CNN’s Managing Editor sent an email around the office today, praising Candy Crowley and trying to blunt criticism that she was unfair to Mitt Romney.
The email — sent by Mark Whitaker and obtained by TMZ — is almost a series of talking points to address Candy’s critics.
Here’s the full email:
“Let’s start with a big round of applause for Candy Crowley for a superb job under the most difficult circumstances imaginable. She and her team had to select and sequence questions in a matter of hours, and then she had to deal with the tricky format, the nervous questioners, the aggressive debaters, all while shutting out the pre-debate attempts to spin and intimidate her. She pulled it off masterfully.
The reviews on Candy’s performance have been overwhelmingly positive but Romney supporters are going after her on two points, no doubt because their man did not have as good a night as he had in Denver. On the legitimacy of Candy fact-checking Romney on Obama’s Rose Garden statement, it should be stressed that she was just stating a point of fact: Obama did talk about an act (or acts) of terror, no matter what you think he meant by that at the time. On why Obama got more time to speak, it should be noted that Candy and her commission producers tried to keep it even but that Obama went on longer largely because he speaks more slowly. We’re going to do a word count to see whether, as in Denver, Romney actually got more words in even if he talked for a shorter period of time.“
TMZ broke the story … some honchos at CNN want the criticism to go away, even though it’s shining a light on one of their most high-profile personalities — and you just can’t buy this type of publicity.
I will tell you what else is interesting. The two ships involved in the Bay of Pigs massacre were named the Barbara (after his wife) and the Houston (after the city where he made his first million). G.H.W.Bush was the only C.I.A. operative that refused to make a statement to the Warren Commission after the assassination of J.F.Kennedy. He was stationed in Houston on that day. Some say that he was the homeless man on the grassy knoll. While President Reagan was being shot, G.H.W.Bush the Vice President of the day, was sitting down to lunch with the brother of the man that shot Reagan. He is very closely associated with the Bin Laden family of Saudi Arabia. A member of the Skull and Bones club of Yale University. Directly linked to the theft of Geronimo’s skull. The man is a butcher, and a war criminal. He deserves to be hung.
no , not at all. part of the highest masonic teachings are based on pythagoral numerology, sacred geometry, and archetypal symbolism. and thats not a “conspiracy theory” .look at what the numerology experts have to say about george dubya’s name when broken down to the numerical values. its creepy.whats even scarier ,cause it was random, were the numbers for the Illinois lottery the day after whats his name was elected. for the pick 3: 666(antichrist) , for the pick 4: 7779(god,9=The END in gods word) …look it up.
Ironic too. And what about the fact that one of the president’s brothers, Marvin, had a meeting with one of bin Laden’s brothers on September 10, 2001.
You seem to have posted an unrelated four-year-old Yahoo Answers thread here by mistake, instead of telling us how Crowley “totally destroyed” Obama?
Such a sneaky little serpent.
Yes I agree Crowley’s a serpent and Satan’s minion no doubt
She and obama are sneaks
I agree
the trolls are riled up like never before
it’s getting to urgency-level
hysterical-pitch
can u guys stop? ROFLTLMAO
NOT
I’m as cool as a cucumber.
I think the one desperately posting anti Obama stories after Romney’s defeat is the one getting riled up.
Whats the matter, Geir, why are you freaking out?
All this stress can’t be good for your old heart…especially considering how you tax it with all that fatty French food and alcohol.
I can’t beleive the level of stupid from you guys.
Can’t believe you’re just here doing what you’re doing.
It’s insane.
Protip for spotting hysterical people in a debate: they are the one using capslock and mis-spelling ROFLMAO.