The story below is the predictable reaction from critics and liberals when the moderators of the recent Dem debate, ABC’s George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson, dared to ask some tough questions of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Apparently tough questions are only for Republicans.
So what kinds of “tough” questions were asked?
[T]he first three issues raised concerned comments made by Obama’s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright; comments that Obama made about the draw of guns and religion to some rural Americans; and Clinton’s false claim that she had been under sniper fire in Bosnia while first lady.
Obama was asked about why he hasn’t worn an American flag pin on his lapel, and his relationship with a former member of the Weather Underground.
All of these issues were raised before Iraq and the economy came up.
All relevant, recent and newsworthy issues, no? Of course they are.
As for Jeremiah Wright and the Weathermen, is it not relevant to inquire about Obama’s associations? Is it not relevant to ask why a man who is running for President of the United States has difficulty publicly wearing the American flag on his suit jacket?
Is it not relevant for Mrs. Clinton to explain how she honestly believed she was being attacked by bullets when no such attack occurred? Isn’t her honesty, assuming that she has been able to retain such a trait, a relevant issue?
Oh not to Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News! Based on Bunch’s reaction, he sounded like he had to be taken to the nearest emergency room.
Will Bunch, a Philadelphia Daily News writer, posted an open letter to Gibson and Stephanopoulos on his blog. He wrote that he was so angry that “it’s hard to even type accurately because my hands are shaking.” He said the ABC newsmen spent too much time on trivial matters that didn’t concern most voters.
“By so badly botching arguably the most critical debate of such an important election, in a time of both war and economic misery, you disgraced the American voters, and in fact even disgraced democracy itself,” Bunch wrote.
Shales also criticized the early line of questioning, and said ABC’s coverage appeared slanted against Obama. He mocked Gibson’s closing thank you to the candidates for a fascinating debate.
“He’s entitled to his opinion, but the most fascinating aspect was waiting to see how low he and Stephanopoulos would go, and then being appalled at the answer,” Shales wrote.
Normally liberals reserve such bile for Rush Limbaugh.
Someone tell me how Will Bunch’s juvenile whining is any different than a screaming three year old at a grocery store whose mother refused to buy him his 500th toy?
The Bunchster was not alone:
Greg Mitchell of the trade publication Editor and Publisher said it was “perhaps the most embarrassing performance by the media in a major presidential debate this year.”
Yes, embarrassing it was. For Obama and Clinton.
The comments on ABC News’ Web site were angry, sometimes profane and occasionally funny. “Why not have Paris Hilton moderate next time?” one poster wrote. One man repeated the word “bad” 48 times. A sampling found opinion was running against the network about 8-to-1.
They must get their way at all times, these liberals. Truth, fact, logic and relevancy are, well, irrelevant. And if you dare deviate one iota from the Democrat Blueprint, then you must be shallow or stupid; you must be Paris Hilton. So convinced they are of themselves and their opinions, so lacking in maturity are they, the act of asking relevant and recent and newsworthy questions of two people who want to be President of the United State of America is nearly a crime against humanity.
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