Comedy gold: WFTV interviews Biden
posted at 1:00 pm on October 25, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Each question is funnier than the last, culminating with, “Are you forewarning Americans that nothing will be done and that America’s days as the world’s leading power are over?” As if he might say, “Sure.” She probably figured she was in for the same old talking points everyone’s heard from both sides umpteen thousand times by now, so she might as well shoot for viral video immortality by making him squirm. Mission accomplished. On to the petty campaign revenge!
Oh, his claim that Team Barry hasn’t paid a penny to ACORN for GOTV efforts? Highly nuanced.
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I love it,right from the word go,
GaffeBiden walks into a land mine field!
Oooooouuuuuuuuuuwwwwwwwwiiiiiieeeeeeeeee!haha.
canopfor on October 25, 2008 at 1:04 PM
I want to give that woman a big sloppy kiss.
D0WNT0WN on October 25, 2008 at 1:04 PM
I thought I saw a “plug” pop…
d1carter on October 25, 2008 at 1:04 PM
Biden..POS!
Capt-Dax on October 25, 2008 at 1:05 PM
He actually said “he is not spreading the wealth around”. After first defending the idea of spreading the wealth around!
D0WNT0WN on October 25, 2008 at 1:06 PM
Finally a journalist that does their job. ‘Bout time. Kudos to that Anchor.
Chubbs65 on October 25, 2008 at 1:06 PM
How? The BoTox has deadened everything from his eyebrows to the back of his neck and especially in between his ears.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 25, 2008 at 1:07 PM
They need to cut an ad immediately with Obama saying “it’s good for everybody to spread the wealth around” and then Biden saying “He is not spreading the wealth around” DO IT NOW!
D0WNT0WN on October 25, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Great interview, at least one member of the media is doing their job.
koolbrease on October 25, 2008 at 1:09 PM
Hmm, reminds me of yesteryear’s Fox.
Today’s Fox ?
Anita on October 25, 2008 at 1:10 PM
This is called ‘Payback’for the hitjob that
Governor Sarah Palin had to endure from Gibson
and the perky Katie Couric!
Zee tables of been spun,how does it feel Joe!!haha
canopfor on October 25, 2008 at 1:10 PM
Bwahahahahahahahahahhaha
d1carter on October 25, 2008 at 1:11 PM
The press is only now asking the hard questions?
A little late don’tcha think.
Kini on October 25, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Good interview, weird ending though. Seemed kooky to go back to the socialism question after she had just grilled him on it.
Btw, did any of you see Biden shake his head in disbelief at 4:23? That was priceless, lol. He was so pissed.
nickj116 on October 25, 2008 at 1:12 PM
I dont know, we may love her questions, but they almost seem disingenuous, but his answers are just as bad.
She should expect to have the state look into her records for questioning the One.
WoosterOh on October 25, 2008 at 1:13 PM
As far as Biden was concerned, it was WTF-TV?
benjamin on October 25, 2008 at 1:13 PM
Vetting of Barbara Woods in 5…4… 3.. 2…
DaveC on October 25, 2008 at 1:14 PM
He acts like the Bush tax cuts raised taxes on the middle class, instead of cutting them
lodge on October 25, 2008 at 1:14 PM
How condescendingly sexist of him to imply she does not write her own questions.
Queen0fCups on October 25, 2008 at 1:15 PM
Post of the day so far, lol. Nice.
nickj116 on October 25, 2008 at 1:16 PM
I didn’t even notice what Biden was saying. I was too distracted. This seems to be actual footage of a real live journalist. Somebody should clone it.
BuckNutty on October 25, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Send Barbara your support!
barbara.west@wftv.com
ctmom on October 25, 2008 at 1:17 PM
IS THIS A JOKE.
MEMO to RNC: There’s the next campaign ad!Expedite,please!
canopfor on October 25, 2008 at 1:17 PM
What is strange is that you cant find that interview on the wftv.com home page.
At least I glanced around and did a page search for Biden, only found one link (Joe Biden To Campaign In Central Florida Next Week), on their home page.
Are they trying to send it down the memory hole>
WoosterOh on October 25, 2008 at 1:18 PM
That was fun! Good job Ms. West.
Zorro on October 25, 2008 at 1:19 PM
WHO IS THIS WOMAN? Did you see her face when he asked if the question was a joke? This interview sounded like a mother scolding a child. Little Joey was spanked but good. This man lies like a Persian rug.
