Right-Wing Florida News Anchor Asks If Obama Is A Marxist; Defends Questions As ‘Probing’
Right-Wing Florida News Anchor Asks If Obama Is A Marxist; Defends Questions As ‘Probing’
Yesterday, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) sat for an interview with Barbara West of WFTV Orlando. West loaded her interview questions with right-wing smears, likening progressive tax policies to Marxism. Biden responded to West’s ridiculous line of questioning with disbelief:
WEST: You may recognize this famous quote, “from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.” That’s from Karl Marx. How is Sen. Obama not being a Marxist if he intends to spread the wealth around?
BIDEN: Are you joking? Is this a joke? … Or is that a real question? (LAUGHTER).
“I don’t know who’s writing your questions,” Biden told West later in the interview. When West asked if Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) wanted to “turn America into a Socialist country like Sweden,” Biden said, “I don’t know anybody who thinks that except the far right-wing of the Republican Party.” Watch it (beginning at 2:15):
Members of the media criticized West’s unprofessional interview, calling it “embarrassing,” “hostile,” and “ham-handed.”
West, however, defended her interview questions to the Orlando Sentinel saying, “These are questions that are rolling about right now and questions that need to be asked.” “I think I was probing and maybe tough,” she said.
West’s “probing and maybe tough” interviews are apparently reserved only for progressives. When West interviewed Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), she didn’t ask him a single question about his proposed policies. Instead, she asked McCain why he had not “gone after” Obama’s previous ties to ACORN. She asked if McCain felt that Democrats were “trying to make it impossible” for him to criticize Obama and allowed McCain to repeatedly mischaracterize Obama’s relationship with William Ayers.
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Yes, how is allowing a “temporary” 3% tax reduction on marginal income over $250K to expire not Communism?
Also, why do you love terrorists so much?
These are excellent questions, and I believe the Palin/McCain campaign should continue to push them right up to the election, and if that doesn’t work, pull out a REAL game changer for 2012.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:13 pmOctober 25th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Does this woman have a journalism degree? If so, is it from Regent University or Bob Jones University?
October 25th, 2008 at 9:24 pmTo many Republicans anything short of complete capitulation to the wants of the super rich is socialistic. Despite the mass fraud that has led to our current economic melt down the right wingers chafe at the thought of regulations that could have prevented this from happening. West’s fantasy story line of a socialist state is absurd. Our economic peril is very real.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:25 pmit takes her 2 hours to watch “60 Minutes”
October 25th, 2008 at 9:27 pmWhen West asked if Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) wanted to “turn America into a Socialist country like Sweden,”
I hope Obama does just that.
Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is an index combining normalized measures of life expectancy, literacy, educational attainment, and GDP per capita for countries worldwide. It is claimed as a standard means of measuring human development — a concept that, according to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), refers to the process of widening the options of persons, giving them greater opportunities for education, health care, income, employment, etc. The basic use of HDI is to rank countries by level of “human development”, which usually also implies to determine whether a country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country.
1. Iceland 0.968 (? 1)
2. Norway 0.968 (? 1)
3. Australia 0.962 (?)
4. Canada 0.961 (? 2)
5. Ireland 0.959 (? 1)
6. Sweden 0.956 (? 1)
7. Switzerland 0.955 (? 2)
8. Japan 0.953 (? 1)
9. Netherlands 0.953 (? 1)
10. France 0.952 (? 6)
11. Finland 0.952 (?)
October 25th, 2008 at 9:29 pm12. United States 0.951 (? 4)
Asking if Obama is a Marxist because he wants to roll back the disastrous Bush tax cuts is like asking if McCain is a caveman because he doesn’t support Lilly Ledbetter. Neither question should be taken seriously.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:31 pmShe in bed with McCain.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:33 pmmeanwhile bill o’reilly
and fox news cry and whine
about the “liberal media”.
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right.
^
October 25th, 2008 at 9:39 pm#2….”she talks about the plane crash with a gleem in her eye.”…..Funny thing….this bubble headed bleach blonde made her own plane crash.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:41 pmElBruce Says:
October 25th, 2008 at 9:41 pmYes, how is allowing a “temporary” 3% tax reduction on marginal income over $250K to expire not Communism? To answer your question Bruce start by cracking a dictionary. Look up Communism. Then begin a rigorous common sense therapy program. I don’t like your chances but good luck.
