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Ifill: Palin ‘blew me off’ during the debate.
Think Progress —
During the vice presidential debate on Thursday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced that she “may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear.” In fact, “On at least 10 occasions, Palin gave answers that were nonspecific, completely generic, pivoted away from the question at hand, or simply ignored it.” On NBC’s Meet The Press today, debate moderator Gwen Ifill said that Palin “more than ignored” her questions. “Blew me off i think is the technical term,” said Ifill. Watch it:
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by Pam Spaulding
And Queen Latifah sits in as Gwen Ifill. And they take on the same-sex marriage question. Sarah Palin again provides a large chunk of the script. (SNL):
BTW, on Meet the Press today, Gwen Ifill acknowledged that Palin got away with ignoring her or changing the subject. See it below the fold.
Ifill: Palin 'blew me off'
Michael Calderone's Blog —
On "Meet the Press," PBS's Gwen Ifill defended her moderating of the VP debate, where she rarely asked follow-ups or pressed Sarah Palin to answer the questions that were asked. (Only a partial YouTube clip of the exchange below).
MR. BROKAW: There you go. When she said—and you asked her a question and she completely ignored it...
MS. IFILL: More than ignored it.
MR. BROKAW: More than ignored it and said, you know...
MS. IFILL: She blew me off, I think, is the technical term.
MR. BROKAW: ...”I’m just going to talk directly to the American people.” ...
The fine art of blowing off a moderator
Political Animal —
THE FINE ART OF BLOWING OFF A MODERATOR.... If you happened to catch "Saturday Night Live," which has suddenly become politically relevant again, you might have noticed a great bit on Thursday's debate, most notably the fact that Tina Fey's Sarah Palin decided, on several occasions, to avoid the questions asked of her, and make up her own questions to answer. This morning on "Meet the Press," debate moderator Gwen Ifill argued that Palin "more than ignored" her questions; she " blew me off ." Which, of course, is true. John Harris and Mike Allen reported Friday : "On at least 10 occasions, Palin gave answers that were nonspecific, ...
Gwen Ifill Says that She Is Incompetent
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
When you are running a debate, and when one participant doesn't answer your questions. You say: "governor, please answer my question." Gwen Ifill didn't do that. And she admits it:
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Think Progress: During the vice presidential debate ...
VP Moderator Gwen Ifill on MTP: "Palin Blew Me Off"
TalkLeft —
Via Think Progress, Gwenn Ifill was on Meet the Press today. During the vice presidential debate on Thursday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced that she “may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear.” In fact, “On at least 10 occasions, Palin gave answers that were nonspecific, completely generic, pivoted away from the question at hand, or simply ignored it.” On NBC’s Meet The Press today, debate moderator Gwen Ifill said that Palin “more than ignored” her questions. “Blew me off I think is ...
Slightly more analysis of the Palin-Biden debate
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
There's been a lot of analysis of the Joe Biden-Sarah Palin debate. I think that any honest assessment of the debate reveals that Sarah Palin lost this debate. She lost in a number of ways. She lost the debate on substance. She lost the debate on style. Finally, she didn't answer most of the questions. Gwen Ifill states, "She blew me off."
From Politico:
On at least 10 occasions, Palin gave answers that were nonspecific, completely generic, pivoted away from the question at hand, or simply ignored it: on global warming, an Iraq exit strategy, Iran and Pakistan, Iranian diplomacy, Israel-Palestine (and a follow-up), ...
Slightly more analysis of the Palin-Biden debate
The Hollywood Liberal —
Slightly more analysis of the Palin-Biden debate There’s been a lot of analysis of the Joe Biden-Sarah Palin debate. I think that any honest assessment of the debate reveals that Sarah Palin lost this debate. She lost in a number of ways. She lost the debate on substance. She lost the debate on style. Finally, she didn’t answer most of the questions. Gwen Ifill states, “She blew me off.” From Politico : On at least 10 occasions, Palin gave answers that were nonspecific, completely generic, pivoted away from the question at hand, or simply ignored it: on global warming, an Iraq exit strategy, Iran and Pakistan, Iranian diplomacy, Israel-Palestine ...
Gwen Ifill: Palin "blew me off"
Corrente —
Don’t you hate it when you ask someone a perfectly legitimate question and they refuse to dignify it? Especially about a topic of the gravest import? Someone who does that should be the object of public derision, don’t you think?
