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Posted on 10/25/2008 6:37:01 PM PDT by Fred
Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., got asked some rather interesting questions from Orlando TV reporter on Thursday.
You can watch it here Youtube link of Biden interview with Barbara West
The questions are:
* If Biden is "embarrassed about the blatant attempt to register phony voters by ACORN," since Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., worked with the organization in the past;
* If Obama's comment about wanting tax policies that "spread the wealth" is "a potentially crushing political blunder";
* "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?";
* Regarding Biden's comment that the world would test Obama and the Obama-Biden administration will need the support of Americans since it might not be immediately apparent Obama did the right thing -- "Are you forewarning Americans that nothing will be done and America's days as the world's leading power are over?"
* "What do you say to the people that are concerned that Barack Obama will want to turn America into a Socialist country like Sweden?"
Biden seems quite taken aback by the anchor's questions, at one point asking her, "Are you joking? Is this is a joke? Or is that a real question?"
The interview prompted the Obama-Biden campaign to cancel a subsequent interview with Jill Biden.
"The campaign cited 'an unprofessional interview' WFTV's Barbara West did Thursday with Joe Biden," reports the Orlando Sentinel. "In a statement Friday, Adrianne Marsh, Florida spokeswoman for Obama's campaign, said the station, in talking with Sen. Biden, was 'both combative and woefully uninformed about simple facts.
... In a line of questioning that would make Rush Limbaugh proud, West even went as far as to quote Karl Marx, a Communist icon, in a disturbing attempt to associate Barack Obama with socialism.'"
Can you imagine these people in charge of you, your family and country??? Imagine what damage they can do if Biden can’t/won’t answer such simple questions without becoming unhinged. They seem to believe that they are above us and beyond the law.
Ms West is going to "reeducation camp" under the Obama Nation.
gotta re-educate myself and re-learn that word “unprofessional”.
apparantly “unprofessional” now means “actually doing your job.”
Barbara West: Doing the job the rest of the MSM won’t do!
“I don’t know who’s writing your questions.”
You don’t suppose the Obama campaign is writing questions for...nah. Couldn’t be. Seriously. I think the mainstream press is fully capable of being that servile on its own.
What a brush of fresh air. I hope we see a few more interviews like this before election. I have been praying that the American people will have their eyes opened and these are the types of interviews and questions that will open their eyes.
Thank you God for answering our prayers and God bless you Barbara West.
The video has suddenly disappeared down the rabbit hole, and also missing from YouTube. WTF is going on/
Or was he implying that a female interviewer must be a bimbette, who could not come up with tough questions on her own?
This is a very good point. These useless pieces of human waste get rattled by questions from a private citizen and a news reporter. Makes you wonder how they are going to perform when they are under some real pressure, like might be from some arm-twisting by rogues like Jong or Ahmadinejad or Chavez. My guess is just the least bit of pressure and Bammer Biden will crumble into a slobbering pile of jello.
could we get Barbara West a show on FNC-maybe dump Doraldo or Shep “eyelash” Smith
Code words for "the reporter did not bow down and worship Biden"
Yes! Botox will do that to skin!
I just sent her an e-mail thanking her for being what a journalist should be!!
Like long term associations with multiple socialists and Obama's own comments haven't already done that.
One more question could have been, Senetor, how do you keep your eye brows perfectly horizontal no matter what your facial expression is? Very creepy.
Were you being sarcastic? If so, sorry. If not, well, here goes: There was a big difference. McCain was angry over a personal attack. The Obama campaign is angry because their policies are being exposed by the questions.
“If only elected male Republicans were as brave as Barbara West, Sarah Palin, Cindy McCain and Michele Bachmann.”
My thoughts exactly.
Are there any men left? Or have they allowed themselves to be castrated by a couple of decades worth of Political Correctness and the left’s pussification conditioning.
Testosterone is much needed right now.
The right’s much beloved “high-road” is becoming a huge liability in the struggle for individual freedom.
JOE THE PLUMBER IS TEN TIMES THE MAN THAN MOST OF OUR “LEADERS”.
The media’s reaction is one of the hardest things to understand. Don’t they know how expendable they are? Don’t they know they are just tools? How many stations does a N. Korean radio receive? How many stories did the Soviets allow to be written? How many reporters were allowed to exist in Hitler’s world or Mao’s? They all should be forced to write, not allowed to, so then they might see what life could become under Obama’s Amerika or whomever is controlling him.
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