Complainin’ Clintons Fault Obama for Complaining

Man ABC boy did you people drop the ball and fox news Hannity tossing in a stupid gaffe, then you fly over the real issues in america. i will call my cable people and i want your channel off my box you people can join fox news in my sh!t bin

Hillary is the true complainer…. She and Bill have it down to an art form…

Thank you, thank you, thank you! ABC! You were awesome! Charlie Gibson and George Stephenopolous — you reminded me of a Peter Jennings — a Tom Brokaw. Real Gold Journalists; unlike the junior anchors on MSNBC; specifically speaking; Chris Matthews, David Schuster, Keith Olberman, sometimes Kate Walsh.
Joe Scarborough is excluded from the MSNBC nameslist. He is the only reason that I watch MSNBC. I turn off the others. Keep up the good work and keep asking the hard-discerning questions.
bjm

Him giving the finger to an opponent during a speech is more than immature it’s dangerous from a future President ofthe United States.
If he behaved like this were he President, it could start a war.
This gesture is unpresidential.

I used to like the Clintons, but they’ve become the dirtiest politicians I’ve ever witnessed.
Let me change that. I dislike politicians, but they don’t deserve to be grouped with the Clintons.
Bill and Hillary remind me of criminals. Their story changes with every telling.

How many times will the hillbillies lie to win, how many times will hillary shake up her staff she is done !

I thought the debate last night showed yet again the elistism and arrogance of Mr. Obama. If it is not a prepared speech he shows he has no grasp of the issues and of what is going on in this country yet alone the world.
Anyone with a basic financial education knows that raising the capital gains tax will reek havoc on the middle class that works hard for there money and just wants to hold on to it for their future.
As we go thourgh a rough economic patch right now the answer is not to increase taxes but to reduce them or leave them alone. His plan would drive mortgage rates through the roof and stoke inflation to heights we don’t want to go.
On the world front the last time I heard a pesidential candidate talk as wonderfully as Mr. Obama was Jimmy Carte. The results of that presidency was mortgage rates above 10% and rampant inflation. Not to mention that terrorism came out of the closet(Iran hostage crisis) and started that ball rolling right up to 9/11 and beyond.
I’m sure a Barack presidency will do even more harm to this country and this world.

Obama is definitely a jerk!

If Sen. Obama had complaints about the line of questioning during the debate he had every reason to. I was disappointed that the moderators spent so much time – 45 mins.- on things that do not matter. Why did no questions discuss what’s happening with the airline industry? Why were there no questions on the foreclosure/housing crisis or the bailout of Behr-Sternes? Instead I had to hear Obama explain why he doesn’t wear a flag lapel pin. And – not one question about gasoline prices.
Gibson then talked about running out of ttime. ABC hosted a gossip show rather tthan a debate.

That Debate was horrible it was nothing more then a abc/fox hit job , I dont mind asking obama the same questions over and over again. but to not even talk about the issues people are facing today and fly over the gas topic, and not even talk about job creation. This cheap victory only hurts hillary and her support but by all means continue it only makes obama gain more voters!! Go Team Obama

One of the best debates I ever watched!

wonder if journalists hold back on some questions in white house press briefings..

The Clinton’s complaining about Obama complaining? Obama wasn’t complaining that the questions were hard, he’s been questioning the relevance of the first 45 minutes of the debate. Frankly, so has the rest of America. As far as the finger and the lapel pin. Looks like Silly Season is in full swing.

Over at my blog I’ve gotten my readers to believe that Obama gave Hillary the finger in front of thousands of people and with cameras recording everything.
I’m so desperate for attention I actually think Barack Obama did this.
Please come to my blog.

I watch this debate and missed my Family Guy show for this political hit job, Hillary making threats on Iran, She says she left the white house broke (lol) i didnt know 109 million is a poor man salary more lies from the clintonites

It don’t matter. The only thing that matters is what the voters say and they are going to say Obama.
Obama08

Also, why isn’t the blogosphere in more of an uproar over the Screw em’ comment?

They should be explored through articles and online commentary, for example. Is that not good enough? What do you suggest?

Bridget,
You’re lying. Have you actually seen the foreign polls? Hillary is favorite in China (the Hsu effect maybe?) but Obama is highly favorite in Europe, Africa, Canada and most other parts of the world.

Stephanopoulus and Gibson were very unprofessional in their conduct of the debate and they deserve all the ridicule and scorn heaped upon them.

In the mean time new polls indicate that Obama has closed the gop in PA
Rasmussen Hillary up by 3
Zogby Hillary up by 4
Public policy polls Hillary up by 3
Obama08

not at all he is running for potus HE has to be asked and answer for himself personally otherwise he is spouting canned words that mean nothing.actors spout lines that they have learned all the time,stand up before a national tv audiance with good qustioners.how about so its fair oberman and hannity and at that point let the public decide how he handles it.

