Obama Forgets Writing on Gun Questionnaire

Simple. When cornered, Senator Barack Obama will LIE. Sadly, Barack, just like a “typical Washington politician”. He even LOOKED nervous like he was lying when he said it. He also tried to claim that he “disowned” his former Pastor – until George Stephanopolus called him immediately on it. Barack is learning the hard way that you cant run a campaign on speeches and constantly yelling “Change” and “Hope”! Hillary looked and sounded “Presidential” Barack looked scared and lost.

Clinton: Affirmative action on ALL disadvantaged children – black, white and all in between. -The REAL uniter!
“It’s time for female rule” – The Dalai Lama

So what…Hillary did not wear her flag pin tonight and McCain did not wear his flag pin on college hardball with Chris Matthews Tuesday night. Why don’t you write about this? If you check the internet for a picture of that night you will see it. I am too through with ABC. This was a set up.

Another attempted “hit job” by ABC and politico on Obama! The best part is people aren’t as stupid as you think they are.

Did anyone besides me notice that when the moderators asked Omaba about his remarks in San Francisco they conveniently left out his inclusion of racism and illegal immigration? They only mentioned religion and guns?! Will anyone ever ask either of these democrat candidates about their positions on illegal immigration during a debate???

Obama supporters are wailing that ABC News dared to ask the Precious difficult questions instead of offering him a pillow.

The press has all the right in the world to question Obama about the questionnair, BitterGate and now that Obama worked for terrorist William Ayers. He said he was 8 when Ayers bombed New York. Nice try Obama. You were 30something when you worked for him at the Woods Project. You as an adult made the decision to work for a terrorist. This is a legitimate issue, the judgment and associations of the possible nominee. Its goes straight to the reason why democrats have lost the last two elections. It is fair to argue Obama’s condescension to the small town folk because it goes directly to issues like religion, xenophobia, gun ownership and culture. And his associations with Farrahkan, Wright, Ayers and Refko should be fully vetted.

I was surprised how poorly Barack did in the ABC debate. His poorest responses were the “bitter” remarks he made about us. He also changed the subject every time his relationships to the terrorist and the racist hater came up. I only wish we had known these things about him sooner.
PA Small Towner.

In a time when maybe this is last debate. A very important evening. ABC has commercials . In fact as it began they broke away after 1 minute. The first 45 minutes had no issues but attacks by Clinton and ABC on Obama. I think I have watched all debates this year both Republican & Democrat and Im positive now that ABC did the worse job. Charlie Gibson arguing his point of view as if he was running in primary. Shame on ABC , pitiful dispaly on yall’s behalf.

I think what is rather amusing is that the liberal media, including ABC, are beating up on the Democratic nominee, Senator Obama, at a time when they normally would be building and lifting their candidate in written and televised media for the upcoming national election against the evil republicans. After this media generated blood letting nomination process is over, the liberal media will suddenly do an about face, change their tune, say and write wonderful things about him, and proceed to trash the McCains every which way they can! It’s so predictable. The same folks who are saying he sucks, will kiss up. What does this say about our party and the liberal media! LOL!

Clinton didn’t get asked soft questions and Obama didn’t get asked hard questions. Clinton just way out performed Obama and answered many of the questions flawlessly whereas Obama managed to stumble and give Americans a glimpse of how unprepared he is to run our nation.

As an Obama supporter I am glad they did this. Even though they looked completly unproffesional they vetted Barack Obama. The fact that Clinton supporters actually think that his dirt is worse than what they got on Hillary is blind. Even on the terrorist allegation her husband commuted their sentence!
This was over weeks ago.
She can not win.
It’s that simple.
Get used to it kiddos!
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

This is fair enough .
No pillow, no pamper.
Grow up and learn how to stand up yourself.

why he tried to mislead people with saying his relation ship with Ayer when he was only 8 years old?

Funny that the Obama people can jam up the debate blog. There are only 10 posts on “Obama’s Memory Lapse” under Investigative. Under the circumstances would it have been out of line to ask him if the Iraqi billionaire Auchi and his partner Syrian Tony Rezko had anything to do with Obama’s original stance on the war? I mean since he’s made his opposition of it such a huge issue against everybody else?

ABC was the first in the MSM to open up Pandora’s Box by finally asking some tough questions of Senator Obama. And what we got with Obama was some insight to how he is not fit to be leader of the free world.
“Pandora had been given a jar and instructed by Zeus to keep it closed, but she had also been given the gift of curiosity, and ultimately opened it. When she opened it, all of the evils of mankind escaped from the jar, although Pandora was quick enough to close it again and keep one value inside, Hope.”

Whoever said this debate is disgusting, bad etc should think all these issues tonight will come out in GE.
You have to face it.

So, is the media going to call Obama a liar over and over and over again for the next few weeks, or did he just “misspeak”?

Obama has been defeated by Hillary Clinton on every debate. He does not know what to say unless he has a pre-written script or rehearsed speech. He should not be the Democrat nominee.

Um, last I checked, the Electoral College is how the president is decided. And the candidates for the presidency are decided in the republican and democratic primaries. And the superdelegates play an important role in deciding who the democratic nominee will be. The goal is to win the White House (decided by the EC) and when the superdelegates assess who can best do that, it will be Hillary Clinton.
It’s really not rocket science. If your position is that the democractic primary has nothing to do with the presidential election, then Obama deserves smart people like you.