He was SHOCKED to have someone hold him and BHO accountable for their dopey gaffes and ridiculously liberal voting records.
When confronted with your own words and deeds – just lie some more.
DeweyWins on October 25, 2008 at 1:20 PM
And to think the Dems are worried about Sarah!!! This buffoon must be a laughing stock where ever he goes.
jeanie on October 25, 2008 at 1:21 PM
NewsBusters has a link to more of the aftermath from the Orlando Sentinel. There are three posts up there about this: here, here and here.
From the first one:
INC on October 25, 2008 at 1:21 PM
Barbara West is probably going to need a new job by sometime next year at the latest. I didn’t know journalists were aloud to ask Democrats real questions. I doubt the liberals will let her get away with this crime.
Tim Pancoast on October 25, 2008 at 1:21 PM
SNL———–Hello,GaffeBidens remarks just fell into
your (skit) lap for tonite!!
canopfor on October 25, 2008 at 1:22 PM
SMACKDOWN Good going Ms. West
ConservativePartyNow on October 25, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Barbara West is a Great Girl-Gunslinger. I’ve seen her before….Fire away…Smilin’ Smokin’ Joe.
gracie on October 25, 2008 at 1:24 PM
The second Orlando Sentinel link has this:
In the third one, Barbara West says this:
INC on October 25, 2008 at 1:25 PM
KP, take note of this.
…using government computers, and labor, paid for by us, the “middle class” Der Gaffenmeister so ‘loves’.
If our media had any, these kinds of interviews, for both sides, w/b de rigueur.
Entelechy on October 25, 2008 at 1:26 PM
The link is on the vote2008 section
An earlier interview from Sept 26, 2008
Shows she is fair as she did not blind side him here, so use this against the left.
Stay around for her last question though.
WoosterOh on October 25, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Answering the Marxist question, Crazy Joe Biden denied BHO’s desire and proclaimed, while giggling, “He’s not spreading the wealth around.”
Uh …
progressoverpeace on October 25, 2008 at 1:26 PM
Now I guess Biden knows how TV interviews feel like for the average conservative politician.
frankj on October 25, 2008 at 1:27 PM
This makes me proud to be from Orlando and want to move back. :)
bj1126 on October 25, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Gotta love how they act appalled at the mention of socialism, but yet cannot slander Karl Marx the Great.
I can’t believe people believe a word out of this guy’s mouth.
darclon on October 25, 2008 at 1:29 PM
What a smug dick.
But was that Joan Rivers of Joey Biden? Man, that skin’s stretched tighter than Buddy Rich’s snare drum.
benrand on October 25, 2008 at 1:33 PM
That’s it in a nutshell.
Biden acted appalling because she actually asked real questions of him. And then to cancel his wife’s interview!?!
This is just unbelievable. Wimps.
tru2tx on October 25, 2008 at 1:33 PM
I loved it.
I was sorry that she was not quick enough on her feet to grill Biden on the inconsistencies; he left her plenty of openings. As good cross-examiner would have had Biden walking off the set.
Good to see somebody from Team Zero get the Palin treatment.
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RJGatorEsq. on October 25, 2008 at 1:33 PM
This is the perfect little campaign ad for the final week. BHO telling Joe that he wants to “spread the wealth around” and then this interview, asking why it isn’t Marxism and having Biden flatly laugh off the notion that BHO is “spreading the wealth around”. It looks like a winner to me.
progressoverpeace on October 25, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Is there a medal of honor for news anchors?
Nelsa on October 25, 2008 at 1:35 PM
The media elites need to take a great big lesson from this lady!
Grafted on October 25, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Wouldn’t it be a hell of an October Surprise if someone dared ask similar questions of Osama Obama?
The lefty-loons can dish it out, but they crumble when they are treated equally.
So, Barack-baby, how ’bout Ayers, Rezko, Wright, Odinga, Pfleger, your unknown past and that pesky invisible birth certificate, huh?
We won’t even give you the full McCain-Palin treatment and ask you about your drug use….
MrScribbler on October 25, 2008 at 1:36 PM
This is what MSM should have been doing for the past two years.
katieanne on October 25, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Wow. A hard hitting journalist that isn’t obviously in the tank for the democrats. What’s that all about?
watson007 on October 25, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Whay a slimy PoS he is. I’m stunned someone actually asked him these questions.
JammieWearingFool on October 25, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Right now I’d settle just for seeing his college transcripts. What the hell are you hiding, Obumpy, that you can’t even release those?
