In Arizona,
Democratic Senate candidate Richard Carmona, hoping to put charges behind him that he
mistreated women who have worked for him, did himself no favors
Thursday when he told a male debate moderator that he was “prettier” than CNN’s
Candy Crowley.
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After a contentious stretch in the debate between Carmona and Republican
Rep. Jeff Flake, moderator Brahm Resnik quipped “Geez, now I know how Candy
Crowley felt.”
“You’re prettier than her,” Carmona responded, eliciting a nervous laugh
from the moderator.
“I’m not sure how to take that,” he then said.
After the debate, eventually, Carmona apologized.
Meanwhile, in New
York on Wednesday, the sole debate between the U.S.
Senate candidates, incumbent Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican
challenger Wendy Long was moderated by journalists from Time Warner Cable’s YNN
and NY1 networks. But in a final “lighting round” of questions posed to both
candidates, YNN
anchor Liz Benjamin asked whether each woman had read the sexually graphic
novel Fifty Shades of Grey by British author E.L. James.
York on Wednesday, the sole debate between the U.S.
Senate candidates, incumbent Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand and Republican
challenger Wendy Long was moderated by journalists from Time Warner Cable’s YNN
and NY1 networks. But in a final “lighting round” of questions posed to both
candidates, YNN
anchor Liz Benjamin asked whether each woman had read the sexually graphic
novel Fifty Shades of Grey by British author E.L. James.
Maybe Benjamin is angling for a job at TMZ. If there’s any
moderator that deserves a firestorm of criticism, she’s the one.
moderator that deserves a firestorm of criticism, she’s the one.
