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Obama Continues to Refuse Clinton’s Offer to Debate

When asked by reporters in Indianapolis this morning about Senator Clinton’s offer to debate sans moderator, Obama noted he only had nine more days to campaign in Indiana and North Carolina. “Rather than being in a studio, I want to make sure that we’re reaching out to folks where they live, answering their questions and having as many interactions as possible,” he explained.

But don’t rule out a debate after May 6th - “You know, I’m more than happy to consider something after Indiana and North Carolina. At this point, we just don’t have a lot of time,” Obama said.

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Comment by JimM

Obama will not debate because he is a wimp.
Say it anyway you want to, but this a fact.
He is just simply scared of her.

If he cannot debate a 60 year old woman, who can he debate?
And he wants to be the next President. Go figure.

God bless America

 
Comment by Ahmnodt Heare

I have been trying to get both of them to debate me for a while now.

 
Comment by Lisa

Senator doesn’t need to debate anymore because he is the winner. HIllary is the wimp. She will still be campaigning after McCain or Obama is in Office. Either she and the media and the Hill-believers can’t count or they think the majority of people in this country can’t is delusional. SHE’S LOST THE NOMINATION PERIOD. Another debate is too late. Suck it up.

 
Comment by BM

Then why does he have time for something as unimportant as a pick up bastketball game. I guess it shows where his priorities are. AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
Comment by Bill

Obama is a whimp, he is too afraid he will blow it like he did on the ABC debate. Obama can even debate much less be President. How can he handle the general election if he can’t handle himself now. Obama is not electable, period. Time for Obama to step down and let the party unite but Obama is a divider, not a uniter.

 
Comment by Jad

It just shows how desperate senator Clinton is. I don’t think senator obama needs to debate her. its over now!! the truth of the matter is if she was ahead in pledged delegates and the popular vote she wouldn’t have even bothered to look at obama for once, LET ALONE ask him to debate her. But now she is behind, she is trying to use everything to make sure that he is not electable. but the truth is she is a dying horse and giving her last kicks.
I just hope that when senator obama is finally the dem. nominee, senator clinton will be there to support him for the good of the dem. party in November. but I highly doubt she will even be there to show support. That is how she is. She never even supported john kerry/edwards in 2004! But if you want the Dem. to win this November, there is need for unity. Senator clinton it is not a personal issue here, it is for the good of the party.

 
Comment by KS

It is plain to see he has no business running…I want a man with courage, character, and wisdom. Obama is the biggest loser and coward this country has ever considered…shows where we are headed!!!

 
Comment by Candy Barr

Sen. Clinton is looking for some “free” advertising by pleading for another debate. I, as well as millions of others, know who we’re voting for and don’t need or want another “debate.” If you’re not sure, then go to each candidates website and get the information you need. There’s another excellent area to explore and educate yourselves with each candidate’s views on the issues and that’s the WEB! Imagine that!
What the hell is left to discuss Hillary? Maybe about your upcoming trial for campaign fraud?? As usual, FOX won’t post my comment….they never do.

 
Comment by Lana Castillo

Obama is not easily manipulated by Hillary. He will debate again if and when he wants to. We JUST had the 21st debate for goodness sake. We don’t need one every other week. It’s much more important for Obama to meet people face to face. When he does that, they see that he is the more genuine of the candidates and gets their vote. I say, IGNORE Hillary. Let her chatter away.

 
Comment by KS

No Candy maybe Obama’s support of his cousin Odinga who just ran for pres in Kenya and burned black Christians alive by locking them in a church…about 300 of them…then when Odinga did not get elected he burned down people’s homes and businesses…Obama stands for this radical Muslim.

Ask Obama if he totally rejects Muhammed…he doesn’t…proves alnog with other things that he is still a Muslim…they are told to lie to promote their agenda…but they can’t lie about rejecting the BIG M…he needs to be asked point blank.

 
Comment by KS

All you dufus people voting for Obama need to dig into your research.

 
Comment by KS

America is being DUMB DOWNED…it is a sad days ahead…

 
Comment by Candy Barr

KS—Only in your eyes is it “plain to see” that Sen. Obama has “no business running.” As is typical by uneducated bloggers, they rarely have a civil discussion or post an educated view on what it is exactly they oppose the views of a candidate. That’s ok….we can’t all agree on the issues. Except that some of us are more openminded in a discussion instead of just some vitriol comment.

