Clinton Campaign Accuses Obama of Ducking Debates
From CBS News’ Allison O'Keefe:
Accusing Barack Obama of trying to “duck” a debate in North Carolina with Hillary Clinton, her state director in North Carolina ripped into Obama on a conference call with reporters today. "Obama wanted to brush off the people of North Carolina," said Ace Smith, referring to the video of Obama brushing off his shoulders yesterday when talking about Wednesday night's ABC News debate.
Smith took Obama's campaign slogans of “hope,” “change,” and “turn the page,” and used them to illustrate why they believe Obama does not want to participate in a North Carolina debate. Obama is "hoping for no more tough questions, hoping for no more debates," according to Smith, and that he wants to "change the channel, change the topic," as well as wanting to "turn the page, because there is a scary picture."
Smith dismissed the notion that one of Obama's reasons for not agreeing to this debate is that he agreed to one in North Carolina on a different date. That is a bogus argument, Smith said, because the debate referenced by Obama was not sanctioned by the Democratic Party and was set for the first evening of Passover.
Gov. Mike Easley, D-N.C, is urging Obama to participate in the debate, and Smith says 20,000 people in North Carolina have already requested tickets. "This is important to the voters of North Carolina," said Smith. "I don't understand how you can run for President and not answer tough questions." The CBS News debate is scheduled for Sunday, April 27th, at 8:00 pm, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Clinton campaign also announced today that she has accepted the invitation for two debates in Indiana, and said they hope Obama will accept as well. "I know Senator Obama was complaining throughout the day about the tough questions he got,” said Howard Wolfson, a Clinton campaign spokesman. "It's obviously very easy to give an eloquent speech, but it’s harder to stand in front of questioners and take tough questions, and that's part of the process too."
The Obama camp responded by turning the focus to campaigning, rather than debating. "There have been 21 Democratic debates and four one-on-one debates with Senator Clinton, all televised nationally," said Bill Burton, an Obama spokesman. "Our focus will be on meeting with voters in Indiana and hearing directly from them. We will make a decision about debates shortly."
Michelle Levi contributed to this report
Accusing Barack Obama of trying to “duck” a debate in North Carolina with Hillary Clinton, her state director in North Carolina ripped into Obama on a conference call with reporters today. "Obama wanted to brush off the people of North Carolina," said Ace Smith, referring to the video of Obama brushing off his shoulders yesterday when talking about Wednesday night's ABC News debate.
Smith took Obama's campaign slogans of “hope,” “change,” and “turn the page,” and used them to illustrate why they believe Obama does not want to participate in a North Carolina debate. Obama is "hoping for no more tough questions, hoping for no more debates," according to Smith, and that he wants to "change the channel, change the topic," as well as wanting to "turn the page, because there is a scary picture."
Smith dismissed the notion that one of Obama's reasons for not agreeing to this debate is that he agreed to one in North Carolina on a different date. That is a bogus argument, Smith said, because the debate referenced by Obama was not sanctioned by the Democratic Party and was set for the first evening of Passover.
Gov. Mike Easley, D-N.C, is urging Obama to participate in the debate, and Smith says 20,000 people in North Carolina have already requested tickets. "This is important to the voters of North Carolina," said Smith. "I don't understand how you can run for President and not answer tough questions." The CBS News debate is scheduled for Sunday, April 27th, at 8:00 pm, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Clinton campaign also announced today that she has accepted the invitation for two debates in Indiana, and said they hope Obama will accept as well. "I know Senator Obama was complaining throughout the day about the tough questions he got,” said Howard Wolfson, a Clinton campaign spokesman. "It's obviously very easy to give an eloquent speech, but it’s harder to stand in front of questioners and take tough questions, and that's part of the process too."
The Obama camp responded by turning the focus to campaigning, rather than debating. "There have been 21 Democratic debates and four one-on-one debates with Senator Clinton, all televised nationally," said Bill Burton, an Obama spokesman. "Our focus will be on meeting with voters in Indiana and hearing directly from them. We will make a decision about debates shortly."
Michelle Levi contributed to this report
Best-selling author Mitch Albom on his first nonfiction work since "Tuesdays with Morrie."
