Rush Limbaugh has a problem with the four journalists selected to moderate this year’s presidential debates. As Lawrence O’Donnell highlighted on The Last Word, Rush thinks they are all “far left-wing liberal Democrats.”
Jim Lehrer of PBS, who’ll be hosting the first encounter, has previously hosted eleven debates. Limbaugh called him a “far left-wing liberal Democrat.”
CNN’s Candy Crowley, who will host the second “town-hall” style debate, is a “far, far left-wing liberal Democrat momma,” Limbaugh said.
Rush dubbed CBS’s Bob Schieffer a “far, far left-wing liberal Democrat…and dinosaur.”
And he called ABC News reporter Martha Raddatz, who is hosting the vice presidential debate, the same—except instead of a “dinosaur,” Rush dismissed Raddatz as an “infobabe for ABC.”
“It’s the same old media hacks handling the debates,” said Limbaugh.
As O’Donnell pointed out, there’s a method to Rush’s apparent madness. By working the refs, he’s hoping to intimidate them into going easy on Mitt Romney, and holding President Obama’s feet to the fire. It’s a trick conservatives have been using for years.
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