BILL: Why do you want a debate when you’re not even voting for either Democratic candidate? I could probably direct this question to the entire FOX news viewership. Maybe to create more video snippets to run repeatedly until Nov? Spare me!

 
Comment by KS

Candy do you know all about Obama’s cousin he is trying to get elected…do you know who his campaign manager is??? I Do….Do you know they basic theology of Black liberation…do you know anything other than health care…do you know his stance on taxing the oil industry and what that will actually cause… the war…a sudden pullout and what it will do…what about Obonga…do you know who he is and how Obama supports him???

 
Comment by Candy Barr

KS: You’re a typical uneducated person who hangs out in messageboards hoping that somebody will agree with your diatribe. Sorry, but I prefer having a more enlightening place to go to have a positive, civil and intellectual dialog…than here where all the diabolic bloggers hang out. C ya! :p

OBAMA08

 
Comment by anniecla

I think it would be very difficult to debate a expert LIAR like hellary. You Obama haters conveniently forget and won’t talk about the time hellary refused to debate Obama.

 
Comment by jimmie brasher

ENJOYED YOUR PROGRAM… YES, THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER DEBATE. OBAMA DOESN’T LIKE DEBATES. HE LIKES TO GIVE SPEECHES. AND HE GIVES GOOD ONES. BUT YOU CAN’T RUN A COUNTRY IF YOUR PASSIVE AND CAN’T MAKE A DECISION. KNOW WONDER EVERYONE IS SO PROTECTIVE OF HIM… AT TIMES, HE SEEMS WEAK COMPARED TO HRC STRENGTH. ..EVEN IF SHE DOES MAKE AN OCCASIONAL MISTAKE!
PLEASE, LET US KNOW WHAT “BIG CHANGES” B.O. HAS MADE DURING HIS TIME IN PUBLIC OFFICE. JUST CURIOUS, I HEARD “CHANGE” RELATED TO B.O. OVER SIXTY TIMES IN THE LAST TWO DAYS. THIS WAS COMBINED FROM CNN, MSNBC AND FOX NEWS. THIS IS FROM MEDIA, PUNDITS AND SUPPORTERS. ALSO , HILLARY HAS “DEFINED” BO. HAS BEEN REPEATED TWENTY FOUR TIMES IN TWO DAYS. WHATS UP WITH THIS AND WHATS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE???? DON’T YOU THINK HRC CRITICS FROM THE MEDIA HAVE “DEFINED” HER!!! AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE MOST INAPPROPRIATE CHARACTER ON FOX NEWS…DICK MORRIS!!
SINCE I AM HERE… REP. JAMES CLYBURN CLAIMS HE HAS NO DOG IN THIS RACE… HE’S “NEUTRAL” OH SURE, HE HAS DONE NOTHING BUT CRITIZE THE CLINTON’S AND PLAY THE RACE CARD… HE WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, ” PRESIDENT CLINTON WAS ACTING BIZARRE”. DOES THAT MEAN HE IS CONCERNED FOR HIM OR IS HE A RACIST HIMSELF?? JUST WONDERING.
WARMEST REGARDS, JIMMIE BRASHER, R.N.

 
Comment by cheap hooker

For any of you that did not get the info you so desire in the last 22 debates, believe me, one more debate isn’t gonna help you people out. Maybe if they talked more slowly, very slow in the other debates, you could have digested the content better.

There’s not one person here that would be looking for a issue-oriented debate. You just want these 2 to get up their and commit character assasination on each other.

Obama would prefer not to do that and Hillary’s so desparate she has to do that. So correct me if Im wrong but why on gods green earth would he want to accomodate her for. HE’S WINNING. IT’S NOT TO HIS ADVANTAGE TO HELP HER GET UP OFF THE FLOOR

You can call Obama all the names you want but he’s the one with the winning hand and he’s playing it right.

 
Comment by M Period

What exactly do you guys want debated? What issues haven’t they covered?

 
Comment by M Period

and KS,

so what don’t you like about Obama? He called his cousin (and the guy who beat his cousin) to try to calm down post election violence in the region…. why is that a bad thing?

 
Comment by Sean the thinker

This debate challenge is simply a tactical move by Senator Clinton.