My God… the hillbillies are getting TOTALLY desperate now, I see. They’re out in full force, but instead of making some valuable points for Hillary they are hysterically clinging to the non-issues… Don’t they understand that this is how they are losing this race? Amazing, and almost painful to watch.
None of them have been able to support het umbrella-idea for the Middle East, for that is a REAL issue, but they all focus on an Obama finger that did nothing they hope it did.
May I laugh out loud? Or should I cry about you, hillbillies?

So when are ABC news’ political blogs going to report on Obama clearly giving Hillary the finger yesterday in NC at a rally.
Let people decide for themselves. It’s pretty clear from the crowds reaction and his own, what he did.
This man shouldn’t be high school body President far less POTUS.
He gives Hillary the finger. WOW

don tufts: you know, I actually kind of like that last statement you made…just as long as people knew the “debate” centered around gaffes and personal issues…I wonder how many people would tune in? Hmmmmmm…?

Whether we like it or not, if we want a change the direction of America, we better get behind the Obama camp. I voted for Hillary in our primary in Texas but can read the numbers as they present themselves. She can’t win, I regretfully figured the best case scenario with where the final 8 primaries are headed. If her numbers were favorably in reverse at this stage, we could have a chance. But regardless of the poll taken, the best case scenario still shows her at being disliked by 45% of eligible voters in this country. I am afraid i for one am going to have to drop my Hillary banner and pick up the one that says we have to have democrat in the White House.

Bridget: I think you’re a mindless robot like every other stupid foreigner I meet. Do you think you’re a little stupid for coming to an American Web site when it is clear that you don’t like America? I do.

Is it reall hearsay, when her own supporters recall it, and more than one person is saying it?
It does matter that it was ten years ago, because it shows her character and her “at all cost” mentality. If she was cold and calculating back then, the ta daa she is still today.
She will do whatever is necessary, be it “bend” the truth, or change her image while she “finds” herself for the 100th time.

All Hillary, Potato Head Clinton does, is whine incessantly, about how she should win because the black man can’t win.
She has a lot of nerve even bringing up the subject. And how about Bills rants, of whining about how the press treats his immaculate conception of a wife, badly.
These two Clinton’s use doublespeak at every campaign stop.
They are unelectable liars. They need to go crawl back into the potato bin where they belong.

marin
I like Hillary, Edwards, McCain, and Huckabee. Obama is not ready for this job.

Very good article, Jack. This is well balanced. However, I think the Clintons were the ones who had done more complaining and whining, i agree. Even in the last debate Hillary was whining about the questions thrown at her. I think the Clintons really have memory problems, or is this amnesia..So there is nothing wrong with Obama complaining…But, looking at the debate, it is like Sean hannity asking questions on Fox news and on 770 WABC(lol)…

The media will be asking the same questions in the future. The Republicans may also bring up some of these same issues. Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton should provide standard responses prepared by competent advisors as to content and accuracy. Mr. McCain did a good job responding to the NYT story. He was well coached and his answers were direct and to the point. Outrage and complaints about the moderators will have no impact. Ratings and market share are the bottom line and the networks know what questions improve ratings.

Marian/Thinking,
Oh, those polls — the ones that all show Hillary leading! As I recall in Texas, just before the primaries, those same polls had Obama ahead of Clinton in the final days. As I recall in New Hampshire, those polls had Obama ahead of Clinton by 12. If Hillary is leading by 4 it means she will win by 15-20 comparatively.
By the way, they never call the rural voters, think they don’t caught. Of course, they are bitter.
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Obama and Bittergate, lest we forget!
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Kudos to ABC! Thanks for asking the questions that needed to be asked. Perhaps those complaining the loudest just did not want to hear the answers…

We Americans deserve answers to all those questions asked in the last debate about Obama’s dubious relationships with men who hate or damn America, after all he is being considered for the Presidency of the United States of America and whoever is elected will be the Commander in Chief responsible for the security of our country. We didn’t get clear answers and we will continue to ask the tough questions, but in our mind the main question still remains:
Does Obama love or hate America?

Hillary does know about the tough question though.
The ones about who her husband was shacking up with on the previous nights party.
If that qualifies you to be commander in chief, then she is the person to vote for.
The blue dress questions, kept the Clinton administration busy doing nothing, while they answered stupid questions that didn’t pertain to the White House.
They should be charged back pay, for all the wasted time spent on their ridiculous antics, in the White House.

