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  • This is another reason why I think the game is rigged. How many points would either candidate have scored by saying "These country's woes are not about my pastor or my clothes, it's about healthcare, the wars, jobs" etc. They would shoot to the top of the polls, but the game is rigged.

  • Whoa, he is pretty mad there.

    Hey America, why ain't you?

  • Rev. Wright unamerican??? unpatriotic???

    This man left the fukin colege and volenteer fighting for america in fukin Vietnam!!! and he asked this fukin question!!!!??

  • Media is reflective of its audience. They have been dumbing people down for decades with phrases and mind control.

  • Cenk asked where Stepho got those questions. He got them from HANNITY. I know because Hannity fed those questions to Li'l George ON AIR.

    Hannity was mocking and goading him - daring him to prove he wasn't liberal. "You're liberal media, so you won't ever ask Obama... (Ayers, Wright, Rezko, flag pin, etc) repeated for each throughout his "interview"

    Then, I watched the debate, and here are all Hannity's questions - taking more than half the time on such trivia and RW smears!

    .

  • damn he's pissed, and for good reason

  • You´re on the right track, but you still haven´t arrived at the station. Fox News, republicans, conservatives, the "bible belt"... They are mentally ill. They need to be PUT AWAY. In a home. Medication. Scientists should study them.

    YOU ARE TRYING TO ARGUE WITH CRAZY PEOPLE !!!

    Am I the only one to whom it was clear-as-day from the get-go?

  • You sir are a no brained idiot. Why dont you do some research and then you can comment. I am already on board with a group that will take our couhntry back from unamerican scum bags like you. Have a nice life as i hope it will be short lived!

  • On board with a group? Will take our couhntry back? How? Assassination of Obama?

    Btw, I´m not american. Or unamerican, as you so creatively put it.

    You people are going to lose this time. Just light a cig, and relax. There´s nothing you can do to revert this.

    But hey - at least you have Fox "News". I heard a rumor that Santa Claus actually exists. Yay !!

  • I have seen a few videos from this channel, but this was by far the best video that I have seen. You are right on the money with your point. Keep making videos like this and I may subscribe some day.

  • thank you

  • I'm with you 100% on this, Cenk. I wonder what we can do to turn these 'debates' into discussions about issues that matter.

  • You my friend are an idiot......I suppose you probably think Bush's presidency has be great and we should follow it up with an old idiot like McCain. It's fools like you (and the whole state of West Virginia, which I bet you're probably from, or just somewhere in the south) who are so painfully ignorant that are to blame for Bush getting elected and totally fcking up our country, our standing in the world and that little war that has killed and injured so many people. You are too dumb to vote.

  • qbnuyawkr. its good to know there are still some intelligent people on youtube...

  • But he's not white, he's black so your logic is silly. He has experience at least 13 years at the state and federal level and he used to teach constitutional law at Chicago st. What communists and counterrevolutionaries are u referring to? Rev. Wright? He's not a communist, he's a preacher. His presidency will be a million times better than Bush's if he just does nothing at all and reverses the crap that Bush has done to this country. It will be viewed as a success if that happens.

  • Rev. Wright is also a Marine who left college to volunteer to fight in Vietnam. It is ludicrous for anyone to call hum unamerican.

  • this is a great video with excellent points made!

  • Thanks for this video! I know I'm late posting, but I hadn't yet seen it! Great Points! It's funny how if people don't express the REALISM of America's defaults, they're anti-American! Hmmm..Parsley, Hagee and Billy Graham can say WHATEVER they want against Americans but they're NEVER questioned! Bullshit! As far as Obama not holding his hand over his heart when the pledge is stated, SO FUCKIN WHAT! I don't either bcus the pledge is a joke when there still is INJUSTICES in this country!

  • How come nobody asks why hillary doesnt wear a flag pin? The mere notion that people would be dwelling on something like that is fucking rediculous and to tell the truth its fucking racist too. If he was a white guy running for president nobody would ask him that. How do I know you ask? because NOBODY wears a flag pin all the time. Once in a while MAYBE, but for the most part nobody wears one.

