I haven't read this anywhere else so...

There has been plenty written the last few days about the ABC Debate. Yes, it was awful...


One part of it that really bothered that I have yet to see mentioned is the involvement of George Stephanopoulos. He is a man who owes his fame to running Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. He clearly has inside information on Hillary Clinton. I have no doubt that the Clintons ran a very large self-research operation. This basically means that in addition to investigating opponents, they also investigated themselves.


Stephanopoulos as one of the top people on the Clinton campaign would have had access to and likely had an obligation to make himself familiar with almost any and all negative information about the Clintons.

The ethical thing for him to do was to not be involved in the debate. It is unethical to use his insider information to formulate questions for HRC and would it be unreasonable to expect him to be objective given his close relationship with the Clintons (favorable or unfavorable). I am not sure if this explains his performance in the debate, but imagine Karl Rove throwing questions to Laura Bush in her run for the Republican nomination. It is strange that everyone ignored the very large elephant in the room.