If she were ahead in the delegate count, ahead in the polls, would she want a debate? No

Remember when she was ahead in the polls several months ago when Edwards, Biden and several others were still running? She was extremely evasive and refused to engage in an unscheduled town hall debate…Why? because she was ahead in the polls.

So lets see this for what it really is, political tactics. Obama’s refusal to debate her has no significance what so ever.

People who are against Obama and for Clinton will try to make the argument that his refusal to debate bears some significance about his ability to be President, but it’s a moot issue.

Common sense will prevail in 2008.

 
Comment by M Period

and what does Obama have to do with black liberation theology? And what are you talking about his stance on taxing the oil industry whats bad about oil taxes?

 
Comment by AT Hill

Obama won’t debate because he simply doesn’t say anything. In fact, in all the time he has been campaigning, I don’t think he has actually SAID anything, just talked a lot. Maybe he should just go back to his raving, racist mentor before running with the big boys.

 
Comment by M Period

Common sense will prevail in 2008.

______________________

Hopefully….

 
Comment by M Period

AT Hill,

What issue hasn’t he addressed?

 
Comment by KS

A page managed by Hatem El-Hady, a fundraiser for the Palestinian terror group Hamas, was suddenly removed from the Obama campaign’s official website yesterday after it was highlighted by Charles Johnson’s Little Green Footballs website.

El-Hady is the former chairman of an Islamic “charity” closed by the U.S. government in 2006 for terrorist fundraising.

As recently as yesterday lunchtime, one of the three “friends” listed by El-Hady on the site was Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle.

 
Comment by KS

Candy is a chicken just like Obama…they just don’t want to face the ugly truth about Obama.

 
Comment by Patch W. Adams

Wow , Candy talk about an Elitist……. You could be a poster child for snob.

 
Comment by Mr. J

Mr Obama’s handlers can’t maltitask. For them to come up with something for him to say every day and for him to learn his lines at the same time is just asking for to much. He says the same thing over and over. It’s about time for him to go into a little more detail. He is like a new toy that didn’t live up to all the advertising.

 
Comment by KS

M Period…he is trying to get him on as pres anyway…listen put all the Muslim dots and radical associations together…this lying jerk has an agenda that will destroy America

 
Comment by M Period

Mr. J,

What would you like more details on? Is there a particular issue you feel he hasn’t gone into detail enough or are you just repeating something you heard on TV

 
Comment by M Period

KS,

He’s not muslim. But why would that matter if her was? And what are all these radical associations?

 
Comment by KS

M Period are you standing behind Odinga’s actions like Obama has???

 
Comment by KS

He is Muslim…it is more and more plain…he is not a Christian like he claims…that is a front.

 
Comment by KS

“When someone is listed as a ‘friend,’ it means they specifically chose it. In other words, Michelle Obama’s name isn’t there because El-Hady put it there – it’s there because she chose to be listed as his friend, “.

“There’s a lot of talk about William Ayers and his connections to Obama, but please note that in El-Hady we have someone who is apparently connected with Hamas – not decades ago, but as recently as 2006.”

 
Comment by TRUTH-BE-KNOWN

Comment by M Period
April 27th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
What would you like more details on?
____________________________________
Zbigniew Brzezineki

 
Comment by barbara

Obama is afraid to do another debate. He only does well with scripts and teleprompters. He can think off the cuff.

 
Comment by KS

When someone is listed as a ‘friend,’ it means they specifically chose it. In other words, Michelle Obama’s name isn’t there because El-Hady put it there – it’s there because she chose to be listed as his friend.

There’s a lot of talk about William Ayers and his connections to Obama, but please note that in El-Hady we have someone who is apparently connected with Hamas – not decades ago, but as recently as 2006.

 
Comment by M Period

Isn’t funding terrorism a crime?

 
Comment by KS

Obama has recruited yet another anti-Israel advisor, Joseph Cirincione, to his team.

 
Comment by M Period

and I have friends on myspace… am I responsible for everything everyone of them do?

 
Comment by jon

Why are you acting dumb,mperiod?

 
Comment by KS

A previous dispatch on this list referred to Obama advisors Zbigniew Brzezinski (who served as Jimmy Carter’s disastrous national security advisor), Robert Malley (a relentless apologist for Yasser Arafat), and Samantha Power (who has called for the elimination of foreign aid to Israel and its redirection to “Palestine”).

