Debate moderator to Rubio: How’s it feel to be anti-Latino?
posted at 2:38 pm on October 20, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
Florida politics have gotten ugly, haven’t they? A Democratic incumbent calls his Republican opponent a member of the Taliban, and now the son of a Cuban immigrant is not just called anti-immigration, but anti-Latino. And this time it’s not Charlie Crist who sets himself up as the arbiter of Hispanic authenticity, but the debate moderator. Greg Hengler clips this dreadful question and memorable response from Rubio:
It seems to escape the intellectual capacity of Rubio’s opponents, and many on the Left, that one can be pro-immigration while demanding and end to illegal immigration. Marco Rubio makes this point very clearly and concisely by demanding the rule of law apply not just to Americans but also those who want to enter our country. It’s hardly anti-Latino to demand equal treatment under the law, and to demand that the federal government fulfill one of its actual Constitutional duties in securing the nation’s borders.
Basically, the moderator called Rubio a bigot. Rubio responded with a lot more class than he was afforded.
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C’mon. Latin class was awesome. What other foreign language could you tell a teacher, “How do you know I’m pronouncing it wrong?”
lorien1973 on October 20, 2010 at 3:23 PM
“Debate” is yet another word that the liberal media have bastardized beyond all recognition.
These moronic insult-slinging contests (whether the so-called “moderator” joins in or not) have nothing to do with an actual debate. They are specifically designed to PREVENT any attempt at rationally attacking and defending a resolution.
logis on October 20, 2010 at 3:24 PM
jawkneemusic on October 20, 2010 at 3:24 PM
Rubio is great.
The moderator? A cockroach.
I give the Obama era credit for emboldening the Left to come out of the closet and reveal themselves.
justltl on October 20, 2010 at 3:26 PM
Lucky!
txhsmom on October 20, 2010 at 3:27 PM
Questions like that should not be allowed to stand.
I would not debate unless there were two moderators and I picked one.
lilium on October 20, 2010 at 3:27 PM
Remember when Teh Fred told the moderator to stuff it?
John the Libertarian on October 20, 2010 at 3:28 PM
Another point regarding the moronator.
Askingmaking a statement like that directed to one member of the debate does not a debate make. It is/was an attack of a candidate. That moronator should be slapped down to his pink meat.sicoit on October 20, 2010 at 3:30 PM
the dems are running scared. I doubt the american people are too stiupid to fall for this crap. The problem is the dems believe the people are this stupid and thebacklash continues to build.
unseen on October 20, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Liberal Lexicon:
Debate = “I speak, you agree with me”
BobMbx on October 20, 2010 at 3:34 PM
“a lot of commentators would say you’re a coward for hiding behind your phony neutrality” What a Eunuch…
Republican Yogi on October 20, 2010 at 3:36 PM
I would appreciate a warning if the voice of the braying Jackass suddenly comes on in the middle of an otherwise interesting video.
slickwillie2001 on October 20, 2010 at 3:37 PM
I just got asked a similar question recently by a lefty. They wondered “how in the world an adoptive parent of a child who was born in another country can be against immigration reform.” This parent has the moral high ground, apparently. I have never seen a conflict at all. We jumped through all the hoops to do it legally. My children got in line. We paid the fees and the taxes, and did the required song & dance.
The fact is, they’re not going to stop demonizing, trying to guilt-trip, and trying to shut up those with whom they disagree. The difference is: I don’t care anymore what they think. I won’t sit down. I won’t shut up. I will vote my conscience. I won’t keep trying to prove that I love people who don’t look like me, and will just keep living a life that exemplifies it.
hoosiermama on October 20, 2010 at 3:37 PM
You should be.
AsianGirlInTights on October 20, 2010 at 3:38 PM
Jeebus. What a question.
I wouldn’t have been as polite as Rubio was, in fact that moderator would have been held up against the wall by his lapels while I explained my answer to him.
