Barbara West vs Joe Biden Interview VIDEO
Barbara West of WFTV Channel 9 in Orlando had what was billed as a ‘One on One’ interview with Senator Joe Biden on Thursday that didn’t sit well with the Democratic VP nominee. Several times during the course of the question and answer session, Biden remarked, “I don’t know who is writing your questions.”
Biden was so hot about the four minute grilling that he promptly canceled a planned interview that station had arranged with Jill Biden. When the Orlando Sentinel questioned the Obama campaign, they cited what they felt was an unprofessional interview by Barbara West. They used words like ‘combative’ and ‘woefully uninformed’ to portray West.
West responded by saying: “I think I asked him some pointed questions….I don’t think I was rude or inconsiderate to him.”
Check out the video below. The questions were definitely tough and Biden appeared to handle himself well, though you could sense his exasperation.
Jill and Joe Biden family photos here.
Michelle and Barack Obama family photos here.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW_wQgWviZ8[/youtube]
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all media has ambushed sarah palin it’s about time they did it to obama and biden!
What I find amazing about this interview by West is the rights reaction to. It wont be seen be serious minded voters as a strike against Biden – far from it. It was just another example of why Obama’s campaign is making such head way in our “interesting times”.
See Krugman’s column today
and you will understand.
It’s about time somebody ask the Obama camp these questions. At least Ms. West did not feel the same as her collegues to pamper these two Marxists regimists. Someone needs to question what Obama meant by “spreading the wealth”. As my 14 year old son just said “I guess no one prepared Biden for those truthful questions. If you’re running vice-president, aren’t you supposed to answer questions like that?” Now if a 14 year old boy is seeing this, then I’m sure a lot of other people can see through this rhetoric also. More stations and newspapers need to ask these questions. I’m sure even some Democrats would like to know the answers to the same questions tht Ms. West posed. If this is a true democratic society, more people would demand answers on these very quetsions.
Wow, for once the Obama/Biden ticket gets a tough interview and they run away?
Wow, is that how they’ll handle questions when in the White House?
Hmmm… apparently their economic policies aren’t all that smack of socialism/communism.
Of course, the rest of the media will spin this too.
Its about time someone asked them some tough questions.
I agree with the statement above! The obama camp has had softball questions from day one as sarah palin has been attacked from day one. If obama wants to be president of the united states he needs to handle the tough questions as well as joe biden. what a double standard! good for Barbara West!!!!
Excellent interview. These are questions that the American people want to hear answered. Watch Hannity’s special on Foxnews about all of Obamas friends, and a new discovery, Obama’s mentor, “Frank”, who is spoke of with high regard in Obama’s book. Frank, a Communist in Hawaii, who taught Obama hate for white people . There is a pattern. Hannity’s special is a MUST SEE for undecideds and first time voters.
I was sorry WFTV pulled the interview off their web site. Ms. West was very respectful. Why is it that Democrats have a problem answering the tough questions? They say plenty but it amounts to nothing and is anything but truthful. I can’t figure out how Obama did so much to help the people when he only served one year in the Senate before spending the next two years trying to be our president. As for Mr. Biden, he likes to say how McCain voted with Bush on all these things including the Irag war. I seem to recall it was a unanimous vote, so Biden is no better than McCain. In fact he is worse. At least John McCain had the guts to defend our freedoms just as I did in the US Marine Corps. If you have never served your country, you have no idea how precious and fragile our freedom really is. It’s the Bidens, Kennedys, Kerrys, etc. who put us in this economic situation, not Bush. The President is one person and does not have the power to do anything on his own without the Congress’s support.I wish WFTV would put the interview back on thier site. God help freedom of speech and the press if Obama and Biden get elected. Their reaction to this interview is a prelude to censorship if they get elected.
This is the kind of questions a lot of people are interested in , but never hear because the Obama campaign says this is not what people want to hear. They do this to keep focuse on the economy & not what is really going on. And to think they would do the shut out of anyone who will ask tough questions. It has been my understanding that all inteveiws with any of Obama’s side have preconditons. This is not right & I hope the country will wake up before it is too late.
