Bob Schieffer Channels Dan Rather...

...did John Kerry write the questions?

Bob Schieffer clearly threw a lot of softballs to John Kerry. He even adopted the Democratic Talking Points "backdoor draft" terminology when talking about the military.

"Is homosexuality a choice?" Is that a debate-worthy question? You have 90 minutes with the two candidates for the presidency, and this is the best you can come up with.

More evidence of the bias? Education has always been the president's signature issue, and it should have been a vital one in the debate. It outranks healthcare on the list of "most important" issues to voters. Can you find even ONE question on education?

The question about Catholic bishops saying voting for Kerry amounted to a sin was completely out of bounds. It was designed to give Kerry a national platform to answer a nagging question about his candidacy. How was the question fair to Bush? He's not a Catholic, and in order to have a fair shot at answering the question as phrased he would have had to speak about Kerry's faith (or lack thereof). That's a legitimate interview question, it was inappropriate and biased to ask it in a debate.

Why was Bob Schieffer citing media sources when there are authoritative non-partisan sources? Any question that begins with "The Washington Post says..." or "The New York Times says..." is always followed by asking a Republican to answer the partisan editorial position they put forth. Name me one question Kerry was asked where he was asked to refute a charge put forth by a media organization....That's what I thought...

Bob Schieffer was a disgrace...