“anyone interested in the fact that bho has dual citizenship with Kenya!!!!Talk about conflict of interest. No wonder he never says he is an american”
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I am.

If this questionnaire is authentic why would one include his resume and personnal information; i bet elitist do.
i think the Questions posed were legitimate, associating oboma with someone who commited acts of terrorrism when he was 8 years is damn.

I too would think Obama would do better as a lawyer; however, you do not need to be ready to be great trial lawyer to pass the bar. Trial are the lawyers that are best on their feet and even they like to be super prepared. I know lawyers who suck in court but are good at what they do because they rarely have to do court agruments. So the affirmative action argument is sickening. It presumes all white men are inherently qualified and other minorites are not. Yea right ! The same BS has been around for more than 30 years.

“So the affirmative action argument is sickening. It presumes all white men are inherently qualified and other minorites are not. Yea right ! The same BS has been around for more than 30 years.”
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Affirmative action just tells people that they are just not “good enough”
Or else it would not be in effect.
Drop your guilt. You’ve done nothing wrong.

Really, what difference does it make WHAT he or anybody wrote on a questionnaire TWELVE YEARS AGO? What’s important is what someone believes TODAY! I have views today that were different 12 years ago, so what, does no one else?
This nitpicking “gotcha” type of time-wasting is nauseating……. and definitely destroys any respect I would have for Gibson as a supposed “journalist”….

Observer:
Affirmative action just tells people that they are just not “good enough”
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I used to believe that until I learned ore about history. Now I know you take advantage of anything that gets your foot in the door and do not apologize if you can take advantage of an opportunity. Merit is the crap they tell minorities they need while the people that tell them that have their own exceptions and do not consider that non-meritorious. If you think getting ahead in a social situation or society is just about hard work, we are fooling ourselves.

Observer:
What is your definiton of patriotism ?
If you want to sling dirt, it seems to me Hillary’s brothers got paid to use their access and influence to get people pardoned. Clinton pardonned heinous criminals and terroist himself. Proabalby some Ayers friends.
To keep up our current military operations, we need a war tax, bonds, and the draft. Then we can handle Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan, or try harder !

Just one more lie by Obama. That makes 57 I have counted so far in this primary

Lani,GA
Gee I wonder why some people feel ill-will and down trodden about Obama.
Gee…could it be because of the way Obama and his supporters have acted. That is; if it was Hillary or McCain that said those comments in San Francisco that Obama and his supporters would be all over it…seriously you and the rest would not have let it go.
Or could it be because the longer this goes on the more we see the real Obama.
What’s the matter he can’t handle it, oh poor baby. Why don’t you bring him some chicken soup and a blankey.
Hillary wasn’t the first one to come out with the negative campaign tactics. That started after NH when Obama didn’t get the primary, and when push comes to shove, well you know how that goes. Obama is suppose to be a uniter, ha…that’s a laugh. Especially when he comes out with stupid comments like he did.
Or associates himself with shady charactors like Rezko, Rev. Wright. An then throws grandma under a bus.
But I guess when the shoe is on the other foot it is different.
You can pick your friends and your spiritual advisor, but you can’t pick your family.

Last night was the clincher- CLINTON 2008!
Obama needs to quit wasting our time.

Oh, he remembered. He just didn’t figure anyone would call him out as the liar he is on national television. Too bad no one did, or had a copy to show him. I am sure that someone in the campaign just has handwriting similar to his ….

Forgot? Isn’t this an outright lie? Why isn’t this on the front page? If Hillary had done it, you guys would be slamming it for days.

Thanks, George and Charlie for asking the questions early in the debate. It’s okay in the Obama camp for Clinton to take all the tough questions but when Obama’s turn came to reconcile many inconsistencies, he wilted. We keep hearing how he wants to stay above “all that” but he started his speech in my city with a knock about Clinton. The very fact that Clinton has the support she does in most large states should be of concern to people (media included) that Clinton is a viable candidate and should not exit. By now, most voters would have jumped ship (like some frightened super delagates), but people who are voting for President and not American Idol are voting for Clinton

Slowly and surely, all these little Obama lies will surface..and the people will learn who he really is. Thank YOU ABC for vetting Obama more than anyone has ever done before. Americans need to know how he handles up under pressure. Bravo TEAM ABC !! Well done Charlie and George.

EXCELLENT JOB ABC! Charlie and George showed the other networks how professional journalists should act and how an impartial presidential debate should be conducted!
I hope the sexist jerks at the other networks watched last night and took a few pointers. Both anchors hit each candidate hard on the issues, pressed when either didn’t answer the question or tried to evade, but did so with RESPECT. Very good job. Really, ABC management, I was VERY impressed.
Thank you! Your actions show you care about American voters and respect their ability to see through the lies on either side and make a better, more educated decision. You really, really conducted the debate right! The BEST so far this election season.

Excellent Debate! It is the responsibility of reporter to find the facts for the American people about all the candidates, so that Americans can discuss and then make an educated vote. One does not vote on face value and sweet talk. For many, many years the media has given the American people the good, bad and the ugly about the Clinton, what make the Obama’s thing they are any better! There still are question that need answers from Obama and his associations. Association too: Rezko, Auchi, Alsamarrae, Daniel Mahru, Daniel t. Frawley, Blagojevich, Seaus Ahern, regarding the Companion Security in Iraq and Obamas connection to the escape of accused Alsamarrae from Baghdad!