I dont think this reporter understands how many things the government has subsidized. Capitalism, by legalizing poverty wages, in effect creates socialism.
The 700+ billion bailout by Bush was corporate/financial socialism.
Where do they find such uninformed reporters?
October 25th, 2008 at 9:41 pmWhat a great job Sen. Biden did in intelligently addressing her nonsense and serving her back a great, big platter of “You’re an Idiot.”
Keep up the good work, Joe-the-next-VP!
October 25th, 2008 at 9:42 pmWow. So that’s what an ass-kicking looks like. Nicely done, Joe.
oh, and Arctic Ghetto? I’m pretty sure ElBruce was being sarcastic in his first post.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:43 pmIt can’t be easy, X, but they probably have a wider applicant pool these days, what with all our trolls unemployed.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:44 pmShe must have been performing for talent scouts from FAUX Snooze. Perhaps BillO is looking for a co-anchor. They’d make the perfect pair.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:45 pm“I think I was probing and maybe tough,” she said.
Sorry hun, you just embarrassed yourself on the teevee machine.
October 25th, 2008 at 9:45 pmGlenn Beck in drag?
October 25th, 2008 at 9:53 pmAt least she didn’t ask a gotcha question, like “What newspapers do you read?”
October 25th, 2008 at 9:57 pmRemember the good old days, when we didn’t know the news anchor’s political affiliation…?
October 25th, 2008 at 9:59 pmWEST: How is Sen. Obama not being a Marxist if he intends to spread the wealth around?
I wonder if the dumbass from WFTV Orlando makes more than $250,000/year.
October 25th, 2008 at 10:07 pmYeah, I think you are right, Ralph. I gotta switch out of my boxing trunks.
October 25th, 2008 at 10:11 pmIf you think back, you realize the Right has called every Democratic candidate for President since FDR a socialist. Republicans always say exactly the same things about every Democrat who runs for President, with no awareness of their pathological repetitiveness. There are parts of the right-wing brain that are not screwed on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYxqSipov5E
October 25th, 2008 at 10:19 pmshoeless Says:
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WEST: How is Sen. Obama not being a Marxist if he intends to spread the wealth around?
I wonder if the dumbass from WFTV Orlando makes more than $250,000/year.
October 25th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
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And if she does, only the portion above the $250K will be affected. I love how dumb these no tax increase freaks are. Hire an accountant, dumbasses.
October 25th, 2008 at 10:20 pmIf you want to contact her and express your displeasure, here’s her email address. Please, show her that those on the left have a lot of class.
barbara.west@wftv.com
October 25th, 2008 at 10:23 pmOoh, looky what I found!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalistic_professionalism
She must therefore be fired and find a new profession.
October 25th, 2008 at 10:39 pmmpeachcheneythenbush Says:
If you want to contact her and express your displeasure, here’s her email address. Please, show her that those on the left have a lot of class.
barbara.west@wftv.com
Aw c’mon. Can’t I call her a dumbass?
October 25th, 2008 at 10:44 pmJudy Miller went to FOX and didnt change her profession!
/Snarkety snarx
October 25th, 2008 at 10:45 pmNext interview maybe West should ask Biden if Obamas taxplan would ultimately turn the US into a communist state
Because you know “these are questions that are rolling about right now” (or rather these are the current McCain/Palin talking points)
October 25th, 2008 at 10:51 pmhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/25/palin-obamas-tax-plans-co_n_137851.html
Right-Wing Florida News Anchor Asks If Obama Is A Marxist; Defends Questions As ‘Probing’
Probing as my little finger, when it goes in search of a wooly-booger…
…and as productive.
October 25th, 2008 at 10:51 pmAt least when Colbert does it, it is funny
October 25th, 2008 at 10:53 pmseems to me she was sending a signal to Rupert Murdock & Roger Ailes’ lackeys that she is interested in going from a regional to a national news desk. Best of luck with that … a version of that scenario sure seems to have worked for Sarah Palin.
October 25th, 2008 at 10:55 pmThis was sweet poetry. SWEET POETRY…
October 25th, 2008 at 11:08 pmI would like to know how many of these yahoos always crying about socialism really even know what it is. Would have liked to see Biden call this MO-ron out on it.
