|
For those of us that can't play videos at work...
Barbara West's Joe Biden Interview Questions Marxist Undertones of Obama Sound Bites
Obama/Biden Ticket Seems to Figure You Can't Handle the Truth and Pulls Plug on WFTV
By Sylvia Cochran, published Oct 27, 2008
WFTV West-Biden Interview Results In Tough Questions
When Barbara West of Florida WFTV Channel 9 set out to interview Joe Biden, she had an agenda. She wanted answers to some of the rhetoric that has surfaced, and which showcases distinct Marxist undertones in Senator Barack Obama's political leanings. As the question of the now famously infamous "Joe, the Plumber" - and his subsequent deconstruction - showcase, there are questions that require answering.
The Boston Herald reports that most notably the "spreading the wealth" comment that sent the blood of any true blue capitalist to a boiling point appears to have inspired West to ask during her Florida Biden interview "how is Senator Obama not being a Marxist if he intends to 'spread the wealth'?" The interview is posted on You Tube.
Campaign Reactions to Joe Biden Interview Are Disappointing To Voters
Except to those who vote the party line in an attitude of "my party, right or wrong," the reaction of the Obama/Biden campaign in the wake of the Biden-West interview is disappointing. It was revealed that Florida WFTV Channel 9 has been revoked access to Senator Obama.
It appears that unless the media plays nice with Senator Obama, there will be no further interviews and therefore no ratings opportunities. Does this mean that the Obama/Biden ticket is not just intent on spreading the wealth but also on controlling the news?
West Biden Interview Digs Where Katie Couric Failed To Scratch the Surface
The CBS Evening News does not have to worry about having its access to Barack Obama pulled any time soon. Describing him as the "close-talking, free-wheeling, ice-cream loving Democratic nominee for vice president," CBS News and Katie Couric ask questions that are distinctly devoid of hard hitting requests for information.
This became glaringly obvious when Joe Biden, as reported by CBS News, equated paying increased taxes as a patriotic thing to do for those who are wealthier. MSNBC, quoting the Associated Press, reports that Joe Biden has already gone on record with ABC's "Good Morning America" as stating that "we want to take money and put it back in the pocket of middle-class people."
Whose money would that be? Florida WFTV and Barbara West sought to ferret out the answer in the Joe Biden interview - only to have their media access yanked, and collective head handed to them after being belittled by Mr. Biden.
Karl Marx and the Redistribution of Wealth
It is sad that the Marxist undertones of Senator Obama's campaign, as outlined by the Cumberland Times News, are not willingly discussed by either Barack Obama or Joe Biden. Making matters worse, the belittling of an interviewer and her subsequent vilification for having had the audacity to ask tough questions is in keeping with the socialist models of government we have seen in recent history in other locales.
Do I believe that Messrs. Obama and Biden are communists, Marxists or socialists? In the words of Joe Biden, as reported by the New Mexico Independent, "if it looks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck, if it walks like a duck, it's a duck."
|