No ! you are absolutely wrong. It is HILLARY WHO HAS BEEN WHINING… before every primary she either starts crying or complaining about the Saturday Night Live thing. She just gets away with it. Obama wasn’t complaining. He just wasn’t ready for an ambush by George ( can’t get enough of those great Clinton years ) Stephanopoules.and Sean Hannity. If you look at the questions that were designed to totally convince that audience that Obama is unpatriotic, you would clearly see Hillary fanning hersrelf. If someone had told him that he would be facing 3 Republicans, he would have been better prepared for the sniper fire.

I’m deeply disapointed his preschool drawings of spiders where not discussed
DEEp THOUGHTs

Are you people serious? Why do you continue to fall into the trap of the whole “he must hate America because…” If he hated America so much, why would he be pushing for change? If anything, the current administration are the ones who hate this country and its people by misleading them into a war with the wrong country and wreaking havoc on the economy with poor policies that only seem to benefit a select few. Grow up.

Well we are down in the gutter today. I think the Hillary supporters know now that she can not survive. Hillary will either wake up, or destroy herself in the process.
The accusations are getting to be childish.

I missed the first few minutes of Wednesday night’s debate and so didn’t know immediately who was asking the questions. After the first few I thought, “Gee, ABC has brought back Geraldo.” Then the camera flashed to Gibson and Stephanopoulos. ABC News did nothing to raise the level of the 2008 presidential debates. What a shame.

I have been undecided for a long time regarding Hillary and Obama and so I watched the debate (I don’t know why I thought #21 would give me any more insight than the previous 20, but I gave it a shot) I was getting a little antsy in the beginning because I was concerned that the questions did not really address much. Flag pin? Give me a break. Anyway, I struggled through hoping for more substance later, which never really materialized. It appeared very slanted to me in favor of Mrs. Clinton but I was impressed by Mr. Obama’s ability to address each in a considered and well, presidential way. I was somewhat surprised to hear Gibson decide to enter the debate when his capital gains taxes were challenged. Seems he had his own agenda and was more concerned with his bottom line than national issues. (Perhaps he has some stocks he needs to sell and wants to avoid taxes). Anyway, all in all there were two outcomes of the evening for me. The first is that I missed American Idol for this trash and I am irritated by that. The second is that I am no longer undecided. I am voting for Mr. Obama. I feel really good now. Thanks ABC! Just Sayin’

This was the most even-handed debate thus far. As ABC is attacked, they need to remember that those of us who use the internet are not a cross-section of America. Generally, they are the kind of folks who fall into Obama’s camp statistically. Obama is simply not prepared, nor are his followers. He appears to run scared at the first sign of the media treating him even-handedly and threatens no more debates. His followers believe that any questioning of the leader is heresy. They all seem to pout. He even flips of Clinton. This is not high minded tactics. If Clinton were to behave like this, the sexist remarks would reign supreme.

Everyone needs to forget about the faux debate last Wednesday. It’s just show business. ABC has no interest in news or debate, it just wants ratings. The entire election process is nothing more than a big televised reality show. It’s cheap programming for the cable networks. If the candidates actually started talking policy everyone would tune out. Obama supporters are clearly not interested in policy; they are only interested in Obama as inpirer-in-chief. Even Obama disdains policy. Hasn’t he said “Everyone has a ten-point plan” ? The only true policy wonk in the race is Hillary.

As usual those blind Hillary followers are missing the point. It’s not that everybody ,except you is complaining that Obama had to answer all the difficult questions. The problem here is that it was a debate and she wasn’t asked any hard questions. Even the one question by George whatever his last name is, about you know that 6 out of 10 people have a negative view of her , was phrased in such a way to to make the viewing audience feel sorry for her.

Bridget: “Obama is not ready for this job.”
Don’t make me laugh.
And how would you, as a Hungarian who writes that “all Americans are stupid” know?
You should be deeply ashamed of yourself for writing such a thing in an American blog. Btw let me remind you that of all the candidates Sen. Obama has the highest education. And you may not know what the Harvard Law Review is, but please check that out and I’ll remind you that Obama has been its president. That is quite something to have on your CV, in the USA. It means he was brilliant, at Harvard. That doesn’t hurt him now that he is such a great politician as well. He did what Republicans were never able to do: he has totally deconstructed the Clinton Machine, while fighting the whole Clinton family, including the former President, in this race. A totally AMAZING achievement. So if there is ONE fighter, and ONE strong candidate in this race, it must be Obama.

The last time I heard about
SINLESS MEN
It turned out to be POPE FICTION

Stephanopolis defended his questions as “tough”. Well, if tough means insipid maybe so. I’m sick and tired of the “products” that Disney churns out. This is the same corporation that gave us Britney Spears. And now this. I wish I would have hung around long enough to have heard the boos from the audience as these two grown men decided to interrupt the democratic process with a commercial break. Are we getting the media we deserve?