October 25th, 2008 at 11:09 pmwell, the fright wingers have another he-ro…
October 25th, 2008 at 11:10 pmthe bots are so completely washed…
when the mcpalins say “he wants to spread the wealth around”,
all the idjits say, “booooooo… we don’t want that. boooo”
jeez… outlaw fox and the literacy rate will automatically go up…
October 25th, 2008 at 11:15 pmThis wanna-be member of the Faux Blond Bimbo Brigade(tm) got her arse handed to her and I don’t think she even knew it.
Wher DO they find these air-heads, anyway?
October 25th, 2008 at 11:17 pmAfter the election, the righties will be is a short period of disarray. We should prolong this period as long as possible, to give democrats some breathing space for forming and enacting legislation. One way, is to begin a campaign of promoting long-stalled initiatives, such as the reimposition of the Fairness Doctrine, and lifting the SSI cap on earnings.
In this way, we can tie them up in legislative knots over cultural issues, while the real agenda is put into play.
Give them so many targets, they waste considerable time, and energy determining which ones to fight.
October 25th, 2008 at 11:33 pmHer agent’s sending her demo reel to Roger Ailes as we speak. But she should need that job, since she should be fired from her current one.
October 25th, 2008 at 11:33 pmI watched her McCain softball-fest, also. Surprised she didn’t ask him if he wanted sprinkles on that. Sheesh.
October 25th, 2008 at 11:34 pmif marx were alive to here this interview, he wouldn’t stop throwing up.
i’m totally serious.
October 25th, 2008 at 11:39 pmOT:
For those who haven’t seen it, the details of Bible Spice’s favorite gas pipeline are out. Big surprise, it stinks!
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PALIN_PIPELINE?SITE=MOSTP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
October 25th, 2008 at 11:39 pmWade West(Barbara’s husband) has also made Republican contributions. “Mr. Wade West (Mediapower American Fundraising/Pre), (Zip code: 32804) $250 to NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE on 12/16/05″
http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/79b64/interviewer_attempts_to_editorialize_with_mccain/c060tij
October 25th, 2008 at 11:47 pmSo if Biden asked, “Are you a cunt”, he could have just claimed that was probing?
October 25th, 2008 at 11:50 pmCommenter “kravitz” on ABC News “Political Punch”:
Here’s Wade West’s website:
http://mediapowergroup.com/wadebio.html
I believe that kravitz’s suspicion that the McCain campaign directly fed talking points for Barbara West to use on Senator Biden is exactly what occurred.
I watched the interview that Barbara West conducted with McCain earlier this month, and the contrast between that and the Biden interview could not be more stark. Her first question to McCain was (paraphrased), “Why have you not gone after Obama regarding his association with the scandal-plagued ACORN?”
This bimbo is probably negotiating a move to Faux News this very moment.
October 26th, 2008 at 12:06 amI just found out via the Denver Post online edition that Phil Berg’s lawauit questioning Obama’s citizenship has been tossed out like a baby with the bath water. That should take of that strawman argument such as it was.
October 26th, 2008 at 12:13 amBiden continues to impress me, what dumb questions, that stuff would work good with Palin but Biden that is a different story entirely. I don’t see how any working middle class can support this kind of poison coming from McCain/Palin? This kind of fascist garbage right now just sickens me, I have heard this socialist argument until it is nauseating, lets label their extremists, and you know as well as I that label is “Nazism”,
October 26th, 2008 at 12:15 amIt formed most of its alliances on the political right.
Theres a good reason (actualy, several) why Obama tabbed Joe Biden as his running mate. They’re readily apparent in the video.
October 26th, 2008 at 12:26 amWhy aren’t we talking about McIIIrd’s fascist tendencies?
October 26th, 2008 at 1:33 amThat has got to be one of the best smack-down’s I have ever seen. My only regret was that Biden didn’t turn the tables on her. When she asked that last question (really an accusation) about Obama making this country into a socialist country like Sweden, he should have asked her “Perhaps you can tell me what is wrong with Sweden, they are a peaceful, prosperous and happy country”. I would have loved to see her try to answer that question.
