Posted on 04/21/2008 6:50:23 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3
SCRANTON, Pa. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama kicked off a day of campaigning in Pennsylvania by dropping by a Scranton diner for a breakfast of waffles, sausage and orange juice.
But the press corps went hungry — hungry for an answer that is.
The Illinois senator brushed aside a question from one reporter on his reaction to former President Jimmy Carter’s description of a positive meeting with leaders of the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas.
“Why can’t I just eat my waffle?” Obama replied.
Reporters traveling with the Illinois senator, fighting with his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton over Pennsylvania ahead of its vote on Tuesday, are venting frustration over a lack of access to the candidate lately. Obama has not held a press availability in 10 days, though he has given dozens of interviews to local press in Pennyslvania.
Republicans have pounced on Obama’s “waffle” comment, suggesting he is evading tough questions.
“Today, Obama continued to dodge questions from the media, responding that he just wanted to eat his waffle,” the Republican National Committee said in an email sent to reporters that included press accounts of the waffle incident at the Glider diner.
Both Obama and Clinton are far less accessible to the media than presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, known for holding lengthy question-and-answer sessions with reporters on his Straight Talk Express bus.
The sessions last so long that some reporters say they run out of questions.
I have been selling this guy sort. He really is profound. Why can't I just eat my waffle?Ponder the question. All of life's questions will be answered if we can just get to the bottom of this conundrum. Why can't I just eat my waffle?
Who will be hurt if I eat my waffle? Ah, but who will it help? Is there enough to go around? Why should I have waffles if my brothers have none? What if there was a picture of Aunt Jemimah on the box? Who would believe me if I said I did not know? My typical white grandmother was probably afraid of such a box and that makes me cringe.
Why can't I just eat my waffles?
And temperament is shown to be a virtue of liberal dogma? (rolling eyes)
The media folks are making a deal out of it. If he wants to eat without being bothered, then he should not go to a public place with a coterie of media folks. If he is that snippy to his “fans”, then imagine now he would react if he had to face a fraction of $**t that Bush has had to endure.
Billary has had to treat Obama with kid-gloves because she risks alienating the lefties too much. Once he’s running against McCain, and the freepers and fellow travelers start to work on him in earnest, he is definitely going to blow. Trust me, McCain’s vaunted temper is nothing compared to this guy is capable of. Nothing...you will see.
*Let the man eat. The RNC trying to make a big deal out of this just makes them look ridiculous.*
If you’re not being sarcastic, you’ve just provided the standard Obamabot reply to EVERY single issue regarding Obama.
Let the man hang out with terrorists, The RNC trying to make a big deal out of this just makes them look ridiculous.
Let the man give his 13 year old daughter an abortion, The RNC trying to make a big deal out of this just makes them look ridiculous.
Let the man trade money for political favors, The RNC trying to make a big deal out of this just makes them look ridiculous.
Let the man go to a racist church, The RNC trying to make a big deal out of this just makes them look ridiculous.
And anyone who points out these flaws is just a worthless hack or an idiot. Seriously, go read ANY Real Clear Politics comment section on ANY post negative on Obama. The authors are all idiots or Fox News shills or stupid old rich white men or Clinton associates. America doesn’t “care” about “this stuff”.
It would be hilarious if it weren’t so nauseating.
The average Obamabot seems to be about 19 years-old. One of many self-centered college pukes who’ve had one semester of Econ and History and suddenly think they know everything and the politician du jour is “really gonna change Washington”. They’ve never had a real job, never paid bills, don’t have any real responsibility in the world.
We’ve all been there. Shit, I voted for Jerry Freakin’ Brown in a ‘92 primary.
Of course, there was no WWW back then for me to make an ass of myself.
“The mindless Dims shoud be asking themselves, “if he won’t answer serious issue questions now, what would he do in the Oval office when faced with real issues??”
I think a lot of Democrats, at least the ones that are really DSUSA or CPUSA, expect their candidates to lie to get into office. They expect it, and if the rubes in flyover swallow the lie, it worked, it’s “effective”.
When Mrs Clinton or Obama or Kerry say they support the second amendment or tough immigration laws or whatever it takes, the dedicated cadre know it’s only being said to fool the bourgeois and capitalists into voting them into irrevocable power.
What leftist ever answers a question? Alinsky said “never answer a question from the questioner’s point of view”, or close to that, and you can see that carried out over and over with MSM complicity (no follow up question, for one thing) while a non- left person gets grilled over minutiae.
Rules for political candidates
What leftist ever answers a question?