It feels like we are being told , ONLY what they want us to know & nothing real. This is very scary to me.
The questions were fair, the answers were very garded. Why?? Me thinks they complain too much. Hmmmm.
A most unproffessional interviewer. Interviewers should be unbiased, she cerainly was not. Socialism? What on earth has our government been doing for as long as I can remember. Spreading the wealth, provinding subsidies, wakeup WFTV. Barbara West?pseudo Palin Attack dog.
This fine true american lady barbara west is the only one in the american media to ask these type of questions of the obama socialist bunch she has shown more balls than any male reporter in the u.s. to date i am shure she will be next to be torn down and lied about just like the poor guy joe out in ohio who life is ruined for asking the king hussain a legit question hey american media wake up and learn from this woman! and go grow a pair! befor this great nation is ruined by the likes of obama, pelosi & co.
A most unproffessional interviewer. Interviewers should be unbiased, she cerainly was not. Socialism? What on earth has our government been doing for as long as I can remember. Spreading the wealth, provinding subsidies, wakeup WFTV. Barbara West/ sounded more like Palin than Tina Fey (maybe not). Such an interveiw should not have been aired.
Great interview ! Finally a real reporter asking tough questions.
anyone who thinks that interview was good is a retard
seriously
I don’t understand how people are defining “tough”. The only “tough” thing about these questions is trying to understand why they are being asked. I am all for asking politicians tough questions, but the Marxist thing was waaaaay too far. There was absolutely nothing professional about this interview. This woman is by far one of the worst journalists I have ever seen.
It makes me sad that people are supporting her simply because they feel it’s “about time” that the Obama camp had difficult questions. I’m not saying that people shouldn’t want that– in fact, I’m all for it– but I wouldn’t want this for either campaign. If you want to complain about bias in the media, you really shouldn’t support it when it happens in your favour.
Can anybody believe this guy? Obama himself said “spread the wealth around”. How can you give the middle class a tax cut, when you are giving away money to people who are paying no INCOME tax. They may pay FICA, but if you give that back you are robbing Social Security. How can these guys win on this stuff?
Frankly, I wish ALL journalists would interview the candidates like this.
Too bad West didn’t interview McCain with the same courage. Her interview with him on 10/14 was nothing more than an informercial for the McCain/Palin ticket:
http://www.wftv.com/video/17712615/index.html
Too bad. West apparently has the journalistic goods when she wants to use them. She just doesn’t have the American peoples’ interests at heart.
Please tell us Lord, why did you create Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Barbara West, and Elisabeth Hasselbeck brainless, clueless, and totally ridiculous??? Oh! For a good laugh!!!
Awesome job Joe Biden, you put that ignorant fascist republican reporter in her place. Thank you for your honest answers and straight talk. I hope they fire her for her blatantly biased and leading questions, she should never be allowed to work in this media again! Watching this interview just made me sitch my vote to Obama!
Kudos to Barbara West! Her questions were right on target as she took them right out of Obama’s and Biden’s playbook. Most of the mainstream media is so in the tank for the Dem ticket that Obama and Biden don’t know what a hard-hitting interview is like. Insofar as the comments from the far left wing libs who posted here, get yourself back to the Huffington site where you fit right in with the sickos who go there. You wouldn’t recotnize the truth if it came up and smacked you in your faces. Barbara West, you are great!
Barbara West’s husband, Wade West, is a consultant for Republican politicians. So I guess those “tough” questions may not have been her own after all
The McCain/Palin team look more patheric by the minute.
They weren’t tough questions. Tough questions are good for any candidate. These were just silly questions that sound like they were written by a conspiriacy theorist blogger on crack. They clearly were written by someone who chose to ignore facts and the actual policies of the candidates.
Hope she gets fired. Sounded like a Fox news interview
Joe Bidens responses made to the questions made her look like the were constructed on Mars. Mccain is desperate.
