Trump's hand-picked moderator (Holt) who chose Trump-friendly topics, is a registered Republican

[geek tragedy]

9/20/16, 3:32 PM
Trump called @LesterHoltNBC a Democrat. Not so. NYState voter form shows Holt, moderator of Monday's debate, is a registered Republican pic.

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https://twitter.com/davidfolkenflik/status/778315866903642112?refsrc=email&s=11

Let's see:

1) Trump says he wants this clown to be the debate moderator;
2) the clown chooses the most Trump-friendly topics (allows him to do nothing but spout vague platitudes) short of "Email Servers, Benghazi, and Pneumonia"
3) the clown turns out to be a registered Republican.

Seems legit.



The first debate has already been rigged-in Trump's favor. A tie for Clinton under these circumstances, going up against not only Trump but also a hostile moderator, would be a win.

[louis-t]

1. I've never liked Holt.

I don't know why.

[geek tragedy]

2. your hunch has been confirmed nt

[underpants]

4. "Fantastic display of military firepower"

Holy during Shock n Awe.

[Angry Dragon]

3. COWARD DONALD

[C_U_L8R]

5. I think we're being gamed

all this trump protestation is a bunch of malarky.

[geek tragedy]

9. of course it is, he's trying to have it both ways, get the best moderator for him (short of Hannity)

possible and then whine about getting the moderator he wanted

[sarae]

14. I agree.

He's protesting a bit too loudly.

[democrattotheend]

6. That's unusual

Many journalists are registered independents for this very reason - so people don't look at their voter registration and complain of bias. I had a professor in college who wrote for the Washington Post who said that she was basically disenfranchised because she lived in DC where the Democratic primary is usually the election, but felt she should not be registered with a party because she was a journalist, even though she did not cover politics. I know Keith Olbermann doesn't even vote for that reason.

[GeorgeGist]

12. Holt's no journalist.

He graduated from Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova, California in 1977[12] and attended California State University, Sacramento and majored in Government, though he never graduated.[13][14] In 2012, Holt told American Profile news magazine: "My first on-air job was actually as a disc jockey at a Country and Western station.

[Funtatlaguy]

7. Oooooooh, shuckey ducky....

Black, Hispanic, gay, poor, young, Republicans make shake my head.
But, Holt prob has a huge bank account and wants his taxes lower. Sigh.

[geek tragedy]

8. switched his registration during Bush the Lesser's term (2003)

Big fan of the Shock and Awe.

[Marthe48]

11. No military service though?

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Rest assured Holt was chosen by

the NBC CEO. This will be a interesting Debate. Either we see Trump go Postal and the News Media collapses under its own weight of STUPID,or we see a total 180 in reporting of Hillary.. Holt will not be able to control the debate one bit,he is just another script reader and he does that somewhat weak.

[Hortensis]

16. Hope you're right. Plus, just getting Trump to the line

may have required a little coaxing...

[Wellstone ruled]

17. The more the info as to who and how

the Media has lined up behind Trump,it is scary. This is a ram it down the American throat operation. These CEO's do not give a rip about you or I,they are in this for their Fascist reasons and that is the bottom line.

This whole Debate thing is just a Dog and Pone show for Trump,guarantee it will get ugly real fast.

[Hortensis]

18. Agree, except for the debates -- if they could cancel

them altogether they would. They're each a minefield Trump has to somehow stumble across without blowing himself up.

And I don't believe all "CEO"s are on his side. Not everyone's gone crazy, just a scary number.

[Wellstone ruled]

19. Lousey at porting links.

Go to Huff Post,great story about Zucker and Trump connection. Every interview read so far has the Media Executives all in with the Con Man. Only one known so far is Bloomberg and his Network gives tons of free space to Trump via his Producers and on air Talent.

[anamandujano]

20. These two posts cheered me up.

16. just getting Trump to the line may have required a little coaxing...

18. debates -- if they could cancel them altogether they would. They're each a minefield Trump has to somehow stumble across without blowing himself up.

[Hortensis]

22. Hi, Anamandujano. After the heat of battle is past,

those honest enough to admit that they and their party were trying to elect a seriously mentally dysfunctional man are going to have to face what they've come to.

The others who insist the demonized Democrats are worse than anything their party nominates and will support their nominee no matter what... Well, after their behavior this election I seriously no longer believe there is a bottom for them to hit.

[MFM008]

13. No wonder

So that leaves only Anderson Cooper. No wonder he was dogging him.

[Ace Rothstein]

15. "Well he doesn't look like a Republican."

~Trump (probably)

[senseandsensibility]

21. Depressing.

I think this should be publicized as much as possible.

[NCTraveler]

23. I think you will be pleasantly surprised by him.

[geek tragedy]

24. I hope so, but those debate 'topics' look just awful nt

[NCTraveler]

26. He will have absolutely no control.

Nothing to do with Holt at all. There will be no controlling Clinton or Trump. I really think going in this will be a damn near unmoderated debate. Trump will not hold to the format. That will force on the fly changes. Clinton will not tolerate being ran over.

[moonscape]

25. As long as the questions are fair, I don't much care what

their party affiliation is. There are very few people who are truly independent.

[kimbutgar]

27. Or will Lester see what happened to Lauer being attacked

And decide to play it straight? We can only hope he wakes up and does his job.