GEORGE SURELY WILL NOT BE CALLED JUDAS!! WHY DID HE NOT GO AFTER HILL WHEN BARACK BROUGHT UP THE 2 PARDONS FROM BILL ABOUT THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND WILLIAM AYRES ?THEY AND HILL HAD NO PROBLEM TRYING TO ASSICIATE BARACK WITH HIM. CLINTONS ASSOCIATION WITH THE UNDEGROUND PARDON 2 BOMBERS!!
DONT WORRY GEORGE YOU WERE STILL LOYAL TO HILLARY. YOU BREEZED THROUGH UNSCATHED.
GEORGE WITH YOUR INSIDE INFORMATION YOU COULD HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE. YOU BLEW THAT.
HILLARY DEMANDS LOYALITY WELL YOU GAVE IT TO HER.
THE WORKING CLASS SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM YOU.
WERE YOU THERE AT CAMP DAVID SEMINAR IN 1995? DID YOU EVER HEAR HER MAKE THESE STATEMENTS? THERE OR AT ANYTIME WHILE YOU WERE DOING YOUR JOB FOR THEM?
Sally Bedell Smith’s book “For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years” — that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, during a 1995 retreat called the “Camp David Seminar on the Future of Democracy had some interesting comments about working-class white Southerners who had left the Democratic party:
“‘Screw ‘em,’ she said, ‘you don’t owe them a thing, Bill, they’re doing nothing for you.’ Bill rose to their defense, ‘as if rehearsing an old but honorable debate he had been having with his wife for decades,’” as one attendee recalled.
WORKING CLASS WILL REJECT YOU!!!HILL
I SAY SCREW YOU.

This country needs Hillary Clinton as president NOW MORE THAN EVER. Last night’s debate showed Obama for the incompetent, lying boob he is. He is SO lacking in judgment and character. Hillary on the other hand ‘OUTSHINED’ Obama 100 to 1. Hillary has a brilliant command of the hard issues facing this country and has thoughtfully and thoroughly laid out a plan of action to correct the problems. This is something Obama has NOT done. I’m SO impressed and honored that Hillary Clinton will be the first woman president of the United States. She is an awesome role model for millions of women in this country and worldwide. Again, ABC – very very good job conducting an impartial debate. George and Charlie were EXCELLENT!

It seems that Obama isn’t so great with “hardball” questions. The Obama team is squealing this morning! Ouch that has to hurt. How are the Democrats going to get past Rev. Wright running 24/7? How are the Democrats going to get past “clinging to guns and religion”? How are the Democrats going to get by babbling inexperience? Well, how will we? If Obama is the nominee, we won’t.
Obama wasn’t laughing last night! He just can’t figure out why people won’t just let go and skip over all of those details, so that he can get on to changing the world. Irritation, frustration, even condescending whining of “let’s move on past my personal weakness” characterized his performance last night. How will that play in a general election when people really vote and they can’t caucus and coerce voters? This is the system he would have to run in and all of the rhetoric of “let’s not be negative” will be useless wailing as he is eaten bit by bit by the Republican machine.
John McCain won’t play nice he won’t be constrained by legions of Republicans screaming for fairness. His base will turn up the heat and boil Obama. He was abysmal last night and that was nothing compared to what is coming up. Hopefully, the undecided will finally see what is needed, a candidate that can win against McCain. No matter what Hillary has done, she does not have to defend Rev. Wright.
If Obama is the nominee, hunker down for a least 4 more painful McCain Republican years. I doubt that we make it past those 4 because we will no long be on the planet. This is one of those McGovern moments. Obama sounds good to those who are mad and want a different system so they desperately cling to the idea that he will save them by changing a system that he does not and can not control and is not experienced enough to navigate. The world he lives in is imaginary, theoretical and ideological. However, it’s not reality. He doesn’t do well with reality.
Obama can’t close the deal for a good reason, real doubt about his ability to play in the real world. Last night was a preview of how he would do. The truth is he can’t play and win with the big kids, even with the puppeteers pulling all the strings. It takes more than a Messiah to fix this mess. We need a leader who knows and understands the issues and knows how to work in the real system, the one we have right now.
If Obama is the nominee, those clinging to him, will be bitter when McCain wins. So will I. Vote Hillary!

LA in Indiana: So what Ayers did 40 years ago when Obama was 8 years old shouldn’t matter? The fact that Ayers said on 9/11 “I didn’t bomb enough, I wish I did more” and Obama continued to associate with him and serve on the board of the Woods Fund with him shouldn’t matter? Some Americans feel that sitting US Senators should have good judgement when it comes to choosing friends, pastors and business associates. Obama feels it is perfectly okay for a sitting US Senator to attend a church that D–ms America. Obama says when us regular folks aren’t listening, that we won’t vote for him because we are clinging to our values and the constitution. Obama could not handle a couple of minutes of tough questioning, it almost seemed like he was about to stomp off the stage like he stomped off when reporters had the audacity to ask him 8 questions about Rev. Wright. Obama is not electable – questions about Wright, Farrakhan, Auchi, Rezko, Amsallaere, Khalidi, Said, Hamas and others are not going to go away – the Republicans can’t wait.

ABC TV DID A GREAT JOB WITH THE DEBATE!
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THE REAL OBAMA, NOT JUST THE PHONY IMAGE HE PORTRAYS WITH HIS SPEECHES.
OBAMA HAS MANY ANTI-AMERICAN MENTORS SUCH AS WRIGHT,FARRAGUT,AYERS AND REZKO.
ABC HAD THE GUTS TO ASK HIM ABOUT SOME OF THESE DESPICABLE PEOPLE WHO OBAMA HAS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO FOR 20 YEARS.

