I just finished watching the latest NBC Democratic Chicken Fight -- oops, Debate, and definitely this was the most entertaining, but not in a good way.
I"m not sure what the moderators -- Lester Holt, Chuck Todd, Hallie Jackson, Vanessa Hauc and Jon Ralston were smoking prior to the event, but man, were they a tepid group!
These are the people who are supposed to ask questions, to reel in the candidates if they go too much in the direction of Golden Retriever puppies and run down the road with their tongues hanging out.
But that was a moot point -- very early in the game the whole thing got completely out of control and the candidates all talked over each other again and again. The zoo keepers -- ahem, moderators -- who were supposed to be controlling the animals clearly were in over their heads on this night.
It's ridiculous to think that in a network -- NBC -- could not put together a less lackluster group? Lester Holt in particular was out of his element -- he's the main anchor for the occasion and you could just barely hear him here and there.
The kicker is these people -- and I'm sure Lester in particular -- are getting some big bucks.
Were I Noah Oppenheim -- the head of NBC News -- I would already have called all of these moderators, put them all into a little room and ripped them new ones before they went to bed tonight. Ruffle their feathers, so to speak.
Noah -- I may send you my resume. I'm bored with what I'm doing lately and could use a change. Not to mention, I could do a lot better. Trust me.
Amen, and pass the mustard.
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