Bishop on October 25, 2008 at 1:40 PM
I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS SH!T:
The balls the Democrats have is nothing short of pure evil.
FiveWays on October 25, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Joe Biden takes douchebag to a whole new level.
He couldn’t believe that he was being asked the questions that the MSM should be asking the One.
The idea that this guy may actually get the chance to run this country makes my blood run cold.
What an smug jackass.
HornetSting on October 25, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Must have used Pelosi’s plastic surgeon.
jencab on October 25, 2008 at 1:41 PM
I thought he survived pretty well through that, actually.
I suppose he couldn’t gaffe, though, when the questions don’t give him enough rope to hang himself..
Reaps on October 25, 2008 at 1:41 PM
He still looked like a giant ass, though.
Fits in with the democratic party.
HornetSting on October 25, 2008 at 1:43 PM
Now that’s a “no-spin zone”. Glad to see she didn’t have to squeeze in a book promotion or show “me on ‘The View’!!!” clips for a fourth consecutive night.
Marcus on October 25, 2008 at 1:43 PM
For all the commies and socialists foreign and domestic supporting Barack’s candidacy, Biden’s statement that only the right wing believe Obama’s policies are socialist is a head scratcher.
eaglewingz08 on October 25, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Well, it’s only a matter of time……..
Seven Percent Solution on October 25, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Pots and kettles, my friend. I’m not going to complete the phrase. I don’t want to be labeled a raaaaaaaaaaaaaacist.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 25, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Believe it.
And guess which complaint will get immediate attention, Osama Obama’s or the ongoing saga of “John Galt” and all his invisible/unidentifiable pals coughing up big-time for The Messiah’s own campaign?
MrScribbler on October 25, 2008 at 1:48 PM
John was wrong in Iraq, but the surge worked?
An amazing interview, why does it take Barbra West to ask the tough questions?
Mister Mets on October 25, 2008 at 1:50 PM
FiveWays on October 25, 2008 at 1:41 PM
Isn’t this asking for trouble? What about an audit as to all of Ozero’s questionable donations?
tru2tx on October 25, 2008 at 1:50 PM
I bet she gets the Joe the Plumber treatment. Nice interview, now prepare to have your personal life investigated sweetie.
econavenger on October 25, 2008 at 1:51 PM
If Team Barry says it isn’t so, it’s gospel. It isn’t so.
You can bet your life on it.
FlatFoot on October 25, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Them Media never reports that……so it never happened…..
FiveWays on October 25, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Barack Obama could be president and this assbag could be his first in line to BE president-
“Is that a joke? Are you joking?”-Joe Biden.
HornetSting on October 25, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Just when I think the injustice can’t possibly get any worse……….
This is the stuff Revolutions are borne of.
This country is long over due for another Civil War….
FiveWays on October 25, 2008 at 1:57 PM
BARBARA WEST!!!! You go girl!
That made my day!
winemkr on October 25, 2008 at 1:58 PM
WTFTV?
Kim Hartveld on October 25, 2008 at 2:03 PM
I noticed Biden had a new meme on why we would be tested.
“We’ll be tested because we’re stretched too thin around the world.”
Huh? What happened to our enemies testing amateur Obama’s spine of steel? Wow, full circle to Bush’s fault. Darn that Bush, he stretched us too thin and kept us protected and safe for seven years without a single terrorist strike on our homeland following 9/11.
Lesson learned by Democraps ….. deploying our troops to all corners of the earth to keep us safe is bad, electing Obama to be tested by a crisis generated by terrorists is good.
fogw on October 25, 2008 at 2:04 PM
I still want to see one last Presidential debate
Between Obama and Biden
CommentGuy on October 25, 2008 at 2:04 PM
I guess there’s a reason, then, that there were no brain scans in those medical records Biden just released
ToddonCapeCod on October 25, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Not really; he would be a disaster if he were running on the Republican ticket, but he is the perfect Pol on the D ticket. He just smiles and lies through his teeth, and 99% of the people who see it on TV say “Wow, he really told her off, didn’t he Buffy?” Most Americans think Karl Marx was Harpo’s brother.
FalseProfit on October 25, 2008 at 2:04 PM
Malapropisms, hereafter known as Bidenisms. He is a living, breathing blooper.
“Stand up, Chuck” — because it never gets old.
Terrie on October 25, 2008 at 2:06 PM
The only sad part is the lack of follow ups. He gets mad, then lies in response to virtually every question… but then she moves on.
