The CBS News blog "From the Road" suddenly realized that Joe Biden was not giving the media any access and that he hasn't held a press conference for well over a month. Even with this report, though, the media at large has been strangely quite on this disappearing act of Biden's, especially in light of the drubbing they handed out to Sarah Palin when she was not so forthcoming with the press as they'd have liked after her debut on the national stage.
Remember all the pained cries from the media that Palin was "hiding" from them? Remember how they agonized over her distance from them in the month following her addition to the McCain ticket? Yet, Biden is not only refusing any interaction with the press, he is, for the most part, not even taking any questions from voters during his campaign stops.
Still, the media seems unconcerned with scolding Biden as much as they did Palin.
We'll all remember how they howled about Palin, won't we? On September 21, for instance, the Washington Post complained that between Palin's debut on the national stage in August, 23 days went by without her granting "a single news conference with the national media." On September 7, ABC's Jake Tapper wondered when would Palin " subject herself to questions?" Even earlier on September 4, Andrew Romano of Newsweek's "Stumper" blog was all upset that Palin hadn't given the press what they wanted. And this is not to mention all the TV folks that wrung their hands over Palin's refusal to let them interview her.
It is true that even as far back as September 23, some media were noticing that Biden was slowly disappearing from press interaction. CNN noted the fact, though still insisting that it was not as bad as Palin's actions, naturally.
But, the media went crazy over what it perceived as Palin's penchant for ignoring them. As far as the press was concerned, it was the end of democracy as we knew it at the time. Yet, now we see Palin increasingly interacting with the press and voters while Biden retreats from the same and the press seem to have little to say about the dichotomy.
I guess the press realizes that the more Joe "gaffe machine" Biden opens his mouth the more trouble he causes for the Obama campaign and the media would rather Joe just shut the heck up!
But, what we really have is yet one more example of the media double standard that favors their messiah, Obama. Attack is all the have for McCain/Palin and support is all they have for Obama/that other guy.
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Biden has nothing to fear
October 21, 2008 - 05:52 ET by Jack Hermanthe MSM will edit anything that makes him look too bad.
Reading the previous blog, it's easy to see why Gov Palin would not grant interviews. If you're not for Obama, you get drilled and they attempted to pull you into a trap. Of course if you are pro Obama, you get softball. Unless you're a former RINO general and Secretary of State who is not even asked questions to qualify his statements.
The only way I'm voting for ANYONE this year is if they have an "R" beside their name. I am sick of the media bias given to the Democrats.
How many days have passed and we have yet to see the MSM point any fingers at the Democrats that caused the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? They are so in the tank for 0bama.
Amazin!
October 21, 2008 - 07:59 ET by Copperhead RidgeSarah Palin is smart but not politically wise -- at least not on a national scale.
Joe Biden is just plain stupid. He is possibly the stupidest person to hold a U.S. Senate seat, and that is a hell of a perch to attain. I'd trust my dog with a vote in the Senate before I'd trust Joe Biden. Biden is so stupid if you threw him in a pond, you could skim dumb off the water for weeks. A shed full of broken tools has more intellect and usefulness than Senator Biden.
There's some massively stupid people out there who actually think he is smart.
Palin's political wisdom
October 21, 2008 - 08:37 ET by nkviking75I'm reserving judgment on Sarah Palin's political wisdom. As a veep candidate, she's part of someone else's campaign and therefore not in charge of what she can and can't do (although she has demonstrated an independent streak on occasion). If she runs her own campaign in the future, I suspect we'll see a much better strategy.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
He is possibly the stupidest person to hold a U.S. Senate seat
October 21, 2008 - 08:39 ET by Prester JohnWelllll, I'd say he's got a lot of competition:
Boxer, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Kerry, Stabenow, Cantwell...
Here are some other prime Senate idiots
October 21, 2008 - 08:52 ET by Mary Louise TurnerHere's more competition for Stupidest U. S. Senator: Chris Dodd, Bernie Sanders, and Patty "Osama Mama" Murray, whose infamous praise of Osama Bin Laden several years ago should have caused a firestorm of protest. However, since it came from a Democrat's yapper, it was greeted with yawns by the MSM.
