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9. And guess who's 'moderating' the next debate...

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 12:11 PM

Oct 2012

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Jim Lehrer Debate Moderating Performance Savaged [View all] onehandle Oct 2012 OP

I hope it's the LAST TIME LibGranny Oct 2012 #2

Yep... skeewee08 Oct 2012 #4

Predictable And Predicted DallasNE Oct 2012 #6

His inability to control the debate... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2012 #12

This Was His 12th Debate As Moderator DallasNE Oct 2012 #17

that is not the only thing that has changed over the years magical thyme Oct 2012 #33

The debates ..... AnneD Oct 2012 #13

Did they pull out... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2012 #29

They pulled out. Frank Cannon Oct 2012 #30

Truer words were never spoken..... AnneD Oct 2012 #32

and then there's Candy Crowley (CNN's LibGranny Oct 2012 #24

Lehrer needs to retire from journalism Panasonic Oct 2012 #3

+1 hrmjustin Oct 2012 #26

There was no moderating. mainstreetonce Oct 2012 #5

A moderator who doesn't hold the microphone switch is powerless. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2012 #8

This. PavePusher Oct 2012 #19

And guess who's 'moderating' the next debate... FailureToCommunicate Oct 2012 #9

Oh, FFS. onehandle Oct 2012 #10

Fortunately it's a town hall format debate Panasonic Oct 2012 #16

Ohhhh!!!!! Shit!!!! LongTomH Oct 2012 #18

oh, she'll make sure mittiot gets all the time in the world SemperEadem Oct 2012 #21

The mods need one of those canned HORNS! SoapBox Oct 2012 #11

A warning beep and then the mic is switched off ten seconds later. alphafemale Oct 2012 #23

Seems like a simple enough solution to me. Frank Cannon Oct 2012 #31

I'm not blaming Lehrer magic59 Oct 2012 #14

Fine. I will say it SemperEadem Oct 2012 #20

hahaha, and Chris really got under Ghouleyani's skin wordpix Oct 2012 #27

WTF??? StarryNite Oct 2012 #22

Simple solution. Turn off their mics when their time is up. Full stop. joshcryer Oct 2012 #25

This. Exactly. ^^ Indpndnt Oct 2012 #34

Let an elementary school teacher moderate ThoughtCriminal Oct 2012 #28