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"How is Senator Obama not being a Marxist if he intends to spread the wealth around?"
Althouse —
WFTV’s Barbara West asks Biden a series of hard-core right-wing questions: Ha ha. Wow. You don't usually get questions like that. Biden can't believe it. But, you know, Biden handles it perfectly well. I don't see him losing his cool. He's fine. Good questions. Good answers. Ah, but what is lame is cutting off all future interviews with the station. Pussies! Here's how it looks on Drudge: Ha ha. Drudge. I love Drudge. ...
It’s All Over
Jules Crittenden —
... article on the little reported phenomenon of Dems for McCain, which sites other reasons why it is premature to assume an Obama win. Here’s what happens, by the way, when someone does anything but fawn at the Obama campaign. FOX, with vid and other links: Florida TV station cut off : Barack Obama’s campaign killed all interviews with a Florida TV station after Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, faced tough and critical questions from a reporter at the Orlando station, the Orlando Sentinel reported . During a satellite video Thursday, WFTV’s Barbara West ...
Palin Says She Was Annoyed With Katy Couric
Say Anything —
... her longest stump speeches to date and revealed that she was “annoyed” with the line of questioning presented by Katie Couric in her now-infamous interview with CBS.
Palin may be annoyed with Couric’s line of questioning, and whether you think that annoyance is justified or not, you’ve got to admit that at least the McCain/Palin campaign didn’t respond to that annoyance by immediately canceling CBS’ access to the campaign.
Which is exactly what Obama/Biden did after Joe got some tough ...
Ignoring McCain’s War Against The Press, Giuliani Criticizes Obama For Freezing Out Hostile Network
Think Progress —
... that Biden’s wife Jill was set to do with West’s network, WFTV. The campaign also “suggested that future interviews with WFTV were unlikely before Election Day.” Since then, Fox News has latched onto the cancellation, implying that it means Obama and Biden are unwilling to face “ tough and critical questions .” On Fox and Friends this morning, McCain surrogate Rudy Giuliani claimed that “it gives an indication of what an Obama administration would be like”: QUESTION: And so do you think it’s correct for the Obama campaign to shut out that news outlet , then, and say you will ...