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None of them ever do. On one of Rush’s better shows, he delineated the fact that the left will just LIE in the election so why even listen to them. So very true, but this is nothing new — it goes all the way back to Tammany Hall -— liars, thugs, cheats, crooks, communists, socialists, criminals -— the list goes on. The faux reality of the radical left, is just a pit of power and control, which contains nothing about the USA, its people, its issues, its core values and principles, or anything that is part of the American government process. They would redesign this country, burn its founding documents and put grey tunigs and red stars on every citizen if they could.
They will not expose themselves, although Obama has done a good job of doing just that, to a great degree, far greater than the Marxist Medusa, although they are both peas in the same Marxist pod. I hope the fight goes all the way to the convention and gets real bloody. The best thing that could happen for America.
“then imagine now he would react if he had to face a fraction of $**t that Bush has had to endure.”
Like providing dental records to prove he was on base at a particular time. Oh I can see Obama doing that!
OH MY GOSH!! The gift keeps on rolling in!! That SOB SNOB!!
Agree! At least we got Rather, and Kerry.
Sounding a little bitter maybe?
Better a waffle on your hare than a hair on your waffle, I always say.
No, but he bit the weenie.
This is probably the most unintentionally humorous response to a question I've heard since a police chief was responding to a complaint about a peephole drilled into the women's locker room. He said, "I'll look into it."
Belgian Waffle...
Figures...
It would only be sheer speculation on my part ... but it is a possibility that coffee would be one of his 'triggers' for craving a cigarette since he quit smoking. I know that when I quit, it was months before I could have a cup of coffee because it automatically made me crave a smoke as well. (Talk about withdrawal from two drugs at once!)
Or, perhaps he just doesn't drink coffee ... or maybe he had already has his one or two cup limit in the hotel room before he ever went to breakfast.
I have been selling this guy sort. He really is profound. Why can't I just eat my waffle?Ponder the question. All of life's questions will be answered if we can just get to the bottom of this conundrum. Why can't I just eat my waffle?
Why can't we all just eat Obama's waffle?
Well, you know, when you get bitter you cling to things like religion or guns or waffles...
Is their an Aunt Jemimah or Geico joke here somewhere?
No. It’s against his religion.
Come on, Obama. It’s only a former President happily meeting with a terrorist organization who does not recognize the state of Israel, surely your waffle can wait? No? Well, OK... Holy Land, waffles, we all have our priorities.
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lol
"MM-mmm. Nothing gets between me and my waffle."
Theres my senator. Gas prices are hitting the roof and he’s sitting around feeding his face.
I don’t understand why we just can’t let him be while he drops a house on the witch. THEN, when she’s finally toasted for good, we move to his many weaknesses.
Plenty of time to deal with him AFTER, he finishes off the witch.
So simple, so obvious, why are we not being smart about this ?
“When the phone rings at 3:00 a.m., will the president be eating his waffle?”
“Chance the Gardener: Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again. “
Samuel L Jackson is B.Hussien Obama in “Let me eat my Waffles!”
Why can’t these M@therFarking reporters let me eat my M@therFarking Waffles!!!!
Yep, that Kerry wafflehead float was hilarious! I like to think it won Pres. Bush the state of Ohio (along with our hard-working Ohio FReepers, of course.) I can’t believe a ‘rat candidate just one election cycle later would go anywhere near a waffle.
Not only does he want to be left alone to “eat his waffle,” along with that, he also wants to “drink our milkshake.”
Because it's better if Hillary is the candidate.
If Obama loses in Denver, the Democract party managers will do everything they can to contain the disappointment, for sake of November.
If Obama loses in November, all bets are off, and America will burn. Which is bad (in theory)
Uh, ‘cause you’re running for President? And you haven’t had press availability for 10 days?
Who do you think you are, Chelsea Clinton?
Because he wanted a photo op in a diner and he cried when his photo op went awry. He could have eaten breakfast in his hotel room, in private, but no one could take pictures of him being just like one of us.
You know, unemployed, bitter, and clinging to religion and guns. :)
He's stuffed with pork...it's what Senators do.
Probably the fault of the OJ. I’m sure he would have been more mellow and receptive, had he just ordered a pint of bitter, instead.
Seriously, B. Hussein merely wanted a photo op with pork on his plate to prove he's really an atheist. His old man drank alcohol and lots of it. It's not what goes in his mouth, but what comes out of it.
We have a winner???
OBAMA URKEL
Whew, that one was a little obscure for me. Never saw the movie. Had to go look it up and watch a trailer. Looks interesting. Was it really a suspense movie as the trailer suggests?
No, you are not being too unpolitically correct; Your’re being honest....a that seems to have escaped too many people.
No not really. More of a comedy in my opinion.
It's a bit of an off beat movie; but in my opinion a must see movie.
I see huge parallels between Obama and Chance the Gardner.
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