Obama Finally Accepts Wallace's Invitation in Order to 'Take Fox On'

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The "Obama Watch" on "Fox News Sunday" will officially come to an end this weekend when the Democrat presidential candidate finally allows himself to be interviewed by Chris Wallace.

Sadly, the junior senator from Illinois appears to be doing this kicking and screaming while planning to enter the ring with much the same agenda as former President Bill Clinton did in September 2006.

As reported by the liberal website Talking Points Memo on Friday (emphasis added):

A senior Obama adviser vows that he will "take Fox on" when he appears on the network this Sunday, though it's unclear yet just how. [...]

Here is what the adviser IM-ed me about this today:

We are clear-eyed about Fox’'s role in the dissemination and amplification of Republican talking points this election. They have been the tip of the spear when it comes to repeatedly broadcasting some of the most specious of rumors about Obama. He is going on their Sunday show to take Fox on, not because we have any illusion about their motives or politics in this election.
I can hardly wait.

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Hillary Disagrees

 Hillary Clinton, who cheerfully appeared on Fox and Friends will respectfully disagree with Obama's silly assessement.  Obama's willingness to write off Fox's rather large viewship is a  testament to Obama's utter lack of political experience. Edwards, who espoused a similar view, at least had the luxury of being a complete charlatan.

In the meantime, Clinton aides Lanny Davis and Terry McCaulife seem very happy with the coverage they are getting on FOX. That leaves Obama out in the cold.

I just heard part of an

I just heard part of an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox about an hour ago now ...anyway he was asked about this regarding Obama taking on Fox ect...Wallace was driving back from Indiana to get this on tomorrows show and said it wasn't that way at all...

One thing about it...it will be very interesting to watch.

Btw...smart way to get ratings for Fox by the Obama group too. 

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

I can't wait for this

I can't wait for this interview... The Clinton one was classic, poor Bill was trying to bully Wallace but he wouldn't have any of it. Obama will prolly cry during the interview.

 

 

"Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks
and prepared for war; liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and
wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for
our attackers"

Noel......

This will be a very interesting interview.  It's going to be fun watching him stutter and squirm, which means he's headed into uncharted waters.  That's a dead giveaway he's in trouble. 

"If a man does his best, what else is there"?

General George S. Patton Jr.

Cue Beavis laugh...

He said semin.

 

Obama is pandering to his

Obama is pandering to his base. He'll have a moment or two of putting Wallace & FoxNews in its place (or they'll spin it that way) and the Leftie sites will be all a buzz about how Obama gave them hell.

don't forget Wallace will

don't forget

Wallace will be attacking Barak H-word Obama, THAT is the biggie.....we need to see how many times Wallace  is called out as a racist.

 

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
 -Thomas Jefferson

Obama's campaign has the

Obama's campaign has the gall to say that Fox News is favorable for Republicans when the Lamb of Chicago is using the entire media as his Campaign Headquarters?  That is delicious.

Ok Noel

You have said in prior posts how GREAT an interviewer Wallace number 2 is.

And now we shall see? Although I am unconvinced as to what else we need to know.

I'm sure it will be hard hitting and resolve any questions in the minds of the Voters.

Why does the Obama camp go into this interview so defensively?

About Time

 

 I'm hoping Wallace is given the freedom to ask Barry anything he wants.

Why does Obama

Does anyone understand why the junior Senator from Illinois, Barrack Hussein Obama hides from TV anchors? If that is not the stupidest thing I have ever heard of from a Presidential candidate I don't know what is. Is he afraid someone might ask him a real question? Afraid of a TV anchor. And what is this cawardly response to another debate? Chicken? Can we expect he will hide from any world leader who may ask him a question?

Definitely junior league actions.

BTW, anyone seen Michelle lately? She was so much fun to listen to. She helped me understand what this Black Liberation Theology was all about.

Why Wallace again?

What a real man! This guy wants to lead the biggest Superpower the world has ever seen, and is afraid of Fox News.

Wants to lead this country, the biggest terrorist butt kicker the world has ever seen, and Obama is scared of school teacher Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. Let O'Reilly or Hannity do the interview, and ask them tough questions inquiring minds want to know. Good practice for an inspiring wannabe POTUS. A true fearless leader.

Reach across the aisle/table and take Hillary's hand, and bring your own party together. Show us doubters and disbelievers some of them leadership skills. Change, yes we can.

The sad thing is he is

The sad thing is he is willing to talk to terrorist without any pre-conditions, yet has refused to talk with people in his own country that are bitter and cling to guns and have churches that prey for our country not condem it.

Obama's lost without a script

Obama doesn't do as well without a script, so it should be fun to see him faced with an interviewer who will challenge him.

When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.

clear evidence

Obams' reluctance and seemingly forced acquiescence to appear on FOX News provides another perfect example of why this liberal loon should not be President of the United Starts.  Like his SF comments this protest of FOX News demonstrates unequivocally that Obama thinks Americans who view the network are just frustrated citizens who cling to the network in their ignorance while he, the great intellectual and saviour of  the middle class, looks down upon us with pity.  What is he stupid or something?  Doesn't he realize that millions and millions of voters watch Fox news.  Doesn't he realize that three times as many voters watch Fox as watch CNN and five times as many watch Fox as MSNBC?  How can a politician with any brains at all appear over and over on these flaccid networks and not appear on Fox?  How could a person running for president be so stupid as this?  Oh yeah, lets spend all our time over here on this network where 800,000 are watching rather than spend our time over here where three million are watching.  This not only represents some thick-headed stupidity it also represents a type of cultural elitism of which we should all be aware.  Does he think he's too clean, too sophisticated to talk with all of us peons who watch Fox news?   Chris Wallace should ask him just why he hasn't appeared on Fox?  Does he now think that he might need a few extra votes?  I see what Rush and Coulter were saying now about voting for Hillary.  She would be a much better choice (if we had to make it) than Barack the liberal elitist who hasn't the time or patience to mingle for an hour with low-caste viewers over at Fox.  I wonder if he thinks he will be soiled by this experience.  Maybe he could bring his wife along for support.  She could tell him not to say anything stupid and to remember that no matter what happens she and he are superior to the unwashed masses who, by the way, are proud to be Americans even if we do watch Fox News.  I wouldn't walk across the street to piss on their shoes. 

