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Remember Folks, Obama For The Hour On "Meet The Press" This Morning
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I am watching it now. He is doing pretty well. Russert just hit him with a clip from the race speech and asked why is he now rejecting him.
Obama said because he amplified his prior comments and then added gas to the fire. Said he didn't have any regard for the moment we are in right now in the US, which cannot tolerate divisiveness.
May 4, 2008 10:37 AM | Reply | Permalink
Wright, Wright, Wright--why did Russert open with this garbage???
May 4, 2008 10:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
I don't mind. He is asking in a respectful way and giving Barack ample time to respond thoughtfully. Barack said he never sought his counsel regarding politics and never will. Barack said he was merely his pastor, and that his commitment was not to Wright, it was to the church.
May 4, 2008 10:44 AM | Reply | Permalink
To get it out of the way. I think Russert is doing him a favor letting him close on something else at the end of the hour.
May 4, 2008 10:44 AM | Reply | Permalink
I missed the first half, but I'm hearing thoughtful questions and thoughtful responses ON THE ISSUES!
I can't complain about Russert today. He seems to be doing a good job.
May 4, 2008 10:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
Timmeh! determined to out-Gibson Gibson with inane questions about Wright.
May 4, 2008 11:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
I'm almost glad that Russert spent 15 minutes on the Wright stuff because it gave Obama ample time to make his points and explain the evolution of his stance toward Wright (i.e., support, denouncement of his statements, denouncement of the man). Obama handled it beautifully and with respect. I think this will help put this crap to rest once and for all, at least until the general election season.
May 4, 2008 11:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
One hour of Russert kissing Barack Obama's ass, and about 150 ah's out of Barack's mouth. No questions about him getting more money from Oil company employees than anyone. No wonder he is against the plan Hillary Clinton has, his oil company buddies told him to go against it, like when he voted yes on Dick Cheney's energy bill. They talked about Nuke power but not how they give Barack money to run his campaign. When you are slaming you opponent at least you should try to keep some of the truth about what she has said, that way when you are doing your ah, ah, ah, you don't look so stupid. And to say at the end we were a couple points up in N.C. and tied in IN. is another one of your lies, different kind of politician, no just no exposed as a phony by his Rev. Wright. He was with this man for 20 years and only when he made his pole numbers go down did he kick him out. But he has never explained away the fact that for 20 years those big ears were taking in all that was said by Rev. Wright, and if he did not agree with what was said, he would have gotten away from that church a long, long time ago, Oprah did. So stop make phony reasons as to why he didn't leave for him, and stop with the phony he said and answered everything blogs they just don't hold up. You see it only works once, and that once was back in Philly, and Barack half assed it with just enough that he could get away with, but then his good Rev. Wright showed up and exposed everything, and you were used in Philly to get votes. So after Rev. Wright told you that, well Barack Obama could not have someone popping up telling the people that Barack's speech in Philly was just a political speech, he had to be dumped. This is your next great leader, you deserve him I hope people like Russert, Josh, Olbermann, Matthews, Maddow, Huffington, and Shuster, take credit for their work if he makes things even worse than they are, because they are the one's that have ramed Obama down our throats.
May 4, 2008 12:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
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