Obama gets caught in a lie on Today show interview

Obama just made such an embarrassment of himself on the Today show.

He was going on and on about how the Clinton camp hasn't been consistent.

So Meredith Viera takes him straight to the video....

That is, the videos of HIM saying two different things about single payer health care.

Then she asked him "where's the consistency."

It was great.

My advice to Obama: don't write a check you can't cash.

You getting it now Obama, pandering to people has its drawback when you get caught out.

THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING ... ALL ALONG! :kick: and recommend!!!!!!!!

they won't stoop to, to win the nomination. As Hillary said, she's "in it to win it"--obviously at all costs, the truth be damned! They are running a campaign that could have come right out of Karl Rove's playbook.

See clip here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22799477#22799477

http://youtube.com/watch?v=32maPZg_Ukc

he said the following:

I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care plan. You know the reason why?
United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, Spending 14 %, 14 % of its gross national product on health care, cannot provide basic health insurance to everybody. And that’s what’s Jims talking about, he says...everybody in, nobody out.
Single payer health care plan, universal health care plan, thats what I like to see.

Here is the link you requested..Interesting..it does not appear to be cut.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAkIidChxic

:toast:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=32maPZg_Ukc

I happen to be a proponent of a singel payer universal helth care plan.you know the reacon why?
United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world,
spending 14 %, 14 % of its gross national product on health care canot provide
basic healt ensurance to everybody. Thats whats Jims talking about, he says..everyobody in, nobody out.
Single payer health care plan, universal health care plan, thats what i like to see.

Another reason why not to choose Obama.

So the guy hold two slightly different positions on health care over the course of 4 years.

It pales in comparision to Hillary who has been caught holding two different positions on driver licenses for illegals over the course of two minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB767W3w594

say it was all Clinton's fault. They were talking about him, and his ears are burning.

Swiftboating their opponents. You really disgust me. :puke:

he got called for having 2 positions on 1 subject, how is that being nasty.

explain how an Obama appearance on the Today show is "swiftboating".The Obama supporters on DU get more ridiculous with every passing day.

desperate to avoid Cognitive Dissonance at all costs. Funny how Obama partisans showed up right on schedule and calling foul...as predicted. That is because they are all like cattle, with their knee-jerk reactions.

The only reason I'm not is because I have some respect for the majority of Edwards supporters. I have yet to see a positive or even factual post from you and the entirety of your posts have been vicious attacks.

:eyes:

Where is the lie here and how dare you blame Hillary for his fuck up. Talk about disgusting.

She's grilled other political figures before. She's a REAL journalist, even if she's on "Today."

Senator Obama's in trouble if he expects to handle the GOP smear machine when he can't handle a "Today" interview.

...based on 20 year old gossip. They jump onto the right wing bandwagon with glee. Accusing someone of "swiftboating" for posting Obama's own words is pretty damn pitiful.

and ps... Viera is not the Clinton campaign. :crazy:

had this been the way the msm handled Obama from the beginning...he would have dropped out by now...imo

Meredith Viera should stick to chessycatting about pumpkin muffin recipes and leave the "journalism" to the adults.

She showed essentially Hillary's lie-laden ad clips and tried to insinuate that Obama never said he was for single payer healthcare.

Here's a word for the college dropout crowd supporting Hillaryworld: Obama would be for Single Payer if it was a fresh start, but knows that getting to Single Payer at this time after Hillary's absolute failure at healthcare reform (and nothing after that) and the powerful healthcare insurance and pharmaceutical lobbies have bought off people like the Clintons, it's going to have to be incremental. It also will not be a good idea to force many families that live paycheck to paycheck to have to then be fined for not being able to pay for forced healthcare insurance.

All this is probably over the head of Hillaryworlders. It's this lack of thinking that makes them believe going backwards in time is "change for the future".

:crazy:

and leave the "journalism" to the adults."


You're embarrassing yourself.

And, wtf is "chessycatting"???

I needed a chuckle and knew I'd find one here. :rofl:

:hi:

But, your current one is also cute.

to a dictionary and stop showing off your ignorance.

Are you referring to my post where I quoted somebody?

She graduated magna cum laude with a degree in English from Tufts University and began her career in 1975 as a news announcer for WORC radio in Worcester, Massachusetts. She began a career in television working as a local reporter and anchor at WJAR-TV Providence, eventually making her way into the newsroom at WCBS-TV in New York City where she was an investigative reporter from 1979 to 1982.