Bishop on October 20, 2010 at 3:38 PM
Even now ‘race’ is more about ‘culture’ than genes. Liberals use cultural differences to make every cultural or religious nuance a matter of moral relativism. So, a Peruvian (who is the product of Asians crossing over through Berengia, Spanish Europeans and whatever was here before the Asiatics arrived) is now an oppressed Hispanic. Of course, they are oppressed so long as the pigment of their skin is not so light as to call them whiteys.
JonPrichard on October 20, 2010 at 3:40 PM
Easy answer, -they don’t want them to exceed in the way you say. Immigrants are the democratics most readily available source of new recruits for their entitlement class. Coming from somewhere with a system of education even poorer than ours, they are easy to bend to socialism. Democratics would be thrilled to keep immigrants on food stamps and welfare forever if they get votes out of the deal.
slickwillie2001 on October 20, 2010 at 3:41 PM
That moderator should come down to the border and spend a week or two with the wonderful drug cartels in Mexico…
… It would be a blast.
Seven Percent Solution on October 20, 2010 at 3:42 PM
Perhaps many people do not understand this but here goes:
Hispanic people carry European genes in their DNA, more specifically, Caucasian AKA ‘white’ genes.
Many gene pools included in the Hispanic group can contain anywhere from roughly 30% up to 90% or more Caucasian genes in their DNA.
So to say that Hispanics or LAtinos are not ‘white’ is actually not really true.
And skin color is genetic.
There are so many variations that there is no way you can base a person’s ‘race’ upon the color of their skin.
Ignorance is astounding on this subject.
Which is why I hate the pigeon-holing ‘race’ word bcs it pretty much means zippo.
Badger40 on October 20, 2010 at 3:44 PM
You mean “undocumented suppliers of medicine”?
NoDonkey on October 20, 2010 at 3:44 PM
If I’m Hispanic and someone says I look like I could be Asian, am I not a racist if I am insulted? Shouldn’t Asians be insulted that Hispanics are insulted by the mere thought they may look Asian?
JonPrichard on October 20, 2010 at 3:45 PM
I know this. This is exactly my point. Judging from his facial features, it looks like he and his Cuban parents are descended from Spanish people with probably no indigenous blood in them. So how is he not white? I repeat the question–how does speaking Spanish mean one is non-white? This is the kind of identity poltics baloney that the Democrats use.
Pervygrin on October 20, 2010 at 3:48 PM
lizzie beth on October 20, 2010 at 2:48 PM
I was called German in France last week (allemagne), should I have been insulted?
NoDonkey on October 20, 2010 at 3:48 PM
Wohoo! I’m Jealous!
Chip on October 20, 2010 at 3:48 PM
I can’t watch videos now, so who the he!! was this moderator? What the he!!???
I think every debate from here on out, should consist of one moderator that represents the left, one the right, and maybe an independent. So all are represented.
These constant debates with slanted moderators are hardly right, or fair. This must be demanded. The left would demand it, if the shoe were on the other foot. Enough is enough with this. And all questions asked should be agreed apon by all moderators.
I’m so sick of conservatives being hung out like this, with dumb a$$ questions like this. Rubio I’m sure, as I’ve read in previous comments, did a great job answering, but my problem is…this is a question that shouldn’t have been asked in the first place.
capejasmine on October 20, 2010 at 3:49 PM
John Leguizzamo did a skit years ago about an agency that could teach Latinos to pass for Asian.
Pervygrin on October 20, 2010 at 3:50 PM
mr.blacksheep on October 20, 2010 at 3:50 PM
I doubt he has one.
Darn hitting buttons without glasses on.
mr.blacksheep on October 20, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Maybe a little.
AsianGirlInTights on October 20, 2010 at 3:51 PM
I don’t know why they need moderators at all.
They’re big boys and girls. Let them ask their own questions.
How did Lincoln and Douglas ever debate without some MFM jackass asking stupid questions?
NoDonkey on October 20, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Tim Scott, Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio, Bobby Jindal, Van Tran, et al.
Minorities all. Republicans all.
Yet the Liberals keep trotting out the same tired, old, obtuse, race pimp narrative.
