Is Obama A Marxist? - - Say It Ain't So, Joe!

WFTV-Channel 9's Barbara West conducted a satellite interview with Sen. Joe Biden on Thursday.

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.

McGinnis said the Biden cancellation was "a result of her husband's experience yesterday during the satellite interview with Barbara West."

Here's a link to the interview: http://www.wftv.com/video/17790025/index.html.

WFTV news director Bob Jordan said, "When you get a shot to ask these candidates, you want to make the most of it. They usually give you five minutes."

Jordan said political campaigns in general pick and choose the stations they like. And stations often pose softball questions during the satellite interviews.

"Mr. Biden didn't like the questions," Jordan said. "We choose not to ask softball questions."

Jordan added, "I'm crying foul on this one."

What did you think of the interview?

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[itsGettingUgly]

The "bail out bill" spread the wealth around.

George Bush has spread the wealth to the Military Industrial Complex for Eight years.

[NevadaPaleocon]

Bush is NOT a Conservative Republican. He has trashed the Republican name. He has trashed our Constitution. He has trashed Civil Rights. He is a traitor to both the GOP and to the American people.

[TexanProgressive]

That is true. Bush is a fascist, not a conservative. Don't forget(though I doubt the Obama commercials will let you) that McCain backed that legislation 90% of the time. That includes the Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act, FISA retroactive immunity, and the wars.

[NevadaPaleocon]

Which is precisely why, as a Paleo-conservative Republican, I didn't vote for McCain or Obama. I refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils. I voted my principles instead. Our country is DOOMED no matter which of these two cronies are elected.

[CatoWadel]

Biden was right laughing at that question. She obviously has no clue what Marxism is. Neither does the Americans that believe a small tax raise is socialism. They need more education.

[azteckike]

How stupid some people are..hahaah Obama is not a comunist....he is doing better than Bush

[David12King]

@azteckike Lol, RIGHT. That's why he didn't stop the TARP fund or car company bailouts, right? He had the power to do it.

Bottom line: he, Bush, and 80% of the candidates were bought out by banks and corporations.

[vjacq88]

When they said spread the wealth I'm sure America didn't expect this.

[Marofifi]

@azteckike Clueless Comrade Barry is only doing "better than Bush" if his objective is to destroy the greatest economy in the history of the world. And as far as Comrade Barry and his Useful Idiots' ideology is concerned, just go to one of their rallies (like the recent One Nation demonstration in DC). They make no secret of their allegiance to Marxism.

[newdimensionfilms]

Worst

Interviewer

Ever

[jamesemajthomas]

I love Biden's scornful response to the Marxist question. America's distaste of left-wing politics is of consistent wonder to me.

[loonmaniac]

Barbara West has had so much cum pumped down her throat she can't think straight.

[FEDORisTSAR]

NO GOOD

[mahmooa1]

Barbara West is a fuckin whore fo the corporations. Obama a marxist?!! I If so why did BP Goldman Sachs and Citigroup give financial cotributions to his campaign. Can anyone really think that BP, Goldman Sachs and Citigroup would want marxism?!!

[holoday]

haha so according to fox, sweden's welfaresystem where 99% of the population is safe beacuse we share, is an example of how it all goes wrong? fox is a great big mystery. How does such complete idiots get so much power? It's like a daycare center fueled with steroids. More like scrabfox