Vieira first gained national recognition as a CBS reporter based in their Chicago bureau from 1982 to 1984. She later became a correspondent for nationwide news-magazine shows including West 57th (1985–89) and 60 Minutes (1989–91). Her final assignment at CBS was as co-anchor of the CBS Morning News (1992–93). She moved to ABC initially as a correspondent for the news-magazine show Turning Point (1993–97). Following the cancellation of Turning Point, Vieira realized:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Vieira


YOU don't know what the heck you are talking
about calling her a 'child' and deeming her
only good enough to talk about recipes.

Sexist much?

Ooohh, he or she said something about somebody who just so happens to be a woman. Hit the big red button "You Sexist!"...

:boring:

I've watched her on that show and she is best when yakking about puppies, oohing and aahing over some pancake recipe or kibitzing with some Botoxed Bottle Blonde lip sync-singer...

When Matt's too busy looking in the mirror, they give the interview to Vieira. To think she is a "serious" journalist is like thinking that Hillary is a "leader".

really tiny feet for a man.

You wanted to know...

:hi:

By the way, which station do you work
for and what is the name of your political
journalism show? I am sure you have one
and I would be interested in seeing it and
critiquing your work.
:sarcasm:
IMHO Olbermann is the only thing that even
comes close to journalism. He does have a
little more lee-way when bowing to the masters
he works for than the Today Show hosts do.
Get real. I could take you not thinking
Viera is a good journalist but, you could
not leave a Hillary slur out of it.

I said it before I will say it again. Supporters trying to take over message boards isn't a campaign. As they will be finding out in a few weeks.

Good for the journalist for not tossing the usual softballs to the MSM's darling.

Fucking flamebait.

that MP does not have any. Shame that is...

oops.

He has said that if we were to start from scratch he would support single payer but now we have to build on what we have. I would prefer that we totally scrap the current system, but Obama is recognizing the virtual impossibility of that.

Just like Clinton's supposed gaffe regarding Gov. Spitzer's plan for driver licenses for undocumented folks, it's becoming the norm to label nuance, depth, and intelligence as bad character traits. It's like everyone has collectively decided that we should be a nation ruled by soundbite.

Hey, look, Britney! (wanders off)

the new name for hypocrisy. :rofl:

The Clinton Eruption circa. 2006

We know who is carrying water for who, so why do all these folks play so stupid about it anyway :shrug:

This Rove tactic of attacking peoples strength is never mentioned. It's more a nuanced tool that wouldn't be possible if corporate owned interests would report the news in context and how it relates to any continuing story. The failures of the Rayguns, Bush's and Clinton's are well documented but always ignored

Just askin'.

than the stint on The View.
Just sayin'.

Point taken, but hosting that paragon of non-news for as long as she did probably had some negative effect on her journalism.

Just like attempting to play
baseball hurt Michael Jordan's
basketball skills.

Any negative effect it had on her
journalism is mostly in peoples'
perceptions of her, as so cleary
shown in this thread.

This isn't journalism, no matter of anyone's previous qualifications.

I was defending her against
the 'chessycake and muffins'
sexist remark.

The product placement of the
show today was invisible but,
it worked.
Sour Grape Juice for all of
the Obama supporters.

and there is a youtube clip of him saying it

What it does is reinforce the doubts that progressives have about him because it appears he is unable or unwilling to advocate for progressive values when given the opportunity. It cuts right to the core of his credibility

He has moved to the right in lockstep with the voters he seeks as he has moved up the political ladder. It is funny how he is perceived as never having changed on anything by his big supporters.

I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care plan. You know the reason why?
United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, Spending 14 %, 14 % of its gross national product on health care, cannot provide basic health insurance to everybody. And that’s what’s Jims talking about, he says...everybody in, nobody out.
Single payer health care plan, universal health care plan, thats what I like to see.



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Obama is in favor of single payer, however he says since we have this God-awful system in place, we have to work to improve what we've got. This is one area where I part ways with Obama, although, and with the exception of Kucinich, I part ways with the other candidates as well. Hillary and Edwards and their mandates are nothing but a giant gift to big insurance. It's amazing, really. If I could afford insurance, I'd buy insurance. It's not like I'm blowing the money on Hawaiian vacations. Now I'm worried the "mandate" will put me on the hook for insurance I can't afford and I'll be fined which will make it even more unaffordable. That's what happened in Massachusetts and the reason many people migrated to southern New Hampshire. "Affordable" to millionaires isn't "affordable" to people who are struggling to buy heating oil. Add to that co-pays, deductibles and uncovered procedures and you're right back where you started from. Kucinich is right on this one.

I am not supporting any Democratic candidate at this point, as I want to support the nominee.

I appreciate that you may not support Obama but that is not what happened.

I watched Obama on Today, she played the clip. First of all, Obama said he couldn't hear it so he didn't know exactly what was shown.

