| | Coulter complains: Only 'the most boring questions' at debate
 Tuesday night's debate between presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain was notable for the absence of the kind of personal attacks recently unleashed by McCain's running-mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
However, Gretchen Carlson of Fox and Friends appeared disappointed on Wednesday that "McCain failed to spotlight one of the latest criticisms of his opponent, his association with Bill Ayers, the domestic terrorist out of Chicago."
"That did not slip by Ann Coulter," noted Carlson's co-host Brian Kilmeade. He proceeded to introduce Coulter and ask, "Why wasn't that brought up last night?
"Because Tom Brokaw carefully chose the most boring questions," Coulter replied. "Could we bring back the Saddleback Forum? That was a good debate."
Carlson, however, appeared unwilling to accept Coulter's dismissal of Brokaw as merely boring, insisting, "The minute that I heard that Brokaw and company ..."
"Who's a Democrat," Kilmeade broke in.
"Who's admitted that he's a Democrat," Carlson continued, "had the ability to select the questions, then it sort of dawned on me that we weren't going to get a character question."
Contrary to Kilmeade's and Carlson's allegation, Brokaw, who diligently attempts to appear non-partisan, does not appear to have ever acknowledged a party affiliation. He has been accused by both liberals and conservatives of bias towards the other side and has stated that "bias -- like beauty -- is in the eye of the beholder." There have recently been rumors of conflict between Brokaw and Keith Olbermann at NBC, with Brokaw allegedly "disagree[ing] with MSNBC's decision to position itself as the channel for George W. Bush-haters."
However, Coulter appeared less interested in the possibility of moderator bias than in the debate's inability to meet her standards of excitement. "There were no interesting questons," she complained again. "Maybe it was better for McCain that it was such a boring debate. ... It definitely helped me get to sleep last night."
Host Steve Doocy raised the issue again towards the end of the interview, saying, "A lot of people were expecting more last night -- you obviously were -- in the way of some fireworks. People were expecting John McCain to take off the gloves and bring up William Ayers, bring up ACORN, bring up that stuff. Why didn't he?"
"I can't say that I was really expecting that from John McCain," Coulter replied.
"Sarah Palin turned questions around," Carlson pointed out.
"I think he should let Sarah Palin pinch-hit for him at the next debate," Coulter agreed. "She brought it up, which is why they all got testy. 'You're not answering our question. You're not sticking to this really boring issue that we just asked you about.' She talks about interesting things, so they get upset, 'You're not answering our boring questions.'"
This video is from Fox's Fox & Friends, broadcast October 8, 2008.
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