  • Why doesn't Obama wear the American flag pin...Why doesn't Obama have his hand over his heart during the pledge? Could it be that 20 years in an anti American anti whites taut in that church is the reason?

  • Oh gag me scorpionkings what does it matter if Obama doesn't wear a Chinese made lapel pin? What matters is his positions, his ability to bring people together, his opposition to the war and his plan for universal heath care He did not not stand with his hand of his heart during The Star Spangled banner, most don't do that, (watch a baseball game) You put your hand over your heart when you say The Pledge of Allegiance.

  • They sing the national anthem before each sporting event! You ALWAYS place your hand over your heart during the NATIONAL ANTHEM...Obama has been apart of a church that has been preaching hate on more than one occasion, thats been proven! YES when you are running to be the leader of the united states of America you wear a pin of the AMERICAN flag!...Unless your a closet Muslim! His wife has the BIGGEST chip on her shoulder I've ever seen for someone that could be our next first lady scary thought

  • I believe there point was why if you love AMERICA like you claim to, and disagree with what wright says why did you remain apart of the church for 20 YEARS??

  • Wright and that church serve God and up-lift black people. If he said those things all the time don't you think thoes videos would be up on the net. He said that one time during a sermon. He helped Obama with his spirituality not with his feelings toward American.

  • The absolute truth can be funny sometimes.

  • And that's the truth. Only if Obama had the balls to call them out on it.

  • glass of water for Cenk.

  • God BLESS You guys at TVT!You are the true loyalist of the common sense race of the true american & the vast other races that has to fight to keep reality thinking people of this world informed on real ISSUES!!DAMMIT!Wake Up People!!Wake Up!Don't let the media run your lives and tell you who to HATE,LOVE or admire!TVT remember we are a very few against the TITANS Of MASS MIND MANIPULATORS OF THE MEDIA!!We will prevail!There is no BLACK<WHITE<HISPANIC<ASIAN RACES!There is only THE HUMAN RACE,AMEN

  • Now look at the other side of the coin.

    Questions of substance would've given both candidates openings with which to critique Bush & McCain. Such a result would not meet the interests of ABC's owners or sponsors. Ergo, the TV Debate was a complete success - for ABC.

  • Calling Barack Obama Hussain Obama is childish and shows that you really have no legitimate talking points. You throw stones instead

  • It appears that Hillary is not running against McCain in 2008, but in 2012! She would prefer to not run in 2008, and prefer McCain to beat Obama if she does not get the nomination. This would brand Obama as a loser and make her the obvious candidate for a rematch. She would also prefer to become president in 2012 than in 2008 to not inherit all the problems from W. Pretty sinister, but similar intra-party fighting occurs in countries where consecutive presidential terms are not allowed.

  • She's working pretty hard for someone who doesn't really want to win...

  • Their saint was asked a few questions for once and they're in hysterics.

  • Cent, you might as well come out and tell us that your Obamagasm hasn't worn off since Iowa.

  • Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

    I don't see why people are losing their heads over all this.

    As far as I'm concerned, ABC was simply airing the stupid ideas and nonsense connections that some people make. If anything, Obama should be expected to deflect the asininity easily.

    Look, if they were stupid questions (which a lot of them were), then that would make them easier to answer, right?

    If the candidate can't hack it, he can't hack it; I blame not the Debate.

  • i rate this video 8,000 stars if i could it's so fuckin true what cenk says how dumbass can the media be like seriously americans are so cultured to the media it's fuckin sad actually i appologize i meant the world is it's fuckin sad i could give a rats ass about obamas rain coat boots or umbrella are in rainy fuckin weather i wanna know what the fuck he or anyone else is gonna do about iraq and the financials going on in usa cause it's affecting canada and i'm sick of it

  • The media are full of clowns

  • Stupid, how stupid? Incredibly stupid, amazingly stupid. yeah pathetically stupid. You should see Lanny Davis team up with Sean Hannity attacking Obama cos he is on the same board with Bill Ayers on Hannity's America. Hillary on Fox.

    That is how desperate she has become. I believe Obama will prevail. I think the superdelegates will be infuriated by these things and go for Obama.

