***Obama on Fareed Zakaria show thread, CNN 1PM EST

Love him or hate him, Fareed is not the average TV moran, so this should be one of the more intellectually rich conversations with Obama we will see on TV before the election.

ok, this was just a kick... what can I say?

Thanks. :) :yourock:

I really hope that someone who watches this program will post some commentary on it.

And as a pre-emptive reply to anyone who might suggest I can watch the video on my computer later -- no, I can't. I have a Fred Flinstone era computer running on Windows98 with the slowest (out in the boonies) dialup connection ever. Video and audio files are just not doable.

Thank you, Kurt_and_Hunter, for posting this headsup.

sw

hope they replay it over and over again istead of Amanpours NY Symphoney in North Korea which has played about 35 times over.

Isn`t that Zakaria greatÉ (darn keyboard can;`t figure how to change the alt Car)
Hew`s like the `where`s Waldo`of CNN - the oddball real journalist. he stands out like a sore thumb, al ina good way - I hope more people notice and turf some of the other deadwood like cooper and so many.

hope it`s up in youtube soon - sounds GREAT and thanks for the thread!

See it somehow -- it's sure to hit the internets.

Obama will have a huge advantage because Gramps' makeup job will be very obvious.

Aside from the "buffering" every 3rd or 4th word (aaaarrrrgggghhhh!), I got to hear almost the whole thing, with just a word here and there lost altogether.

Thanks again!
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But I was living in the US.

of Obama carrying Zakaria's book in one hand. Now when was the last time you saw * with a book in his hand (not counting "My Pet Goat")?

answers. No breaking news, but just very serious responses to very serious issues.

He had said he supports Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and on the show he did not really specifiy his position.

By not divided, meant no physical divide, like barbed wire. He wants the parties to work this out themselves, as in the Clinton solution of both Palestinians and Israelis to have as capitol. That both have grievances, but experience shown that the Palestinian methods haven't worked well for their people. A No Drama Obama cool-headed, serious approach to all questions.

Highly recommend people send this around when available. Not just sound bites about diplomacy; he shows sophistication, depth and sincerity of it, but in his Baracky way. Nice.

Brought up the background of mother early-on with micro-business/financing for the then third world. Indonesia, etc. The women in his life have been extraordinary.

Alliances, alliances, alliances. Reassuring words, tone and conveying effective leadership. Nothing earth-moving about Iraq, Iran, Darfur, but great display of the measure of the man and what kind of intervention we'd take, and not.

Zakaria is trying to get John McCain on his show. Just wait until the American people get a load of that.

I hope this interview gets posted on CNN's website and on youtube. Everyone needs to see it.

and Fareed Zakaria gets an A
in his approach to conducting the interview.

and it is clear that Mr. Zakaria's show,
after this first showing,
is easily one of the best shows on television,
if not one of the best in the realm of politics.
Let's hope he keeps it up.

The 3 rather progressive economists on the show
for the last 15 minutes were also excellent.

Way to go CNN!
Finally some programming we can believe in.
for now.

which America has not seen in a long, long time from a major party presidential candidate.

I agree that Fareed Zakaria conducted a great interview, although I understand that he is a Republican and a former neocon who has seen the error of his way.

They have their own way of talking which I see in my Yalie acquaintances. They speak very fast which you can see with Howard Dean (and also, interestingly, Jodie Foster). They can be disarming at first because you don't expect it. Obama figured this Club out a long time ago...