I have not heard Barack Obama complaining that the questions were HARD. I have not seen him walking away.
The rest of America IS COMPLAINING, not because the debate questions were hard but because the were STUPID questions, not worthy of the 45 minutes UTTERLY WASTED on them.
The questions were OLD NEWS. Everyone in America who has been paying attention has heard them asked and answered a GAZILLION times. We expected FRESH questions on the huge issues that are plaguing our country, not more of this crappy Clinton-driven DRIVEL!!!
Get a clue, ABC. This was a travesty of a debate, and you should all be ashamed!

Why can’t the Dem’s find a maverick like McCain? You know a guy who dumps his first wife who stood by him while he was a POW and marries a younger, prettier, multimillionaire? A guy who has been formally admonished by his peers in the Senate for the Keating 5 scandal? A guy who will champion campaign reform while violating the own laws he championed? A guy who will stand up for the sanctity of marriage and have multiple affairs and then blame the MSM for political hit jobs? Why can’t the Dems run a real American Hero like that? I would vote for em. For Sure.

The Obama campaign wasn’t complaining about “tough” questions, and I’m sure they would welcome tough questions of both candidates on the issues.
Wearing a lapel pin of the flag is not a tough question, and definitely has nothing to do with healthcare, the economy, the war(s), etc.
It’s a shame that since the policies of Obama and H. Clinton are so similar (are they?), that the decision between the two may come to the effectiveness of personal attacks.
Just remember, the more the people reward negativism, the more negativism we will have in this country.

ABC-That was a complete mess Wednesday night. I am very disappointed in the network. What happened to issues that matter most? Forty-five minutes on rehashed arguments that will not help me with gas prices, bring a solution to this senseless war or encourage any kind of unity within the country doesn’t interest me AT ALL.
The Clintons are now calling Obama a whiner. Let’s rewind a couple of months ago when she was doing that very thing(how quickly we forget).
I am a proud OBAMA supporter and will continue to be a supporter (that will not change).

to give you all the truest comparison of who would be better, look to the campaigns.
Obama clearly has done better starting from unknown or not than either HRC or McCain, those supposedly experienced candidates. Even Carville admits its a train wreck on Russert last Sunday. Repubs call it the worst campaign ever, you don’t think they will use “real” proof and actions of HRC incompetence and dishonesty and say/do anything. This stuff is real and will resonate, the turds you HRCers are flinging are just that. Please wash your hands.

The faux debate questions were irrelevant to the great issues of our day, but the debate got huge ratings. I heard that 10 million people watched the debate. Doesn’t this say something about what the electorate wants? They want to be entertained, not informed. The mob wants bread and circuses. If the candidates were in better shape the networks would be egging them on to do American Gladiator-type contents.
If Obama and Hillary supporters (like those in this blog) would stop writing about the negatives and gotchas, and start asking substantive questions, perhaps we would get better debates.

Seems to me we should know a whole lot
more about Obama friends. I do not know
a lot about him. Hanging around people
that seem not to like the USA is interesting and should be looked into more. In the Tax return see the Obama
gave 35,000 to CARE. Seem to me that looks rather odd. Being CARE is not a
real clean group and alot of questions about them. Just who is Obama?

As the small town PA voters come to know HIllary’s “SCREW-EM” comment…can you gess what they will say in the voting both?…..they are going to respond likewies and vote likwise.

ABC picked up where Hannity left off. HRC is the queen of complaining and pouting about the media, and she critizes Obama for his critique of the media?

ABC did a excellent job. I think it was the fair questions for both candidates. This is a best debate that I ever heard.

And let’s complain about Chelsea, Jake.
Here’s the LA Times today:
“Hillary Rodham Clinton has recently stopped telling the story of a pregnant Ohio woman who lost her baby then died because she lacked health insurance and proper prenatal care. The New York senator had recounted the story as it was told to her, but the account turned out to be oversimplified and wrong on some key details, according to news reports.
Still, Chelsea Clinton continued to tell it, even getting the woman’s age wrong. (She was 35, not “younger than me,” as Chelsea Clinton reported Saturday.)
“There was some talk in the media about whether it was true or whether it was not true,” she said. “Her family has said it’s true in the interim, but what matters to me in the following story is that no one ever doubted that it could be true in our country. So here’s the story we heard . . . .”
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, said Chelsea Clinton should be held accountable for her stories. This story, she said, was plausible, so the telling of it, with Chelsea’s caveat, was acceptable.
“I don’t think adult daughters are held to a different standard,” Jamieson said.”

