It could be delivered tonight, at the hands of NBC's Brian Williams; or it could be inflicted Thursday evening by CNN's Wolf Blitzer; or it could happen in another debate sometime in future.
But I have a feeling that, sooner or later on the primary trail, a debate moderator is going to ambush Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich with a well-planned gotcha question that will set the former Speaker back on his heels--stumbling and fumbling through an embarrassing response.
Through the seventeen Republican Presidential debates to date, Gingrich has used unwarranted attacks on the media, in general, and the debate moderator, in particular, to direct attention away from questions asked.
He has claimed to have been "appalled" by questions he didn't like. and has used the word "despicable" to describe the actions of debate sponsors and moderators.
In several instances he has been successful in turning the audience against the moderator--using inflammatory language to get showstopping approval from the audience.
I don't believe that the media is as upset by Gingrich's attempts to humiliate moderators, as it is by the Speaker's attempts to avoid answering pertinent questions that are posed so as to give voters information they have a right to know.
Count on it. Sooner or later, Newt Gingrich will get his debate comeuppance.
Monday, January 23, 2012
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From your pen to God's e-mail! But what you predict and would like to see happen "ain't" going to, Bill, because the press and the media are too timid to challenge the demagoguery of Newt. On another point, I am amused with Rick S. who calls Newt his good friend on the one hand, and then criticizes him for his lack of true conservative values on the other. Isn't this uncharacteristic duplicity on Santorum's part? It's very obvious that he is trying to have his cake and eat it too.
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