Obama stops taking questions..

[KennedyGuy]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7619.html
The New York senator (Clinton) took heat last week for not inviting voters to ask questions, even though Obama hasn't answered questions at his last eight events.

Obama aides went into overdrive earlier this month, trying to disprove what appeared to be another planting incident when an 18-year-old, who was wearing a press pass but initially identified himself to reporters as a volunteer, asked a friendly question about tax policy at an event.

Independent reporting found he was on assignment for his local Iowa newspaper, and his mother worked as an Obama volunteer.

[Vickers]

1. I'm struggling to see the point of the OP.

:shrug:

[JustAnotherGen]

21. Me too

I was watching C-SPAN yesterday and he took questions.

There was even a mentally challenged young woman in the audience asking about Special Education - and he patiently listened to her and answered her questions . . .


Stop and think - what if Obama is the VP Candidate. What if?

Some right wing wingnut is reading this board and tacking this away for use in October of 2008.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

2. Is he still letting people touch the hem of his garment?

[MNDemNY]

5. Yes , but he is limiting the ring kissing.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

8. Prudent... flu and cold season.

[zulchzulu]

9. Actually the OP and the truth are not very familiar friends

Look below for a CSPAN video of Obama answering questions...

YESTERDAY...

[DemKR]

3. another media hypocrisy

[ellacott]

4. I've watched his last few appearances and he does take questions

I wish you guys would try to at least confirm some of these stories before running wild with the false information.

This is like recess today.

[gaiilonfong]

6. I watched one yesterday he took them

The DLC plants in the media and in the politico are in full force!

[zulchzulu]

10. Why even point out the truth to some people?

Yeah, the video was from only yesterday. That was like...what...a bunch of hours ago...

:crazy:

[ellacott]

16. Very true

These people aren't interested in the truth.

I watched 2 stops over the weekend and 1 from today and he answered questions. He made a point to take questions from undecideds.

[zulchzulu]

7. Watch the CSPAN video of Obama answering 45 minutes of questions in Iowa YESTERDAY

http://www.campaignnetwork.org/default.aspx

Click on "Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) in Newton, IA (1 hr. 16 min.)" It was yesterday.

[rucky]

11. And the race to the gutter continues. n/t

[Colobo]

12. He answered them today. I saw it on CNN.

[gaiilonfong]

17. That politico reporter is a ReTHUGlican operative

Just like jim the bush pool boyVanderhei.
I sent her a nasty email calling her the liar that she is....LOSERS all of them!

[whatdoyouthink]

13. I,m not a Obama Supporter

But from my perspective - he does appear to be engaging - Asking questions , answering , etc
Furthermore - I find him to have a engaging (Cris-ma) personality
, not stand offish at all (does triangulate allot)

He is better then those phony Re pug's- hell all are choices are

The only problem is - i,m voting for EDWARDS (though he is my 2nd choice)

Edwards / Obama 2008

[mckeown1128]

14. This is a total lie.... nt

I am sure I will get deleted for saying it but what a total POS!!! He is taking questions.... I will post the link in a second.

[KennedyGuy]

19. Don't shoot the messenger..

Take it up with Politico
they wrote the article...

[Sulawesi]

23. Don't shoot the messenger only works if the message is true.

You posted it. Remove it or defend it

[KennedyGuy]

27. I certainly will NOT remove it..

its a published fact from a news source..
I defend that..
stop crying just because you don't like what the article said..

[Sulawesi]

31. OMG! A published fact from a news source!?

Maybe you should check out the links to videos on this and other threads that actually show movies of him answering questions...this is too funny...

[Clintonista2]

28. Correct me if I'm wrong, but YOU'RE the one saying that it's a lie

The burden of proof is on you, not the OP.

[Sulawesi]

32. there are movies to him taking questions, below on this thread and in separate threads

Is that good enough?

[MethuenProgressive]

15. "Obama hasn't answered questions at his last eight events."?

That's disappointing. Especially after ObamaNation's shrill attacks against Clinton for not taking a question from some blogger at one event the day Bhutto died.

[NYCGirl]

18. Would be, if it were true. Above is a link to Obama taking 45 minutes of questions

YESTERDAY.

Posted by Zulchzulu:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3914379&mesg_id=3914410

[jefferson_dem]

20. A lie.

I just watched a live event from Iowa this morning. He took multiple question, and answered them all effectively.

[Sulawesi]

22. This is indeed false...

...I have seen vids of him answering questions.

[alteredstate]

24. More bullshit

http://www.campaignnetwork.org/default.aspx

Are you gonna amend the title of this thread now?

[Pirate Smile]

25. That is pretty funny since we all know it isn't true - at least those with eyes and ears.

[hayu_lol]

26. Lessee, yesterday on these hallowed threads...

Chelsea took a drubbing from the Hil Haters on this board for not taking the question from a 4th grade reporter.

Except that they left much of the interaction out of their flaming post, they were correct.

Note that THEY can't take it and didn't give a fig when THEY were dishing it out.

Some doubt that Obama is taking questions? Is his wife taking questions? Or his kids?

[Sulawesi]

29. Give me a break...

the post is completely false...the Chelsea thread offers pretty much complete support for Chelsea handling that well. Threads like this should just be deleted...I mean, the claim is false, and there are videos to show it. The thread is false, not relevant, and if I posted it, I would have deleted it.

[Pirate Smile]

30. I would think most people thought Chelsea's response to the kid was just fine.

The thing is that most people know from watching C-span that this article is just factually incorrect.

[AndreaCG]

33. He was snotty about answering my reporter friend's questions

And that was during his Senate campaign!

My friend wrote for a predominantly black Minnesota paper at the time. It's possible that Obama wanted to play down his racial roots. My friend was put out that all of Obama's staff were white, too.