- Posted by Christopher Estep on April 21, 2008
It's been almost a week since ABC News actually acted like a news organization and asked Obama something other than softball questions and he hasn't shut up about it since:
“I have to say Senator Clinton looked in her element … She was taking every opportunity to get a dig in there,” Obama said Thursday in Raleigh, N.C. “That’s her right. That’s her right to kind of twist the knife a little bit … that’s why she’s only airing negative attacks on TV in Pennsylvania like most places. I understand that because that’s the textbook Washington game.”
Obama complained during the debate that he was fielding too many questions about gaffes and misstatements, while Clinton used the questions to jab at him.
And when he lost his whining breath, MoveOn took over:
The liberal activist group MoveOn, which is supporting Obama, released a statement Thursday saying it will run an ad protesting ABC’s handling of the debate if it gets 100,000 signatures on a petition.
“Debate moderators abuse the public trust every time they ask trivial questions about gaffes and ‘gotchas’ that only political insiders care about,” the petition said.
Unless those questions are directed at Republicans, right?
This is yet another preview of what we will have this fall, but I predict that even the media will tire of his whining. Every time he complains about being questioned, he looks like a complete amateur. If you can't handle the pressure, get off the stump.
Obama Accuses Clinton of Playing Rough in ‘Gotcha’ Debate - America’s Election HQ