Joe Bidens responses made her questions look like they were constructed on Mars. Mccain is desperate.
There was nothing wrong with the questions, but the way they were asked was very bias and unprofessional. Biden handled it very well and was able to answer the questions as a person up for vice president should…unlike Palin, who only seems to be able to repeat talking points. What hardball questions were asked of Palin? What is the role of the vice president? What journals do you read? Please!!!!!!! Palin supporters are mental retards and shouldn’t be allowed to vote.
Wow – I’m in shock. For a few minutes there, I thought West must be an Obama/Biden supporter, as those questions are so ridiculous and “out there” as to highlight the fanatical right-wing’s insanity.
I thought maybe she was being ironic (like Stephen Colbert) by showing how outrageously stupid it is to connect Obama’s ideals with Marxism.
I still cannot believe she was really serious, or worse – that people actually think those were good questions.
If anything, this interview allowed Biden get the truth across, that Obama is not “spreading the wealth” . . . can’t believe anyone still thinks that.
I done think that Obama is gonna lose. McCain is being a better presudent cuz he is not a communist. Obama wants to take the bible out of schools and teach them kids about dinosaurs and stuff. I cant support that communist thinking. No one is takin my guns!
I’m glad this interview happened because these are the talking points i see on all the extreme right wing political sites.
It shows the crazy partisanship we’ve reached in this country when these obviously loaded questions (Marxism?) delivered by a terrible reporter (no follow up questions? It’s like she’s not even listening to him) are responded to fairly politely in my opinion is being lauded by people.
It is not black and white (and I’m not talking race). All the candidates have some good aspects and bad aspects to them. If they didn’t they would never have reached such a position.
This was a terrible interview, but I’m glad it happened. Hopefully one of those loons who has harped on these questions will listen to it and realize that.
The questions were not tough, rather biased as in Faux News style. Reporters are supposed to ask questions from all angles, so we the audience can understand facts better. This is one of the reasons that there should be a media revolution, so we can get rid of these faux reporter.
As a independent and trying to get some insight off the web and blog’s I have noticed how quickly the Dem’s get very personal in there name calling.What happened to Debate/Conversation
first they trid to make people believe that he’s a Moslim. when that didn’t work, they called him a socilist, marxism. But NONE is true. Do you republicans see the bigger picture here? fear mongering tactic! that’s the dirty trick! People, be smart.
Has anyone ever wondered why the Dems like to hand pick their interviews. Biden looked liked he was ambushed because he thought he was getting another cake walk of an interview.
This just shows that the Democrats do not believe they should be questioned. They have been thrown “softball” questions all during the campaign and do not want to answer questions that may reveal their true agenda. If they dont’ have a Marxist/Socialiast agenda they could answer the question. This is the same as not using Barracks middle name. Why are these areas off-limits? Then they move away from issues and talk about Governor Palin’s wardrobe. I thought they wanted to stay on issues. Truth is they do not want to be questioned in a way that they have to factually state their stance on the issues. Congrtatulations Ms. West on a great interview. None of the commentators with the major media has the gumption to ask such questions.
Yeah. Biden “handled” Barbara West, right? LOL I guess handling is code for lied to.
Biden lied about contributions to ACORN and Obama’s role/work with them:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/election/s_584284.html
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign paid more than $800,000 to an offshoot of the liberal Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now for services the Democrat’s campaign says it mistakenly misrepresented in federal reports.
An Obama spokesman said Federal Election Commission reports would be amended to show Citizens Services Inc. — a subsidiary of ACORN — worked in “get-out-the-vote” projects, instead of activities such as polling, advance work and staging major events as stated in FEC finance reports filed during the primary.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09292008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/os_dangerous_pals_131216.htm?page=0
When Obama was just a budding community organizer in Chicago, Talbott was so impressed that she asked him to train her personal staff.
He returned to Chicago in the early ’90s, just as Talbott was starting her pressure campaign on local banks. Chicago ACORN sought out Obama’s legal services for a “motor voter” case and partnered with him on his 1992 “Project VOTE” registration drive.
