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Pelley Loves The Sound of His Voice

By Aaron Goldstein on 11.12.11 @ 9:04PM

CBS has concluded airing the televised portion of the South Carolina GOP debate. I am now trying to follow the debate online although I'm having some technical difficulty.

I have to say while Major Garrett of is putting forward good questions, Scott Pelley is in love with the sound of his voice and has made a point of interjecting himself as candidates are trying to answer his questions. It's quite annoying.

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Clint| 11.12.11 @ 9:18PM

Scott pelley Thinks His Media Power Gives Him The Right To Orchestrate Debates For We, The Great Unwashed.

Pelley's A Self-Absorbed Elitist Asshat.

Jack in Wi| 11.12.11 @ 9:49PM

As usual Ron Paul won the debate overwhelmingly. The 7 dwarfs spent 59 minutes pushing for war and torture. Ron Paul was for Peace, the Constitution, and against torture like all civilized people should be. They gave him 2 3o second questions and he won the debate. The rest of them looked like lunatics spouting War, War, War, Torture, Tortue and Assassination.They must be insane. 70% of the American people want no more war. the Republican elites want to tank the election. They like Barack Obama far better then the unwashed in their own party.

Tobluap| 11.12.11 @ 9:52PM

The two of you are so so funny.

Clint| 11.13.11 @ 12:52AM

Aaaaand You Got A So Funny Name.

Claudia| 11.12.11 @ 9:35PM

Scott Pelley was embarrasing and at one point even inserted his own opinion! Smug and smarmy. As a news anchor he has no warmth or charm, which is why he won't last on the nightly news. Newt won. Perry was good.

Brendan| 11.12.11 @ 9:42PM

Where was the declaration: We train our boys by waterboarding them. If its good enough for our soldiers, its good enough for our enemies.

Newt was right about the "taking out people who are at war with us..." He did well. And - so did Hunstman. His answer about having Seal Team Six ready to go if a nuke went missing was correct. The President of the United States must keep all options open - that is his oath. He can worry about the politics later.

I could go with most of these people. Exceptions: Cain, Paul, Santorum, Bachman (ok, not most). Santorum with his 'we need to be friends with Pakistan" was idiotic. We weren't friends with the USSR, and they had nukes. We told them that we would use MAD. And we need a version of that for the muslim world...

Clint| 11.13.11 @ 12:54AM

" George Will, "Today, we have a very different kind of foreign policy. It’s called Wilsonian. And the premise of the Bush Doctrine is that America must spread democracy, because our national security depends upon it. And America can spread democracy. It knows how. It can engage in national building. This is conservative or not?"

William F. Buckley, " It’s not at all conservative. It’s anything but conservative. It’s not conservative at all, inasmuch as conservatism doesn’t invite unnecessary challenges. It insists on coming to terms with the world as it is …”

The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here.

Mimi| 11.13.11 @ 7:15AM

Two things were irritating...The way he treated the candidates on the time limit like they were school children and when they tried to go after Obama, with a few good lines, they were rudely interrupted.
C.B.S. in 2012 when our candidate debates Obama they will give him 5 minutes to our few seconds.....the bias will be so evident....how can they be trusted...Scott Pelly doesn't seem to be aware....sickening!

John| 11.13.11 @ 10:25AM

Gov Rick Perry is the only electable and viable candidate who can carry the message to the finish line and beat Obama in a landslide. He was articulate and substantive in the last night debate. He was solid and has a proven record as a problem solver. You Herman Cain lovers, Cain is disgrace and pathetic. Cain is sabotaging the GOP field. He has no chance. Gov Rick Perry will be the next President of America.