Catherwood... I Second

Catherwood...

I Second all of that...Beautifully put...

....Bingo, Bulls-Eye and Amen!

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

thank you for making obama's point

your diatribe perfectly illustrates the pointlessness of obama going on FOX. you miss his rationale entirely.

should the majority of FOX viewers share your opinions (and no doubt the obama crew have studied it thoroughly), why should he waste his time.

is there anything he could say that would ever change your mind? do you like wasting your time? 

So you think in a general

So you think in a general election a candidate should seek to voluntarily disenfranchize a reasonably sized section of the voters from being able to assess his positions on the issues? 

Mmmm, that's an intersting perspective. As is your rationale, that politicians should only talk to those who already share their "rationale."

Here's me thinking it was part of the the job of the running politician to persuade the voters into seeing and accepting his "rationale".  

 So when Fox hosts one of the Presidential debates,  you think (if it is him) Obama should boycott it? 

 

abp... Why should Obama

abp...

Why should Obama waste his time you ask ...because he is slipping and slipping big time, then there is always that banana peel of his called Rev. Wright that is going to make his final slip to oblivion....

He needs all the help he can get via television and Fox is just that venue.... 

I love it!

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

bt, you forgot Barry-O's other friend.

That would be the one that used to get his rocks off making bombs and blowing up buildings.

And, let's not forget the America-hating woman he married, to boot.

Right now, given his sinking poll numbers now that the glow has long faded and people are starting to see the real Barry-O, I'd say he's toast of the severely burned variety.

And his Marxist/Leninist supporters can cry RACISM! all they want (as that is really all their shallow, government-educated little minds can muster at this point) in an effort to shame people into voting for this clown, but, at the end of the day, there is no way he is going to make it.

No way.

Theme for Election '08: Who cares?

Howdy RD... I haven't

Howdy RD...

I haven't forgotten any of the supporters or his wife, I bring that up a lot here and there too...right now the biggest friend we have for the good guys is the race-baiting, America hating, hatepreacher Wright!

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

Hi, bt.

LOL-Yeah, I know. Actually, I was responding more to abp's lunacy than anything else.

I know not what planet this guy hails from, but there is no way a majority of Americans are going to vote to put Obama in the most powerful job on this planet.

It looks as though the "messiah" has lost his glowing robe and halo, and has been totally exposed as the false prophet I have always considered him to be. It would appear that many others are beginning to see this, too.

I am beginning to thinkBarry-O will implode between now and the convention. His presence on the dem ticket would be a disaster for them in November. 

Theme for Election '08: Who cares?

careful bt -- banana? Who

careful bt -- banana?

Who eats bananas?  Monkeys.  Sounds like subliminal racism to me.

And subliminal is just an unconcious thought made um -- erm, .. unsubliminal.

Sorry BT, but the Wright Court is in session, and you have been arrested, tried and found guilty of being a RACIST.

 

 

Jack... Oh NO! I wonder

Jack...

Oh NO! I wonder if the ACLU will defend me Pro bono....

As an aside...you were up in the wee hours of the morning weren't you last night commenting on that Wright hatepreach, America hating, leftist insane blather....I got to thinking about that all later....lol. 

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

One Question To Ask, Chris

If I could convince Mr. Wallace to ask Senator Obama one question, it would be concerning the comment the "senior Obama advisor" made to talkingpointsmemo:

"They have been the tip of the spear when it comes to repeatedly broadcasting some of the most specious of rumors about Obama."

specious adj. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument.

"Senator Obama, this comment from one of your senior advisors really rattles my cage. Could you please, and I am giving you an open forum here, could you please list for the television audience all of the 'false rumors' that have been broadcast by the Fox News Television Network? It is my intention to find the people responsible for any 'false rumors' that you list, and get them thrown out of their jobs. I take pride in the network I work for, and will not stand for any CBS-type shenanigans here. "

the difference between fear and dismissal

obama meeting with the likes of o'reilly is a courtesy. don't mistake the act of avoiding any of the FOX pseudo-journalists as fear. 

we've seen where 'butt-kicking' has got america and if america wants to sink further, it'll lower its IQ and continue to butt-kick. obama is needed more than ever to counter the 'butt-kicking' mentality.

since this needs to be explained...

folks like obama tend to take a pass on the potential hatchet jobs, which guys like o'reilly love to execute.

to sit down with a guy like o'reilly: who turns people's microphones off when he doesn't like what he hears... or tells people to SHUT UP... getting angry when they he is called on another lie... well, doing so gives billo credence. credence which billo really doesn't merit. and every time billo does behave in such a manner, it doesn't matter how many knuckle-draggers cheer. it still doesn't make him a legit journalist. 

he knows it, which is why he's such an angry man. 

→ Say what?

Keep thinking the good thoughts.

In your world Barney and Tinky-Winky are great thinkers.

♣ a seal

Cool, and I bet in his world the sky is orange, too.

What a load of rambling, ill-structured psychobabble.

Maybe his English teacher was dyslexic. :-O

Theme for Election '08: Who cares?