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I don’t think Obama lied about the gun ban issue. He has consistently said it wasn’t his writing on the questionaire and who can prove that it was? Nobody. What are they going to do, get a handwriting expert to analyze this thing? No way. Actually i believe Obama when he says it wasn’t his signature. He has consistently said the constitution allowed for individual ownership of guns.
Concerning your friends being tired of the Obama ADS. The ADS are not for Obama haters like you and your friends. You folks would not vote for him under any circumstance. The ADS are for undecided voters who usually vote for the candidate they are MOST exposed to. This is a fact of politics.

A reader in Georgia
You are right. I think i have for the last week consistently said that the Democrats have already lost this election. They just don’t know it yet. Neither candidate can bridge the divisions in the party. I think old white women will not come out for Obama and blacks and young folks will not come out for Clinton. Take my wife for example. Even Jesus Christ will not get her to vote for Clinton, and she is a lifelong Democrat that used to love the Clintons. Where does that leave us? The only chance the Democrats now have is to form a whole new coalition and GOTV. I think that’s a long shot. Clinton has managed to torpedo the Democratic party. I think for all intent and purpose the Democratic party is tethering on the edge of a precipice. If this continues for another month, the party will be done. But we all know that at this point, this thing most likely wilol go to the convention and get very, evry, very, very ugly. This is a disaster and the Democrats at this point need a HUGE miracle.

A reader in Georgia
No she didn’t hurt my feeling. Personally, i have always said that if she wins, i will vote for her. I was just making a statement based on my knowledge of how men perceive aggressive women in this country. ABC News did some grave damage to Obama yesterday, no doubt about that. And Obama was horrible. But Clinton CANNOT win without the black vote, this is a fact. And as the days go by, it seems Obama cannot win either. The Democrats are in a pickle here. This is our worst nightmare becoming reality. Let me ask you a question. If you are a Democrat, please paint a realistic picture of how this will end?

Lauren: The Clinton do in fact harbor some anti-American feelings but compared to Obama they can almost stand next to G. Washington.

. The explanation Barack Obama gave back in October in an interview with a local TV station in Iowa was “I decided I won’t wear THAT pin on my chest, instead, I’m going to try to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great, and hopefully that will be a testament to my patriotism.”
OBAMA LIED LAST NIGHT -HE HAS SAID HE WOULDN’T WEAR A FLAG PIN.
and btw, he is running for President as a power trip, not because of patriotism.
William Ayres is just a neighbor? Obama chose his church and chose his neighborhood.

Again, during and immediately after the debate and all over the message boards, we see the virulence of the Obama supporters. That’s the real story of how they’re reacting to Obama’s incredibly weak performance last evening. He floundered and it is indeed scary.
Wake up DNC – he is not electable. You can pull out as many 3rd tier super delegates to throw under the “out-of- control-bus-that-is-his-campaign” that you want but we can all see after last night THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES!!!!
It’s time to pull the plug on Obama’s campaign.

Kevin; What I am saying is SHE has no experience from being First Lady that is relevant…..no more than the WH chef during those 8 years. She can claim all she wants it doesn’t wash with me. Since I will not allow her credit for that “experience” I can not hold her responsible for acts committed by Bill. This is not having it both ways. This is called being consistent.

A reader in Georgia
Your last point was right. But i think it is too late. I think when Clinton got so far behind, she should have dropped out. When she got so far behind that the only way she could win was to kneecap the front-runner, she should have bowed out for the good of the party. What her insistence has done is allowed what is now happening to happen. What we are now seeing is the front-runner (a front-runner with a near insurmountable lead) being bloodied by not only by a fellow Democrat (a Democrat he has evidently refused to fight), but also by a Republican attack machine that knows he has already won (against whom he cannot fight either because he is bogged down in a fight with the Democrat). So this is a group beating Obama is taking and at the end of this he will become UNELECTIBLE. Obama is bogegd own in a two-frontal battle. he is fighting a Primary fight while simultaneously fighting a General election fight. I’m not sure this has ever happened in American politics. The problem is, Clinton has already made herself UNELECTIBLE by losing so many contest including 11 in a row and alienating blacks. Besides, her negatives are sky high.

So what? Is ABC aware that the country has a lot of problems? You’re in a recession. Your less affluent citizens have no access to health care without bankrupting themselves. You’re in a war with no end. etc. etc.
What the hell happened last night? Why didn’t they go back and check Obama’s kindergarten report card? Imagine what that would have revealed!!!

ABC was brilliant. It is the first time the moderators didn’t give Obama a hug and a kiss. He didn’t do so well.
Clinton is used to taking heat, and takes it in stride. She was much more commanding and Presidential.
So much better than the lousy debate Russert mediated.

Senator Barack Obama, while an intelligent, thoughtful man, is EXTREMELY weak without the crutch of a TelePrompter. He fumbled and hesitated, and “Ummed” his way thru last evenings debate in Philly – it was awkward and painful to watch. Compared to Senator Hillary Clinton, he looked like a complete and utter amateur. She, on the other hand, looked and sounded Presidential. I am dumbfounded that she is trailing [slightly] in the nomination process. Hopefully, Philadelphia opened many people’s eyes last night. She is Presidential, he is unelectable. Oh yeah, and when pressed on his signature on the 1996 handgun ban, he LIED. Again. The Emperor has not clothes, and no memory. Please give Hillary your help and support.