ZZzzzzzz
locomotivebreath1901 on October 20, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Gee, I though we were in time of being post-racial, that we had put this kind of ugly politics behind us.
Did I miss the memo that it’s still OK for the Democrats to pull this kind of crapola?
Chip on October 20, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Gotta like Rubio!
But what is with the Longhorn fans cheering the healthcare bill at the end? I saw some hands making the hook ‘em horns hand gesture, odd.
jeffn21 on October 20, 2010 at 3:52 PM
Yeap, those guys…
… and their buddies “unlicensed head, neck, and throat surgeons”.
Seven Percent Solution on October 20, 2010 at 3:53 PM
I hope you don’t think my comment was ignorant. I was actually making the same point you are. And given that the rich, powerful people in Latin America are the ones who are descended only from Europeans and have light skin, I think it’s pretty safe to consider Rubio (and Castro and Chavez) white. But I agree that this pigeon-holing stuff is BS.
Pervygrin on October 20, 2010 at 3:54 PM
Seven Percent Solution on October 20, 2010 at 3:53 PM
They’re just doing the jobs Americans won’t do.
Although I think we have plenty of underemployed drug peddlers and murderers here.
Buy American, dammit!
NoDonkey on October 20, 2010 at 3:55 PM
Unless you are of divine descent, on both sides, it was a compliment.
Immolate on October 20, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Pervygrin on October 20, 2010 at 3:54 PM
That’s why media hype regarding the exploding percentage of “Hispanics” in the United States doesn’t tell the real story.
A good many of them are 90%+ Spanish.
NoDonkey on October 20, 2010 at 3:57 PM
Asian doesn’t mean much either.
If you’re Asian, is that supposed to mean you look Chinese or Japanese or something?
I’m telling you this notion of race means absolutely nothing.
It’s sheer ignorance that we give credence to being ‘Caucasian’ or ‘White’ or ‘Hispanic’.These groups, and others are extremely ambiguous.
If you really want to pigeon hole people, let’s talk about where they’re from & their culture.
Like it even really matters.
Badger40 on October 20, 2010 at 3:58 PM
Immolate on October 20, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Danke schön!
NoDonkey on October 20, 2010 at 3:58 PM
Means you’re Pakistani in the UK.
NoDonkey on October 20, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Probably the doofy folks of Austin. They’re pretty liberal there. Even the University in Texas wasn’t immune from the plague of liberalism. *sigh*
capejasmine on October 20, 2010 at 4:01 PM
What do you mean by “look Chinese or Japanese or something?”
AsianGirlInTights on October 20, 2010 at 4:03 PM
I think he means that when they mention Asian, they mean some East Asian features. Someone from Turkey, the Middle East,India, Mongolia, or Nepal are Asians as well.
Telling apart someone from Korea, China, Japan, and Vietnam is pretty easy for someone who has a clue.
V-rod on October 20, 2010 at 4:08 PM
This infuriates me. Opposing illegal immigration does not make you anti-Latino. That’s all I’m getting bombarded with now.
I receive about 3 mailers a week from the DNC telling me that Meg Whitman stands against the Latino community because she opposes illegal immigration and because she opposes giving in state tuition to illegal immigrants. These positions are not anti-Latino, they’re common sense.
El_Terrible on October 20, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Couldn’t agree more.
DarkCurrent on October 20, 2010 at 4:10 PM
Hey, maybe escaped convicts ought to be classified as Newly Freed Americans. You know, once they make it over the wall what right do other Old Free Americans have to catch them and haul their sorry butts back to jail. Especially if they fine employment and have a baby after climbing over the fence.
Hey, how about line jumpers, let me see, I think we need laws to protect line jumpers in stores. A line jumper only wants to pay for their groceries sooner than you do. Line jumpers are really just Enthusiastic Customers.
