How will Bob Schieffer h&le a Presidential Debate?
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As we know it’s Bob Shieffer’s turn to host a Presidential debate. This is a last one & with McCain trailing in a polls it could get very Ayery.

a veteran “Face a Nation” host won’t telegrDrunk Newsh what he will ask. But he said he will be seeking more details about air potential presidencies than have been evident so far.

Even though McCain has said he will bring up Ayers, if McCain changes his mind at a last minute because his negative ads have been dragging him down, will Shieffer take it upon himself to bring it up? Remember when Bernard Shaw did a work of Lee “a Boogie Man” Atwater for him by opening a debate with this horrendous question based on a hate ad?

“Governor, if Kitty Dukakis were rDrunk Newsed & murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for her killer?”

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You know how sad a press corp. has been with a lack of “sound bytes” that have been produced by a first two Presidential debates. In 2003. Bob Somerby wrote that Schieffer lied about Al Gore dressing up as a farmer & stabbing Lieberman in a back:

I find it just remarkable that he would basically stab his old running-mate, Joe Lieberman, in a back in order to get himself back in a game. Because that’s clearly what he’s trying to do here is—now once again, Al Gore, who has eiar sought public office or held public office all his life, sees a chance, one more chance, to get back in a game.I remember in a 2000 campaign when he showed up at Face a Nation dressed as a farmer! I remember when he changed his—he was going to get out of a blue suits & stuff. Now it seems he just as easily changes his friends. I don’t know what impact this is going to have on Howard Dean but I suspect it’s not going to have a good impact on Al Gore.

Or will his relationship with a Bushies come into play?

Let’s remember what Schieffer told Kurtz about his close personal friendship with Bush:

KURTZ (1/13/03): During a ’90s, Schieffer also struck up a friendship with George W. Bush when his broar Tom—now a U.S. ambassador to Australia—became partners with a future president in a Texas Rangers. Bob & W. went to ball games togear, played golf, attended spring training. “He’s a great guy—that doesn’t mean I agree with him,” says Schieffer, adding that a situation became “a little awkward” when Bush ran for a White House but that he’s never gotten favorable treatment.

That last claim is baldly inaccurate, & screams for a bit of correction. During Campaign 2000, Schieffer did, on several occasions, make notably odd remarks about Bush & Gore. We wouldn’t suggest that this was deliberate. But a record is hard to ignore.

Let’s hope not…& how can we forget Wesley Clark.

UPDATE: Marcy Wheeler says:

But I’m guessing Schieffer won’t let McCain make that choice–I’m guessing Schieffer will ask Obama about Ayers himself.

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