In those years, he also conducted leadership-training seminars for ACORN’s up-and-coming organizers. That is, Obama was training the army of ACORN organizers who participated in Madeline Talbott’s drive against Chicago’s banks.
Obama as ACORN attorney:
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=307667123149723
As a former White House staff economist writes in the American Thinker, Obama represented ACORN in a 1994 suit against redlining. ACORN was also a driving force behind a 1995 regulatory revision pushed through by the Clinton administration that greatly expanded the CRA and helped spawn the current financial crisis.
Obama was the attorney representing ACORN in this effort. Last November, he told the group, “I’ve been fighting alongside ACORN on issues you care about my entire career.”
Biden’s answer about Obama spreadking the wealth?….“he is NOT spreading the wealth around”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNVPZaj1sYA
ABC’s Robin Roberts: “Any regrets that you -”
Obama: “No.”
Roberts: “No not that you met Joe the plumber, but the fact that you
said ’spread the wealth.’”
Obama: “Not at all.”
(ABC’s “Good Morning America,” 10/24/08)
Wow, you can tell she is for McCain, she just seemed so rude. I thought Biden did a great job. Obama 08
Wow! Way to go Barbra its nice to know that all the media is not in bed with Obama! Redistribution of wealth is a socialistic tenet. If it looks like a pig, smells like a pig and sounds like a pig, it must be a pig. The question sure got a grunt, a squeal, and a oink out of Obiden. Barbra don’t you know that democrats are not to be asked such questions? Don’t you know the golden rule of the main (lame) stream media. Thou shalt not ask a democrat real questions, for 90% of the media are egg sucking democratic pigs and one must not offend a fellow pig.
While watching West’s interview with Senator Biden, I was certain the interview was a comedic segment of Saturday Night Live and a spoof on the Rupublican far right. Unfortunately, I was wrong. West’s idiotic and idiological questions of Senator Biden were indicative of the stupidity, inanity, and illogical Evangelical and Far Right political positions. West epitomizes the reasons our country is in economic crisis and is the laughing stock of the world.
Barbara West’s husband is a Republican consultant/lobbyist. This is the most propaganda-laden interview I’ve ever heard, and the station should be ashamed for allowing itself to be hijacked by a right-wing lackey. I’m from Orlando and I’m embarassed by this from our local station. But I’ll never watch them again!!
Like Obama says ,”you can put lipstick on a pig…. and it’s still a pig”. The reporter seemed fair but persistant. She is dead right when she says many people are worried about Obama leaning so far left he is a socialist. He looks you straight in the eye and says he is going to redistribute the wealth…your wealth… and Biden calls it “patriotic”. Why does the left get so defensive when they get questions about the statements they have already made. Marx is the father of socialism, redistribution of wealth is it’s main theme and Obama says he is going to redistribute. A pig is a pig!
Well, so far you haven’t been labeled “racist” or did it get overlooked ? Liberals like to attack and call bright, pretty intelligent women degrading names.. it’s who and all they are. .
Thank God we have some one with the back bone to ask the questions that should have been asked for the last year.
God Bless You!
Kathleen
West, you’re a piece of work! Marxist.?…intentionally inciting controversay for the Obama Campaign. You need to stay republican with the rest of the ignorant GOP. Reagan’s Admininstration began such resdistrubution through tax policy and such earned income credits! Duh West! Shut up. You’re as senseless a woman as Palin…please dont open your mouth. Your wealth and politics preceed you. ‘Worried about our wallet heading towards the less in this country….As a professional and educated women, Id never vote for a woman unless she was credible, professional, smart and WELL educated. That rules you and Palin out.
Where is your educational credentials, a BA in Journalism as Palin? Yes, your taxes just may be being redistibuted to the lesser as we speak.
You make your self look as rediculous as Palin.
Art, you’re independent with a remark like that? You’re just too embarrassed to call yourself a Republican.
I seriously confused the interviewer to John McCain in a skirt.
