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ABC News And "The Central Question:" Will Obama Be Scrutinized Next?
Townhall.com ^ | September 14, 2008 | Austin Hill

Posted on 09/14/2008 10:02:40 PM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 09/14/2008 10:04:25 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Is BHO next? You must be kidding.


2 posted on 09/14/2008 10:10:31 PM PDT by uscabjd ( a)
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To: uscabjd

If he is, you can be sure Charley Gibson will ask him soft ball questions and none will be edited out


3 posted on 09/14/2008 10:14:11 PM PDT by Kaslin (Vote Democrat if you like high gas prices at the pump)
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To: Kaslin
Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

The MSM has indeed gone mad, like a bunch of rabid dogs, and they are in the process of destroying themselves.

OTOH Greta Susteren presented a fair-minded "life journey" video essay on Sarah Palin, not hiding the Troopergate non-scandal, but not dwelling on it. She's not rabid....yet.

4 posted on 09/14/2008 10:14:17 PM PDT by Chaguito
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To: Chaguito

Greta probably isn’t going to go too rabid. Her husband is supporting McCain.


5 posted on 09/14/2008 10:16:29 PM PDT by conservative cat ("In politics if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman. " -MT)
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To: Kaslin

i’m surprised that anyone is surprised. this is abc, mind you.

its just a validation of the obvious. charlie gibson is a subtle, coniving, liberal “full of thyself”, never been elected, “i know more than you”, wart on a nat’s ass, puckered lip, poodle-dingle-berry figment of Michael Moore’s wet dream.

just to set the record straight.


7 posted on 09/14/2008 10:18:41 PM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?" "Because it's judgment that defeats us.")
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To: conservative cat

I thought Greta’s husband was for Obama. Got any reference on that?


8 posted on 09/14/2008 10:19:31 PM PDT by Chaguito
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To: Kaslin

It is my understanding that a replacement candidate would have to get their name on the ballots state-by-state. And that window is closing very quickly. So expedited is not the word. It needs to happen tomorrow. Then the dems would have to select a new candidate and that candidate would have to get their names on all fifty state’s ballots.

I assume that where the state judiciary is controlled by rats, the state courts would waive any deadlines ala lautenberg. But that’s a pretty big risk to think they would prevail in every swing state.

What’s interesting is that this is a somewhat more explosive development than, say, conversations an Alaska mayor had with a librarian. And that this issue has seen absolutely NO play in the old media at all.

So it could be an October Surprise. But not a pleasant one for dems.

Not sure what would happen if Obama won the election and then lost the lawsuit before the swearing in. If after the swearing in, Biden would become president.


9 posted on 09/14/2008 10:19:52 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: uscabjd

The glorius leader of the Revolution? The MESSIAH himeself?? NO.

But I did some digging myself and found something. Did anyone know Barry tried to start up a singing career? Found a short clip here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGOYG-8AjeU

Might be used in his campaign......


10 posted on 09/14/2008 10:19:52 PM PDT by jakerobins
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...why hasn’t Gibson’s line of questioning been applied universally, to other candidates? In particular, why hasn’t Barack Obama ever been asked similar, if not the same questions?

Senator Obama is a lawyer, former “community organizer,” and legislator, who cannot claim any particular legal, business, or legislative accomplishments.

With his rather limited personal and professional background, it seems reasonable that Mr. Obama would be asked if he is “experienced enough,” or if he has a sufficient understanding of “international affairs.”

These are the questions that our side has been asking since Obama started running.

The media's incredibly blatant double standard has been framed in undeniably stark contrast by ABC and Charles Gibson.

Good article, and I hope that ABC News is pinned to the wall with these questions by McCuda and the RNC.

11 posted on 09/14/2008 10:20:34 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Chaguito

Is Greta’s husband somebody famous?


13 posted on 09/14/2008 10:21:04 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Kaslin; All

Somehow, my post went to the wrong thread. My apologies.


14 posted on 09/14/2008 10:21:48 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: conservative cat

Ok I found a reference. You’re right about Coale being a McCain supporter nee Clinton supporter. Interesting....


15 posted on 09/14/2008 10:22:11 PM PDT by Chaguito
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Greta’s hubby is a well known trial lawyer (some would say ambulance chaser) named John Coale.


16 posted on 09/14/2008 10:22:52 PM PDT by freespirited (Obama's idea of change: from D.C. politics as usual to Chicago politics as usual.)
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The answer is Obama hasn't been scrutinized and won't be. And the patronizing, insufferable Gibson will not sneer over his glasses at him either. ABC wants Obama to win and the other side to lose. Obvious to the most casual observers.
17 posted on 09/14/2008 10:22:57 PM PDT by Godwin1
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To: Kaslin

The media are covering this campaign exactly as they might run an internal “diversity” program.

1. They have established a hierarchy of victimhood. Bros before hoes, as the vulgar t-shirt says.
2. Scrutiny and standards are lowered for protected classes. The higher one is in the victimhood hierarchy, the more the bar is lowered.
3. “Diversity” is not achieved by simply having a black COO, CEO, or POTUS. It is never achieved, no matter what.
4. Of course there is a totalitarian, sans-culotte impulse behind “diversity”. Everyone knows this, but almost all wearily go along with it either out of guilt or fear.
5. If questions are raised about the process - the lowered standards of scrutiny, the fact that 0bama has a chorus of unpaid advisors on the editorial page of major papers - it will be duly noted who raised the question, so that recriminations can be carried out upon him/her when convenient.


18 posted on 09/14/2008 10:23:08 PM PDT by oblomov
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To: Kaslin

The problem is, when the left-wing does their very biased coverage of the presidential election, some voters on the left, are stupid enough to believe this hype of about how unqualified the Republicans are. So when the Democrats lose, some idiot voters on the left are going to be so outraged, who knows what could happen. Because those idiots are believing the outrageous slanted coverage against the Republicans. They are going to feel completely cheated when they lose. Because they actually believe all these lies. It’s a very dangerous game the left wing nut jobs in the media are playing. I don’t know, maybe this is part of the left’s plan, maybe they want an all out civil war. It seems like they are trying really hard to egg something on. The news coverage is outrageous, it is so slanted against the Republicans.


19 posted on 09/14/2008 10:25:21 PM PDT by rodeo-mamma
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To: Chaguito

No, I heard a report that he was disgusted with Obama and his tactics


20 posted on 09/14/2008 10:26:38 PM PDT by Kaslin (Vote Democrat if you like high gas prices at the pump)
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