October 26th, 2008 at 2:03 amCan’t blame Biden, I would have laughed at the ahole too. What a putz that guy was for even letting that spew out of his mouth.
October 26th, 2008 at 2:08 am.
Hummm…
… Will Miss West probe McPalin about their racist supporters and how the Republican Party has become the (R)acist Party?
… Will Miss West probe McPalin about the AIP and sleeping with separatists and how that undermines the United States of America?
… Will Miss West probe McPalin on TORTURE and how Johnny stood down when it came to standing up for human Rights and Geneva Conventions?
… Will Miss West probe McPalin about inconsistencies concerning deregulating business investments before calling to regulate then deregulate, again?
… Will Miss West probe McPalin about supporting Acorn in 2006 and Johnny’s obvious McTies to Acorn?
… Will Miss West probe McPalin about supporting George W. Bush’s poor decisions 90% of the time that has caused great embarrassment to America on the global stage?
Heck of a job there West-ie!!!
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October 26th, 2008 at 2:24 am#47 JosephP Says:
Well, she’s blond enough for FOXPRAVDA…
Fascist
Orthodoxy
Xenophobes
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October 26th, 2008 at 2:34 amWell hey, she sits at a desk across from a TV camera, therefore she must be a qualified reporter (according to Sarah Palin of course).
I’m glad Joe called her on her stupid questions.
October 26th, 2008 at 2:47 amI have FOX and CNN on cable here, in Holland. I watch FOX to have a laugh, and it usually works out fine. To me they are fools and part of the right-wing media-channels. I think I can see a pattern that had me worrying for a while (not any more, it isn’t working for them). 99% of the times that the right launches accusations about whatever Obama’s campaign is doing, they themselves are doing it or have done it already. Like with “Acorn”, they had already hired a firm which they knew would “help” them with fraudulous registrations. They say Obama will raise taxes, but they are planning to do that themselves, Obama’s campaign is dirty, but they have been smearing for months now, Obama is working with terrorists, but they themselves . . .etc. The list is endless.
So, not to worry, these tactics (or is it strategy) are not working. For now.
If somewhere, out of the blue a wild accusation (breaking news!!!) arises, it usually means it is a pre-emptive move to distract the MSM from a glitch / a gaffe / whatever it is that is troubling the McCain campaign. It’s really fun to watch, as long as it is not working for them.
Maybe you all knew this already, but for me, a first time election-watcher, this is amazing.
October 26th, 2008 at 4:19 amA Sean Hannity protege, no doubt.
¶ AIO
October 26th, 2008 at 4:38 amXisithrus Says:
October 26th, 2008 at 5:14 am“Where do they find such uninformed reporters?”
In the corporate media, that’s where. Ever heard of His Master’s Voice?
I understand the Ealges are now going to replace background video of Nancy Grace with this woman when the perform Dirty Laundry at their next concert!
“probing and maybe tough” I think she may have been probing the boundries of intelligence and was “maybe tough” on her career.
You know “What is JM’s relationship with convicted felon and watergate co-conspirator G Gordon Liddy….”, “What was JM’s true relationship with Charlie Keating and are you gonna trust a guy who “thought Cindy had the receipts for those unreported trips” as your Prsident, are questions out there rolling about right now and people want to know!
October 26th, 2008 at 6:27 amThis campaign is a good object lesson for liberals of every stripe. I’m sure Biden has never been exposed to red-baiting of the sort Obama and by implication he himself has now been subject. This however was once commonplace for progressives in this country who refused to take loyalty oaths or fink on their left-wing associates. And many liberals, no different than Biden, acquiesced or actively supported such efforts. Since Clinton (who was savaged, but to my recollection never seriously red-baited to the extent now seen), revisionist history has it that McCarthyism was some sort of aberration of the far-right. It was not. Liberals were some of the biggest advocates of guilt by association, as they scurried to disassociate themselves from the left in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s and 60s. Let’s hope that red-baiting, now that its been thoroughly “vetted,” will no longer rear its ugly head in American politics. Let’s hope further that we can begin to talk of a socialist alternative as a viable option in our political discourse.
October 26th, 2008 at 6:30 amCan someone tell dumb blonde home gurl that NO she will not be getting her “character” played in SNL.
