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“What are your problems specifically with foreign competition in the paper business?” Kroft asked.
“They're paying their employees about 1/40 of what we pay our employees. They do not have environmental regulations to deal with,” Blind said.
Asked how the next president could change that, Blind told Kroft, “It's gonna take some courage to deal with this. I really believe so.”
What unpopular decisions does he think need to be made?
“I think there needs to be some form of tariff to level that playing field,” Blind said.
When Kroft caught a few minutes with each of the Democratic candidates earlier this week, he asked them about what John Blind had to say about tariffs, which are taxes placed on import to make American products more competitive.
“His complaint about you, and his complaint about Senator Obama, both of you, is that you're sort of nibbling around the edges trying to make improvements, when to do all the things you’re talking about there needs to be stronger action, bolder action, a more protectionist policy, tariffs,” Kroft told Sen. Clinton.
“We have to have a time out on trade, which is what I've said I would do as president,” she said. “We need to step back and say, ‘Look. During the 19th century we had tariffs when we were growing our economy. During the 20th century, open markets were to our advantage, because we were by far more productive.’ Well, now we got a new set of problems. I'm all for trade. But I don't want to be a patsy.”
“I don't think we can draw a moat around our economy,” Obama told Kroft. “But what we do have to say is, ‘We're gonna drive a tough bargain. If you want access to our markets, you're gonna have to open up yours.’ Now, is that gonna solve all our problems? No. But it's a good place to start.”
“Senator Clinton said people forget that there have certain times in our histories where we've had a much protectionist policy. And it may be time for us to sit down and reevaluate that situation again,” Kroft remarked.
“The problem with the time-out is, the rest (of) the world's not takin' a time out,” Obama said. “I don't think we should be afraid of competition with the world. I think what we have to do is to be smart about competition in the world.”
But trade and jobs are not going to be the only issues for some voters in Tuesday’s primaries and in November.
In Chillicothe, people told 60 Minutes that both race and gender would both be hidden factors in southern Ohio - that many blue collar workers here won’t vote for a woman and others would never vote for a black. And Sen. Obama has another problem: a malicious campaign against him that surfaced in a number of our interviews.
Schoenholtz told Kroft he is leaning towards Obama, but that there were a couple of issues he was “not too clear” on.
Asked what they were, Schoenholtz said, “Well, I'm hearin' he doesn't even know the National Anthem, you know. He wouldn't use the Holy Bible. He's got his own beliefs, got the Muslim beliefs. Couple issues that bothers me at heart.”
“You know that's not true,” Kroft remarked.
“No. I’m just…this is what I've been told,” he replied.
“One of the things that we found in southern Ohio - not widespread, but something that popped up on our radar screen all the time - people talking about it, this idea that you're a Muslim,” Kroft told Sen. Obama.
“Right. Did you correct them, Steve?” Obama asked.
“I did correct them,” Kroft replied.
“There you go,” Obama said.
Asked where this is coming from, Obama told Kroft, “You know, this has been a systematic e-mail smear campaign that's been goin' on since actually very early in this campaign. It clearly is a deliberate effort by some group or somebody to generate this rumor. I have never been a Muslim, am not a Muslim. These e-mails are obviously not just offensive to me, somebody who's a devout Christian who's been goin' to the same church for the last 20 years, but it's also offensive to Muslims. Because it plays into, obviously, a certain fear-mongering there”
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Posted by mocaIeo at 07:28 PM : Mar 02, 2008
As if the neocons blindly following an obvious moron is any better....
And who aired a commercial about a 3am phone call?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGW38Zy4bJo
My kind of town......
P.S. If my husband ever takes advantage of a young girl , I will stand up for all the MOMS, SISTERS , WIVES , DAUGHTERS and most of all myself and kick his can all over the place and in public too !!!!!! You bring SHAME to A REAL WOMAN .
That''s good -stand back and watch the show. The winner of this nomination will win the general.
to China but you asked her nothing about Bill Clinton
and the treaty he signed with China to make all that
possible. You didn''t ask either candidate why they have done nothing to help the USA create a real energy policy. If they had then we wouldn''t have $3 a gallon gas as we currently have.
As usual 60 minutes was afraid to ask hard questions and to give the real facts about these candidates.
