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| From sidelines, debate moderator |
| From sidelines, debate moderator Candy Crowley becomes part of story
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 17-October-2012
6:13:59 AM |
| As in pro football this season, many of the noisiest complaints after political debates have been directed not at the participants, but at the referees.
Tuesday's debate between Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney was no exception, as moderator Candy Crowley of CNN came under fire for siding with Mr Obama during one of his sharpest exchanges with Mr Romney.
In that moment, Ms Crowley walked into the middle of a national security controversy and contravened the wishes of both presidential campaigns that she remain largely a spectator in the second presidential debate.
After Mr Romney said that it took Mr Obama 14 days to call the attack that killed four Americans at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, an act of "terror," Mr Obama cited remarks he made in the White House Rose Garden on September 12, the day after the attack. The president said he had mentioned terrorism in recounting the attack.
"Get the transcript," Mr Obama told Mr Romney.
"He did call it an act of terror," Ms Crowley said, siding with Mr Obama's interpretation.
On CNN after the debate, Ms Crowley said her comment "was the natural thing that came out of me."
Mr Romney supporters at the debate were irate.
"Candy was wrong, and Candy had no business doing that, and Candy didn't even keep the (candidates' speaking) time right," said former New Hampshire governor John Sununu, one of Romney's most boisterous supporters
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