 
Comment by M Period

Joseph Cirincione isn’t anti Israel, he’s a big anti-nukes guy and all about world peace if I remember correctly. Why do you say he’s anti-Israel?

 
Comment by KS

mperiod he supports Odinga…DO YOU KNOW WHAT “SUPPORTS” means…I did not say he knows him. HE SUPPORTS HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you a fool???

 
Comment by jon

Why would you be friends with a terrorist? Perhaps because you like terrorists and what they stand for?

 
 
Comment by KS

The media have been so starry-eyed about Obama (Barbara Walters calling him “very sexy” on ABC TV is just the tip of the iceberg), and so relentless in their criticism of Hillary Clinton, who despite all her many faults has actually lied less than Obama on the campaign (most of the media ignoring his lies while relentlessly playing up hers), that they have failed to properly report some of the worst anti-Semitic outbursts of his closest confidants.

Among these are the comments by General Merrill “Tony” McPeak, Obama’s military advisor and the co-chair of his presidential campaign, that American Jews were responsible for the lack of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

McPeak, a longtime anti-Israel critic, told The Oregonion newspaper that the problem was New York and Miami. “We have a large vote here in favor of Israel. And no politician wants to run against it.”

 
Comment by Patch W. Adams

sorry, they blocked my post…… Obama’s father was rasied a Muslim, later in life he claimed to be an Atheist. According to the Qu’ran there is no way to leave the Muslim religion and live. So since Obama’s fahter was a Muslim technically Obama is too….. technically

 
Comment by M Period

Jon,

Whats dumb? I’m just asking for actual facts and connections. Typically I don’t waste my time with this silly stuff, because policy is much more important. But Im just curious what are all the anti-Obama propganda going around these days.

 
Comment by KS

In other words if it weren’t for those dammed Jews in their retirement homes in Miami, Hamas, Hizbullah, and Islamic Jihad would all just put down their weapons.

This is Obama…jews wake up…he hates you all.

 
Comment by Jimbo

How about EL-HADY for Obama’s Sec of State? GOOGLE HIM - MAJOR SURPRISE!!

 
Comment by Patch W. Adams

father^ sorry was afraid they would block it again…

 
Comment by jon

I just watched obamas” interview on fox. My conclusion is that no one has ever asked him a tough question,and if someone did they couldn”t get a straight answer!

 
Comment by jon

mperiod,you are very dumb, or you are acting dumb. Maybe I”ll just give you the benefit of the doubt and say you are just a typical obamabot. Dumb!

 
Comment by M Period

Jimbo,

Is Hagee going to be McCain’s sec of state?

 
Comment by Charlie J

That “NO” is what I like about him: he’s trying to campaign out of the Clinton’s game. Clinton would love that debate cause that’s her best opportunity for being mean and aggressive and get attention for it. She kind of started this war. She launched the 3 am ad. She said, even before McCain or the republicans, that Obama is nothing but words… Some people takes it as a weakness. But saying NO to more debates, Obama says no to her dirty playing, says no to publicly crushing a colleague, says no to traditional behavior in politics, says no to arrogant diplomacy that some people want to preserve (”under sniper fire” - called the superman complex in psychology), says no to unproductive aggression. Whatever happens, I’m rejoiced about how many people is being aware of this facts.

 
Comment by M Period

jon,

Ill ask you, what question would you like Obama asked? People keep saying nobody asks him tough questions, or that he doesn’t explain his policy. What question would you liked asked?

 
Comment by Jimbo

Dialog with the libs does not compute. WHY? Libs think with their feelings - therefore, they are incapable of deductive reasoning and aside from the entertainment industry they are not the movers and shakers who have made this country great. Hold it - I misspoke here. The current entertainment industry is taking us down the gutter.

 
Comment by KS

Does the totally reject and denounce Muhammed?

 
Comment by jon

mperiod, I would like to ask him if he still stands with his muslim brothers.

 
Comment by M Period

jon,

He’s said before he’s not a Muslim. But you guys won’t accept that answer.

 
Comment by TRUTH-BE-KNOWN

Comment by KS
April 27th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
A previous dispatch on this list referred to Obama advisors Zbigniew Brzezinski
____________________________________________________________________
Have you researched this fella on Wikipedia and seen his “hotheads” interview?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJTv2nFjMBk

 
Comment by Patch W. Adams

Personally I don’t like any of the Canidates…either they are Communist or Socialist. I am looking for an American that believes in America. I am sick of poloticians telling me that I can’t do it without the help of the Government………. We really need to pay attention before Freedom is just a memory and Liberty is just a name on an SUV.

