The fuss over Des Moines Register Editor Carolyn Washburn's performance as moderator of this week's presidential debates ain't over. This morning, high-profile Washington Post political reporter Dana Milbank compares Washburn (below, left) to comedian John Cleese -- and to a school teacher!"Washburn, the earnest and schoolmarmish editor of the Des Moines Register," Milbank writes, "stunned the political world when she announced, at the beginning of the Republican debate on Wednesday, that she did not want to talk about Iraq and immigration, at least not in any 'concentrated' way. She continued that policy Thursday with the Democrats, asking not a single question about Iraq. The words 'terrorist,' 'Iran,' 'Pakistan' and 'al-Qaeda' didn't get even a single mention."
What did viewers get instead? Milbank asked -- and answered: "'Tell us your New Year's resolution for 2008,'" Washburn proposed. Groans emanated from the media room down the hall. Hillary Clinton said she would exercise more. Barack Obama said he would be a better father. Richardson pledged to lose weight. Here's a resolution for Washburn: Try not to moderate any more presidential debates." Ouch![Hat tip, Romenesko. Image: this morning's Register, Newseum]
If you can't tell just by looking at this piece of human debris that she's a liberal then YOU need help.
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