JellyToast on October 20, 2010 at 4:11 PM
this is highly entertaining, like a double feature. It’s really enjoyable to watch the Democrats implode, ratching up their insanety as their desperation grows. it just cements in peoples mind that they were right to give them the boot. But to have someone like this moderator throw away his reputation and credibility in a futlie attempt to help the dems is hysterical.
2 years from now, when this moderator finds himself in a seedy hotel, no wife, no job, no friends, no house and with a make shift bed sheet noose around his neck, wondering how his life turned to such sh*t. the last thought before he steps off the chair will be he threw it all away for NOTHING because Christ is losing and losing big
Niteowl45 on October 20, 2010 at 4:14 PM
Remember it?
Dude, I have the tattoo.
TexasDan on October 20, 2010 at 4:16 PM
If you’re trying to give Latinos the ability to move into higher-paying jobs, you’re anti-Latino.
hawksruleva on October 20, 2010 at 4:16 PM
The moderator should have been booed out of the debate.
I’m mostly Northern European (Irish, Scottish, English, Norwegian) my husband is almost 100% of Irish decent. I was once asked by a young black child if I was Chinese because he thought I was “yellowish” and had almond shaped eyes. My brother was called “Chico” in school because he was very dark. He played outside all day long with his shirt off in the summers. In college, my husband was asked if he was “new-breed” Japanese (whatever that is). My mother saw pictures of Inuits/Eskimoes when she was a child and thought, that is what I am. My daughter has been asked twice if she was of mixed race (meaning half black) from two different Asian hair stylists. I’ve never been insulted or upset about any of the inquiries. It just goes to show you how silly it is to assume anything about anyone by how they look.
But, because of all of these unusual inquiries, I did participate in the National Geographic Genome Project and it came back that my most recent ancestors were from Northern Europe.
BTW ~ I haven’t read through the whole thread so if anyone has already brought this up, apologies. Didn’t Professor Gates (of the Obama “stupidly” comment) just run DNA on a bunch of celebs and didn’t he group Native American with Asian when speaking of their DNA?
Fallon on October 20, 2010 at 4:17 PM
Sorry if I missed it, but who is that douchebag liberal moderator?
Jaibones on October 20, 2010 at 4:18 PM
Someone should tell that so-called moderator to stuff it.
WannabeAnglican on October 20, 2010 at 4:20 PM
If your mothers’s grandfather is white, and your her grandmother is Chinese, and and your father’s part Hispanic, what does that make you?
It makes you YOU. You, just like every other single person that’s ever lived, has a unique set of wants, needs, desires and fears.
But Progressives don’t deal with individuals, because it’s harder to justify rules for individuals than rules for groups. Groups are convenient scapegoats, because people always assume that THEY aren’t a member of the offending group.
hawksruleva on October 20, 2010 at 4:23 PM
Snort! You didn’t have Sister Mary Camilla (Sister of No Mercy). You’d have been bruised and bleeding.
katy the mean old lady on October 20, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Easy. He’s tío Tomás.
(That’s uncle Tom for those of you in Rio Linda)
Kafir on October 20, 2010 at 4:29 PM
Hmm…your Hengler link appears to be broken
Scranton on October 20, 2010 at 4:32 PM
Deliberate attempt by the biased moderator to seperate Rubio from the sizable Latino voting block in Florida.
OxyCon on October 20, 2010 at 4:33 PM
If only this would damage the reputation of the ‘moderator’.
It won’t, in fact someone at msnbc is probably calling asking for an audition tape. The nuttier you are the more welcome you will be in the liberal media.
slickwillie2001 on October 20, 2010 at 4:37 PM
Sometimes, especially if the individual has classic features, but not always. My Korean wife is often asked by Chinese people if she is Chinese.
BTW, Time and Life had this all figured out back in 1941.
Pervygrin on October 20, 2010 at 4:42 PM
There are a lot of ‘latinos’ here in Arizona who came here legally and are anti-ILLEGAL. Only the most dedicated Obama/DemocRAT worshipping fools will buy into their continued attempt to paint people as ‘bigots’ for being against ILLEGAL immigration.