What VERY hilarious is how ridiculous she looked. I couldn’t stop laughing at her ignorance.
Just like trolls … this WTF “reporter” only achieve one thing: COMIC RELIEF for us!
October 26th, 2008 at 6:47 amAnd they say there’s a “liberal” media. Why hasn’t this chick gotten a job offer from Fox already?
http://www.sunstateactivist.org/ssablog/
October 26th, 2008 at 7:03 amSocialism???
From Bill Moyers last nite:
“the 30-nation Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – or OECD – is out this week with a new report on global gaps between rich and poor. Guess which great industrial nation had the fourth highest inequality in incomes – behind Mexico, Turkey and Portugal? Right. Us.
Here’s precisely what the report says: “Rich households in America have been leaving both middle and poorer income groups behind. This has happened in many countries but nowhere has this trend been so stark as in the United States.” Now there’s some real spreading around of the wealth – in one direction: up.”
This is Obviously because American Hedge Fund Managers and CEOs are SO much more intelligent and Competent than their counterparts in other countries.
October 26th, 2008 at 7:30 amOrlando loves Barbara West. Sorry to tell ya. Because when push comes to shove in Mickey Mouse town, there are three factors that drive politics here: religion (Christian Fundamentalism), Republicans, and money money money. O-town believes in multiculturalism only because that equates to more restaurant choices; we believe in racial equality as long as ethnics know their place (Parramore, Eatonville, Conway/Curry Ford, Pine Hills), and we believe in Jesus Christ’s abiding credo: Seek Ye the Kingdom of God at the Holy Land Theme Park.
October 26th, 2008 at 7:40 amJust because stupid, ignorant people keep asking the same, inane, asinine question over and over does not mean someone has to answer it. If someone were interviewing West, just because some members of her audience might want to know, does she have to answer, “Does the carpet match the curtains?”
October 26th, 2008 at 8:36 amTypical talking head. Except she’s talking out her a**!
“We can do the innuendo, we can dance and sing. When it’s said and done we haven’t told you a thing. We all know that crap is king, give us dirty laundry.”
October 26th, 2008 at 8:39 amI live in Orlando and can tell you Barbara West is going no where she is a wrinkled old crone who is way past her prime and a right wing hack to boot.
October 26th, 2008 at 8:40 amthere are three factors that drive politics here: religion (Christian Fundamentalism), Republicans, and money money money. O-town believes in multiculturalism only because that equates to more restaurant choices; we believe in racial equality as long as ethnics know their place (Parramore, Eatonville, Conway/Curry Ford, Pine Hills), and we believe in Jesus Christ’s abiding credo: Seek Ye the Kingdom of God at the Holy Land Theme Park.
Sounds like a lot of communities I know in this country …. unfortunately!
October 26th, 2008 at 8:40 amI went to WFTV’s website to leave this comment:
Saw the interview of Biden by West. Hilarious. SNL couldn’t have written it better. West did great in the over-the-top Colbert routine. Do you often do parodies of real interviews on your news program?
October 26th, 2008 at 8:43 amDear Barabara West: “There is no national wealth to spread or distribute,because we are 11 trillion dollars in debt”
October 26th, 2008 at 8:58 amI thought this women was reading from a script handed to her from Tucker Bounds, Grover Norquist, John McCain and Sarah Palin. She was clearly a hit man and didn’t seem to mind prostituting her position and profession.
It seemed that the real interviewer had been chloroformed back stage and this person was substituted as a member of the media.
Will the GOP never learn? I hope not! Americans have tired of this partisanship.
October 26th, 2008 at 9:54 amGo ahead and label us, right wingers! Call us anything you want, but please do not call us:
FASCIST CAPITALISTS
After 8 years of fascist capitalism, the world can’t take another second of it and this is why the nation is turning against Johnny McTeleprompter! He’s George Bush through and through!
October 26th, 2008 at 10:21 amI’m surprised she didn’t ask biden about poor ashley todd who got attacked by a “big black man” who carved a backwards “b” into her ugly maw before she whipped out a condolence card for him to sign for the white trash skank
October 26th, 2008 at 10:21 amEmail Barbara West here:
barbara.west@wftv.com
October 26th, 2008 at 10:24 ambiden should have pulled a debating flailin palin, totally ignoring the questions and talking about whatever he damned well pleased
October 26th, 2008 at 10:30 amWoohoo! Tell Barbara she’s just Michele Bachmann in red jackboots!