It is interesting, re San Francisco comments, that he was not asked to defend his answer to the question, “Why are you losing in Pennsylvania?” This is when he chose to demean America. Now he is spinning the whole thing into a lie. I can tell when people are lying, and Obama had liar body language up until he was given a question with no controversy.
I still thought Obama got handled with kid gloves, but less so than usual. CNN and MSNBC have offered us infomercials but not debates. THis was a debate and Obama did not score so well!

Antoin … keep drinking the Kool ade from the Obamanation… your just another Obama stepford child… denying facts right in front of you

I have come to make just this comment.
ABCNEWS IS A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME. WHO IS WATCHING THE WATCH DOGS?

Barack is going to change America as we know it Michelle Obama on Steven Colbert show 4-15-05.

I guess none of these people have worked as Administrative Assistants, where their bosses may have written out 1 piece of information then either dictated the rest or in some cases handed off the rest to you – period.

Well it’s not about the questionnaire, it’s about him LYING about it! Obama is a liar and an inexperienced person to be president.

Unfortunately, I think Mario Cuomo may be correct in that the only guarantee for Dems to win the GE is a combo ticket. Hillary is the only one who has said she would at least consider this; however, BO nixed the idea completely. I think there is no hope for the Dems if Obama is the nominee. He has disenfranchised too many Americans. Thank you ABC for asking some tough questions.

Definite sour grapes towards ABC this morning. I flip through all the channels and websites. I actually find ABC to be the only one willing to show both the good and bad on BOTH of the candidates. MSNBC is every bit as unbalanced as Fox is, actually I think they are worse then Fox. Fox didn’t choose a candidate and promote him endlessly as MSNBC has. I have yet to see them spin for a candidate. I used to watch MSNBC all the time but refuse to anymore, I now get my fair and balanced news from ABC.

Gotcha!!! You’re right, Howard Wolfson. The man didn’t remember correctly. So, let’s punish him mercilessly. Let’s besmirch his good character. Let’s harass his family. Let’s ignore anything good he’s ever done and drive him out of public life. That’s what politics should be about in this country.

AmazonTraveler: “8 years in the White House as First Lady is valuable experience.
Dismissal of this experience is saying that witnessing and participating in events doesn’t contribute to your knowledge and understanding of the world.” I worked as a tech in a hospital for years……you would be utterly foolish to let me persuade you to perform an operation on you just because I have seen hundreds. As for being a Senator…excuse me while I LOL. She as been elected but hardly has done what I would call perform her duties. The Senate record is quite clear on her “accomplishments”. NONE. Since aquiring the job she has endlessly done nothing more than use it as a steeping stone to the WH. She has been endlessly campaigning since 2004 and before that every chance she got. She is a Senator…..she is suppose to craft legislation….while in the Senate did she even think about crafting legislation for her health care project……NO. She is in a better place to move that agenda forward than when she was First Lady but has elected not to be a leader on the issue other than campaign on it. If she had at least attempted to move forward on the healthcare issue as a Senator even a failure on this would have made this whole nomination race a non-event. She would have cruised easily through it. But she feels entitled and that she should just be handed the nomination just because she’s Hillary, First Lady to the Great One. Sorry, 7 years of campaigning doesn’t cut it with me. You are right about one thing though. She’s a better offer than Obama.

WHITE WOMAN AND HER CRONIES ARE “lynching” an educated BLACK AMERICAN.
GOPs love it.

“Jounalism” at ABC News has hit a new low. In the midst of two wars, a plummeting economy, health care crisis and a host of real substantive issues, Stephanopolous and Gibson chose National Enquirer silliness over substance.

Does anyone remember some form you filled out 11 years ago? I didn’t think so. Who cares, it’s not relavent. Everyone slips up and oh no, if he lied? Who doesn’t hypocrites! Clinton lies, McCain lies, Bush lied, I lied, you lied. FORGET ABOUT IT ALREADY!

Shame on ABC and its feeble excuse for “journalist”.
The people that comment here are much more knowledgable about politics than you “experts” are.
Move on and start writing about cooking or gardening, or something within your grasp, ABC!

Obama did well considering. Clinton had her best debate to date but it’s probably too late. I would consider this a tie because Obama was attached on all sides and was on the defensive but did okay regardless and attempted to push the debate towards some substance w/o success and the negatives kept coming. Clinton not being attached as much had openings to discuss her view points and come across as the one to beat, which she is in Penn but will not be enough to go national unfortunately.

And so it continues…. Obviously last night’s performance was not an isolated case of tabloid journalism from ABC. It seems to be widespread in their online blogs as well.
ABC used to be my favorite news organization, mostly because of Jennings and Koppel. How far they have fallen! Rest in Peace, Peter, I’m so glad you didn’t have to see this.

I don’t believe it’s polite to question Mr. Obama. He supports hope and change, so what more do you need to know? I believe that we should roll out the red carpet and usher him right into the White House without even bothering with the election.

I know, the whole world is for Barack! I heard that Osama has an Obama 08′ sign outside of his cave!

Well well well, Barry is caught in another LIE. This guy is a corrupt, seedy liar and fraud who doesn’t belong anywhere near the presidency.