I do not believe Senator Obama was complaining about tough questions, I think he was complaining about stupid questions, which I believe they were. They have nothing to do with the day to day life of American’s. I want to scream if I hear one more stupid media type say “this is what the public wants and needs to know”. We the public doesn’t care about OTHER peoples comments, statements made 40 years ago, and fashion statements (flag pin), which by the way does not make you patriotic. I have long stopped watching the Stephanopoulos Sunday show because of the appearance of political bias but I am actually surprised at C. Gibson. If he wants to be taken seriously as a news anchor, he has to step up his game and stop asking GMA, taboid questions. On Bill Clinton I have lost all respect for him. He has turned into a character. The uncle no one wants to invite to the house because he talks too much.

BABY YOU WHERE BORN TO RUN
Hillary 2016

ABC does not like anything negative on McCain. Hmmmmm, I wonder why?
Why can’t the Dem’s find a maverick like McCain? You know a guy who dumps his first wife who stood by him while he was a POW and marries a younger, prettier, multimillionaire? A guy who has been formally admonished by his peers in the Senate for the Keating 5 scandal? A guy who will pass campaign reform legislation and then violate his own laws? A guy who will stand up for the sanctity of marriage and have multiple affairs and then blame the MSM for political hit jobs? Why can’t the Dems run a real American Hero like that? I would vote for em. For Sure.

From Talking points memo.
Well, it turns out TPM Reader JL did give it some thought. And he came up with something very interesting (see JL’s post at the DrexelDems blog). He did a little googling and found out Nash is pretty popular with the traveling press now in Pennsylvania. It turns out McCabe was featured in an April 4th story in the Times which begins like this …
Ask whom she might vote for in the coming presidential primary election and Nash McCabe, 52, seems almost relieved to be able to unpack the dossier she has been collecting in her head.
It is not about whom she likes, but more a bill of particulars about why she cannot vote for Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.
“How can I vote for a president who won’t wear a flag pin?” Mrs. McCabe, a recently unemployed clerk typist, said in a booth at the Valley Dairy luncheonette in this quiet, small city in western Pennsylvania.
Mr. Obama has said patriotism is about ideas, not flag pins.
“I watch him on TV,” Mrs. McCabe said. “I keep looking for that lapel pin.”
Now, it does seem like McCabe is not a fan of Sen. Obama’s. And I think we can assume that it’s not a coincidence that McCabe managed to show up featured in the Times and also as the sole outside questioner in the ABC debate. Presumably, a researcher for ABC or Gibson saw the piece in the Times, figured, hey, this lady hates Obama and is seriously ginned up about the lapel issue. Let’s send a camera crew and film her slamming Obama to his face. It’ll be great in the debate.

Hillary Clinton, D-NY, said of Obama, “I know he spent all day yesterday complaining about the hard questions he was asked. I have not heard Barack Obama complaining that the questions were HARD! He is rightly complaining that it tuck 45 minutes to get any meangfull questions on the ISSUES ABC YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO HAVE CALLED THE A DEBATE!
Hillary is the true complainer…. She and Bill have it down to an art form…

lol I see most of you hillary supporters just make up stuff to talk about.
Obama did not give hillary the finger.
He brushed the criticism off lol but he didn’t give her the finger. The man has much more class than that.

I would only be BITTER
if I lived in a country that I knew could never CHNAGE.
Thank God, George W. is not Dictator.
go USA

Hillary Clinton, D-NY, said of Obama, “I know he spent all day yesterday complaining about the hard questions he was asked.
I have not heard Barack Obama complaining that the questions were HARD! He is rightly complaining that it tuck 45 minutes to get TO any meangfull questions on the ISSUES
ABC YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED TO HAVE CALLED THIS A DEBATE!
Hillary is the true complainer…. She and Bill have it down to an art form…

Actually it was 52 minutes before they asked about any of the issues.
But hey…I thought the debate was supposed to be between Obama and clinton. So why were the moderators interrupting and ‘debating’ with Obama?
Because it wasn’t a debate….it was a hit job. They didn’t really want to discuss issues, just continue to ask Obama the same questions over and over again. The sean hannity question….nothing but innuendo, no substance. If we continue to ask the question, there has to be something to it, just because we say so.
Disingenuous crap people.

The American people are not stupid.
Who is falling for the Clintons’ petty games?
There’s a reason Obama is winning this race, and a reason he’s going to win in November.
We’re sick of the politics of sleaze and ready to elect a president who will work for us, not corporate lobbyists, foreign governments, media windbags, and most importantly, themselves. Hello 100 million, Bill and Hillary Clinton.
OBAMA 08

wow, this debate was equivalent to tabloid reporting. does anyone realize that George S. used to work for president Clinton. so how is he expected to not favor Hillary Clinton. this is showing the true nature of the Clinton’s. that we will do anything attitude. what a shame

Good Grief! It just came to me. I think George and Charlie read these blogs to get thier questions.
They realy believe that thiese are the questions America is asking! Holy Cow!