  • That debate was a sham, pure and simple. ABC made a laughingstock of our political system and failed the American public miserably. This was possibly the last debate, they had the obligation to inform viewers about real issues, but instead decided to have a slap-fest. George and Charles should be ashamed to call themselves journalists.

  • Well said! The real question is how unpatriotic has the media become. They have a duty to the public to determine how these two candidates will perform as leaders. The question should be about domestic and foreign policy, Team management, crisis management, etc. etc. Clearly most of the media doesn't understand how dire the situation is in the world right now as they continue to distract the public from pressing issues regarding out survival as a nation and a species.

  • Well said for you as well. With the in-fighting within the dem party, McBush is basically getting a free ride. His gaffes, associations and actions are completely going unchecked. That ABC interview with McSame with George this AM was also a sham. George didn't even press him on the Hagee thing as much as he should have.

  • ♪"How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?"♫

  • bob marley! redemption song

  • What surprises me is that you just realized this, its been doing it for decades.

  • I love those questions, though, telling a lot about their characters.

  • Yeah? So did you decide who you want the beer with?

  • amen, brother! have media consolidation and fascism will travel!

  • Pretty much how I feel about it.

  • ABC is owned by Disney. The CEO of Disney is Robert Iger. Robert Iger is a close friend and major contributer of Hillary Clinton's election. I'm certain Hillary was fed the questions before the debate was held. Did you notice the immediate cut to Gen. Clark when Hillary mentioned Gen. Clark's name and in 1/10 of a second was able to get Gen. Clark's nod of approval on camera after she mentioned his name. lol Please tell me ABC didn't fix this debate? ABC like Fox has an agenda.

  • It's all entertainment and celebrity gossip bs. No issues will be addressed until a third party gets into the white house and a foothold in congress.

  • exactly.  thanks for covering this.

  • when you read alot of comments that are left on youtube....abc was asking the questions most idiots respond to...it's the people's fault.Sad but stupid people focus on stupid things..not the issues!they take sides because of stupid things they like or don't about a candidate. abc is so happy to pander to stupid people.I don't know what the answer is..there is no reality to ant of this except..we get stuck with another corp.president...we'll less say..and more lies!welcome to the dumb downs....

  • SHAME ON ABC

  • Patsagainstrats rather than question & compare who there spiritual advisors are I think you should question who there financial backers & advisors are. Both bin laden & obama!!!

    & 1 more thing Rev. Wright was a marine & navy seal which most likely you were neither of!!! He's earned the right to say "God Damn America"

    Wake up sheeple!!!

  • John McCain spiritual advisor + John Hagee

  • Yeah but nobody will care until the general election

  • Is your pastor your spiritual advisor.

  • Well said

  • What would one expect of Stephanopolous, he even bit the Clinton hand that feed him back in the day. He's basically just another disingenuous closet Republican in the MSM, doing the devil's work.

  • msm? mainstream media?

  • Correct, msm=mainstream media.

  • I love it when you get angry!! I feel you on this one!!

  • I love it when you get angry!! I feel you on this one!!

  • I love it when you get angry!! I feel you on this one!!

  • Thank you for making this video!! I felt the exact same way after watching that debate.

  • Anybody who expect George Stephanopolous to be fair is delusional. He was, after all, in the Clinton WH. I'm surprised at Gibson, though. Well, not really surprised. Our media has gone to hell in a handcart. They have no standards and no shame. I wish the next president could fix that, but it works so well for them...

  • He graduated from Harvard Law.  I'd like to know which college you came from.

  • It was only a disaster for Obama. He will have to answer this question until Hilldacare drops out. When she drops out, this question will never be asked again. ABC is for Hillary. Duh!!!!

  • i totaly agree with him man ... fucking ABC dumb ass idiots

  • Cenk man I can see the veins on your forehead. I feel ya buddy!

  • Hey, where do you think that American Flag Pin is made? It says right on the back: "MADE IN CHINA". LOL

    Go Obama!

  • Maybe if barack obama came to a debate naked with a painted american flag covering up his body, everyone would be happy, right? This is why i almost hate the word patriotism. Because today it means, everything that is wrong. Heck hitler talked a big game about patriotism. Im sure he ran around with a german flag on his chest! I agree with this speaker. Im p-ssed to! Maybe reverend wright was right when he said "GOD DAMB AMERICA!" Maybe God is punishing us now for our stupidity.