Great interview, Biden and Obama get a pass on everything so it was nice to finally see the real questions asked. Why no other reporters have asked these questions is a mystery.
The fact that Biden or Obama can not handle this type of pressure makes me shiver to think that these two could be in the white house were the pressure will be much worse than just a interview. YIKES!! What’s really scary is that people keep saying that fox news had anything to do with this. Fox news did not invent anything the reporter said it’s all there. I wish she would of also mention Bill Ayres and rev wright. You know as well as I do that if John McCain had just ONE of these issues in his past he would be hammered by the media who is completely left. You know this to be true and this fact can not even be argued.
i am voting for Obama and i think Biden missed an opportunity to discuss issues that the many Americans are worried about. these are issues that will cost them votes because of whispers of “communism”. most American do not even know who Karl Marx was, let alone the differences between Marxism, socialism, or any other “ism”. he missed an opportunity to educate THE MASSES, to correct her, and to put her in her place, if needed. when i see people complain about tough interviews, it makes me cringe. every interview should be tough. these people should not be wasting the money it takes to campaign if they are not going to answer tough questions. hell, most of the time they don’t even answer questions. this was a Cheney-like move.
I just learned about this interview and one done of McCain on the Today Show. Both interviewers seemed to have tough questions. What caught my attention was the fact that Meredith Vieira consistently interrupted her guest–seemingly in an effort to distort his responses or at least change their direction. Barabara West, on the other hand, seemed to give Joe Biden all the time he might want for a response. Perhaps I don’t fully understand the “professional” role of a news commentator or interviewer (I don’t watch a lot of TV), but I did appreciate the common courtesy that was more evident in the West interview than in Vieira’s.
Come on people,
Its so obvious those questions were primed via West’s husband, who’s on the McCain payroll as a marketing consultant.
Anyone who thinks Barack Obama is going to turn the US into a socialist country needs to put down the crack pipe.
Think about it: consider the amount of $$ Obama’s raised in his presidential bid – he’s going to owe some big favors to the (capitalist) corporations who funded his campaign. Think about the lobbyists in Washington. Big business owns this government – true socialism in the US is an impossibility.
Her “spread the wealth” question was right on target. Oboma supporters don’t want to believe he really is planning to do it but out of his own mouth he said it to Joe the plumber. That wasn’t the first time. He said the same thing on PBS in 2001. He abdicates the government of socialism. If socialism works so well in other countries why are all those countries people trying to come to good old USA????
What (capitalist) corporations? Packistan and Iran are not “(capitalist) corporations”.
You know that every question the reporter asked relates to Obama’s past it is no secret about Acorn (Which Biden lied about when he said Obama never gave them money, well he did $800,000) and all the other questions are no secret this stuff is on Obama’s shoulders so to say West was given these questions by her husband or whoever does not matter. Facts are facts and she asked about them. So far what I have seen about Obama supporters is that they don’t let facts get in their way. Please, before you vote look at his history for your self don’t live in a sound bite society turn off MSNBC and the other alphabet liberal news channels and use your own brain.
these guys are running for president,if that cant handle tough questions once in awhile their in the wrong business!they need to grow some balls!palin has been insulted by obama’s liberal media friends since day one and she faces them notruns away!
if these morons are elected say goodbye to free seech as we know it!
You Obama lovers better wake up and open your eyes. We are in for a serious depression if he gets in and the congress and senate are dems. NOW HEAR THIS, YOU WILL NOT BE RECEIVING A TAX BREAK!!!!
WHEN SOMEONE GOES OUT AND BUST THEIR BUTTS WORKING 80 HOUR WEEKS TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND FAMILIES, WHY SHOULD THEY HAVE THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY TAKEN FROM THEM AND GIVEN TO EITHER LOW LIVES OR PEOPLE WHO ONLY WANT TO DO A 40 HOUR WEEK AND THEN WHINE THAT THEY DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY. THAT IS SOCIALISM!!! WHEN YOU WORK HARD YOU ARE REWARDED.