JannyMae on October 20, 2010 at 4:43 PM
For the life of me I just cannot fathom why Republican candidates still allow themselves to be “moderated” by Democrat shills.
Why is that?
Jack Bauer on October 20, 2010 at 4:45 PM
Sizable and conservative. That’s why they are here from Cuba,Central and South America.Been there lived that.
katy the mean old lady on October 20, 2010 at 4:46 PM
I disagree with Ed’s characterization of the moderator’s statement. He didn’t call Rubio anti-Latino or a bigot, he repeated charges in his role as questioner. It was a tough, blunt question, to be sure, but we need to be very careful not to smear without reason anyone who challenges us. This is an extremely important moral distinction with the left, which if we lose, we have nothing of real value to offer the nation.
It may be that the moderator actually believes the criticism of Rubio that he raised, but that is beside the point. The issue was the question. The moderator had the right to raise it, and frankly, I’m glad he did. It gave Rubio a chance to define himself and show himself reliable under pressure, both of which he did very well.
Meanwhile, the last part of that video, showing Obama campaigning, had the crowd chanting “yes, we did!”. But it was obviously orchestrated. Not only the signs are mass-produced for the sheep, the crowd responses are as well. This is a sad commentary on the political dynamics of obama and the left.
paul1149 on October 20, 2010 at 4:46 PM
I wonder if it was possible for the moderator to squeeze in one more mention of the phrase, “Tea Party”?
SUPERB answer by Rubio. Presidential run in 2020?
skydaddy on October 20, 2010 at 4:47 PM
Jack Bauer on October 20, 2010 at 4:45 PM
I don’t know either.
They should have a real debate, without a moderator.
You can still agree to a time limit.
These people are in effect interviewing for a highly responsible job.
If they can’t conduct a proper debate amongst themselves without a referee, then perhaps they are not fit for office.
NoDonkey on October 20, 2010 at 4:48 PM
How pathetic!
Repeating leftist, Democrat talking points attacking Rubio as anti-Latino?
How insulting!
How dishonest!
How malicious!
It would be justified to give that moderator a knuckle sandwich and rearrange his face, that flamboyant, arrogant SOB!
The people who saw nothing wrong with his line of questioning are every bit as arrogant and out of line as he is/was and they all need a tune up!
William2006 on October 20, 2010 at 4:48 PM
I think the Democrats plan to try to steal elections. They are the most unethical and nasty bunch I’ve ever seen. We cannot let them. The GOP better dig deep and find a pair because We the Prople don’t intend to let the Democrats pull another Coleman!
Rubio w
CCRWM on October 20, 2010 at 4:49 PM
Democrats lie about everything. Duh.
Merovign on October 20, 2010 at 4:50 PM
Rubio will be ready to run for POTUS in 2020. We’ll need him in the Senate helping undo the Obama Pelosi Reid agenda.
CCRWM on October 20, 2010 at 4:51 PM
Let’s examine that question:
When a person asks a long, specifically detailed question like this, it’s like a DNA test confirming their lack of critical thinking skills as well as their acceptance of leftist propaganda about what is “good” for subdivided ethnic groups.
Rubio seemed ready for it, and gave a great answer. However, as a right-of-center black man, I wish he could have had time to politely — but forcefully — blast the question as prejudicial and bigoted, and dare the moderator to logically defend it.
For example: “Many commentators” call Rubio’s platform “anti-Latino.” What makes it so, praytell? Because he supports SB 1070, which has negatively impacted law-abiding Latinos how, exactly? He opposes the DREAM act, which helps native-born and naturalized Latinos how, exactly? He supposedly opposes a “pathway to citizenship” when his parents were legal Latino immigrants? How, exactly? He supports English as an official language, which hurts Latinos how, exactly?
