Boot Brokaw!
“Boot Brokaw” is a petition drive to “Boot Brokaw as Debate Moderator” for the second Obama McCain Debate. A group wants to “boot” Tom Brokaw off as moderator of the Presidential debate Tuesday. The group is Citizens for an Informed Electorate and Fair Political Process.
“We call on the Commission on Presidential Debates to remove moderator Tom Brokaw from the second McCain-Obama forum, and replace him with either Bill Moyers or Charlie Rose. We feel the Pro GOP, McCain/Palin, and Iraq War positions exhibited by the former NBC anchorman during his hosting of Meet The Press taints the political process of this Town Hall style program.”
“Thanks to all who took the time to sign the petition to Boot Brokaw from the Moderator chair at the McCain/Obama Presidential Debate in Nashville next week. We more than doubled our goal - getting 2,100 signatures! We will now deliver the petition and your signatures and comments to the Commission on Presidential Debates.
“Honestly, we do not expect the CPD to replace the legendary anchorman, but we will send a message - that will, hopefully, lead to pressure on Brokaw to be more fair than he might have been during the debate. We also plan to forward a copy of the petition and signatures to NBC News, with demands the network respond - to choose a permanent host on Meet The Press who will be more fair and not show the bias as Brokaw has exhibited during his tenure on the program after the death of Tim Russert.”
How many signatures so far? 2,000 as of Sunday.
Click here to see their website.
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