Clinton and McCain are politics as usual, bought and paid for by the people who make more in one year than most of us will make in a lifetime. I”m voting for the guy being funded one $25 contribution at a time by average Americans in RECORD numbers — which just goes to show we are sick of politics as usual and GOTCHA news media as usual. Turn the cameras on Britney Spears if you need salacious gossip. Let”s stick to the WAR, ECONOMY, HEALTHCARE and other serious issues when we talk politics.

oh yeah =gasp= I almost forgot…there’s a primary next week.
Its about time for either the clintons or someone to create a new scandal regarding Obama….
Watch out folks, cuz its a comin’.

Doesn’t it worry any of you that are independent, Clinton supporters or even Republicans, that the press and also the superdelegates are being bullied into Obama’s candidacy by his supporters who have a mob mentality? I am worried. This is not the way to select a president. Clinton has half the support in this primary- Obama and his mob are not succeeding at convincing (threatening) everyone. This is reminiscent of how G.W ran his campaign with the right-wing supporters pushing him so aggressively. I am reminded of a quote by Gloria Steinem who said “Evil is obvious only in retrospect.”

American people are not stupid???I don’t know who elected G. Bush. Not me.

Andrea, are we looking at the same campaign??

Those were not tough questions. They were stupid questions. Plain and simple. Obama came out on top with integrity intact. I know a superdelegate personally and the talk amongst some of them right now is that Hillary too easily accepted cheap politics over real issues. Americans do not want a cheap president. Dems know McCain can beat Hillary.

I GUESS IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE $250 THOUSAND A YEAR VIEWERS YOU ONLY SPEAK ON THE COMPLAINING OR LACK OF IT …
I AM ASTOUNDED AND AT A LOSS OF WORDS TO DISCRIBE ABC AND CHARLES .GEORGE YOU I’D EXPECT POOR PERFORMANCE WITH BARACK ,BUT CHARLES I’M TRUELY DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DIDN’T GO FOR THE ISSUES OF BEING PRESIDENT .USUALLY I CAN’T WAIT TO WATCH YOUR SHOW AND YOU .

Obama has complained a lot less about media coverage than the Clintons, even though he’s been far more under the microscope than the Clintons have since Super Tuesday.
We need a once-in-a-lifetime president, which Obama can be, to erase the worst-in-our-history president’s legacy of 2001-2008. Last chance to save the US of A as we once knew it from the 1980-2008 continuous sell-off of everything we hold dear.

you don’t get to choose your family, but you can choose your pastor….
you choose your husband as well.

I scratch my face with my middle finger quite frequently, but actually I hope he DID give Hillary “the finger”.
Perhaps he used his middle finger because his index finger was contaminated by all the vitrolic dust he scraped off his shoulder.

OK. The questions weren’t TOUGH, just S-T-O-O-O-P-I-D. Who WOULDN’T be exasperated at having to justify one’s patriotism for the umpteenth time to “Dottie in Duluth”. Forty-five minutes and 16 “questions” before a single relevent issue is raised. What is that? Most Americans would be indignant at a single questioning of their patriotism; here this guy has been defending his for months. Of all the questions from 300 million Americans and THIS is the one ABC chooses to air? If wearing or not wearing a flag lapel pin is considered a more relevent issue by the “average” voter than Iraq, global warming, healthcare, the economy, social security et al, then we are in a lot worse trouble than we think. Send Charlie back to Good Morning, America – he’ll have an audience more enamored of his particular style of “journalism”.

Although I have almost written off ABC as a credible news source after the debacle of the so called debate…I must admit your headline could not be closer to the truth!

Lets not forget….Obama won 12 states in a row! 12 STATES IN A ROW!
So someone tell me again how he would be ‘stealing’ this nomination?

Andrea: sad, but true are your Clinton and Obama rules. I have never seen such double standards in my life. The latest example being the abc debate — Obama shows that he is not ready for the presidency and Hillary comes out as negative. I guess she was supposed to come to his defense.

The Rev Jeremiah A Wright, Jr wore the uniform of his country serving six years in the United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy. He served his time defending the right of free speech and has the right to speak freely. You do not have to agree with what he says but Bill how long did you serve? We know HRC dodged bullets so I guess she can wear the CIB.

No whining from HilLIARy???? That’s all she’s been doing! Ever hear of Florida and Michigan?
And what about her being a baby in the last debate about “why do I always get the first question?”
The Debate on ABC sucked.

Hank, how long did Obama service in the military?