Notice how the seamlessly the question turns from one accusing Rubio of self-hatred and extremism into one that also brings in the accusation of carpetbagging: He’s “a darling of the Tea Party movement across the country,” and thus, Florida voters aren’t supposed to feel comfortable that he’s not “beholden” to out-of-state interests? (Wow, that’s refreshing — usually it’s Northerners who are bitching and moaning about Republicans being beholden to the Deep South!) Dude acts as if he hasn’t checked the polls and noticed that Rubio is in the lead in Florida, which is a pretty good indicator that Sunshine Staters don’t see the Tea Party agenda as being “from without.”
The moderator — or, whoever wrote that question — designed it to have so many objectionable premises that Rubio wouldn’t be able to address them all. With the time Rubio was given, he did better than I ever could have expected.
L.N. Smithee on October 20, 2010 at 4:54 PM
ok, yeah, the Dims/Left/Press have no class..I know that.
the real question is how much class do Floridians have.
r keller on October 20, 2010 at 4:55 PM
Don’t be naive, that’s how its done in today’s political world from the Left. Nobody is a) ‘smearing’ the moderator or b) without reason. Indeed, the moderator is doing the smearing.
JonPrichard on October 20, 2010 at 4:58 PM
This moderator – and fellow twits on the Left – need to be publically berated, harangued, and questioned about their apparent racism – *they* are the ones that equat *hispanic/latino* with *illegal* as though the two are inseparable.
Ir’s not those that are against illegal immigration that are racists – it’s those who freely and inherently associate ‘illegal’ with ‘hispanic’.
This is part and parcel with the Left’s core belief that minorities simply are incapable of any kind of success without outside assistance. It’s racist at the heart of the thought to begin with. “You, you entire race of people (well, just you few specific races) are inherently inferior to the point of an inability to survive or progress without the assistance of others.” Everything the Left says it stands for with regards to minorities effectively and clearly makes the point that the Left feels and believes that way.
Midas on October 20, 2010 at 5:01 PM
I would have loved to hear Rubio pose two questions back to the moderator in response. The first is more of a two-fold question (so perhaps there are three)
1) “Who decided what is or is not a Latino postion? Are you insinuating all Latinos are the same?”
2) “Do you not believe that any law that even acknowledges someone in racial terms is by definition racist? I stand equality under the law regardless of race, religion, or creed…”
Watch everyone choke.
Pattosensei on October 20, 2010 at 5:03 PM
FIFM
Pattosensei on October 20, 2010 at 5:04 PM
They’re not just planning to try, they’re already underway. We’re already seeing stories of folks bussing students and others to early vote, giving them ‘sample ballots’ that only happen to have Democrats on them, giving them food and drink, coaching them near/in polling locations, etc.
Midas on October 20, 2010 at 5:05 PM
Already some fishy things going on in Texas: Poll Watchers Claim Harassment And Intimidation At Houston, Texas Voting Places
Democratics across the country are desperate, they have already put their vote-stealing machine into high gear.
slickwillie2001 on October 20, 2010 at 5:08 PM
How racist is it to assume Latinos are incapable of obeying the law like everybody else?
Socratease on October 20, 2010 at 5:18 PM
My sentiments exactly. I dunno why it is so hard to get thru such hard craniums. I am tougher than that, because I have not experienced immigration; more like an ex-pat.
ProudPalinFan on October 20, 2010 at 5:22 PM
Yes, that is a requirement that has been used frequently and often to block Puerto Rico to become a state. English MUST be the official language, spoken and written. If you want to join the Union, you have to assimilate. Check out Merkel’s statements.
ProudPalinFan on October 20, 2010 at 5:24 PM
Color me under-impressed with that defense. He though the question valid, worth asking, and meaningful (or he wouldn’t have asked it). He found no reason to source it (i.e. he thought it was widespread and valid), and he deliberately pushed it to give the attack more airtime (if he thought it was unfair, why do that). What part of that is him being impartial and moderating things?
“Here’s a smear I heard or thought up and am attributing to anonymous ‘others’” is a bit more accurate than the “many XXXX” label; but oddly isn’t used as much. I guess accuracy isn’t important when you’re a moderator.