Fact, yes the poles show that it will be a tight race between Obama and Hillary. Fact, Ohio%u2019s (by the way, my home state), main issue at this point in time is the economy. Fact, during the interview, Clinton provided a tangible work plan for how she would begin to improve the economy when elected and the reported gave her no insight into Obama%u2019s response nor did he ask a follow up question. Fact, when Obama gave, yet another, abstract, non-tangible, response to the question (something about a building a moat??), not only did the reporter ask a follow-up question, but he also provide a synopsis (an inaccurate one at that) of Hillary%u2019s response to the same question for him to react to.
The media has tremendous influence over society. This is why the state controlled media in countries outside of our own has the potential to be a threat to democracy. So, why, in a country where we believe so strongly in free and unbiased media, are we subjected to biased accounts such as this segment? In these primaries all we%u2019ve seen is %u201CObama-controlled%u201D media, which will turn out to be detrimental to the democratics in the end.
Lest we forget about the republican frontrunner, McCain?
And who aired a commercial about a 3am phone call?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
RGW38Zy4bJo
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Posted by whoisafraud at 07:34 PM : Mar 02, 2008
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"whoisafraud" One hint..his middle name''s Hussein. Look at that from the standpoint of Republicans and Independents..Obama will never win the General election. Period.
Really though, you mention "fraud", and Hillary doing anything to win the Presidency; do you consider dividing by race and inciting racial issues "anything"? Cuz that''s EXACTLY what Obama has done.
1)Look at Hillary and Bill''s comments, and how the media completely took them out of context:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200801130004
2)Obama picked up those smears insinuating the Clintons'' are racist, with his "leaked 4 point memo" on "racially sensitive" comments DISGUSTING!!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/12/obama-camps-memo-on-clin_n_81205.html
What was that you were saying about "fraud"?
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Posted by Jenna11111 at 07:59 PM : Mar 02, 2008
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The media allows Bush to scare Americans for the past 7 years; liberals whine and rightfully call BS on the media...then, the same media turns around, and builds Obama up, including positive comments from Republicans (diehard republicans who hate liberals, as much as 4 months ago) like Newt Gingrich and Peggy Noonan, and suddenly the liberals are sucking up the media''s *** like crazy.
So-called "progressives" who are standing by letting one of their own (Clinton) be denigrated by another one of their own, are disgusting, sniveling cowards and I''ll be voting for McCain if Obama wins the General.
Oh, and just wait for names like Alexi Giannoulias surface if Obama wins the dem primary; they''re just dying to take Obama on.
Dumb dumb dems.
Well, people do need to get out and vote for a competent candidate. And frankly I''m not voting for someone whose every decision has to be put up on a teleprompter by Mrs. Clinton. I''ll just vote for her competence and be done with it.
And who aired a commercial about a 3am phone call?
Well said!
The Clinton campaign has excelled at taking a grain of anything that might seem unappetizing for the American voter and exaggerating it to make it appear that Obama would not make a great president. This is politics and this is what the Clintons are good at. Fear mongering (a la Mr. Bush) does not go very far. It is hard to discuss your comment in light of my own since your comment addresses media bias and my comment addresses the way that the Clinton campaign has waged war.
The Clinton campaign aired a commercial with sleeping children, then cut away to the "red phone emergency" in the White House, then asked who is best to handle that call. We know how she will handle the call. She voted for the Iraq war and she voted to wage war with Iran. She also has received more political funding from the war lobbyists than even McCain. Obama does not take this dirty money from war lobbyists. Open your eyes and vote for who will lead our country based on the needs of the common citizen and not the wealthy lobbyists.
My comment included a link to Bill Clinton saying that voters should not fall for fear mongering and they should vote for someone who gives them hope.
During an interview in 2007 she made the statement "I am in it to win it", so far that statement has proved arrogant and shortsigted, tonight she continued her delusional behavior by confidently stating she will win on Tuesday.
What a piece of work. I really hope Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island but us out of our misery come Tuesday.
Why didn''t you asked Senator Obama about the National Anthem?? You only asked him part of the question that was a concern from the man in Ohio. The reason you didn''t asked him is because the liberal media, of which you are a part doesn''t want America to know the real person behind the campagain. There are poeple in this country you can asked peronally about this and they will tell he will not cover his heart during the playing of the National Anthem, and they sir are not Clinton supporters.
What a shame the media want tell the WHOLE story, only what they want you to here. Sham on you.
