Quote Originally Posted by daihashi
No question is a valid question for Obama it seems.

You reap what you sow. :hippy:
I provided a valid form for the same question above. Did you miss that?

Her question was a lot like the kind of technique a troll would use. It was more about the labeling and putting someone on the defensive and provoking an emotional response than it was about getting a straight answer. So the fact that she DID get a straight answer after the initial emotional response is a credit to Biden.

Let me know if you think any of these question are fair:

Hey Daihashi, Joe McCarthy called people Marxist. You call people Marxist. How are you not a red-baiting witch-hunting McCarthyite?

Hey Daihashi, you grow weed. The Taliban grow weed. How are you not a terrorist?

Hey Daihashi, you live in Texas. George Bush lived in Texas. How are you not George Bush?

Hey Daihashi, you are a meticulous and organized person. Hitler was a meticulous and organized person. How are you not a Nazi?

The reason these questions are stupid is that the connections are so weak and unestablished, and they rely on offensive labeling to put the other person on the defensive. They are not about getting a straight answer. Asking Biden to defend why Obama is not a Marxist based on the same kind of flimsy connection is the same thing.
dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on . 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