If we can play that game I can state a random personal attack on you with a “many people say”… but lets be honest it would just be a gratuitous personal attack. I’m trying to cut back on those… so lets pretend I did and admit you’d see that as me attacking you; not “quoting random anonymous unsourced others” attacking you.
If you want to “repeat charges” you specify who you’re quoting, what they said, where they said it… you know; the basics of a halfway decent quote. Not a vague attack sourced to unknown and unnamed “commentators” in unknown publications at an unknown time with unknown specifics.
gekkobear on October 20, 2010 at 5:29 PM
GoodSamaritan on October 20, 2010 at 2:47 PM
*standing ovation* Asi se habla, caramba!
ProudPalinFan on October 20, 2010 at 5:30 PM
Interesting link.
So they are trying to get the poll watchers removed…at least the “conservative” poll watchers.
Sounds like they are well funded and well organized for this legal onslaught.
I wonder if the Republicans are ready for this…usually they are not because it is difficult to conceive what an evil mind creates.
right2bright on October 20, 2010 at 5:38 PM
Rubio should have stated: I don’t know, how does it feel to be a liberal media puppet?
right2bright on October 20, 2010 at 5:51 PM
ROMANES EUNT DOMUS.
clement on October 20, 2010 at 5:55 PM
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“dislike” Obama video ad
reshas1 on October 20, 2010 at 5:59 PM
Question: How are the moderators chosen?
What are their qualifications to be moderator?
To the moderators bring with them a bias into the debate.
I remember the stark attitude differences with the moderators during the 2008 elections.
Kini on October 20, 2010 at 6:01 PM
I know in Italy, the hook-em-horns means “you are a cuckold,” and is tantamount to flipping someone off….
Sekhmet on October 20, 2010 at 6:08 PM
How about this. How abour Republican and Libertarian candidates quit accepting as a premise that they have to bow down to the liberal agency of MSM organized political debates. Rs and Ls have to work twiv=ce as hard to get throught the freaking loaded, BS questions these lib moderators ask.
That wasn’t so much a question as a political statement.
And I think it was beautifully handled by Rubio. I just sent him some more attaboybucks.
hawkdriver on October 20, 2010 at 6:21 PM
Geez! I’m not drinking when I post. I swear!
hawkdriver on October 20, 2010 at 6:24 PM
ABOUT!!! Damn, okay I quit for the night.
hawkdriver on October 20, 2010 at 6:25 PM
It would be nice if the partisan MainStreamMedia were just honest about their race-hatred. The Spanish were the most disreputable of all the colonialists and yet their descendants are considered “Hispanic” and part of the professional victim class… which illustrates how vile all of this pigmentation-politics has become.
While my ancestors were freeing the slaves, the moderator’s ancestors were probably slaughtering them for sport yet I am a “white oppressor” and the moderator is a “victim”.
DANEgerus on October 20, 2010 at 6:27 PM
changer1701 on October 20, 2010 at 2:45 PM
….a hand gesture used by Ancient Roman crowds to pass judgment on a defeated liberals.
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try again later on October 20, 2010 at 6:27 PM
Rubio kicks ass!
Shhh you narrative killer.
CWforFreedom on October 20, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Nah I didn’t think that of you.
Badger40 on October 20, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Who does this hack moderator think he is ? Wolfie Blitzer ? Bob Schieffer ?
viking01 on October 20, 2010 at 7:04 PM
Re choosing the venue, Rubio is the leader at this time so he could have pushed for the choice of a more politically balanced and professional moderator. He had the power. On the other hand, if intelligent voters see that he went into the enemy camp and still won the debate, he may win over even more voters.
In other cases such as with COD, she had little bargaining power so she ended up at a college of law debating a lawyer. Coons could have refused a debate and got away with it.
slickwillie2001 on October 20, 2010 at 7:16 PM
Does Marco Rubio have a like-minded sibling who could move to Illinois and run for Senate here?
Yeah I know – the weather in the winter sucks. They could consider it a great humanitarian gesture. The candidates we have here this election cycle smell.
dissent555 on October 20, 2010 at 7:18 PM
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