Last night the Republican candidates for President gathered at the Ronald Reagan Library for what turned out to be a circus-like debate. But frankly, folks, with MSNBC running (I should say “ruining”) this show, what did we all expect?
I don’t know who put Chris Matthews in charge of this debate, but good God! The man has an O’Reilly complex that just comes off completely wrong. Who interrupts candidates during a Presidential Debate? Did someone give the memo to Matthews that people tuned in to see the candidates and NOT him?!? Ugh – listening to that loud mouth yammer away when he should have had his mouth shut was just horrible.
And when the hell do internet questions get any place in a Presidential debate? First of all, the internet is decidedly left. That’s obvious, there’s no contention about that and no one really cares since the internet is the ultimate in freedom of expression. But to ask questions submitted by readers of a website? I mean who plans this garbage?
For what it’s worth, I thought that Mitt Romney did well last night while McCain did a good job. Rudy’s answers seemed kinda weak for me, but I still think he’s going to take the general election primaries with flying colors (and I also think that he’ll be our next President).
But if I have to watch Presidential Debates on MSNBC only (since the liberal Democrats refuse to go on FOX News), then it’s going to be a boring election season since there’s NO WAY I can sit through another Matthews-moderated debate. Someone – please! – fire this guy already! He has no talent and is a horrible on-air personality!
I don’t know about Matthews, but the Republican candidates came off looking horrible, especially Rudy. The man is just ignorant, honestly, but I do see the whole “popularity” unless the Dems are smart about exploiting him. The only Republican running that I am actually okay with so far is McCain.
I was just completely turned off from the entire event by Matthews and the MSNBC production team. I was barely watchable. Sorta like WCW circa the Russo years.
And I think that Rudy came off looking a lot like one of the best Mayors that New York City has ever seen. Only he’s not running for Mayor this time around. I also think that the poor production value and horrible moderation really didn’t give any of the candidates a chance to shine (and I think this is also true of the Democratic debates that were on MSNBC).
That channel is a failed product. It’s completely ignorant for the Democratic candidates to not go on FOX News, but if they don’t want to go there then at least go to CNN or ABC News. MSNBC just can’t make these events work, period.
Agree with the assessment of MSNBC. I didn’t see the the republican’s debate, but I did see the democrat’s debate the previous week. They had Keith Olberman as one of the analysis. I can only hope that they did not plaster his mug before and after the republican debate.