Obama is not equiped for the job. He is weak. His liberal philosophy makes him weak, as he has knee-jerk reponses. Also, what has Obama done for Black people in America? Nothing! Underneath it all, he is a white boy through and through. His mother from Kansas was his moral guide through life. She rode througoh life as the great white hope, two times marrying someone she probably believed, deep down, was beneath her. In the long run, it is Hillary Clinton who had done the most for African Americans. I hope Blacks in America wake up before they end up with this “oreo” in the “White” house.

observer, this girl has not chance to run a rumshop in Kingston Jamaica. Hill the Bosnian General knows that she is unelectable and understand that the noimination process and the primaries are over. Hill managed her campaign in a desastrous way which disqualifies her for the presidency. Superdelegates and the whole country know that Hill the Bosnian sniper is a person you cannot trust at all and who is a divisive figure in the US politics. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.

LOL! Now you want to focus on issues? When Hillary misspoke about Bosnia, the Boneheads were up in arms! Shame on Hillary for being a liar!
But here’s the thing. She apologised and is embarrassed about it. Heck everyone tells a story now and then but if you get caught, man up! Just like what she did. It’s totally human and totally forgivable.
Bonehead-in-Chief on the other hand…will pile one lie on top of another. He’s pretty good at dodging questions too! Nope, can’t remember…nope didn’t know…nope wasn’t there…oh wait I was, no I wasn’t…so what if I was…please focus on the issues.
[ "Perhaps he could explain how his handwriting could appear on it without actually seeing it?" Wolfson added ]
Heck, I wanna know that too.

geevil, observer, WestCoastMessanger, you all got it wrong. Hill the Bosnian General is finished, done and she knows that superdelegates will not go for her rescue, because her negatives are so high and she is unelectable and that is the reality. Be used to President Obama and First Lady Michelle a powerful and wonderful black couple in the White House. The world and America are waiting for Obama to lead. God bless America and God bless Obama.OBAMA08.

One thing that really stood out was how Clinton claimed to have a different answer for questions and gave the exact answer to many of the questions that Obama gave (watch and listen to the debate it’s funny).

Not need to fear Obama supporters. You see what happens when Obama stays above the fray as Annie Oakley et al start going negative on him….
Her negatives soar (she must haven’t gotten the memo yet)

ch
you are just as dilusional as your candidate…. tell me ch … what are you going to do when Barack finally wraps this thing up in NC.
Yeah Yeah… I know….you gonna vote for mcsame….. our fallen service members and the ones yet to fall for the next 100 years thank you!!!

You know what this is all stupid. If you don’t like Barack just admitt it and move on. I don’t think it was one of barack’s best performances but it was fine. and whenever they asked him questions they would keep interupting Him and you know that’s true. not only that. they sure was ready to bring up the rev. wright stuff that happend a month a go, but sure did not bring up Marke penn that happend a few days ago. I have said that I don’t think he has gotten a free pass in the media when you constantly being asked the same question 10 thousand time wouldn’t you be bothered two, and he did not avoid any answer contrary to what some here may believe. he answered and actually the whole bitter thing he answered twice – People who like hillary why don’t you worry about what she does, you weren’t going to vote for Barack anyway so stop you seem just as bitter as she does that he doesn’t have this nomination wrapped up already. I agree with some people hear I like when the ask Barack those tough answers because what it does is toughen up for the general so i guess we can thank hillary for giving him the experience he needs to move foward

Obama has been succesful at convincing voters that it is Hillary that is dishonest when this man does not have an honest bone in his body!There are too many lies to list anymore! When is Enough, enough? When Obama and his shady and Anti-American friends take over our White House and he wines and dines them on our tax dollar?

and Hillary Is Honest?Please, that Man is more honest than her and the sad thing is when he says something that is true people tears him to shreds. so maybe he should lie i mean that is the only the we seem to respect. He I think he knows what his handwriting looks like. and that is me telling you when your birthday is. give it a break. and what if it is his handwriting, if he came out today and said ooops i’m sorry i “misspoke” will we forgive like hillary. probably not. so get off your high horse

Frankly, after last night, I’m amazed that anyone from ABC News has the gall to say anything about Obama or the American people besides “we’re sorry”. But since you aren’t, enjoy your new role as the next Weekly World News, because this is some weak pre-debunked tabloid trash you’re peddling here, and we have far more important issues to worry about.

Why does Obama Lie so much about his past???
This is an important issue and I am happy that it was brought to light. If Obama would STOP it with the misrepresentations of his beliefs, then maybe I might think he is a different candidate…. But Obama is the same old…same old. Obama is a typical politician.

ABC,
Thank you for being one of the FIRST media outlets since this campaign kicked off on January 1st to ask the tough questions to Obama. He has had an amost free pass with the mainstream media while Americans, both Republican, Independents and especially Democrats sit by trying to find out who is Obama. And who is Wright and Ayers and his other friends and his relationship to them? And so many other questions I still have, but many being answered because you asked. After, maybe 20 debates on issues, it was time to try to shed some light on Obama’s character. Thank you for asking the tough questions.

Maybe it was the Rev. Wright’s Hand Wrighting!

And this is the most censured and most apologetic election ever. Campaigning supposed to be about talking to the people and at the same time you let the people discover who trully you are without nice sheer sheet infront of you. Right now I am confused and don’t have enough about Mr. Obama. I am going for most scrutinized candidate.

