 Fairly or unfairly, George Stephanopoulos is taking the lions share of the blame for Wednesday night's disastrous Democratic debate on ABC. Charles Gibson, though he turned in an equally crappy performance, is mostly being belittled for his seeming fixation on capital gains taxes, but it is Stephanolpoulos, the former Bill Clinton flak, who is being pilloried (and rightly so, in my opinion,) for his seeming bias against Barack Obama, his rude, off key questions about trivia, and especially for his cribbing of debate question ideas from Sean Hannity. It's in that environment that George will interview media darling John McCain on "This Week" on Sunday. Damn the boycott. I'm watching this. The host will be under some pressure, to say the least, to be as tough on the Republican as he was on Obama. Some are even pulling a Hannity and suggesting some questions for him to ask. I'll just skip to numbers 11 and 12: 11) How can you call yourself a straight-talker in light of the fact that you have changed your positions or rhetorically flip-flopped on the following issues: Abortion, Creationism in science class, immigration, intervention abroad, tax cuts for the wealthy, civil unions, a Martin Luther King holiday, the Confederate Flag, the Christian Right, Bob Jones University, whether Rumsfeld did a good job, whether Dick Cheney is doing a good job, whether President Bush is an honest man, a Patient's Bill of Rights, global warming, campaign finance reform in general, public financing of campaigns specifically, lobbying reform, whether the War in Iraq would be "easy," whether Sunni and Shiite are working together, whether "Iraqi blood should be traded for American blood," military readiness, how many troops are necessary for the suge to succeed in Iraq, ehtanol subsidies, the continuing existence of a minimum wage, closing the gun-show loophole, healthcare for children...and I could go on, but how about we start with those?
12) Finally, if Barack Obama must account for everyone he has ever passed within a 100 square mile radius of, then here are some associations you might want to explain, with the indicted, the white supremacists and the downright corrupt: Rick Renzi (indicted), Terry Nelson (racist ads against Harold Ford in 2006), Trent Lott (pining for a Strom presidency), The Wyly Brothers (corrupt), Bob Perry (Chief Swift Boater), Richard Quinn (white supremacist), Rev. Richard Land (homosexual hate), Ken Blackwell (Ohio election suppression), Charlie Black (lobbyist and according to John Gorenfeld's new book, Bad Moon Rising, Reverend Moon lover). That would be a start.
Mr. Stephanopoulos? You're up. Labels: 2008 election, ABC News, George Stephanopoulos, John McCain, media bias, presidnetial candidates |
