Sunday, October 26, 2008

Tables turned on a very uncomfortable Biden

Team Obama, which has been enjoying no-brainer questions from an overly-supportive press, got to taste what it's like to be Palin on Thursday, when WFTV-Channel 9's Barbara West conducted a satellite interview with Sen. Joe Biden. Hal Boedeker, of the Orlando Sentinel, said that a friend told him it's "some of the best entertainment he's seen recently."

Here's the interview: One on one with Biden (Video).

According to Boedeker's summary:
West wondered about Sen. Barack Obama's comment, to Joe the Plumber, about spreading the wealth. She quoted Karl Marx and asked how Obama isn't being a Marxist with the "spreading the wealth" comment.

"Are you joking?" said Biden, who is Obama's running mate. "No," West said.

West later asked Biden about his comments that Obama could be tested early on as president. She wondered if the Delaware senator was saying America's days as the world's leading power were over.

"I don't know who's writing your questions," Biden shot back.

Biden so disliked West's line of questioning that the Obama campaign canceled a WFTV interview with Jill Biden, the candidate's wife.

"This cancellation is non-negotiable, and further opportunities for your station to interview with this campaign are unlikely, at best for the duration of the remaining days until the election," wrote Laura K. McGinnis, Central Florida communications director for the Obama campaign.
[Hat tip to Drudge Report]

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