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That Obama answer in Iowa

Posted: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:13 AM by Will Femia

The only place I find anything approaching an uncut video version of Obama answering that woman in Iowa about terrorism is on this blog. If you know of a longer version or one that shows the questions better, let me know and I'll switch 'em out. (You know it's a pet peeve of mine when we have to take the TV person's word for it that he "lost his cool" or "got tough with a questioner" and we only get to see a couple of heavily-edited seconds of video.

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Unfortunately there are a lot of people like the person questioning Obama (her name was Svoboda I guess) that are extremely paranoid and take things to the extreme.  When they hear things like the 'war on Islamo-fascists' that results in a big distrust of all Muslims, and a stance that we need to be militarily engaged SOMEWHERE to do SOMETHING.  She's part of that 11% that still thinks both parties are doing a good job.  

Ben, Chicago IL (Sent Monday, November 19, 2007 12:46 PM)

The lady's reaction, when she left, was the same as when she went in.  That's because many misinformed people prefer to stay misinformed than admit that maybe they don't know all the answers, that stereotyping doesn't always work in the real world, and admission of ignorance isn't an admission of fault.  Sounds a lot like some folks on Pennsylvania Avenue.

John, Houston (Sent Monday, November 19, 2007 7:33 PM)

At this site http://thinkonthesethings.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/media-uses-distorted-audio-to-smear-obama-on-response-to-voter/
you can see both versions of the video. You'll get a better idea of the editing that was done to the TV version to make Obama look bad.

Dave, Danville, CA (Sent Tuesday, November 20, 2007 2:33 PM)



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