Thx Sara, do they serve kool-aid in there?
LOL

He always gets that puzzled look on his face.
Like he can’t remember his previous lies on the subject.
Or his staff isn’t there with cue cards.

Again, Obama came off as dull and a liar

same here Joe H.

I remember a comment from one of Sen Obama’s followers when the Bosnia gafee came out.
“Why did she lie!!!”
Now, in fairness, we can ask
“SEN OBAMA, WHY DID YOU LIE ABOUT THE QUESTIONNARE????”

WAY TO GO SENATOR CLINTON!!! WAY TO GO ABC!! FAIR AND BALANCED COVERAGE!!!
I have enlclosed the link to the Rollingstone article discussed in last night’s debate: (He lied and Is he above the fact checking you put Senator Clinton through!)
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/sto ry/13390609/campaign_08_the_radical_root s_of_barack_obama/print
CLINTON 08 – School is in session!!!!!!

He didn’t forget he lied. Obama has lied over and over again. How much Money did he take from Tony Rezko? How many times did he change his story? Did he hear Rev. Wright make controversial statements?

The Clinton administration tried to eliminate all guns by suing gun manufacturers for crimes involving guns

Clinton if a far better person for the Job!
She is hired!
Clinton 08!!!!

Investigative journalism opportunity as raised by NY Voter, below:
What is the basis for these pages being grouped together now when they weren’t faxed together then? That is the minimum that should be established for authentication.

I thought Sen. Obama handled himself badly. He looked visibly irritated. This isn’t just what a campaign feels like, this is what the Presidency feels like and I sincerely hope Sen. Obama understands that a President has to deal daily with others (and the times) setting the agenda.
So he got stuck dealing with what he considers non-issues? Welcome to the big leagues. He doesn’t have much of a record which is why all the ‘character’ questions. Life and the Presidency is not Chris Matthew’s drooling over him, it’s getting hammered daily.
I’m certain that Carter would have preferred more Camp David Accorades and less hostages. Didn’t happen. LBJ would likely have not wanted to have his Presidency defined by the JFK agenda, didn’t happen. You can go on and on, starting with Washington.
You can’t do 2 hours on hope and change and you can’t do it on a skimpy resume. If your calling card is your judgment, then you have to expect questions about it.

MSNBC and CNN has been holding Obama’s hand for a long time!!! Way to go ABC!!!
For asking the questions the mainstream media has been afraid to ask Senator Obama. Senator Clinton has been attacked by the media a little more harshly than Senator Obama, but I don’t see anyone threatening to stop watching those networks!

Thank you Hillary.
You have just given us enough sound bites to destroy Obama. :-)
If you happen to beat Obama we can keep reruns of Bosnian mislying running, and with the help of your husband prove you are too senile to stay up past 11 for those 3am phone calls.
McCain for President. :-)

GO TO HELL ABC ! GO STRAIT TO HELL !

The focus was on Obama for the first 45 minutes because he couldn’t answer the question. He danced and twisted, deflected and lied and whined. Asked Hillary about Bosnia..I screwed up and I am sorry..end of discussion.

OK, tell us exactly WHAT he wrote, WHERE he wrote it and what happened to the piece of paper afterwards.
I recall writing notes on many pieces of paper, some having nothing to do with the paper. And then I recall my boss sometimes writing on something “do this” and I was to handle it. Was it perhaps something of that order, or did he fill the thing out himself and write that we must ban handguns?
Details! Please!!

Go figure this is on the ABC site — right-wing media at its slimiest.
Guns are God! We must not mess with the people who want their guns. Ooooh.
Obama has repeatedly stated his support for 2nd amendment rights. Even if he did fill out the questionaire, which could have been filled out be a staffer, the questionnaire was concerning state legislation, not federal. I couldn’t care less what position he had on it earlier. It won’t decrease the cost of my healthcare, gas, won’t lower poverty rates, improve education or end the war in Iraq.
The rabid right needs to get a reality check and figure out some things are more important than guns.

This is a joke…How could Obama not see this questionaire…you better check your fact the answer is right in front of your eyes…Better look again as what you claim is at “Read the questionnaire with the handwriting here.”

Hillary WINS! Pennsylvania by DOUBLE DIGITS! Yes WE WOMEN WILL! Because were fired up and ready to go! Goodnite Obama and don,t let those Tony Rezko bugs bite you in the ?