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It''s ''despicable''.
Hillary Clinton is a despicable, delusional lady.
I can''t wait for Tuesday so this lady be put to rest. She is a delusional, bipolar, female dog.
The National Anthem story has also been debunked. Obama learned from his grandfather as a two year old, that you place your hand over your heart during the pledge of allegance and stand at attention during the national anthem. According to official navy policy his grandfather, a member of Pattons army taught his grandson well, the correct ay to honor our country and has Obama been doing so since he was two.
Kroft to Obama:
"You don''t believe that Senator Clinton is a Lesbian and killed Vince Foster do you?
Obama: "Of course not. I mean, that, you know, there is no basis for that. I take her on the basis of what she says. And, you know, there isn''t any reason to doubt that"
Kroft: "You said you''d take Senator Clinton at her word that she''s not...a Lesbian Vince Foster killer. You don''t believe that she''s...,"
Obama: "No. No, there is nothing to base that on. As far as I know,"
NOW ARE YOU OUTRAGED?
Clinton just smeared Obama once again. She should be called out on it!!!
Of course, a discussion of religion is hardly germane to government, or at least it should not be (in my humble opinion). Hopefully we will be returning to a Constitutional separation of church and state.
These people say that Hillary has been the one to bash, poor, poor Obama. He''s played that tired old card while he has been the one to continually tell how great he is and how bad she is. These same people have the mentality that would follow someone over a cliff.
Oh, whoisafraud, if you would get your facts straight, Mr. Obama also voted on the Iran vote, and Hillary did not vote for ''the war in Iraq.'' Perhaps you should read the Bill that she signed, not that anyone wants to be factual. Apparently, it is much more self fulfilling to just bash her rather than get off the couch and read the facts. Also, Obama doesn''t take dirty money from war lobbyists? Prove that..I suppose he just takes dirty money and real estate deals from the likes of Tony Rezco, who goes to trial tomorrow. Yeah, you all are as ''cool'' as your candidate.
A couple of you said that Hillary is despicable and delusional? Of course, you are going by what you have heard, not what you have educated yourself about her, and the work she has done for women and children, to name only a few. Very sad that these people have a voters card.
It''s time for the American people to WAKE UP and understand that everything that is said is said in CONTEXT--NOT soundbites! Indeed, words DO matter. CONTEXT matters even more.
Empower yourself by educating yourself.
(And please, look up the word "hypothetical"--the dictionary IS your friend!! Repeat . . . "the dictionary is my friend!)
It''s time for the American people to WAKE UP and understand that everything that is said is said in CONTEXT--NOT soundbites! Indeed, words DO matter. CONTEXT matters even more.
Empower yourself by educating yourself.
(And please, look up the word "hypothetical"--the dictionary IS your friend!! Repeat . . . "the dictionary is my friend!)
Posted by miss_emily- at 08:11 PM : Mar 02, 2008
I couldn''''t agree more! It was disgusting to see Obama and his co-horts bring the Race Factor into the campaign. It exposes Obama as a wishy-washy con-man who would stoop down to any thing. I hope voters see through his charade, in time!
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Posted by dumbshun at 08:51 PM : Mar 02, 2008
What are you talking about?That''s been the best part of the whole process.Bubba opened his mouth,Obama shoved his foot in it,and then every rock that Bubba threw at Obama was hitting Hill right between the eyes.I haven''t laughed so hard in a long time.The "inevitable" Clinton machine stopped dead in it''s tracks by Billyboy himself.Now we get a ringside seat to watch the destruction of the democratic party,since she''ll go on no matter what happens Tuesday.The democrats have the election in the bag,thanks to 7 years of Bush.She has to get 75% of the vote in the states remaing just to tie Obama.Now watch McCain win the election,after she splits the party with her stupid stubborness.I''m an independent pulling for Obama,but I''m seriously thinking about going somewhere else if she continues.
Then we were having dinner in front of the TV watching 60 min. Lady you just lost 7 votes to Barack Obama,we were so mad that you did nothing to clear Senator Obamas name pertaning to his religion! Even Senator McCain a Republican was more respectful of Senator Obama. Its very sad that you would disrespect a fellow Senator that you know that well not to mention a fellow Democrate.You Mamn HAVE NO SHAME!!
Tommorrow Ill be visiting all my neigbors to try to show them what I now see!!!
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