why in the hell is she bringing up religion in a political debate? I felt that in the last 45 minutes or so Joe reined her in a bit, but the first 20 minutes or so was tortuous. I agree with the folks who said "Too much international!"

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Let's have a thread about the moderator [View all] Mr.Bill Oct 2012 OP

Martha Radatz did a very good job klook Oct 2012 #1

I thought she did great! meadowlark5 Oct 2012 #2

I didn't like courseofhistory Oct 2012 #3

Agree!!! She did an outstanding job. Jim Lehrer screwed up royally for some reason. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2012 #4

Martha did an excellent job. Live and Learn Oct 2012 #5

She did an exceptional job.... Rowdyboy Oct 2012 #6

Not if the republicans have anything to do with it. meadowlark5 Oct 2012 #17

Martha rocks. She did get talked over a few times but she held the debate rules. joshcryer Oct 2012 #7

and she DID address him as "Congressman" after all riverwalker Oct 2012 #8

Exactly Mr.Bill Oct 2012 #12

She did well...until the abortion question LittleGirl Oct 2012 #9

Abortion is a huge issue in the Catholic church begin_within Oct 2012 #29

I grew up Catholic so none of that was discussed when LittleGirl Oct 2012 #32

I totally agree. Joe was gracious about it, showing his respect for other religions. Overseas Oct 2012 #30

She gave Ryan twice as much time to speak. Flying Squirrel Oct 2012 #10

CNN had their speaking times within 1 minute of each other. NCLefty Oct 2012 #25

Because Joe fought for his time. Thank goodness he spoke up. Overseas Oct 2012 #31

Yeah, she was refreshing mindwalker_i Oct 2012 #11

Never thought I would agree with David Brooks, but he said she spent too little time on domestic avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #13

I agree. I thought she was showing off her foreign policy expertise. Overseas Oct 2012 #21

Well that explains it. avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #23

I thought she about as good a moderator as you could ask for, honestly. phleshdef Oct 2012 #14

I thought she was amazing! tallahasseedem Oct 2012 #15

Really disliked her! Too many foreign policy questions allowed Punk Ryan to look like he could even Overseas Oct 2012 #16

Yes. And I didn't like how she framed her Social Security question saying it is going bankrupt. avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #18

I agree. That made me mad too. Very Republican frame. Overseas Oct 2012 #20

Second thing I really hated was her posing the nationwide rollback of women's rights as a personal Overseas Oct 2012 #19

Correct again. avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #24

I think at times she forgot she was a Moderator and not a reporter. Raine1967 Oct 2012 #22

C+ to B- avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #27

She let Ryan courseofhistory Oct 2012 #26

Over rated. Iwillnevergiveup Oct 2012 #28

Im with tabibi Firebirds01 Oct 2012 #33

She started off with a gotcha for Joe but he knocked it back at her. allrevvedup Oct 2012 #34