Obama Campaign Payback At TV Station

[Psycho4Bud]

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the Obama campaign has told station WFTV-Channel 9 not to expect any more interviews until after the election.

According to a blog on the paper's Web site, this stems from a satellite interview the Orlando station's Barbara West conducted with Joe Biden on Thursday.

West asked the Democratic vice presidential nominee to defend whether the ticket's policies were "Marxist" and whether Biden's comments about Obama being "tested" early in his presidency were saying "America's days as the world's leading power are over."

During the interview, Biden reacted with surprise to the questions.

"Are you joking?" he asked at one point. "No," the anchor responded. Later, Biden said: "I don't know who's writing your questions."

The paper reports that the campaign then cancelled a planned interview the station had scheduled with Jill Biden.

"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 campaign, according to the paper.
Paper: Obama Campaign Payback At TV Station - Horserace

They should have known better. When you ask a question to Obama and friends it better include whether or not they need an extra pillow.

Have a good one!:s4:

Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on 10-27-2008. Obama Campaign Payback At TV Station The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that the Obama campaign has told station WFTV-Channel 9 not to expect any more interviews until after the election. According to a blog on the paper's Web site, this stems from a satellite interview the Orlando station's Barbara West conducted with Joe Biden on Thursday. West asked the Democratic vice presidential nominee to defend whether the ticket's policies were "Marxist" and whether Biden's comments about Obama being "tested" early in his Rating: 5

[thcbongman]

The most important part you left out is she asked him if he was a marxist. Don't blame them if he didn't want his wife on trash TV.

[daihashi]

The most important part you left out is she asked him if he was a marxist. Don't blame them if he didn't want his wife on trash TV.

You realize that in his book, The audacity of Hope, Obama states that the philosophy he feels he most associates with is the Marxist/socialist philosophy... correct?

So what was the problem in asking the question? :hippy:

[FlyGuyOU]

Obama has marxists/socalists ideals however he also understands that being a socialists in name is not good for his campaign...but put lipstick on a pig and its still a what?

[daihashi]

actually I should rephrase that.. several times throughout the book he mentions philosophies that when compared to what Karl Marx has said essentially say the exact same thing.

Also in Dreams of my Father I believe he also says something similar; however I do not own that book and cannot comment on it specifically.

[maladroit]

obama said that he would put americans to work in volunteer corps...that's similar to what hitler did...does that make obama a nazi? of course not! and he's not a socialist either

george bush is a socialist who nationalized financial institutions...why are people complaining about obama's possible future fake socialism when the real thing is happening right now?

[The Figment]

Do you blame them?
if you do all I can say is...
"You're Joking,This is a Joke,Right? Is this a Question??
Sorry but as a blue-collar East Coaster I can compleatly understand Mr Biden's Sarcasm...We (East Coasters,specifically New Yorkers) invented it

[thcbongman]

You realize that in his book, The audacity of Hope, Obama states that the philosophy he feels he most associates with is the Marxist/socialist philosophy... correct?

So what was the problem in asking the question? :hippy:

It's the abrasiveness of how the question was asked. Rather than pinpoint ask specific questions of the campaign's policies in comparison with Marxism/Socialism, she asked it in a fashion that is slanderous, as if the campaign itself was the communist party. She asked him to "defend" his policies assuming that his policies are exactly aligned to marxism as 100% factual. She should cite specific examples when asking these questions. This isn't the 50s anymore. Anyone with dignity wouldn't subject themselves to such abrasiveness that is intended for slander rather than insight.

[daihashi]

It's the abrasiveness of how the question was asked.

So now we are to expect everyone to be polite and sensitive? I'm sorry but if people can't handle a question that is worded like that then they really have no place being a part of the campaign.

The world is an abrasive place. They better learn to deal with it soon.

Rather than pinpoint ask specific questions of the campaign's policies in comparison with Marxism/Socialism, she asked it in a fashion that is slanderous, as if the campaign itself was the communist party. She asked him to "defend" his policies assuming that his policies are exactly aligned to marxism as 100% factual. She should cite specific examples when asking these questions. This isn't the 50s anymore. Anyone with dignity wouldn't subject themselves to such abrasiveness that is intended for slander rather than insight.

Are you even aware that Obama has stated in his books that he went out of his way to find professors with socialist/marxist views? That much of what he says overlaps the Marxist philosophy?

So where is the problem in the question? I'm sorry but if they can't handle answering an abrasive question with tact during a presidential campaign then what will happen when he has to deal with other abrasive countries? Is he going to tell them "No discussions until I'm out of office"?? As president you can't just blow someone off just because you don't like they way they said something.

Hardly seems presidential or vice presidential to me.

[JakeMartinez]

So now we are to expect everyone to be polite and sensitive? I'm sorry but if people can't handle a question that is worded like that then they really have no place being a part of the campaign.

The world is an abrasive place. They better learn to deal with it soon.



Are you even aware that Obama has stated in his books that he went out of his way to find professors with socialist/marxist views? That much of what he says overlaps the Marxist philosophy?

So where is the problem in the question? I'm sorry but if they can't handle answering an abrasive question with tact during a presidential campaign then what will happen when he has to deal with other abrasive countries? Is he going to tell them "No discussions until I'm out of office"?? As president you can't just blow someone off just because you don't like they way they said something.

Hardly seems presidential or vice presidential to me.

I think Biden, as he has a tendency to do with the press, mishandled that situation greatly. I feel as though it was unfair to ask questions that mirror the talking points of the Conservative movement when you're supposed to be an independent newscaster, but Biden should have been ready at any moment to handle that.

About the media blackout for that station, I bet it's because Obama himself is already busy as hell this week, and can't afford to let Biden fuck it up again, so it makes sense.

Would have been great if Obama went on that station with the same interviewer and answered all of those questions firmly, but that's pretty risky in the last week.

So...yeah.

^^Look, I'm being critical of the Obama campaign