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Ifill: Palin 'Blew Me Off' During the Debate

Posted by Matt Corley, Think Progress at 4:18 AM on October 6, 2008.


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During the vice presidential debate on Thursday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced that she "may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you want to hear." In fact, "On at least 10 occasions, Palin gave answers that were nonspecific, completely generic, pivoted away from the question at hand, or simply ignored it." On NBC’s Meet The Press today, debate moderator Gwen Ifill said that Palin "more than ignored" her questions. "Blew me off I think is the technical term," said Ifill. Watch it:





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Matt Corley is a Research Associate for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at the Center for American Progress.


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Posted by: Spot on Oct 6, 2008 7:06 AM   
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longer clip please, that doesn't do much for context.

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» Here's the MSNBC page Posted by: fanny666
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Demand Respect If You Want It
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Posted by: QQOblivion on Oct 6, 2008 8:39 AM   
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I didn't see the debate, but I heard that Ifill hardly ever asked follow-up questions whenever Palin went on and on about something completely unrelated to the original question Ifill asked.
If true, then Ifill is at least partially to blame for Palin blowing her off.
(Not that the follow-up questions would get Palin to answer the question either.)

Was Ifill holding back because she had been accused by the McCain campaign of being biased in favor of Obama?

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The NEO-CONS never answered a Question in the last 8 Years!
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Posted by: Ottomatic on Oct 6, 2008 9:00 AM   
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Took awhile for The Faux Media to Wake up!
Are they going to save U.S. now?
Too Little,
Too late.
Destroy all Records!
Delete Emails!
Shred Documents.
Been there and done that.

They want to know everything about you!
Lies, Spies and Torture.
Accountability No, Secrecy Yes!
What are they hiding.
What are they going to pull out of Rove's Hat next?
The Complete and Total destruction of
The American People is their Goal.
Mission Admonished!

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Palin isn't a "Pit Bull"...
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Posted by: ~Fiona~ on Oct 6, 2008 2:52 PM   
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...She's a "Pit Viper"...

All she seems capible of doing on the world stage is to "spew venom" and "slither" away from anything resembling "Truth"...

But, she is "Folksy"!

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Blue Skies Grayed
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Posted by: When In Doubt on Oct 7, 2008 7:55 AM   
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Ifill blew off Americans with no control or follow-ups to the questions..especially when the questions had been deliberately avoided.

Then to report on "herself' the next day was absolutely totally ingenuous.

Give me a breaK.

pbs IS Bush

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» You are confused and disoriented. Posted by: Opinionator
PALIN
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Posted by: fg on Oct 7, 2008 7:30 PM   
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She's as stupid as shit . . .

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