Allow me to add more less
October 21, 2008 - 17:24 ET by semolina_filcherAllow me to add more less than stellar Senators: Barbara Boxer, Chuck Hagel, Carl Levin, the Lyin' of the Senate, Dick Durbin, the crying Senator from (ND?) who called our honorable troops Nazis and storm troopers, John eFfin' Kerry, Mikulski, McCaskill, Gaffin' Joe Biden, Barack Obummer, Billary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and the rest of the senators with D next to their names.....
allow me to love America
October 21, 2008 - 08:20 ET by JIMMY1660allow me to love America -would you like to have Joe Biden out speaking for your company, trying to close thew deal of a lifetime? he is the biggest boob ever.
If you were Obama, would you let him talk to anyone?
October 21, 2008 - 08:23 ET by Hunter12Possible Quotes:
Joe Biden: "Senator Obama is the man we need at the helm of the ship of state when the Depression he causes strikes home with full force on the American people. He can roll things back and lead us out of it."
Joe Biden: "When appeasement fails and the Iranian smuggle Russian nukes into the country, a President Obama will be ready to rebuild after the carnage."
Hey, Joe! I'll take that bet on who has the higher IQ.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." - Sir Winston Churchill
They have no desire for a
October 21, 2008 - 08:45 ET by motherbeltThey have no desire for a press conference with Biden.
They had hoped to trick Palin into saying something dumb; with Biden they know they won't have to trick him.
Joe Biden & the press
October 21, 2008 - 10:21 ET by paulejbpaulejb
Are you guys crazy? Joe Biden is already sabotaging the Obama campaign enough without a press conference. If he starts answering reporters questions he might blurt out that Obama will declare war on Switzerland.
"Let Sarah Be Sarah!"
October 21, 2008 - 11:44 ET by BW222One of the major mistakes the McCain made was not letting Sarah Palin be herself from day 1. They did everything from trying to tone down her beauty with brown and striped suits to keeping her from the media. When they exposed her to the media, it was the wrong media.
Hopefully, the American public will finally see through the Campbell Browns and charles Gibsons and discover what a dynamic leader Sarah Palin truly is.
BW222
Media Silence
October 21, 2008 - 14:50 ET by Secret ConservativeI think the biggest reason Biden hasn't had any press conferences is that for the most part the media isn't covering him AT ALL! They didn't cover him when he was running for President, and they're not covering him now. I think it was on Newsbusters where I read that Obama, McCain and Palin all have media traveling with them, but the back of Biden's plane is curiously empty. Ya gotta have reporters to have a press conference, people. Biden has no media, and very few "supporters" who show up to hear him babble.
Well, as far as his
October 21, 2008 - 15:14 ET by dscottWell, as far as his schedule is reportedly concerned he won't be making any more speeches either: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/10/biden_shuffled_off_to_the_side.html
It's all up to Obama and his surrogates, unless something drastic happens in the next two weeks, Biden will be found sitting in some locked closet bound and gaged under a pile of old shoes.
Meanwhile Sarah is burning up the campaign trail. She roasted both Obama and Biden in Reno NV today. Totally Awesome lines and delivery. I hope they post the rally on Youtube or McCain's site. Hey, McCain, besides firing your campaign staff and hiring Joe the Plumber, you go ahead and go on vacation for the next two weeks and let Sarah do all the talking.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Video Clip of October 21 rally
October 22, 2008 - 15:57 ET by dscottOk, so where is the MSM in showing what Sarah says instead of commenting on their dislike of her? Here you go: http://www.godgunsandlipstick.com/2008/10/palin-rally-in-reno-nv.html I'm telling you, if Sarah got the same media exposure as Obama did, this race would never be in doubt.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Next new tradeable commodity----gaffes
October 21, 2008 - 17:31 ET by DuudeLike when did CBS notice this? I've been aware that the BO campaign has pulled him back in three times. This isn't a first. He gets pulled in everytime he speaks his mind. He can speak from a teleprompter and does OK as long as he does just that and only that. The problem is this is a 36 year Senator. Obama was 11 when Biden was first voted in at the age of 29. He has plenty of opinions, and likely isn't comfortable being muzzled nor being told what not to do like some kind of child. On the other hand, Biden is undeniably a gaffe machine. If I was Biden, I would be feeling pretty good that the Pennsylvanian curmudgeon, John Murtha is providing him some cover for now. I wonder if the BO campaign exasperated dealing with Biden may have asked Murtha to speak his mind, knowing he would churn out his own gaffes, thus providing Biden cover. Unfortunately, his gaffes could cost Obama Pennsylvania, a swing state. Hmm.....I wonder if there are any good gaffe machines in California.