Best interview of Joe Biden ever

[Etta Place]

Originally Posted by trik396

Video is down on their site and can't watch utube at work.

$800,000+ is a lot of cash to spend for some voter registration work in a couple of states.... hmmm

And when a presidential candidate makes a statement about "spreading the wealth around"... what kind of questions do you expect someone concerned with that type of policy to ask? Biased? No... just honest. He said it now no one can question it?

Give me a freakin break.

She can ask. I said I didn't see why the Obama campaign got so huffy. I think Biden was able to handle himself.

But I think it was obvious that Obama's tax plan was going to be taxing the wealthy at a higher rate than they have been paying and that the middle class was going to get a tax cut. He has been saying that from Day One, I think. It was the comment "spread the wealth" that got people riled up.

[Kable]

Originally Posted by Etta Place

I don't know why the Obama campaign is getting all huffy. Biden was able to answer her questions. She wasn't rude. Her questions ARE on the minds of some voters. I would say though that her questions displayed a definite bias. They were not neutral questions. It was as though she had already formed her opinion and was just going through the motions of asking these questions in order to make her points.

Uh isn't this EXACTLY what the MSM does in all the interviews with McCain and Palin, its about time the table was turned.

[Etta Place]

Originally Posted by trik396

Video is down on their site and can't watch utube at work.

$800,000+ is a lot of cash to spend for some voter registration work in a couple of states.... hmmm

And when a presidential candidate makes a statement about "spreading the wealth around"... what kind of questions do you expect someone concerned with that type of policy to ask? Biased? No... just honest. He said it now no one can question it?

Give me a freakin break.

Here's the info about Obama and the ACORN-affiliated group:

The McCain campaign issued numerous charges about Obama's connection to ACORN in an Oct. 10, 2008, memo, which the Obama campaign has disputed. We selected the following allegations to examine in depth.

• In 1992, Obama directed Project Vote, "an arm of ACORN that also encouraged voter registration," according to the McCain campaign. Obama did direct Project Vote, but it is a separate organization from ACORN. This year, Project Vote and ACORN worked together on a nationwide voter registration drive, and they have worked together on other initiatives in the past. But they are separate organizations. We didn't find any evidence to indicate they had a relationship during the 1992 Illinois drive. And even if they did, Obama clearly directed the drive for the Project Vote organization. We couldn't find any allegations of impropriety related to the 1992 drive. We rate this statement False.

• The McCain campaign says Obama was "a trial attorney for ACORN." Obama represented ACORN in a voter registration case, but he was not a staff attorney. Obama worked for the civil rights firm Miner, Barnhill and Galland. He represented ACORN along with other plaintiffs in a case against the governor of Illinois, demanding that the state better enforce a new federal law known as "motor voter," which allowed people to register to vote when they got their driver's license. We rated this statement Half True.

During the third presidential debate, McCain made the additional charge that the Obama campaign directed campaign money to ACORN, calling the group "the same front outfit organization that your campaign gave $832,000 for 'lighting and site selection.'"

Here's what we know about that allegation: The Obama campaign paid a group called Citizens' Services $832,386 during the primaries. (For comparison, the Obama campaign has spent an overall $391-million through August 2008.) Some of the expenditures are listed as sound, stage and lighting, and others are listed as get-out-the-vote efforts. ACORN has said Citizens Services subcontracted out part of the get-out-the-vote work to ACORN, but ACORN officials say it was "a small amount." The Obama campaign said it paid Citizens' Services, who in turn paid $80,000 to ACORN. The two groups share offices in New Orleans.

We can confirm through campaign finance public records that Obama paid Citizens' Services, but we can't independently confirm what part of the contract ACORN actually received, so we are not ruling on that statement. We're including the facts of the matter here for our readers to consider for themselves.

PolitiFact | Sorting out the truth on Obama, ACORN

[Etta Place]

Originally Posted by Kable

Uh isn't this EXACTLY what the MSM does in all the interviews with McCain and Palin, its about time the table was turned.

Do you have any examples of the sorts of questions that you're thinking of?

[trik396]

Originally Posted by Etta Place

She can ask. I said I didn't see why the Obama campaign got so huffy. I think Biden was able to handle himself.

But I think it was obvious that Obama's tax plan was going to be taxing the wealthy at a higher rate than they have been paying and that the middle class was going to get a tax cut. He has been saying that from Day One, I think. It was the comment "spread the wealth" that got people riled up.

You think it's obvious that Obama's tax plan is going to tax the wealthy at a higher rate and CUT THE MIDDLE CLASS TAXES? Where is he going to get all this money to fund all these social programs he endorses? Make no mistake, Obama will raise EVERYONES taxes.

[Etta Place]

Originally Posted by trik396

You think it's obvious that Obama's tax plan is going to tax the wealthy at a higher rate and CUT THE MIDDLE CLASS TAXES? Where is he going to get all this money to fund all these social programs he endorses? Make no mistake, Obama will raise EVERYONES taxes.

We don't know yet what he will do. I'm going by what he has been saying during the campaign. He's limited by the financial crisis we're in right now.

[AwPhuch]

Originally Posted by Etta Place

We don't know yet what he will do. I'm going by what he has been saying during the campaign. He's limited by the financial crisis we're in right now.

Can you give me one instance of a Politician actually doing what he said he would do in his campaign?

[trik396]

Originally Posted by Etta Place

We don't know yet what he will do. I'm going by what he has been saying during the campaign. He's limited by the financial crisis we're in right now.

Is the sky blue in SoCal?

The check is in the mail and I won't $$$ in your mouth....

[CrAz3D]

Originally Posted by afmo

typical politician double speak...

Biden said they didn't give them any money to "go out and collect signatures and register people."

Which i'm sure is true. The Obama/Biden campaign wasn't directly paying ACORN employees to register people to vote.

Biden did NOT say they had never given them any money.

and McCain isn't directly responsible for the GOP vote registration fraud.


....it happens when you hire college aged-kids to travel & register people, we're not trustworthy
/college republican & college student

[Breadfan]

I think Biden did pretty well. Certainly his "anger" was blown out of proportion. It is obvious that the reporter was leaning to the right and I don't see what's all the fuss about coming from Obama campaign. The questions may have been "tough" but I don't think Biden had any problems answering them.

Good job Biden!