# Candy Crowley **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 16, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crowley/637848 "2012-10-16T04:43:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crowley/637848/1 "2012-10-16T04:43:23Z")
Where have you been [good looking](http://www.politico.com/multimedia/video/2012/10/crowley-promises-same-as-moderators-past.html) ? I like your new hairdo. What a change! Its long overdue. I know you have to look your best given millions of people are going to be watching the town hall debate, but jeez, millions of people have been watching you for years. What took so long ? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crowley/637848/2 "2012-10-16T06:17:56Z")
If she were on Fox, she would’ve been replaced by a blonde, 19 year-old former beauty pageant winner by now. (that said, for 63, Crowley looks pretty good.) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crowley/637848/3 "2012-10-16T13:03:47Z")
I agree, she’s looking better lately . . . not that it has anything to do with her being an awesome journalist. But personally, Sanjay Gupta and Rob Marciano are more my type. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crowley/637848/4 "2012-10-16T13:23:36Z")
But…does she talk to the dead? I want to know what goes on in her head! ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crowley/637848/5 "2012-10-16T20:35:50Z")
Does she ride a white horse? (It’s symbolic, of course.) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crowley/637848/6 "2012-10-16T20:55:00Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > not that it has anything to do with her being an awesome journalist. I haven’t thought that since she went totally in the tank for Bush. All it took was for him to wrap an arm around her shoulder and give her a kind nickname. Every report she presented for years on was simply repetition of WH talking points. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crowley/637848/7 "2012-10-16T20:58:03Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I agree, she’s looking better lately . . . not that it has anything to do with her being an awesome journalist. She lost quite a bit of weight a couple of years ago. She’s still no size 0, but she’s noticeably smaller than she was previously. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crowley/637848/8 "2012-10-16T21:20:39Z")
I’ve thought she must be a very good journalist to be merely normal looking and be on CNN. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crowley/637848/9 "2012-10-16T22:25:03Z")
I don’t get what the big deal is about the follow up questions she wants to be able to ask? Evidently the candidates both issued a memo saying that they won’t answer follow up questions by Candy, only answering questions directly from the audience. But she never agreed to that? Anyone got the scoop? You can see in this video clip she is a bit upset and defensive about being able to ask follow up questions, just like other debate moderators in town hall settings did. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-crowley/637848/10 "2012-10-17T17:44:46Z")
A while back, they showed her addressing a classroom of high school students who planned on becoming journalists. There was a lot of give and take between her and the kids, and she was excellent.