Posted on 10/23/2008 12:12:07 PM PDT by St. Louis Conservative
In an interview with Barack Obama aired on Thursday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith lobbed softballs at the Democratic candidate, spending half the interview on Obama visiting his ailing grandmother: "Lincoln said, 'all I ever hope to be, I owe to her,' in speaking about his mother. Your grandmother was very much like a mother to you. How important is this trip?" Smith later observed: "Some people say there's risk involved in this, with so little time left." Obama replied: "Yeah, well, the -- I think most people understand that if you're not caring for your family, then you're probably not the kind of person who's going to be caring for other people."
Realizing that he is supposed to be a serious journalist, Smith moved on: " I want to talk about some campaign issues..." One of the "issues" Smith asked about near the end of the interview was: "Whoever gets elected president, somehow, has to put their arm around the whole country and say, 'we're in this together.' Can do you that?" That gave Obama the opportunity to call for unity and attack conservatives at the same time: "I can. And I think that's the tone that we've set from the beginning of this campaign. I mean, look. Is Sean Hannity suddenly going to get on the air waves and say 'You know, I was wrong about this Obama guy, he's my man.' No, that's not going to happen. I mean's there's going to be a certain wing of the Republican Party that is, you know, dug in and resistant to the notion that we need to change direction."
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What a thin skinned idiot this Obomber is. Hannity is absolutely the LAST thing he would have to worry about.
Talk about rhetorical flourishes....
watch out Sean
this POS will expedite the (un)fairness doctrine.
we need a change in direction. cut spending!
Obama annoys me on a number of levels, but the way he simply can’t understand that everyone in the United States doesn’t agree with his ideas is what really drives me around the bend.
Contrary to his self-image, he isn’t Elvis, Jesus, and Lincoln wrapped up in one package.
“Yeah, well, the — I think most people understand that if you’re not caring for your family, then you’re probably not the kind of person who’s going to be caring for other people”
Well now, as Rush said today, where was the concern whe we found out that his brother was living in a hut!! Hummm????
Obama’s hatred, or fear, or utter contempt or whatever it is for Sean Hannity is kind of hilarious. He mentions him all of the time.
OMG!!!!
He’s actually stepped off his pedestal!!!
A candidate whining about Sean Hannity. He’s so insecure, he just cannot stand any criticism whatsoever, and he’s NOT LOOKING TOO PRESIDENTIAL NOW, is he?
What the heck!?!?!?!?
Sean Hannity is against communism, racism and socialism, which is why he is an "enemy" to the Obama people.
Obama is a narcissist who intentionally obfuscates the truth to get himself into the White House.
Sean, keep it UP!!!!!
The guy is cracking.
Now if we could just get Rush and Levin and Boortz to pile on whatever Sean is doing to get under his skin, that would be wild!
“Smith Compares Obama to Lincoln”
...and Albie Compares Smith to a Dung Beetle.
Caring for your family, eh? How’s that brother of yours doing? If you cared for him any more he might starve to death.
Of course, by "change direction," the Obamasiah means "to marxist socialism." Hmm....anyone noticing an increase in the word "resistance" when it comes to describing those of us not in step with the Obamasiah?
Oh, and I just wanted to ask - is this ailing grandmother the one in Kenya? The one that keeps saying he was BORN there? Time to get Granny back on the reservation and stop saying she was at the birth. Wonder how many illnesses he's nursed her through over the last 47 years. My guess would be NONE.
But McCain gets chided for taking a few days to go do his job in Washington and Obamasiah says "call me." Watch - if Obambi drops in the polls, it'll be the fault of "racist Americans who hate my Kenyan Grandmother and are punishing me because I went to care for her."
Payne, who is Obama’s great-uncle, said his sister was hospitalized briefly but is back home in her Honolulu apartment, where Obama’s sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, cares for her. Obama plans to suspend campaigning later this week to visit his grandmother, and Payne is planning to fly there for her 86th birthday, which is Sunday.
Something stinks about this...
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