[Vision2020] Obama cancels interview with a Free (not in the tank) Press

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Obama campaign cuts off WFTV after interview with Joe Biden

WFTV — Channel 9's Barbara West conducted a satellite interview with
Sen. Joe Biden on Thursday. A friend says it's some of the best
entertainment he's seen recently. What do you think?

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.

Or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQXcImQfubM

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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