My opinion is...presidential debates should never be moderated by media personalities. PERIOD!

The good news is that most people are bored stiff by now and were watching the American Idol results which I must say were infintisimally much better than this so-called stupid debate.

I, too, didn't bother watching the "debate". This whole silliness is now getting really old.

These candidates (Mrs. Clinton in particular) have been in "election mode" for going on three years now.

Something is radically wrong with a government when its members spend more time "fund raising" and campaigning for the next election rather than running the country.

Watching that so-called debate was a total waste of my time. I expected far better from Charlie...and even George. With all the major problems facing this broken country, the trivial nonsense brought up AGAIN in the "debate" was a travesty. I give credit to Obama as he kept trying to steer his answers to address the really important issues ... as best he could. ABC has lost me as a viewer. I was very disappointed and 20 min into the sideshow I emailed ABC with my complaints.

Ron White

Would have made an excellent mediator at this debate. For that matter, any one of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour guys would have sufficed. I bet Larry would have made Billary cry!

Total ABC failure, that's all I can say. Total and complete failure of journalism. Only a couple of substantive questions in two hours. ABC has failed America.

Couldn't expect anything more from corporate owned media. You'll hear what they want to you hear. Never mind the dying and the lies. Look what Britney and Paris did now!

If I wanted tabloid news I'd buy it at the grocery.

This was pretty sad......

Just as soon as I believe that the MSM cannot become anymore pathetic and ridiculous, I am treated to a farce like last night. It did seem Clinton slanted. Did anyone catch the camera, apparently on cue, panning several times to the dutiful, loving daughter, Chelsea?

I suppose I am a glutton for punishment, but I did turn on that perennial morning news soap opera, GMA, this morning. Predictably, I was treated to that smarmy Stephanopolous rehashing the same old, tired gossipy garbage.

I suppose I should just give up on TV news, except for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Spot on Doug!

Peter Jennings would be ashamed. I miss the days when you heard six bells and could reach out and rip off a raw and unfiltered Associated Press or United Press International feed. It wasn't always pretty, but it was timely and "unspun." Hell, even BBC has become part of the infosludge pipeline.

ADB

I don't know who should be considered the more stupid: ABC for letting a blatant partisan like Stephanopoulos act as moderator, or for anyone to think that the so-called "debate" was actually instructive and useful.

Once again we have a clear demonstration that "news" - especially the TV formatted type - is purely a manufactured product targeted for a specific demographic. Yes, it does contain a grain of truth, but the rest is strictly artificial colors, artificial flavors, fillers and additives intended to satisfy the prejudices of a particular audience.

Most sincerely,

T. J. Flapsaddle

I too watched this "debate". After 45minutes, I was ready to turn it off! The only reason I stayed was to see if the bias against Obama would change in the second half against Clinton. That never happened and in my opinion, the entire debate was a campaign commercial for Clinton.

The whole two hours, IMO, were slanted against Obama and made Clinton look like an angel!

BAH!!

The Shocking Video Hillary Does NOT Want You To See! (2of2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMfUajhL24I&feature...

I'm still trying to get this to download properly because of internet problems but it seems to reflect on Hillary's character and what she is capable of.

I just looked at it. Who are the characters and how do we know that the pictures of the people coincide with whoever heard the Senator on a call? I'm an Obama supporter, so I'm not defending her; but this has the same slimy look and feel of yet another anonymous Swift Boat attack ad. Can somebody explain the provenance of this thing?

ADB

This was a watershed event. Having seen ABC sink to never before depths of shallowness by ignoring the important issues of our time, I am convinced that the majority Americans will vote for Sen. Obama out of sheer contempt for everything corporate, slick, war-like, and stupid.

This was the most abysmal display of corporate media pandering by any "major news organization" I have yet seen.
With: a war in Iraq; another in Afghanistan; a foreclosure crisis; a recession which could become much, much worse; a health care crisis; runaway inflation; runaway gas prices; and so many other, serious problems, all those bozos could discuss was superficial, media-driven junk that really doesn't matter one whit. Anyone who thinks that someone Obama knows, who his pastor is, etc., are important 'issues' to base what kind of president he'll be is playing right into the kind of junk journalism he's been trying to rise above. Every time he pointed it out, there was Hillary, playing the same old, tired, media game, with her lackey George egging her on. The only time Charlie Gibson even got animated was when he thought his capital gains tax would rise. God forbid! Apparently, the only issues those two cared about were: the people around the candidates (I like Bill, but shouldn't Hillary been drilled on THAT, then?); losing money out of their own pockets (and to hell with everyone else); guilt by association; stirring up Fox noise stories for everyone who doesn't pollute themselves by watching the right-wing propoganda channel; and failing to ask ANY relevant question to help Pennsylvanians decide who to vote for (unless bashing Obama, done by both 'moderators', was meant to help them with that*.

IT WAS DISGUSTING!!!!!! WHEN THE COUNTRY'S FALLING APART, THE LEAST THESE FOOLS CAN DO IS ASK LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS. WHAT GIBSON AND STEPHANOPOULOS DID WASN'T EVEN CLOSE.

I, too, thought the "debate" last night was utterly and completely disgusting and disappointing. I've let ABC know my feelings, as have over 12,000 others, and will never watch the evening news or This Week with Georgie. This country is falling apart and some of those issues were whisked over in the second hour while others were not addressed at all. That said, I have been totally taken aback today by nearly every talking head on TV. Just about all of them have defended ABC, Gibson and Stephanopolos, they have agreed that there was nothing wrong or trivial with the questions asked and that it was a bad night for Obama and he did a lousy job. Gee, I think it would be a bad night for just about anyone who was being publically lynched and piled on. The public outcry is in complete contrast with the majority of the pundits. This country is definitely in deep doo-doo.

All good points. Voters with the IQ of cabbage are "tuning out" in droves, with good reason. Every time Hillary opens her 450-horsepower mouth she reminds me of a really bad marriage. And it's even worse when it's her own divorce lawyer asking the questions and "pretending" to be impartial. Life is too short for this crap.

Hillary's Tactics:

http://www.peterfpaul.com/2008/04/10/hillarys-felo...

I got to question number 3 and turned it off and watched another display of the Big Bang on the History Channel. Now that's cool!

Strato, I watched the video and it added little to my opinions of the Clintons. Why am I thinking back to one of the men who Bill Clinton pardoned before he left the white House. Any hints?