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See all 53 CommentsUntil Obama can confront the facts at this level---never mind telling us (in a detached professorial fashion) you find Wright''s comments "objectionable" or that you denounced the comments but not the man. THESE ARE FAR TOO WEAK! (Like calling the ravings of a Hitler that Jews should be iradicated merely "offensive"!) It''s the absence of A MORAL OUTRAGE that forces people---even those who want to believe in Obama---to keep coming back to these issues, again and again.
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=pNO58WdUptU
also correct link for this says it all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI77cU3jsFs&eurl=http://www.ziggidy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=322:baracks-original-race-speech&catid=1
He has too many radical associates. And has told us so many lies, he is a Trojan Horse, and will destroy our country.
what white America is all about. He has surrounded himself with radicals and
racist and attending a church for 20 years that is dedicated to Black Africa.
His preacher is stuck in the 50%u2019s preaching hate and racial divide. And after
reading
Michelles%u201D thesis (they tried to get off the internet) she has always had a chip
on her shoulder, even though affirmative action got her to Princeton.
Obama is not for all Americans.
This video says it all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l
I77cU3jsFs&eurl=http://www.ziggidy.com /index.php?option=com_content&view=artic
le&id=322:baracks-original-race-speech&catid=1
Classy Obama shooting hillary the bird at the debate...
http://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=pNO58WdUptU
PEOPLE.
OBAMA WHOSE REAL NAME IS BARRY SOETORO, WAS PUT UP BY FARRAHKAN AND IS BACKED BY
THE MUSLIM NATION WITH MONEY FROM LIBYA.
EXCERPT FROM THE %u201CJUST SOUND BITES%u201D REV.WRIGHT AND FARRAHKAN TRIP TO LIBYA..
Louis Farrakhan, the leader of the Nation of Islam, was seeking the United
States
Government%u2019s permission to accept $1 billion from Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi of
Libya. The gift, Mr. Farrakhan said, would be used to mobilize American black
voters and bolster their economic strength. (elect Obama ?)
Their AGENDA: (excerpt)
%u201CWhile visiting that mercurial miscreant Libyan strongman Col. Muammar Qaddafi,
Farrakhan struck a deal which secured millions of dollars from Libya to lobby
for the secession of part of the United States. The goal is the formation of a
separate black nation on the North American Continent replete with a 500,000 man
army and nuclear weapons. %u201C
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI77cU3jsFs&eurl=http://www.ziggidy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=322:baracks-original-race-speech&catid=1
I am SO TIRED OF HER!
Hillary needs to concentrate more on just telling The Truth not Lies rather than TV debates.
But anyway watch this Video ;
http://www.bercasio.com/movies/dems-wmd-before-iraq.wmv
But anyway watch this Video ;
http://www.bercasio.com/movies/dems-wmd-before-iraq.wmv
http://www.bercasio.com/movies/dems-wmd-before-iraq.wmv
Barack Obama was right with his analogy ,
They all were wrong , so why should they, " The Clintons " , have another shot at the Highest Office in the Land ??????????????
And while we are at it , lets get some changes made to that Import Policy to include some FEE Deductions from all the Importers goods coming into countries whose Currencies are Lower Valued than The USAs currency Value , and these fees go to Our SS and Medicare Systems to make them solvent again , For crying out Loud , would it hurt these Multi-Billion dollar Greedy bunch of folks that are bleeding the Americans over their Food , Money , my God think about it you Greedy Uncaring Importers of the Tariff Free Clinton trade Policy Era !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
book "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming The American Dream", over
here in Southeast Asia I was completely taken aback not only by the violent
imagery in new title of the book, "Menerjang Harapan: Dari Jakarta Menuju Gedung
Putih", but by the fact that it was not really a translation at all, but rather
a completely different title than the original book. For the native Indonesian
speaker, this figurative language creates a mental image whereas the translation
of the book''s title can actually come to mean "Jihad: From Jakarta To The
Whitehouse". Why would the publishers drastically change the title of the book
for the Indonesian translation and make use of such figurative language? Your
guess is as good as mine, but it would seem that Barack Obama is quite
interested with promoting himself in Southeast Asia as a crusader for the cause
of Indonesia''s Muslims.
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