Jim Lehrer Thinks Debate Moderation was ‘Successful’ and ‘Effective’ – Millions Disagree

Jim Lehrer Thinks Debate Moderation was 'Successful' and 'Effective' - Millions Disagree

Jim Lehrer Thinks Debate Moderation was ‘Successful’ and ‘Effective’ – Millions Disagree

Jim Lehrer says that his moderating of the first presidential debate was ‘successful’ and ‘effective’, but millions of people do not agree.

USBACKLASH feels that Jim Lehrer was a terrible moderator. He allowed Obama to walk all over him while taking an additional 4 minutes of speaking time, and then interrupted Romney at every available opportunity.

It got to the point where Romney finally decided to stop Obama’s rambling by interrupting him, since Lehrer was to weak and biased to do it himself.

Lehrer was also definitely not as passive as he may have planned. He said that he planned to Lehrer was actually spoon feeding Obama help with some of his answers, and leading the witness.

Here is one example of Jim Lehrer leading Obama to the answer he wanted Obama to give.

LEHRER: Mr. President, please respond directly to what the governor just said about trickle-down, his trickle-down approach, as he said yours is. Do you challenge what the governor just said about his own plan,



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Charles Krauthammer: ‘Call Obama’s bluff’

Charles Krauthammer is, by far, the smartest political mind in the media today, and he hits the nail right on the head in his new piece titled “Call Obama’s bluff”.

Mr Krauthammer goes after Obama’s assertion that he would not sign any deal less than 120 days, but has no plan of his own to deal with entitlements and the current Obama budget crunch.

I agree with Mr Krauthammer ! The GOP should pass their budget plan in the House and then wait and see what happens in the Senate. If it fails there, blame will be mainly placed at the feet of the Democrats.

President Obama is demanding a big long-term budget deal. He won’t sign anything less, he warns, asking, “If not now, when?”

How about last December, when he ignored his own debt commission’s recommendations? How about February, when he presented a budget that increases debt by $10 trillion over the next decade? How about April, when he sought a debt-ceiling increase with zero debt reduction attached?

All of a sudden he’s a born-again budget balancer



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