One highlight for me was towards the end when he says Obama is more ready than McCain… to bad the reporter didn’t have the clips of Biden in her holster, in which he says Obam is not ready and that he’d be honored to run with McCain.
RightWinged on October 25, 2008 at 2:06 PM
I figure by the middle of next week we should have the full list of anybody who ever made it to ’second base’ with her in the interest of full disclosure of course.
CommentGuy on October 25, 2008 at 2:07 PM
I shudder at the thought of my retirement plan being confiscated by the government and that smirky smile “be patriotic!!!”
Marcus on October 25, 2008 at 2:07 PM
“Stand up, Chuck” — because it never gets old.
Rim shot!
InTheBellyoftheBeast on October 25, 2008 at 2:10 PM
- Biden
Guess the DNC missed Barbie West’s objectivism when they vetted each newsroom staff member for pro-Obama bias. /
heroyalwhyness on October 25, 2008 at 2:11 PM
Team Obama has had a free ride for two years….no wonder Bribem was shaking his head….he couldn’t believe it (and neither could we).
Let’s roll.
ex-Democrat on October 25, 2008 at 2:12 PM
I am reading Ayn Rand’s Anthem. It is a Short prophecy that Nobama and this ass clown will help fulfill.
Hell yes, I am clinging to God and guns – specially if this lying SOB moves into the Admiral’s mansion at the Navel Observatory.
InTheBellyoftheBeast on October 25, 2008 at 2:15 PM
I LOVE IT!!!!! YOU GO GIRL!!
USBB on October 25, 2008 at 2:16 PM
His mouth says “how could you ask a question like that” but his forehead say…well…pretty much nuhthin’
must….express….righteous indignation….uhnnnn…can’t…Omaster I have failed thee…
29Victor on October 25, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Buck Ofama.
john1schn on October 25, 2008 at 2:18 PM
We need a side shot to watch his nose grow.
Hening on October 25, 2008 at 2:20 PM
I watched it while it was happening. Called up Channel 9 news and told them I though she did an excellent job–she asked fair, hard questions and that I thought she would have done the same with the other candidates and that from now on our family will be watching WFTV news.
People, when our local media gets it right, we need to let them know that–positive reinforcement works too!
Matt Helm on October 25, 2008 at 2:21 PM
Typical leftists. How many times have you seen them do this? They defend themselves by accusing their opponents of doing what they’re doing. They obfuscate every situation.
And here’s Biden, telling us that Obama didn’t say what we heard him say.
To paraphrase: I can’t believe we’re losing to these guys.
capitalist piglet on October 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM
I can’t watch the video at work. Is there a transcript?
Theophile on October 25, 2008 at 2:24 PM
I sent my e-mail thanks for Barbara West’s interview to:
news@wftv.com (only contact info I could find)
Join me….we’ve got to give credit where credit is due and this TV interview is from Orlando….key, key state for McCain.
Let’s roll!
ex-Democrat on October 25, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Am I the only one who thought Biden’s treatment of this local female journalist was a bit condescending and sexist? I was trying to imagine how these questions would have been responded to if Tom Brokaw had the stones and intellectual curiosity to ask them.
capitalist piglet on October 25, 2008 at 2:26 PM
Wimp. Fine then, I’ll complete it for you: “It’s like the pot calling the kettle African-American.”
ManlyRash on October 25, 2008 at 2:27 PM
I think that was due more to a lack of time. Her response about the line of questioning was that they get “four precious minutes” and that she wasn’t going to waste it with softball questions.
Really though, she was very pointed and very direct – and it’s ridiculous to ping her on that. If I was in her shoes, I would not have identified the source of that quote. I would’ve simply said, “There is an old quote -” given him the quote, asked if he agreed with it and THEN shared the source of it.
But that’s because I want to destroy his campaign. I thought the way she asked it rather fairly gave him a heads up not to agree to the quote – which involved a direct contradiction to what he said 10 seconds previously, and what Obama said.
I like this quote from the reporter though:
apollyonbob on October 25, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Ahhh, the Axis of Evil; Obama, Biden, Pelosi Reid. I can almost envision flying monkeys attacking conservatives.
mindhacker on October 25, 2008 at 2:31 PM
I tried to get the domain name BuckFarack.com and it was already taken.
I just looked, and BUCKOFAMA.COM is taken too.
ROFL!
Let’s roll!
ex-Democrat on October 25, 2008 at 2:33 PM
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