Isn’t that the kettle calling the pot burnt?
If McCain or Hillary haven’t twisted Obama’s words for political purposes, or cried foul for being attacked, then I must be dumb, and I don’t appreciate being condescended too. It’s about the facts, not the manipulation of someone’s words, and the fact is that Clinton and McCain both have records that are impotent at best and completely corrupt most often. What we know about Hillary and John is that they play the press and the public well mostly because they will say whatever the public wants to hear no matter how dishonest, and if you check the facts it almost always is a lie, and they have done nothing to stop and in fact promoted the debacle that this country is now in, both the war and the economy. But I asked myself what do I know about Obama? Well I know that I didn’t support him in the beginning and I still think of him as the lesser of three (evils?). I’ll explain how I could make such a decision to support him? Obama’s voting record is only slightly left of Hillary’s, and Hillary’s voting record is only midway left of McCain’s even though Hillary’s is way to the right of center and Obama’s is just about center, McCain’ voting record is that of a man that knows nothing of what is happening in the world other his own blind drive for power. And Hillary’s position on anything is questionable sense it flip-flops whenever her actions don’t sit well with the voters, as well as being driven only by power. Other then that my decision was set in stone when both Hillary and McCain decided to use a kind of political correctness that reminded me of the rhetoric that we the voting public lack patriotism because we question the war, our government, or our president? All assumptions I find patently insulting. So future President Obama, get used to it Hillary and McCain, but you were not my first choice but now you are my only choice. Congratulations

Haven’t we all had enough of the bullying, intimidating, agressive tactics of the Obama supporters? – and Obama too for that matter!

I am sick to death of the negativity that is surrounding the democratic campaign. I attempted to watch the debate, but was so annoyed with George and Charles’ negative political journalism that I could no longer suffer through it. I agree with a previous post that many of the questions that were asked of each candidate were stupid and in my opinion irrelevant. Issues of Hilliary’s lie of what happened in Bosnia and what O’Bama should have or shouldn’t have done regarding his pastor doesn’t matter as much as how people are going to pay for housing, gas, food, medical, decent wages.
Everyday we are hearing of citizens losing their jobs, their homes being foreclosed, gas prices escalating; the list can go on and on. And, journhalist want to sow discord and negativity?? I want to hear the candidates solution to that which concerns most of us all. Not the crap we are being subjected to by the media.
Needless to say, I was very dissatisfied with the way George and Charles handled the debate and disappointed with them. I expected better of them both.
Based upon some of the comments, we as people have a long way to go towards being united. This comment doesn’t have a darn thing to do with my “patriotism”. SSShhhh, I don’t always wear my American flag pin: does this make me against my country? We can agree to disagree, but to be nasty? That is uncalled for and should not be tolerated.

Even though I agree that the Clinton camp has complained a lot, still I think Obama complaining about one bad debate is pretty sad.
I mean Clinton has gotten pretty tough coverage throughout this campaign, through most of the debates, and so the whining co-effiencients aren’t equal.

Congratulations to ABC! Finally, questions were asked that, I am sure, are being asked by many Americans, and it took the courage of these two highly qualifed and knowledgable News Commentators to ask them.
Both Clinton and Obama were asked questions that were tough. And, as someone who is wanting to know more about Obama, I am disappointed that he has taken, the attitude of being the
“Victim”, something that he accuses Clinton of. We have watched many debates between these two and everyone knows about their plans for Health Care, Iraq, etc., what everyone doesn’t know about are the very questions that were asked,e.g.; what Clinton will do to win back the trust of voters over her Bosnia mistake. More importantly, are the questions about Obama,because we don’t know of him and he has the delegate lead, for now. We all know about Clinton, We don’t know about what influences Obama. And so far, his choices and judgement to maintain relations with “Anti-American” hater’s and his Pastor, still needs to be answered. We all should have the “Right to Know”.
It is also appalling to hear what Obama is saying today, that basically, We the People of America don’t care about those issues and then goes on to refer to them as; “petty issues”, which sounds condescending. I believe there will be more unfavorable surprises yet to come about Obama and won’t be able to win the General Election.
I question his ability, thus far, as to whether he can unite this Country, because he apparantly is no longer willing to have another Debate, before the North Carolina Primary, nor did he agree to allow the States of Florida and Michigan to revote. The People of those States are the rank and file Democrates, who had nothing to do with the rescheduling of their Primaries. Their Elected Officals did and he knows that. To continue to use the Excuse that the “Rules are the Rules” is wrong, and only divides and denies the rank and file their democratic vote.