  • Well said.

  • This is recorded from his Air America satellite radio show. I think you are a bit uninformed.

  • get off obama's nuts????

  • The pathetic attempt to distract from the real issues and the manipulations to create doubts seemed to be Snuffleupagus'and others intent.Weak yellow journalism is a cancer eating at the core of America and disabling the people from knowing truths or forming opinions.they continue to try to play us.Its not gonna work anymore.We do not trust the media.We will decide for ourselves without them and despite them.

  • You're funny. I like you.

  • he counted to 52 minutes? wow, thats pretty dumb. i would have just checked the clock.

  • I didn't realize that "The Young Turks" were in the tank for Obama, and that you didn't want an embarassing questions thrown his way!

  • i hope this country run into shit. If I was Obama I wouldnt care because people in general do not

  • Wow, I just stated that Obama gets the muslim votes 99 times out of 100. this is just partisan reality. Fox is as biased as aljezeera btw. It is hard to find any good balanced sources especially online. I recommend PBS online buddy. This guy (TYT) is just living up to his stereotype. You want to attack my absolutely true statements by manufacturing racism.

    BTW, do you know any pro McCain muslims?

    Exactly

    Everyone's from africa, bTw douchebag

  • "I recommend PBS"

    Good choice.

  • Watch the entire show at theyoungturks(.)com

  • Dude!!! Bush isn't running. If Obama was up to the task, he would figure out how superficial most people's votes are by now. If he doesn't even have that much judgement, how can you possibly expect him to win?

  • i believe THE COKEHEAD WAS BUSH! and i love how TRUTHNPOLITICS is allowing the RACISM in his own heart to shine through. trying to scare away voters with his bigoted scenario of a blackman on drugs. GO SPEW YOUR RACIST PROPAGANDA ELSWHERE ASSHOLE!

  • unwashablebrain

    I have no problem with our President being from any race. I just want him or her to be qualified. I have seen too many things on Obama that says he shouldn't be made President. As time goes on more information on him will surface. If those issues were not there then I would say go for it.

  • the C in ABC is stands for Clinton

  • Obama is such a girlie man I thought he was gonna cry. He was so surprised he was asked real and important questions that the liberal media wouldn't ask him. I saw his lower lip start to quiver and his eyes got all glassy. Hillary should have slapped him. She has more balls than he does. It will get tougher so he better pick up his dolls and go home. No girlie man for President.

  • What the fuck do you smoke? seriously. get yourself checked into the nearest hospital before sun down will you?

  • ABC. Another shit hole in American media.

    BOLLUCKS!!!!

  • Hillary was screwed by Russett & Williams and not a word here about the unfair treatment she received. Even SNL saw the bias against Hillary in the Debates up until this last one.

  • oh please MSNBC was way less bias than ABC, hell ABC didn't even try to hide being bias, they had Stephanopolus moderating knowing he worked for the Clinton's...c'mon, and then Hillary has the nerve to say Obama was complaining after she complained about always having the first question and such

    UGH!

    Obama 08

  • right on!

  • Oh, BTW, didn't George Stephanopoulis work for the Clinton's once? Figures...

  • at first i couldn't understand why so many people disliked hillary clinton. but throughout the course of this presidential campaign, and especially after that so called debate, i understand now why she's not well liked.

  • Now I hear Hillary is saying Obama's "complaining" about the debate! Aww, c'mon! She was the one complaining after every debate that she gets the hard questions LOL. What a heeee-pocrite.

  • You are right on target man - people in PA agree as do the majority in the rest of the coutry - we are OVER the politics of fear and crave change at our very core. ABC and the rest of mainstream media obviously don't get it - where we are now is NOT where we want to be as a nation - a question remotely CLOSE as to how we are going to get there in their last debate would have been nice. ABC really botched this big time.

    Take a Stand PA!

    Obama 08

  • Amen!!

    Thank you for that!

  • Clinton's are lying, warmonger scumbags. She keeps saying "you can't choose your family" I disagree. If your husband is a cheating scumbag you can choose to divorce him!

