Posted on 10/25/2008 6:08:27 PM PDT by Fred
WFTV-Channel 9's Barbara West conducted a satellite interview with Sen. Joe Biden on Thursday. A friend says it's some of the best entertainment he's seen recently. What do you think?
West wondered about Sen. Barack Obama's comment, to Joe the Plumber, about spreading the wealth. She quoted Karl Marx and asked how Obama isn't being a Marxist with the "spreading the wealth" comment.
"Are you joking?" said Biden, who is Obama's running mate. "No," West said.
West later asked Biden about his comments that Obama could be tested early on as president. She wondered if the Delaware senator was saying America's days as the world's leading power were over.
"I don't know who's writing your questions," Biden shot back.
Biden so disliked West's line of questioning that the Obama campaign canceled a WFTV interview with Jill Biden, the candidate's wife.
"This cancellation is non-negotiable, and further opportunities for your station to interview with this campaign are unlikely, at best for the duration of the remaining days until the election," wrote Laura K. McGinnis, Central Florida communications director for the Obama campaign.
McGinnis said the Biden cancellation was "a result of her husband's experience yesterday during the satellite interview with Barbara West."
Here's a link to the interview: http://www.wftv.com/video/17790025/index.html.
WFTV news director Bob Jordan said, "When you get a shot to ask these candidates, you want to make the most of it. They usually give you five minutes."
Jordan said political campaigns in general pick and choose the stations they like. And stations often pose softball questions during the satellite interviews.
"Mr. Biden didn't like the questions," Jordan said. "We choose not to ask softball questions."
Jordan added, "I'm crying foul on this one."
What did you think of the interview?
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This is what all MSM should have been doing. I couldnt watch the video I got a message it was unavailable. If it was as described, Biden lost up to 5% of the vote
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YES! If MSM did their job and asked hard hitting questions such as this lady (God bless her) did, America wouldn’t be letting this Marxist/Muslim steamroll himself into the White House!
Drudge is on it!
He not only has this headline about the lady reporter and Biden but about the TV station being ‘cut off’by Obama, and others such as:
‘Palin’s alarm on nanny state...’
‘John Kerry wants New Deal II...’
‘OBAMA STAFFERS PULL THEIR BOGUS OHIO BALLOTS... ‘
‘Krauthammer: McCain For President... ‘
And Shawn is on ‘Hannity’s America’ giving Obama h*ll!!
ACORN, Frank Davis, Wright and the whole sordid mess!
If Hussein is brough down, we can credit it to Shawn Hannity. (and Rush and US!)
Go Shawn!
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Whoops, should read, ‘If Obama is BROUGHT down..”
I did find it. I appreciate your link. Thank you.
Thank you Waus.
Oh my gosh, I just checked out Drudge. That is a great banner he has up there!!
The pictures accompanying the headline is even better! Thanks Drudge.
Video is down. What was the quote from Karl Marx that she used?
You’re welcome.
Barbara West and Joe The Plumber.......THANK YOU!!
I noticed at the beginning of the video that plugs might have overdosed on the tooth whitener formula.
Used car salesmen are embarrassed by this guy.
The obvious one in connection to ‘spread the wealth around’: “from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”
I did too, thanks for the link.
How are these clowns going to deal with the terrorists, with Iran, with Putin, China, et al if they get all huffy over some tough questions from a reporter?? God help us all.
Have B.Hussein’s thugs threatened their FCC license yet?
Never mind that he lied through the entire interview.
“How are these clowns going to deal with the terrorists, with Iran, with Putin, China, et al if they get all huffy over some tough questions from a reporter??”
They’ll take them an autographed basketball from Michael Jordon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-il
Kim reportedly also enjoys basketball. Former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright ended her summit with Kim by presenting him with a basketball signed by NBA legend Michael Jordan.[75]
Sorry for using this disgusting site as the reference. I know it to be absolutely true. So, I ran with it.
Barbara West when you leave the building, you earned the right to turn out the lights
you were correct the first time...
Did the same. . . no softballs this time.
It was a beautiful thing.
LOL, yes Joe is an embarrassment. He just doesn’t know it.
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