Obama Blames FNC for Woes?
The Lexingont Herald-Leader’s Ryan Alessi writes about Barack Obama blaming FNC for problems he’s been dealing with on the campaign…
Obama has been trying to introduce himself to Kentuckians using a series of biographical TV ads, as well as fliers, including one that shows him at a pulpit in front of a church’s cross and pipe organ.
He acknowledged that he’s trying to “reverse a lot of misconceptions” about his background. He is a Christian, although some e-mail chains have said he is a Muslim.
“Part of it is because there have been these e-mails that have been sent out very systematically, presumably by various political opponents, although I don’t know who,” he said. “And there are a lot of voters who get their news from Fox News. Fox has been pumping up rumors about my religious beliefs or my patriotism or what have you since the beginning of the campaign.”
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May 17, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Obama blames FNC for rumors and can use this as a reason not to go on O’Reilly’s Factor.
May 17, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Translation, for those who don’t speak Obamese: Kentucky voters are too redneck to know any better than what was reported on Fox News. They’re bitter, and so they cling to their guns, religion and racism. Fox News reported once…ONCE… that I was schooled at a madrassa. That’s why I can’t win in Kentucky.
May 18, 2008 at 5:40 am
Obama tends to do poorly in states whose voters he looks down upon. It’s not rocket science, Barry. Maybe they just don’t like you. They’re not dazzled by BS.
May 18, 2008 at 7:30 am
Hiding behind the sycophants a t MSNBC won’t help him. Try acting like a leader and going on Fox News and answering some questions. Another ridiculous accusation from what suppose to be a new kind of politician. Oh please!!
May 18, 2008 at 8:58 am
I hope he doesn’t go on the Factor. I know O’Reilly is a blowhard (albeit a “loveable one”), but I remember for the last two elections, he stated that the nominee had BETTER come on his show so he could state his case to the “folks”. And sure enough, Gore and Kerry both ignored this advice, and of course, lost their elections.
So fine, Baracko (as my elderly mom thinks he is named). Stay away, and lose with the “folks”. While none of us is in love with John McCain, I guess we could tolerate him.
May 18, 2008 at 10:18 am
I think Obamma is a coward and will have trouble once he has to answer to every one, not just the left.
May 18, 2008 at 3:19 pm
They can only protect him for so long…………
May 18, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Harley, based upon what we’ve seen over the past few months, they aren’t able to protect him very well at all.
May 18, 2008 at 7:33 pm
I think Obama has forgotten already that he had won the Iowa and Nebraska caucuses, two of the flyover states that he was ripping in San Francisco.
May 18, 2008 at 8:19 pm
The junior Senator from Illinois did not help himself either with recent statements about what kind of motorized vehicle we should be driving or what kind of food we should be allowed to eat.
June 17, 2009 at 1:33 pm
[...] Without it he’s just firing blanks. With it, he scores real hits. He did something similar during the campaign. Like I said, FNC has made it easy for him. Just like Olbermann, Schultz, and Maddow have made it [...]