October 26th, 2008 at 10:30 amI think Barbara West’s questions were written for The Colbert Report.
That video comes across as a hilarious spoof of a real news show.
October 26th, 2008 at 10:56 amHow long does it take ClusterTim to come up with his nonengaging statements which are intended to pose as nothing more than an excuse to hawk the lams ass Privacy Center? Can we all agree that ClusterTim is a punkass b itch who needs to go?
October 26th, 2008 at 11:45 amI agree that dbadass is a moron and can’t see the forest through the trees as most McCain/Palin supporters can’t. Completely going through life with the blinders on.
October 26th, 2008 at 12:25 pmIf Obama was a Marxist Steve Doocy would have been disappeared to a desert island by now…
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The so-called reporter should’ve asked McCain how he started the fire on the USS Forrestal…
And how he felt about being a imperialistic baby-killing war-criminal?
And whether the reason for his opposition to Obama’s tax plan had more to do with he and his wife having to pay at the same rates they paid during the prosperous Clinton Years rather than for the benefit of small business owners, the middle class and the country?
And why Barry Goldwater couldn’t stand him?
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October 26th, 2008 at 12:41 pmAnd what shall we call distributed money in the hundreds of billions of dollars by US Treasury to bail out bankers and Wall Street wealthy barons ?
October 26th, 2008 at 12:47 pmShe’s just angling for a job at Fox News and needed something for her portfolio.
October 26th, 2008 at 12:48 pmJesus Hussein Christ! That air head bimbo is auditioning for Faux News, no doubt.
“What do you say to those people out there who say that Obama is a Muslim and wants to eat your babies’ eyes? Say it ain’t so Joe!”
Silly rightwingers. Please FOAD soon. We are taking this country back from these evil bastards. Maybe for a long, long time.
October 26th, 2008 at 12:50 pmThe premise the right uses to make “spread the wealth” sound like stealing money from Paul and giving it to Peter is the claim that the money was Paul’s hard earned money… that he worked for it.
How else could hard working low wage folks support McCain?
The fact of the matter is, while I think there are a few folks worth $250K/yr, I don’t think there are many worth $250M/yr. What could a person bring to the party that would make their time worth so much?
In the end, the high salaries “earned” by some is the result of cronyism with the “powers that be”.
October 26th, 2008 at 1:19 pmSo shall I assume kayinmaine that you have no problem with the clear attempt of our freind to use this for nothing other vendors market stall?
October 26th, 2008 at 2:42 pmHi kayinmaine,
October 26th, 2008 at 2:43 pmplease insert “than a” after other and before vendor. Thanks. By the way, where in Maine?
would it be too embarassing to her and impolite of me to ask where exactly that McCain/Pailin part happened?
October 26th, 2008 at 2:47 pmUhm… and they gave Katy Couric shit for asking actual real questions?
Wow.
October 26th, 2008 at 2:58 pmTalk about a thin skin candidate. Why can’t the media ask challenging questions to Obama and Biden without fear of revenge? Seems to me that a politician should be able to ask any question without fear of retaliation. If the politician is strong enough they will beable to counter the question with a strong answer in denial. Instead, we get a thin skin response from the Obama campaign of revenge.
On The View, Woppi Goldberg asked John McCain if she should worry about slavery making a comeback under John McCain. Did McCain decline to go on the View again? Did McCain cry foul after the interview? NO, HE DID NOT. He answered the question like a man and moved on.
Get ready for media outlets getting shut down under Obama. Free speach will be out the window if you ask these little dictators tough questions and don’t agree with them.
You folks are asking for it. Dictatorship is upon us useful idiots.
October 26th, 2008 at 3:41 pmProgressive Veteran Says:
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Uhm… and they gave Katy Couric shit for asking actual real questions?
Wow.
One big difference. Palin did not cry like a baby and decline to do interviews with Couric ever again.
