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Home Front: Politix
Giuliani busts CBS chops over election bias
2008-09-13
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On Fridays CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith talked to Rudy Giuliani about Sarah Palins performance in an interview with ABCs Charlie Gibson on Thursdays World News and Giuliani observed: "The whole issue of whether she knows world affairs or not, these are questions that were never asked of Barack Obama, never asked of him to this day."

A visibly upset Smith vigorously denied such bias: "That's not true. That's not true." Giuliani continued: "To this day he hasn't been asked these questions, about travel-" Smith kept up his defense: "That's not true. That is absolutely not true...That is absolutely not true. Those -- all those questions have been asked over the last 19 months." Giuliani got in the last word: "I don't know where."

Despite Smiths assertions that Obama has been pressed on his foreign policy credentials,

since October of 2007, Smith has interviewed Obama eight times and asked the less than one-term Senator a total of two foreign policy questions.
Despite Smiths assertions that Obama has been pressed on his foreign policy credentials, since October of 2007, Smith has interviewed Obama eight times and asked the less than one-term Senator a total of two foreign policy questions. The first question came in a December 18, 2007 interview in which Smith asked: "Obama is positioning himself as a candidate for change, particularly on the war. Were you a fan of the surge?" The second question occurred on April 2, 2008: "And there is concern about China's violations of human rights. Should we be a full participant in the Olympic games?" On July 9, 2008 co-host Russ Mitchell hit Obama from the left on the troop surge: "What do you say to those folks out there who are saying 'I voted for this guy because he told me he was going to bring the troops home in 16 months now he says he wants to refine his position." None of those questions challenged Obamas qualifications to be President of the United States.

During the Friday segment, Smith went on to ask Giuliani: "Let me ask you this. Do you have every confidence that she's ready to be president in case she needs to be?" However, on February 29, 2008 Smith interviewed Time magazine editor Richard Stengel, on a story in that publication about whether experience really matters in the presidency: "The question of experience dominating the Democratic campaign, does it really matter?...Time Magazine has two articles on the subject, on the issue that hits news stands today. 'Does Experience Matter in a President' and 'The Science of Experience." Stengel explained: "...character trumps experience...It's really the way you are as a person. Your temperament, your intelligence, all of those things make up for what you may lack in experience."

Just prior to Smiths interview with Giuliani, co-host Maggie Rodriguez got reaction to Palins interview from New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who argued: "I think in that interview she failed the national security threshold test." Smith then quoted Richardson in his first question to Giuliani: " First thing Bill Richardson said was that Sarah Palin failed the national security threshold test." Giuliani chuckled at the Democratic talking point and Smith admonished him: "Don't laugh for a second, just -- I need -- I want to have a serious conversation with you."
Go ahead, Rantburgers, snark away ....
Posted by:lotp

#8  The important thing for the McCain/Palin ticket is to be on the offensive against the MSM. Those that want to have a real dialogue, welcome the opportunity. Those that want to play the smear, FOAD and bypass like the US did in the Pacific against Japanese bases during WW2 and left them to wither on the vine.

McCain/Palin need to control this battlespace. The MSM has been used to calling the shots and manipulating public opinion, and now they need a smackdown.

Sun Tzu 'em. OODA loop 'em. Put the MSM on the defensive. Yar!
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2008-09-13 14:01  

#7  It won't be easy, but there are ways .... NBC was pretty shaken by the angry shouts of "Be  Fair!!" aimed at their reporters last week.
Posted by: lotp   2008-09-13 13:57  

#6  I'm getting everything in shape for the fall hunting season. Are there any tags available for them yet ?
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700   2008-09-13 13:52  

#5  That's the problem with the media - they have become partisan and are blind to it, How do we impaech them for journalistic malpractice?

Short of pulling a MCVeigh on their HQs and hunting down the editors and reporters as the vermin they are, there really isnt much we can do.
Posted by: OldSpook   2008-09-13 13:06  

#4  Stengel explained: "...character trumps experience...It's really the way you are as a person. Your temperament, your intelligence, all of those things make up for what you may lack in experience."

And the MSM DOES get it, they just don't know what true character is since they have none themselves.
Posted by: DLR   2008-09-13 11:11  

#3  So corrupt. SOOO CORRUPT.

The Downstream media.
Posted by: newc   2008-09-13 11:05  

#2  First thing Bill Richardson said was that Sarah Palin failed the national security threshold test." Giuliani chuckled at the Democratic talking point and Smith admonished him: "Don't laugh for a second, just -- I need -- I want to have a serious conversation with you."

If only they'd have serious conversations with Obama...
Posted by: Raj   2008-09-13 09:55  

#1  The left/MSM don't get it, even though its their own game plan. The ONE is an empty suit. It's a method by which people project their own hope and desires into the ONE, aided and abetted by an establishment media that will not disclose who the ONE really is. It's a blank slate for anyone to sell his soul into. And it has worked up till now.

Sarah is not an empty suit. She has a record [while the media has shied away from more than a tepid inquiry into the record of the ONE, has been drilling like a Wild Cater sure of a big one just another 100 feet down on Sarah]. Sarah has become the vessel in which real American womanhood [not the media created pseudo-feminist harpies, academic bound studies coasties, or Donk professional faces] has projected their hope and dreams. If you think the rabid reaction of the believers of the ONE were something to behold and react to, imagine a sea of equally dedicated mothers who are numbers beyond comprehension [and the target of billions of dollars of advertising revenue].

P2K's first principle of American elections - you want to get Americans to the voting booths come November, make them mad. Just make sure you're not the target of that unhappiness.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-09-13 08:36  

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