Wow, guys… These boards are getting increasingly shrill. It’s like the two candidates’ supporters aren’t even hearing each other any more. They’re just pitching insults now.
Before I declare who i’m supporting, may I just respectfully ask: why would anyone who claims to be a democrat ever consider voting for McCain? Even these candidates have pledged to do whatever it takes to elect a democrat, no matter which one it is. For anyone out there who thinks McCain is better than the democratic candidate you don’t like, close your eyes and picture the next twenty years.
Make sure to include lots of American casualties in Iraq, lines around the block at charity hospitals, foreclosure signs on every street, and worst of all, an ultra-rightwing Supreme Court chock full of young conservative white dudes who get to tell your great grandchildren what to do (and not do) with their bodies and their lives.
OK… I’m an Obama supporter, but I also think Hillary would be a kick-ass president and I’ll sure as hell campaign for her if she gets the nomination. That said, I think this was Obama’s worst debate performance.
Three reasons for this: one is that Hillary has consistently been the winner of the democratic debates. She is just great in debate forums. Has she ever lost one?
Also, tho he’s gotten much, much better, Obama has always kinda sucked in debates. He was uber-weak in this one, no doubt.
Finally, he had a bad night because this really was the first high-intensity assualt he’s had to sustain. It will only get worse in the general election, so he needs to man-up and learn to smile, show some poise, and generally do better.
Now I do have to say that I believe Obama is a pretty honest guy. Did he write the stupid gun survey? Who knows. Y’all don’t think aspiring politicians fill out a gazillion forms, surveys, policy statements, etc.? I practically have to fill out surveys just to post comments on a new website. BTW, many, many comments to this article name this survey as only the latest in a long series of Obama lies. I’m not being sarcastic here; I didn’t see anyone list even one of those other lies. Respectfully, I’d like a chance to read and consider the Obama lie litany.
But, if I could echo Obama’s central point from last night, this really ain’t the stuff we need to be focusing on. And neither is Hillary’s over-blown Bosnia story. Or John McCain’s profane remarks to his wife, overheard by reporters.
Are any of you commenters seriously saying you don’t wish a little more debate time would have been spent on the issues that we will face, no matter who wins the presidency? (What’s on your list of topics? Here’s mine: “Iraq,” “economy,” “healthcare,” & “climate change”)
ABC sucked on this debate. If we couldn’t talk more about the issues, then how about some questions that revealed more about each candidate’s approach to governing, since their policies aren’t very different.
How would they deal with a republican minority? Would they try to compromise or would they try to bully them? Would they appoint republicans in their cabinets? What kind of supreme court justices would they appoint?
Now, please go back to calling me an Obama zombie because I still want a debate about issues, not gotcha media moments, race/gender/religion innuendo, or democrat-against-democrat smears.

Observer, Princeton put Michelle Obamas thesis on hold because they couldn’t deal with all the requests. However it is no big secret – the Obama campaign has supplied copies; i read some blogger who said they had requested it from them and got it.
You may also be interested in a recent interview with Michelles freshman year roommate whose mother went to the college to try to get her a room change after her daughter called her in shock to say she’d been assigned a black roommate. Horrors! It’s not surprising Michelle -and many other black students in majority white colleges – felt sort of alienated. I have talked to many people who felt this way.

BHO is the choice of a pampered generation, an angry establishment (Kennedy & Kerry), and black millionaires! He has no values that indicate service to God or country! I respect the work and service of Hillary Clinton. I am not impressed with her personality or her political posturing. However both of them do that. They both have been caught lying, so let’s call it even there too.
Now let’s talk about work ethic and job performance. Barak is smart and lazy. He relies on his intellect alone. He hasn’t had to work to get by so he didn’t! I think the phrase is, “oh he is so articulate.” Starting to work because you want to be President is akin to studying 5 minutes before an exam. You’ll probably pass, with a C, if you’re smart and the class isn’t substantively relevant or challenging. I don’t think we should pick anymore “C/B” students, even if they could have been “A” students, because being President is substantively relevant and challenging.
Hillary on the other hand is also smart, but on the issues, has been going to work for nearly 4 decades! She has fought for children, the working poor, Black, White and Hispanic; she cares enough to go beyond our border to champion causes of civil and economic equality for all people with results.
Forget the rhetoric, the personalities or lack of them and let’s not kid ourselves! Barak needs to go to work and do something for somebody besides himself! He doesn’t deserve to be this close to the Presidency! It is an offense to every hard working, law abiding citizen, a disregard for dedication, accomplishment, and the personal fortitude it takes to resist the popular illegal activities that are the trappings of mediocrity, to reward BHO with either the Nomination or the Presidency! We all have character flaws, but he dares to insult us with his flaws as if they are badges of honor! He implies that we are too stupid to know right from wrong and that we are too ignorant to make a choice for someone other than him!(Florida and Michigan) Lets not forget all the signatures of his opponents he got erased when he was running for the Illinois Legislature.
Count every vote and if he is the nominee and subsequent President, then so be it! If every vote is not fully counted, then the change he’s talking about is a slippery slope that will lead to the full demise of America as land of the free and home of the brave!

Did Anyone look at the date on this Questionnaire ?
Are we all supposed to remember everything we ever
touched throughout our whole lifetime now ?
Are these really comments about this article?
Do these people who rant on and on about these,
trite and minimal things really think they make sense!
Blah Blah Blah,

Wow, James – Doing great in attributing all our problems such as economy, war, trillions, bringing troops home, etc. to the Republicans
BUT
Suddenly they are all also Hillary’s fault?!!! Are you nuts? Bill Clinton’s 90′s were one of our country’s most prosperous times and without war.
By the way, “democraticprocess” you are two months back in issues. Hillary’s record in the Senate is solid. She was reelected by large margin in NY with won support from upstate NY. Or, do you dismiss the voters as stupid?
To “Mack”, the Republican – Don’t join a family’s argument (Dems) in the middle and pretend you understand it. As a Republican, you don’t even have the basic concepts down.
Ditto to “Megan!”
“Jackie” one difference – If Hillary is nominated, you would campaign for her even though you wanted Barack. If Obama is nominated – we are scared to ____ to elect this unknown with the revelations coming out. The score keepers are marking up his lies or his conveniently not remembering or that isn’t important; let’s discuss issues. Barack is proving to be an unbelieveable disappointment to our hopes for a dream team. He is not qualified. I want to vote for McCain too if he is the nominee, but my major drawback is The Supreme Court. We did not take that seriously enought when Nader was running and look at the results. But can we trust Obama with that either?