Obama backs away from McCain's debate challenge

Sunday 03rd August, 06:50 AM JST

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RomeoRamenII at 09:02 AM JST - 4th August

Obama is reluctant to take chances

Translation: I cannot afford to let more people find out what an moron I am without a prepared script from my 300 advisers and a teleprompter.

RR
undecidedbout08 at 09:19 AM JST - 4th August

Choosing Lieberman only compounds the minority issues he already has to deal with

Know what you mean, bro. Democrats and 'liberals' were pretty nasty to Lieberman during the whole Ned Lamont thing. Yes, the centrum of anti-Semitism in America is now firmly on the Left but I reckon they're desperate here.Camp Obama should think about going with Lieberman.
Sarge at 09:58 AM JST - 4th August

"The fact is, the McCain camp did intend on stacking the audience for the fox townhall meetings"

Heck, Obama's got practically the entire U.S. media stacked in his favor...
USAPatriot at 10:01 AM JST - 4th August

I agree with Sarge. Even with most of he media fawning over him, he is too scared to debate with McCain.

If he is such a good candidiate what has he to worry about?
SezWho2 at 11:00 AM JST - 4th August

undecidedbout08,

My bad. You were being humorous. I don't think that the centrum of anti-Semitism in America is on "the Left" (assuming we can find something called "the Left"). I think that to the extent that anti-Israel sentiment exists in America you will find its center on what you seem to be calling "the Left". But I'm reasonably sure that anti-Semitic feelings find their locus where they always have.

I'm not sure what this has to do with the article except in so far as it affects the vice-presidential debate mentioned. I think that, depending on who the Republicans put up (and incidentally, they would do well to ask Lieberman), Lieberman's background and experience would tend to make him the better debater. But his selection by the Democrats would seem to me to compound the rolling of the dice on minority candidates.

If I had to predict, I would predict Evan Bayh in an attempt to win the "red states" in the center of the country. I'm not sure what kind of debater Bayh would be. His daddy was famous for the mixed metaphor: "they buttered their bread, now they'll have to lie in it". I'm afraid that after this campaign we will have to wash off all sorts of things that have been slathered on the bread we lie in.
Taka313 at 12:02 PM JST - 4th August

Once again, if you need to find a neo-con, start with finding reality. Once you've done that, head to the furthest spot from there, and you'll find yourself some neo-cons.

The whole "media is in love with Obama" thing has already been debunked.

This is from a story in the LA Times about a study done at George Mason U.

The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University, where researchers have tracked network news content for two decades, found that ABC, NBC and CBS were tougher on Obama than on Republican John McCain during the first six weeks of the general-election campaign.

You read it right: tougher on the Democrat.

During the evening news, the majority of statements from reporters and anchors on all three networks are neutral, the center found. And when network news people ventured opinions in recent weeks, 28% of the statements were positive for Obama and 72% negative.

Network reporting also tilted against McCain, but far less dramatically, with 43% of the statements positive and 57% negative, according to the Washington-based media center."

How do you guys go through life being so wrong, so often? It staggers the mind.

Taka
ChimpsAhead at 12:06 PM JST - 4th August

Taka313; The Center for Media And Public Affairs is obviously part of the liberal conspiracy.

Obviously making up their facts, to convince people, what they say is true.

Obama will back away from McCains challenge and go unchallenged by the liberal media, unbelievble.
ca1ic0cat at 09:12 PM JST - 4th August

So for Obama it's politics as usualy then.
zurcronium at 10:20 PM JST - 6th August

The US media is mostly far right in its political stance. Look at the WSJ for example, the number one paper. The editorials there are worse than the tripe you find posted above.

There is a vast rightwing media network out there, lead by the Washington Times, Fox news and the druggie Limbaugh on the radio. The liberal press is a neocons wish fullfillment not based in reality, like their belief in WMD in Iraq and that the invasion there was not about oil. Yeah, right.
VOR at 10:30 PM JST - 6th August

uh huh and the vast majority of the main stream media contribute and vote Democrat. it would behoove you zurc if you for once made an effort to break free from your own biases and formulated your opinions based on fact.
VOR at 06:33 AM JST - 7th August

ZURC: I believe you are really too entrenched in your position that its not worth it for me and you to even waste our time discussing it.

It is wise for all to take a Socratic look at how all news and commentary is delivered. In fact, it is the responsibility of the receiver to understand their own bias and not let it get in the way of fully evaluating what is being said and probably more important lately, what is not being reported.
USARonin at 04:37 AM JST - 9th August

Since Democrat John Edwards just admitted to constantly lyin' to Zurchromium's all-everywhere all-powerful "all right wing press" about havin' a girlfriend while his wife has incurable cancer, Obama may not want to have to answer any questions on why considerin' Edwards as one of his strong VP choices was such a brilliant consideration.

Since Edwards admits to his zipper problems yet continues to deny paternity of the child his girlfriend produced, McCain may ask Obama if he's the real father or did he just like to watch.

I'd love to see a debate, but I can understand why Obama ain't up to it.

USAR
adaydream at 05:23 AM JST - 9th August

This news about Edwards is unfortunate. But he screwed up.

I see nowhere that this story has anything to do with Obama. Okay, he may have been up for consideretion for VP, but just because he was being considered doesn't have any bearing on Obama. But I'm waiting to hear all the sinless make wonderful remarks and trying to nail Obama and Edwards to the same cross.

I'm waiting for the first debate between Obama and McCain. It'll happen after the conventions I'd imagine. < :-)
SezWho2 at 08:38 AM JST - 9th August

This has nothing to do with Obama or the debates. If McCain wants to make Edwards, Edwards' affair and Edwards' sick wife an issue for debate, that's fine. Considering his own affairs and his first badly injured wife, I think that would be unwise of him, but that's up to McCain.
the_sicilian at 08:21 PM JST - 9th August

Zurc: So this leaves ABC / CBS / NBC / and the almighty CNN and NY Times as what.... Oh, pushing hard left. The press is what it is.

McCain has no comment on the Edwards issue. At least as of the last press conference he was in, he said no comment. So, Obama will play it safe. Good strategy, as there would have to be a lot of writers on the teleprompter for Obama to survive.

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