  • This debate wouldn't have been so bad if it was Maury Povich and Jerry Springer doing the moderating.

  • hahahahahha jerry jerry jerry!!!

  • Living in the US eh? Sell out!:-).

    Well, I get why they wouldnt focus on Canadian Politics...Their the size of the Western Europe and we barely clear 32million. Plus we've pretty much solved everything on a macro scale(health care, racial tensions, gay marriage...) and they're still grappling with "intelligent design". Problems are just more interesting. It is wierd that they ignore the rest of the world though. Ah well, theyre a nice people on the whole, if a little "bitter". ;)

  • Yo Cnek, you are a dumbass!

    For the previous 20 debates, obama has been given a FREE RIDE.

    So ABC moderators did not give him some soft pillows and you slammed them??

    GROW UP and STOP WHINING!

  • The debate questions were f-ing stupid!! Issues are important. Shame on ABC for that ridiculous bs. Totally wasted all our time!! I don't care if you're a Hilary or Barak supporter. That was absurd.

  • You're just embarrassed because your little phony tin god traitor Obama was exposed for the liar that he is. It's OK for the media to pile onto Hillary, but when you question Obama, put on the velvet gloves. You people make me sick. Hooray for ABC News, and hooray for the truth!

  • Hooray for your dumbass

    This only hurting HILLARY! You can't see that

    everytime she attacks Obama her negatives GO

    up! Fuck ABC NEWS!

  • TV anchors are now celebrities, driven by ratings not journalism. Only interested in getting sparks to fly, not in generating any light. Debates should be run on CSPAN or PBS and moderated by people not concerned with ratings.

  • Yeah you're right about the NDP...Sigh also about the Bloc I guess. (I just think their presence in the H of C is an embarrasment to Canada.)

    The Liberals make me sick. Even though theoretically they suit my "middle of the road" leanings, they're a sad bunch of enablers right now. Trudeau is rolling over in his grave.

    Boy for a USAian, you sure know alot about Canuck politics.

  • All I have to say is - "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore" - the mainstream media is ridiculous

  • Thats not true about the NDP or the Bloc though. The NDP are just too way to the left too ever have any power and the Bloc are a useless seperatist outfit.

  • Haha you and me were writing the same shit at the same time. Great minds....

  • Quoting Cenk

    "ABC debate was terrible. it was one of the most embarrassing things I've ever seen in my life in the political stage."

    Because Cenk's candidate Obama was shown for the lightweight he is.

    As for issues how about Gun Control?

    Like Ben said progressives will ignore/gloss over that issue until the election is over.

    Then if the democrats win, progressives will claim it was a issue in the election and that public wants more gun control.

  • Yes feel the anger Luke(Cenk). HAhaaaaaa. Love it. It should be how angry everyone in America is over this bullshit.

  • Cenk, just say it, I know you want to... say it.. "FUCK!!"

  • That debate was very reminiscent of Britney's Big Come Back! HA! ABC is Sanjaya! I laugh at them out of my ass!!!

    I love how Obama just said the day before the debate that he would pursue investigations of WAR CRIMES BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION !!!! HELLO!!!! so what do they do? They pick out some fat clueless hick to ask Obama about his fucking FLAG PIN? Our media is as stupid as our stupid country lets them be.

  • they are asking those things becouse they see it as a show nothing more nothing less.

  • General Electric (defense contracting /Manufacturing)

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    Disney (sloppy animation)

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    ABC (disinfo)

    From the ground up, you can see why the Iraq war was a secondary issue in that debate.

  • The thing is that obama was just unprepared for these questions and will find expression in the results in the pennsylvanian primary next week. A proof is the cheerfulness of hillary clinton these days. I think it was a mistake on obama´s part.

  • "The thing is that obama was just unprepared for these questions " The thing is that he had pretty much thoroughly answered them already.... except of course for the ones that were completely inane. The majority of people don't appreciate having their time wasted like this. A serious debate is not the place to spend the better part of an hour dragging up kitchen sink issues.

