CBS Bob Schieffer v. Delaware Repub Candidate Christine O'Donnell

Fox News ^ | 9/19/10 | Greta Van Susteren

[Nachum]

How did CBC's Face the Nation and host Bob Schieffer handle the Christine O'Donnell cancellation? Here it is: (by the way, since I am traveling, I did not get a chance to see how my colleague Chris Wallace handled her cancellation with him) _______

From CBS’s Face The Nation and host Bob Schieffer

SCHIEFFER: Well, as many of you read in your morning paper, we expected to have Christine O'Donnell, the surprise winner of that Republican Senate primary up in Delaware, with us this morning. She called us or e-mailed us yesterday morning and told us that she was canceling, said she had scheduling conflicts and a lot of political things she needed to do in her home state and so she couldn't be here. What we did not know at the time was that, Friday night, Bill Maher, the comedian, had circulated a video interview that she had done for his program back in 1999, I think it was, and it turned out the segment never aired. But he aired it Friday night, in which she said, of all things, that she had -- had once dabbled in witchcraft. I want to play that tape for you right now. Here it is. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

(END VIDEO CLIP) SCHIEFFER: So there you are. Well, after we became aware of this, we e-mailed the campaign again and asked them if, in fact, was that the reason that she decided to cancel the appearance? We got back an e-mail that said, "No, that is not the reason. We weren't aware that he had released this tape until yesterday afternoon."

[yldstrk]

Bob you are a real idiot

[Beaten Valve]

She obviously did the smart thing by cancelling.

Skip the smearing liberal media. There’s nothing to be gained by apppearing there.

[sodpoodle]

Truly sad the MSM had no school records or video clips of BO smoking dope and making a fool of himself in his youth.

‘Cos you know they would have shown them in the 2008 campaign./s

[Cicero]

She called us or e-mailed us yesterday morning and told us that she was canceling

Wouldn't you think that a NEWSman could at least talk with the people on his own staff and get it straight whether it was a phone call or an email?

But I see he's very quick to play that Bill Maher comedy interview.

[tobyhill]

Schieffer better be careful or he may have a hex put on him.

[telebob]

So CBS ran with the smear. Who would have thought...

[fhayek]

Well, Obama “dabbled” in Islam. I really don't see that as much better than witchcraft.

[MNJohnnie]

Curious when the Republican party drones in the media are going to quit acting as the echo chamber for every attack on the GOP elected candidate for Senate in Delaware and start focusing on the self proclaimed “bearded Marxist” Coons?

[FormerACLUmember]

Pig Man Bob Schieffer proves that Christine made the correct decision.

[Nachum]

I Put A Spell On You - Creedence Clearwater Revival

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R6nmKjcSeU

[FormerACLUmember]

It is obvious what Bob Schieffer had in store for Christine, if she showed up.

[RonDog]

She agreed to to his show when she was BROKE.

Since then, she has raised almost TWO MILLION dollars, and can now tell him and his wannabe "gotcha" show to pound sand.

[Crawdad]

Who needs whom more? She or him?

[mac_truck]

No, the smart thing would have been never to have agreed to appear in the first place.

[PaleoBob]

She IS a witch, Bob. And you have problems.

[EGPWS]

She canceled Chris Wallace also, siting scheduling conflicts and exhaustion.

[tobyhill]

Obama smokes crack as a young adult, admits it but the MSM declines to discuss it other than to say it was a “youthful indiscretion”.
O'Donnell gets drunk, maybe a little high, as a teen, “dabbles in witchcraft” (probably a Ouija board that never moved) and is vilified.

[darkwing104]

Bob you big dope how in the hell do you know more about Christine O'Donnell than you know about Obama? Answer me that you self indulgent smuck...Did the NY Slimes tell you to report that?

[roses of sharon]

Wow, such a serious “news” man, carrying water for Bill Maher.