First off, I really have never cared for Tom Brokaw. I have always found his journalism to be biased journalism. Last night validated that. He seemed to be very partial to John McCain and rude to Obama.
McCain went past his two minutes, yet Tom Brokaw repremanded Obama for going over his time. Brokaw gave McCain the advantage by continuously asking McCain to answer the questions first. Brokaw hardly ever asked Obama to be the first to answer the question.
At one point, McCain had just finished answering a question, then a new question came to the platform. As Obama stood up to answer, assuming it was his turn this time, Tom looked right at him and turned to McCain and asked that he answer the question. He left Obama just standing there. Embarrassing him. Senator Obama handled it well. He showed the world just how presidential he is.
Funny too, just last week, the McCain camp, cried out to the media, how "Life is so unfair sometimes" referring to Gwen Ifil who moderated last weeks Veep debate. This all came about because of a book Gwen Ifil has written, which seems to favor Obama. So give me a break! Gwen did a terrific job asking great questions and showed no biasness what so ever. And here, last night was so obvious, that Brokaw favored McCain and even laughed at his jokes. He also made snide remarks in which McCain laughed with him on those.
Someone pointed out that after Obama had answered a question regarding health care, in the backround, McCain is shown signaling Tom Brokaw. Tom coincidently, switched gears and started up with a completely new question so to avoid McCain having to answer the health care question.
Lastly, after the debate, as both candidates were working the room, Senator Obama went to shake Senator McCains hand. John McCain looked right at him but did not even reach out to shake hands. So, Senator Obama with his hand still out, turned to Cindy McCain and shook her hand instead. It was then, McCain decided to reach out to shake, but the moment was gone. McCain tried to imply that Obama did not want to shake his hand. What was THAT about? Not very presidential in my opinion. McCain is no Maverick. He is no gentleman. McCain needs to leave.
NEXT DEBATE:
Wednesday, October 15, 2008: Presidential debate
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
Moderator: Bob Schieffer
Staging: Candidates will be seated at a table
With foreign policy focus, Domestic and Economic policy
Answer Format: Same as
First Presidential Debate – Closing Statements: At the end of
this debate (only) each candidate shall have the opportunity for
a 90 second closing statement.
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I agree with you Contradagal.........Everyone could see that Brokaw was biased toward McCain. What else would you expect from an old NBC "has been" hehe. He is really part of the right wing trying to embarass and discredit Obama. Guess what it hasn't worked so far and won't. I am looking forward towards the next debate with Bob Schieffer. He is a quality journalist and should be fair an un-biased. Go Obabma-Biden(especially since I know Biden personally) hehe.
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