“We made one mistake… Her name is Candy.”
Fahrenkopf, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, was speaking at the Las Vegas Country Club in Nevada. According to Jon Ralston, the Nevada-based political journalist, Fahrenkopf told the audience there that he was proud of the 2012 debate moderators, but added: “We made one mistake this time: Her name is Candy.”
Crowley, who moderated the second, town-hall-style debate, drew heavy fire from conservatives for challenging Mitt Romney after he suggested that President Obama had not called the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, “acts of terror.”
According to an agreement between the Obama and Romney campaigns, the moderator of the town hall debate was to refrain from asking questions or participating in the debate. Crowley had promised to defy that agreement even before the debate started.
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Drained Brain on February 20, 2013 at 11:15 PM
Don’t beat yourself up too badly… you made more than one.
Recall that fiasco called the VP debate? Angry old man running amok for 90 minutes telling lies as fast as he could spew them.
Plus how Democrats had more time in all debates?
Not allowing applause.
Zero fact checking unless the candidate happened to be named Romney.
Jon Stewart asking tougher questions of Obama than any of your moderators did. My personal favorite. Obama get’s tougher questions on a Comedy Central show than he does in a Presidential Debate.
Hog Wild on February 20, 2013 at 11:29 PM
From the looks of it Candy has made quite a few mistakes too, coincidentally those mistakes are also called candy.
Bishop on February 20, 2013 at 11:30 PM
No worries, you jacktards can make up for it in Fall 2015 by letting Ed Schultz or Rachel Maddow moderate a debate. Heckityhell, by Fall 2015, you clods will probably agree to Candy Crowley moderating a debate…
Jeddite on February 21, 2013 at 12:13 AM
And Martha Raddatz was just nifty?
Kiss them both off.
lynncgb on February 21, 2013 at 12:33 AM
It’s like déjà vu. Could swear I’ve seen this headline here before.
DarkCurrent on February 21, 2013 at 12:34 AM
Sure, blame the white chick.
Cindy Munford on February 21, 2013 at 12:59 AM
Did they explain how they intend to avoid any “Candy” problems in the future? You’d obviously want moderators who agree with your assessment that Crowley was a problem or they’d be the same problem she was. Has anyone from the Democrat Media had any problem with Crowley’s performance?
Buddahpundit on February 21, 2013 at 3:52 AM
Candy Crowley screwed up big time. She gave Obama a huge moment. It was sickening.
bluegill on February 21, 2013 at 5:01 AM
Yeah, it totally was posted before.
BigWillieStyles on February 21, 2013 at 5:27 AM
We made another mistake…her name was Martha. And now we have the Big Mistake as President for another four years.
Yeah…we make lots of mistakes.
Jaibones on February 21, 2013 at 6:25 AM
Well Candy Crowley is a dried up fat ass that no man would be attracted to.
She’s a perfect fit for a liberal.
HondaV65 on February 21, 2013 at 6:52 AM
Fahrenkopf skips consideration of himself in the GOP leadership as a major mistake? Convenient.
There are tons of mistakes and they are almost all in the GOP leadership and the Vichy Right sliming around elsewhere.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on February 21, 2013 at 7:14 AM
Oooops, sorry. Oh well. Getting stuck with Comrade O for another four years isn’t so bad, is it?
Time to get rid of the highly biased agenda drive “moderators”, whihc is pretty much all of them.
The entire process can be automated, with the candidates given preselected questions in writing, the questions selected by vote from among alternatives by a truly bi-partisan panel. Or just let the candidates ask each other questions.
They could also be automatically cut off when they go over their time. And their mikes can be turned off when it is not their turn to speak, so they cannot interrupt each other.
farsighted on February 21, 2013 at 7:23 AM
Rare that a liberal would act with integrity. Remember they’re all about fairness.
CW on February 21, 2013 at 7:29 AM