October 26th, 2008 at 3:43 pmAny idiot can see these were loaded questions , biased to make obama / Biden look bad and to call their policies ” Marxists” is right out of the dishonest and sleazy RNC play book and Biden has every RIGHT to question her OBVIOUS AGENDA , when it sounds like the unprofessional shill got her questions from Karl Rove .
October 26th, 2008 at 3:52 pmThese weren’t serious questions and asking somebody what they read is a total, unbiased and neutral question , compared to her ridiculous and loaded question ,that we weren’t going to be a ” super power no more ” if Obama took over, that was making an assertion , so only a dishonest and ignorant republican refuses to acknowledge the difference .
Tim43 Says:
Talk about a thin skin candidate. Why can’t the media ask challenging questions to Obama and Biden without fear of revenge? Seems to me that a politician should be able to ask any question without fear of retaliation. If the politician is strong enough they will beable to counter the question with a strong answer in denial. Instead, we get a thin skin response from the Obama campaign of revenge.
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Asking if Obama is a Marxist isnt a real question it is a smear. Its the equivelent of me asking if you are a child molestor. Its ridiculous. It is a loaded question which has ALWAYS been a logical fallacy and a dishonest tactic. You KNOW that you are just appologizing for ANYTHING that might hurt Obama you dont care about honesty or integrity.
On The View, Woppi Goldberg asked John McCain if she should worry about slavery making a comeback under John McCain. Did McCain decline to go on the View again? Did McCain cry foul after the interview? NO, HE DID NOT. He answered the question like a man and moved on.
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Whoopis comment didnt come in a vacuum and was to make a point. McCain talking about strict constitutionalism and an unchanging constitution. The Marxist question has NO POINT except to smear Obama. No one hearing the question in context took it to mean that McCain was a threat to bring back slavery. The situation is apples and oranges.
Get ready for media outlets getting shut down under Obama. Free speach will be out the window if you ask these little dictators tough questions and don’t agree with them.
You folks are asking for it. Dictatorship is upon us useful idiots.
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Well you are going out of your way to be a useful idiot that is for sure. When you start talking about dictatorships becuase of complaints about DISHONEST questions you show that you are in FACT an idiot. YOU are asking for it. We get that you love to be lied to and brainwashed but a whole lot of people would like the media to be somewhat honest
October 26th, 2008 at 4:00 pmOK I had to see the clip a second time.
When Biden asked her “who writes your questions”, that dumb blonde kept blinkins her eyes, and blinking, and blinking, …
it’s HILARIOUS!
What a Political GOP skank!
October 26th, 2008 at 4:31 pmTimTroll43,
Have you stopped beating your boyfriend yet? Don’t be thin skinned and avoid the question. Answer it honestly, hold you? Have you?
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October 26th, 2008 at 4:34 pmayers is so last week,
now the big obama connection
is (drum roll please)…
SATAN.
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i kid you not.
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October 26th, 2008 at 4:48 pmTake a close look at her (eyes,in particular) after Biden says he doesn’t know who is writing her questions. She is livid! He really landed a good punch.
October 26th, 2008 at 6:39 pmApparently her husband is a Republican consultant. I guess now we know who wrote the questions!
October 26th, 2008 at 7:04 pmThere are many republican supporters doing shameful things that will end their careers. Palin isn’t the only one, this women really made an ass of herself. I am certain she ran home to a bunch of GOP supporters for comfort.
Biden had every right to ask if she was joking because her question were childish.
October 26th, 2008 at 7:48 pm“…a socialist country like Sweden.” Aaahahaha! My God, that American ignorance is just soooooo cute, absolutely irresistible! Hey mom, can I have one as a pet? Pleeeeeeeze!
October 27th, 2008 at 9:10 amBarbara West is a GOP operative. Who wrote her questions? Have a look-
http://www.bluetidalwave.com/2008/10/conflict-of-interest-orlando-journalist.html
October 27th, 2008 at 11:04 amTIME TO SLAP THE SUPER RICH WITH A RETURN TO REAL PROGRESSIVE TAXATION! Hows about the 70 to 90% bracket they enjoyed after Roosevelt’s New Deal? Hmmmm? Anyone who thinks Obama’s plan is communism or even socialism is a FOOL or a neo-con shill. This reporter is worried she might have to give back some of her PAYOLA she gets for SHILLING for the neo-con so-called Right Wing fringe.
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