YOU BETTER DO A SEARCH ON WHAT YOUR LEFT LOONS PLAN TO DO WITH YOUR 401K’S. GO ON LINE AND CHECK THAT OUT.
I
T SHOULD ALSO BE SAID THAT THIS MORTGAGE ECONOMIC CRUNCH WAS BROUGHT ON BY THE DEMS. NAMELY BARNEY FRANK, CHRISTOPHER DODD, RAINES, ACORN AND I COULD GO ON. THEY WERE THE ONES FORCING THE BANKS TO TAKE THESE BAD LOANS FROM PEOPLE WHO NEVER SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THEM. DO YOUR RESEARCH PEOPLE. STAY AWAY FROM NBC, MSNBC AND CBS AND CNN. YOU WILL NOT HEAR THE TRUTH. YOU WILL ONLY HEAR WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO HEAR. I WAS A SINGLE PARENT FOR YEARS AND LIVED IN APTS WHILE RAISING MY SONS. I DID NOT WHINE OR EXPECT SOMEONE ELSE TO PAY MY WAY. I HAD THE SAME CHOICES OF EVERYONE ELSE. THAT IS AMERICA, UNLESS OBAMA IS ELECTED.
WHEN OBAMA CLAIMS HE IS GIVING TAX BREAKS TO 95 PERCENT OF AMERICANS, KEEP IN MIND THAT 40 PERCENT DO NOT EVEN PAY TAXES. DUH, THAT WILL BE A WELFARE CHECK FOR THEM. NO THANKS.
AND ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN OBAMA RAISES THE TAXES ON CORPORATIONS, THEY DON’T PAY THAT YOU DO!!!! THEY WILL RAISE THE PRICE OF THE PRODUCT AND IF NECESSARY SEND MORE JOBS OVERSEAS. WAKE UP PEOPLE, GET INFORMED. THE MAIN PEOPLE WHO WILL BE VOTING FOR OBAMA ARE THE ONES WHO DON’T WANT TO GET OFF THEIR A—- AND WORK. LOOKING FOR A HANDOUT FROM SOME POOR HARD WORKING STIFF.
THE PRESENT BUSH TAX BREAKS WILL EXPIRE IN 2010. OBAMA WILL NOT EXTEND THEM. DUHHHHH ALL RATES WILL GO UP.
ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT , STUDY STUDY STUDY.
Oh.My.GOD. Is this woman for real? Are the responses here real? Are there really such stupid, ignorant, fascist idiots in this country—or just in Florida? I filed a complaint tonight with the FCC. I am greatly looking forward to January, when intelligent Americans can once again reclaim this country, and work hard to put it back on track. ENOUGH with the idiots!!!
Pat, you are exactly right, you nailed it. You even added more things that are correct about Obama. But as I said earlier liberals do not let facts get in there way. I just wish they had the brains to study study study.
MensaMember is a PRIME example of how oblivious people can be. Yes this woman was for real, the responses are real and Obama’s history is real if you would use your brain and study his past even you would see that Obama is bad news for this country. All the info is there and it’s a long list, not just one bad thing but multiple. So before you make yourself look bad again by calling people names do your homework, and flick the joint out the window.
Mensa…Mensa…or Osama or what ever your real name is;.
facts are facts.
wake up and smell the coffee… get your head out of the sand, or ASS in your case, Obama is looking for change. He wants to change the USA to Commie. He is a plant.
Where did he get his first million$$ from? How many people do you know that graduate colledge and dont have loans to pay off?
Obama didnt have loans and he bought a modest 1.5 million home with-in a year.
Can you afford to do that? NO>> and the same is true for most people. The main difference is he had terrorist funding him. Thats my belief and opinion.
Opinions are like a-holes. we all have at least one.
People need to stop acting like OBAMACANS…..And start acting like AMERICANS.. it seems to me that many people and the media are all for Obama and arent acting like Americans at all..I agree that neither of the candidates are good for america..but geez get a grip.. so many people are too easy manipulated by the media..oh yeah OBAMA sucks