At the end of the day, those supposedly tough questions won’t give you the much needed pay raise, keep food on your table, lower the price of gas, make the Iraqi’s get along so we can leave, catch Bin Ladin and everyone that’s associated with him, won’t lower the rapidly increasing price of college tuition, won’t improve the economy, won’t secure a future for your children, won’t make the world like us any better, won’t bring peace to the middle east, won’t improve medical care, won’t make our schools safer from crazy people with guns on campus, won’t lower the price of buying a home, and won’t secure that you’ll have a job next year – do I need to say anymore? If none of those 45 minutes of tabloid styled questions solves, answers, addresses any of those issues, then how important were they to be asked in the first place. Shame on anyone that believes those “questions” were that important… it’s probably because of that type of thinking that got us into the mess in the first place… too busy being focused on stuff that doesn’t matter really doesn’t matter – at the end of the day… God bless our democracy!

It shows how low class and shameless Hillary really is after months of complaining about nonpreferential media treatment. I think Hillary has the capacity to top Bush in creating division. The Bush/Clinton has pitted this country against itself and Hillary continues the tradition. Obama has the class and humor to blow her off.

“I know he spent all day yesterday complaining about the hard questions he was asked.”
More BS from Hillary. Obama observed that the debate didn’t dwell on the tough questions that are of much more interest to Americans. The ABC debate blog and the media outrage is evidence that Obama was right.
Hillary’s ready for Day One to fight with everybody on silly crap like she has for 35 years.

Ok folks, I am going to keep this short and to the point. I understand that a lot of these comments are coming from Hillary supporters. The fact is that Obama was not complaining about the tough questions, he was complaining that the questions where not issue driven. Instead, they where to scrutinize misspoken words. We all have said things that should have been said in a different way, does this make us bad people, certainly not. I like both candidates and may the best one win. I support Obama because he is the politics of change in America, the America that I love so much. With this said, I will support any Dem who wins the nomination because whatever happens, its got to be better than what we have had in office for these last 8 awful years. I am a registered nurse and barely able to make mortgage or pay bills and before the current presidency, I was an LVN and doing just fine. Can someone please explain to me why it is that if one or the other candidate wins the nomination, some of our “so-called” democrats are threatening to go republican. To me that is not patriotic at all, it is a lie. A lie when you supposedly support someone or group as long as the person is not “black” or a “woman”. God help America, this is ridiculous.

For those foreigners who wonder how the US could have elected George Bush twice this is why.
They would rather ask questions about lapels and pastors instead of how to make the society better.
People must be deluded to believe these were “great” questions. WOW

I was just watching Reliable Sources address ABC’s debate, and yeah, I think we can all agree the “flag pin” question was a bit much, though I didn’t realize “the women on the street” who asked the question was actually someone the NY Times quoted about this, but all these other questions really were legitimate. The media has focused on the Rev. Wright and “bitter” remarks ad nauseum, and this IS the first debate held since these issues came up. But the larger point is that of the other 20-something debates, many of them focused rather harshly on Clinton’s negatives. This ONE debate was more focused on Obama’s, the front runner’s, negatives, and the whining is deafening – just deafening. I think this highlights pretty starkly just how great the bias in the media really is. And let’s face it, if he had actually performed well, no one would be saying a word, other than to praise how he tough he is.
So, this entire argument highlights IMO a greater issue, the liberal media’s overwhelming favoritism toward Obama. Actually that’s the real issue here. When Clinton was the front-runner, that was the “excuse” for her getting the majority of the hammering. If Obama makes it to the general election, you can bet he’s going to get roughed up plenty and that these issues are going to come up again.
So . . . he can cry me a river. He’s sure never complained about be the liberal media’s darling.

The coverage throughout the campaign has been totally slanted towards Obaama…I am a private citizena and i knew about Rezko, Wright and Ayers early in the campaign from searching the records of all the candidates…but they were not really covered until the readers outcry became too great,
So what if Hillary wasn’t too happy with MSM. And it was terribel…journalists calling her names and using Obama’s campaign’s talking points instead of doing “fair and balanced” coverage….
Even with the “bitter” remarks some of the press perfers to leave out “antipathy to others that are not like themselves and anti-immigrant”
A lot of people may not care to be called bitter gun and church clingers….but most people really resent being called racists.
Anyway Clinton made do…..But the first time you bring up anything about Obama he is not just complaining but totally using a “scorched earth” policy. Will he debate again or use this as an excuse not to take questions? Did he ever take questions?
ANd so he sets his attackers on a network…and he stops hiding behind his attack dogs to go full blown negative.
There are youtubes out there where Obama made 2 different stops in PA the day after the debate and he is giving the “finger” to Clinton in the same basic part of the speech.
He is a hypocrite who will not allow anyone to question him. I believe there will be a lot more revelations about his friends and policies. Obama may give great speeches and the camera loves him. But he has no record of accomplishment and he has no relevant experience…

Poor Hillary.
Why anyone can understand how it’s easy to confuse a “corkscrew” land at Tuzla airport among sniper fire and then having to run across the tarmac with a comedian and a guitar player in tow and ducking bullets all the while to a poem from a child.