Rigged Against Trump: Presidential Debate Commission

From Dick Morris.com:

The decision of the Presidential Debate Commission to hold two of the general election debates on nights that conflict with high profile NFL games — and their refusal to reconsider the scheduling — raises the question of pro-Hillary/anti-Trump bias on the Commission.

By deliberately setting the debate dates opposite highly popular football games, the Commission seems to be angling to cut the viewership of white males, a key voting groups generally supporting Trump, in a bid to reduce their interest in the election.

While theoretically bi-partisan, the Commission is currently dominated by high profile Hillary supporters and Republicans who oppose Donald Trump — elite insiders. So, in sum, it about as anti-Trump as a commission can get.

And the Commission also chooses the moderators for the debates. Look for a Hillary-friendly choice.

Take a look at some of the “non-partisan” members:

The two co-chairmen are Mike McCurry, Bill Clinton’s press secretary and Frank Fahrenkopf, who held the same post under Reagan. Sounds fair? Look closer. Fahrenkopf is 90 years old and well past his prime. His co-chair? Mike McCurry, 62, who remains a vigorous defender of the Clintons working especially hard to ward off negative stories. [read more]

Yea, it doesn’t look good for Trump but then what do you expect. Morris goes on to say that former President Jimmy Carter, a Democratic National Chairman and a long-time aide of Ted Kennedy, and Jim Lehrer, a noted but also liberal news commentator among others.

Trump says he doesn’t want conservative Mary Katharine Ham moderating debates because she “says only bad things” about him. He doesn’t know her though. Well, she, being a conservative, probably doesn’t say anything nice about Hillary either for that matter. I’ve seen her on the O’Reilly Factor and maybe Hannity and she seems nice. I think she would treat him fairly. Ham said she has had at least two nice interactions with Trump personally, once where he introduced himself, and the Republican debate she moderated in New Hampshire, which turned out fairly well for Trump. She did say during the Republican debate that “jabs are Donald Trump’s entire brand.” And “the only way to rattle the real-estate mogul and reveal the shallow nature of his policy ideas.” Maybe that is what Donald Trump is referring too. But that isn’t a personal attack so much. That’s an opinion. And he did throw jabs during, before, and after those debates. As long as she isn’t intentionally lying about him he should grow a thicker skin. Politics can be rough for a republican candidate especially by the drive-by-media and doesn’t get any easier even if you are president. Just look at how the press treated President George W. Bush and President Reagan when they were in office. They called Reagan a cowboy and Bush much worse. It’s what the press does. Sadly, nothing’s going to change that.