  • I didn´t question the stupidity of the questions! My point is that you have to be prepared to all kind of questions - including stupid ones - and don´t let them catch you off guard! Just imagine it were a final debate with John McCaine. Most of the people just see in black and white categories. Just read other comments on youtube!!! I don´t question Obama´s intelligence or capability or leadership, all I´m saying he has to sharpen his attack on Clinton if he wants to do better in the primaries.

  • "My point is that you have to be prepared to all kind of questions - including stupid ones" And it's ridiculous when those stupid questions persist for 50 minutes.

  • There are a lot of people who build their opinion on what they see on tv in the debates. Not everybody is surfing on youtube looking for different statements.

    I repeat myself again, I´m for Obama! But it was kind of painful to watch him during this debate!!!

  • Your bashing ABC too harshly, all top three candidates are clowns playing there party in the circus that is our media. The top three dont mind the circus as all of them accept 60 percent of there donations from the war profiteers that own the networks. Show your discontent by saying fuck the two party system and joining a third party, better yet vote Libertarian Mike Gravel and the NI4D!

  • My favorite question was "Do you believe in the American Flag?"

  • Right on!

  • But, guess what! The American public has a right to know the ideals and character of a candidate. The associations have added up to TOOOOO Many very questionable associations. Hillary got this grilling all year. Now Obama gets it, and what they WINE! Weatherman guy Ayers did no time for bombing US property. People did die. This man may have given money to Obama campaign, sat on boards, kids in school. There was more contact than said. Rev. Wright serious controversey. It is fair game!

    TOO LEFT!

  • Well one positive about this dreadful debate; now more than ever it's out in the open that large networks like ABC deliberately seek to confuse the debate. More of this and less people will fall for this nonsense.

  • I'm sick of stupid people getting their way all the time.

  • You are sooooo fucking right! I found that debate to be very very strange! First of all that George is a former aid of Clinton when Bill became president so I was waiting for the bullshit!! There were lots of Bullshit!!!

  • I see we think a lot alike. I thought the dumbest question asked was do you think Rev. Wright loves America as much as you do."

  • Wow a dumb American, that's surprising.

    sarcasm

  • the world wants obama

    i will riot in the streets if he is not the next president

  • "i will riot in the streets if he is not the next president"

    I'd be right next to you.

    Call me a hope-monger but I don't think we'll be disappointed.

    People are tired of games and even an idiot can see that Barack is a straight shooter.

  • Cenk: 100% correct

    Short greek guy:  0% correct

  • THrowing mud at somebody and person trying to dodge that mud is not called challange. It's called moronic behaviour which is what ABC did because they can't "challenge" him on real issues, just resort to tabloid journalism.

  • the debate was great!

  • You are so right Cenk.

  • You got it right ABC laid an egg with that debate.

  • It's a crazy world - completely upside down!! Barack will turn this world right side up!!

  • definitely what people need to hear!!

  • Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • thats why i haven't watched news on TV for like 2 WHOLE YEARS.. i get all my news from THE INTERNET.. the real place for real news.

  • RIGHT ON Turkx RIGHT ON...

  • Obama'08

  • Brilliant. Just a dead on video.

  • The mainstream media has lost all credibility, they are either too far removed from what is really important to average Americans, or they are purposely turning a blind eye to the important issues.Those moderators should be called out in letters to the editor in every major paper North America.

  • spot on analysis!!!

  • Then all Americans should disown Bush, he did more fucked up shit compared to a Pastor

  • Cenk is on point. How amateurish these so-called professional journalists appear. 60 minutes has definitely spoiled me.

  • This is SO GREAT! you nail it every single time. I love your show, it is the only unbiased, sensible political news show I've seen. Keep it up, thank you so much.

  • cenk we love u man. wish u could somehow reach out to more people like getting on tv where u belong.

  • Thank you Cenk! ABC=the new foxshit!

  • I really love this show... he nails it on the head with how stupid the media is... it is mind boggling... I guess with 24 hour news channels they have to talk about something... may as well use tabloid tactics and petty cheap shot rhetoric and media catch phrases... it really is very unfortunate because the media has a big influence on some people... watching Fox and taking their political advice...

  • The question reminds of "so when did you stop beating your wife?"... you can't answer it...

  • you-said-it

  • TYT all the way!

  • Right on Cenk!