Hey, so I'm pretty sure @SusanPage has an obligation to back out of moderating the VP debate after

[demmiblue]

Hey, so I'm pretty sure @SusanPage has an obligation to back out of moderating the VP debate after she HOSTED A "GIRLS NIGHT" AT HER HOME "IN HONOR OF" A MEMBER OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

Yeah? h/t @ddiamond

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That's just inexcusable. First off, it just goes to show just how gross DC media tends to be (seriously, stop going to parties with the people you're supposed to be holding accountable!!!). Get a REAL journalist to moderate that debate instead. Absolutely ridiculous.

At minimum, she needs to back out of the VP debate. But if she has ANY integrity, she needs to resign from USA Today.

Don't go to parties with the people you cover.
Don't take selfies with the people you interview.
Don't accept jobs from people you profile.
Jesus Christ, this isn't that hard.

So @SusanPage
hosted a "Girls Night" *in honor of* Seema Verma, a member of the Trump adminsitration who worked for Pence in Indiana, and we're to be expected that she can fairly moderate a debate in which Pence is a participant? Ridiculous.

Resign!

Does @USATODAY have anything to say about this? If she still has a job at the end of the day, that's just absurd.

[demmiblue]

1. Whoops, I didn't include the tweet from Parker Molloy:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[lagomorph777]

12. What is that log screenshot? Was she also meeting with ALEC?

If so, she should be fired, then tarred and feathered.

[BaileyBill]

15. Pretty sure this is Seema Verma's schedule...

Page hosted a party for her.

[DownriverDem]

23. Contact info

She should bow out of the debate. I did email her. Here's contact info: [e-mail]

[lagomorph777]

24. From USA Today. She could go work for RT, Breitbart, or QAnon.

[SharonClark]

2. There are no journalistic ethics that can't be ignored. . .

"Don't go to parties with the people you cover.
Don't take selfies with the people you interview.
Don't accept jobs from people you profile.
Jesus Christ, this isn't that hard."

Well said.

[LiberalLovinLug]

14. Good luck with that

[Lucky Luciano]

18. It is hard. Lots of $$$$$$ at stake down the road if she plays her cards right...

...but that requires integrity.

[crickets]

21. Also, don't have parties in the middle of a pandemic. nt

[rockfordfile]

3. I agree. USA Today should fire her

[qazplm135]

4. Yeah

I'm ordinarily lenient on these things but that's pretty clear cut and she should not moderate.

Another person should be selected.

Having said that, this will probably induce her to be hard on Pence to recover her honor.

[Green Line]

5. I can't stand watching her and her constantly smiling face

[msongs]

6. she is working for ALEC????????????? disqualifies her for just about everything nt

[lagomorph777]

13. Bingo. ALEC is at the root of a huge amount of evil in American politics.

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Can her. This is just preposterous.

She does not understand journalistic ethics. Hannity himself would be no downgrade from this debacle.

[Tommymac]

8. Even with a stacked deck Kamala is going to wipe the floor with Pence.

He is going to be her little pet after the debate is done...

and she'll own Susan Page too.

[Takket]

9. More of the "liberal media" right

We can’t find a journalist to moderate that doesn’t party with right wing figures????

[oldsoftie]

10. If you go by that criteria, a LOT of media would be out of the running for either party

Anyone who has been around DC can see who hangs with who.

[Lucky Luciano]

19. This is true. They are all glamour seekers. nt

[Raine]

32. Yup, they all suck up to anyone in power. nt

[bringthePaine]

11. propagandist straight up - good call!

[LiberalFighter]

16. Never liked her.

[uponit7771]

17. FUCKIN WOW !! No wonder the US media coddles this guy !!

[Larissa]

20. politico.com: Seema Verma Medicaid Expenses

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/10/seema-verma-medicaid-expenses-411539

[Lonestarblue]

22. We should all complain to the Commission on Presidential Debates.

Here are the names of the three co-chairs:

Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. (chair of the RNC 1983-1989)
Dorothy S. Ridings (retired (80 years old, though she serves on several boards)
Kenneth Wollack (former president of National Democratic Institute)

The website is www.debates.org, although there is no contact information on their site. I found a reference from past years for a contact, which is

[e-mail]

In past years, people have complained directly to the sponsors of the debates, but I could find nothing online about the names of the 2020 debate sponsors.

I don’t know that other media will pick up this story because they might see it as picking on one of their own. It needs to become an issue.

[Qutzupalotl]

25. Thank you! Will do. This is outrageous. n/t

[Qutzupalotl]

26. Just got an undeliverable message.

Says the address does not exist.

On edit: But I did find this: [e-mail]

[Lonestarblue]

28. Thanks. For a national organization, they sure make it hard to contact them.

[oldsoftie]

27. didnt the League of Women Voters always sponsored the debates?

[eppur_se_muova]

31. They pulled out in 1988.

https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/09/21/in-a-first-debates-give-presidential-candidates-the-topics-ahead-of-time

Have to get about halfway through the article; or see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Women_Voters

[oldsoftie]

33. Jeeze, I'm old......

[eppur_se_muova]

34. You and me both. I remembered this happened "a few years ago", but thought I'd look it up ...

I've got to learn to resist that temptation.

[Cha]

29. Why don't you just Flaunt your Maggot Ass, susan page?

Kamala & campiagn should call her on it .

[demtenjeep]

30. fine by me

Joe has going to have a lot of work cut out for him.

corruption is deep