Second, he did not "lie". He explained his position - which was that he is supportive of a single payer system if we could start from scratch. However, he explained, we cannot start from stratch and so he doesn't support single payer.

I frankly don't know what the older clip was from - whether it was taken out of context or whether it was complete. Neither do you.

I am sick of this Russert "gotcha" quote showing stuff - it is a cheap thrill until it happens to your candidate.

I should add that I actually thought her earlier questions were tougher - suggesting that Hillary had all the female vote and he had all of the black vote -- and did he think it would come to that. I happened to like his response as he said he was competing for every vote, and heard the same concerns from people - black or white - and he was proposing ideas for people - black and white. I also liked that he complimented Hillary Clinton multiple times which I appreciated. He also didn't take her bait on bashing John Edwards. I actually thought he did a pretty good job.

someone would do just what you did and describe the interview.

Unfortunately, some posters around here have no credibility.

you are right on with your answer, I saw the Today Show clip as well.

Politics is a dirty game of lying, pandering, inconsistencies, blah, blah, blah. They ALL do it! Hillary is just better at it which will make her the best candidate to run in the general. When our candidate is running against the republican do you want them to be fair and kind and gentle and thoughful...while they are being slimed and swiftboated. We need someone who knows how to fight.

I wish it were different and I'm sure they all do too. Let's get one of ours elected and then focus on changing the system.

should consider your point which so many are missing. I'm hoping that Obama shows the stuff needed to prevail in the general election but so far, he hasn't.

Unfortunately, to win today, you must be as tough and aggressive as a pit bull. Hillary has it and Obama doesn't. They'll eat him up in the general election.

I wish he had more years of experience in WDC. Terrible to say, but unfortunately, that's what's required to win.

I'm sure lying and cheating is ok in the GOP, but not here. Sorry you got confused.

Some of us also think health care reform is a very important issue, one that doesn't deserve Obama's lying and obfuscating.

Speaking of checks and cash...

What a baby Barack is becoming. Imagine if he gets the nod....it'll be like a walk in the park for the other side.

I'm warning posters who DARE to opposed Obama and the Obamaites. Take care what you say...opposition to Obama is RACIST. Calling him on his, well whatever is RACIST. You WILL be alerted on.

There is no "Sarcasm" on this post on purpose, because I'm not being sarcastic.

This was an earlier post.




Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject Republicans fear Obama
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4167312#4167312
4167312, Republicans fear Obama
Posted by Hawaii Hiker on Wed Jan-23-08 07:29 AM

In my opinion, an Obama/Edwards ticket would be the best combination in a GENERAL election....And that's what the primaries should be about, selecting someone who will fair best in the GE...

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YjU2ZjQ3MGNiZjNmZjYxOGQ3M2Y4NmY2NDVhMDk0Mjg=

Excerpt:

"Columbia, South Carolina — I went to Barack Obama’s rally here, on Sunday night, with a Republican friend who had never seen the Illinois senator in action before. Watching the crowd of more than 3,000 fill up the convention center, watching the people send up waves of energy to Obama, and watching him play off that energy in a speech that was one of the best political performances anyone has seen this year, my Republican friend said, simply, “Oh, s—t.” He recalled the scene from Jaws, in which the small seaside town’s sheriff realizes how big the shark he’s tracking truly is, and says, “We’re gonna need a bigger boat.” What my friend didn’t have to say was that he was deeply worried that Republicans just don’t have a bigger boat"

South Carolina is the first state in which African Americans, a huge part of the Democratic constituency, will have a chance to vote in big numbers, and they are likely to give Obama his first win since Iowa. After that, who knows? Watching Obama perform at the convention center Sunday night, it’s easy to understand why Bill Clinton is walking around with a look of red-faced frustration these days. Obama represents a mortal threat to his wife’s candidacy, and, given the identity politics that prevail in the Democratic Party, it will be hard to cut his legs out from under him without appearing racist. But there’s no doubt that some Republicans are hoping the Clintons will succeed. Running against the man on stag

or morning.

Which one of his Daddies will be out today to defend him?

:puke:

doing your "grassroots outreach in the gay community" thingie?

Not sure what the Klan reference is.

I just feel like he is not ready.

I am soooo undecided :(

This interesting tidbit has come up:



So Meredith, who gave you the Hillary ad to play for free while you lied to Obama?

Stick to cookie recipe reviews. That's your real strength.

Brazen.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=32maPZg_Ukc

he said the following:

I happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care plan. You know the reason why?
United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, Spending 14 %, 14 % of its gross national product on health care, cannot provide basic health insurance to everybody. And that’s what’s Jims talking about, he says...everybody in, nobody out.
Single payer health care plan, universal health care plan, thats what I like to see.