Comments on: Obama, McCain “Revealed” Differences on CNN

By: ginalacava

ginalacava — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:19:08 +0000

Are you sure you watched the entire Obama piece? Maybe they didn’t ask him directly about his drug use because he came forward with it without even being asked! And about knocking his political mentor off the ballot, does the word cut-throat sound like puff? As for Rezko, Obama had nothing whatsoever to do with Rezko’s illegal dealings. Obama’s connection to Rezko was legal in every detail. This was a smear waged against Obama by Hillary Clinton. (See the Blogroll link to the conservative Chicago Tribune, on this page, lower left).

Journalistic integrity of CNN would have been seriously called into question if they raised questions that had originated from a smear campaign on either side.

Asking Obama about Rezko would have been like asking McCain if he had a child out of wedlock with a black woman! Both are clearly false.

I did not think that either side was a puff piece.

By: republicantreehugger

republicantreehugger — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:30:48 +0000

Comparing a tough but fair McCain piece with a fawning puff piece for Obama is hardly apples-to-apples. McCain got legitimate questions about his affairs, the Keating 5, and his wife’s drug use (OK, some weren’t legitimate) while Obama got no direct questions on Rezko, knocking his political mentor off the ballot, his college drug use, his amazing opponent-less rise to power, or any of his votes. I thought I was watching the DNC setup piece for Denver, not a supposed journalistic documentary.

By: ginalacava

ginalacava — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:21:33 +0000

Very perceptive list of differences between the two candidates.
Wonder what McCain’s stance on Iraq is now that there is talk of a “timeline” for getting American troops out of the country. I don’t think the Iraqi’s are thinking of permanent American bases.
Michael Stein