 
Comment by M Period

Jimbo,

I’m not talking about feelings at all. I’m talking about actual things Obama has said and done vs things McCain has said and done. Its the anti-Obama crowd that will never list policy difference, or actually factual issues they have with Obama. They just say “he’s a racist” or “he’’s a muslim” which are both untrue.

 
Comment by jon

mperiod, I would also ask him why the community that he has been shaping for decades has swat teams patrolling the streets this weekend! obama hu ss ucks is a divier

 
Comment by TRUTH-BE-KNOWN

Comment by M Period
April 27th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
jon,

He’s said before he’s not a Muslim. But you guys won’t accept that answer
__________________________________________________________________
How many Christians believe in abortion and evolution?

 
Comment by Patch W. Adams

M period, sorry to butt in on the conversation but technically he is a Muslim. Read my earlier comment ^^ No matter what he says to all Muslims of the world, he will always be a Muslim. So says the Qu’ran. Sorry.

 
Comment by cheap hooker

The crazy thing about this is everyone here trashing Obama for not debating wouldn’t vote for him if he had 20 more debates. You say Obamas not ready now or never. In case you forgot you just went 8 yrs of the most “not ready for primetime’ president in recent history and you kept re-electing him. Let’s face it, with food at a 18 yr high, gas at $120 a barrel, the dollar lowest, unemployment starting to rise, a war with no end, a housing, mortgage crisis going on, its obvious that Obama can’t do any worse. You people who trash Obama in most cases still support Bush and his 28 approval rating. Go figure

 
Comment by M Period

Truth Be Known,

Actually a majority do.

 
Comment by jon

mperiod, he is obviously a muslim and a racist,and yes it is true!

 
Comment by M Period

Jon,

There are swat teams because the police felt that they needed to us swat teams to fight violence…. I don’t think they called and asked Obama about it before they did it. I dont know why he should have to answer for everything that happens in Chicago because he’s an Illinois senator.

 
Comment by Patch W. Adams

Cheap hooker that is kind of a blanket statement….you don’t know me and I am not trash talking anyone… I am just discussing facts…..he is a Muslim that is fact….does he practice I guess not…. but that is just info you can do with what you want… but don’t throw out blanket insults without really knowing people…

 
Comment by M Period

Patch Adams,

He was raised by his mom. Everyone should know what church he went to by now, Bill O’Reilly, spent two weeks covering everything Rev Wright related. If he doesn’t believe in the muslim relgion why isn’t that enough?

 
Comment by M Period

jon,

McCain called asians, gooks…doesn’t that make him a racist?

 
Comment by Patch W. Adams

What I am saying is that according to the Muslim religion and the Qu’ran he is Muslim. It’s the rules of the religion…does he believe in the Qu’ran??? I have no idea….I can’t read his mind…. but I ws just saying he is technically a Muslim. I have a friend who is Muslim and he is the one who informed me of this. Sorry….

 
Comment by Patch W. Adams

It’s like a club you can never leave…..even if you change uniforms….

 
Comment by B

I would like to know if he is a Christian, does he believe in Jesus Christ and has he ever been Baptisted.

 
Comment by M Period

Patch Adams,

What does his dad’s religion have to do with the issues Cheap Hooker said? Why don’t the anti-Obama crowd ever want to talk about the actually issues the next president will have to deal with? (I’m not saying you don’t/won’t but in general.. once the conversation shifts away from “Obama once ate in a resturant with a guy who’s brother, knew a guy who was a muslim” and other loose associations, and scare tactis. Once the conversation shifts to issues the anti-Obama crowd gets quite)

 
Comment by Patch W. Adams

His kids have by Rev Wright I believe…..but I have no idea about him…

 
Comment by jon

mperiod,he lives ther, his pastor lives there,the congregation of his church live there,he”s been working in the community as an organiser,whats he been organising, shootings?

 
Comment by KS

one of the three “friends” listed by El-Hady on the site was Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle.

This is the one who says she is proud for the first time and that america is scary…and look at her buddy.

 
Comment by M Period

B,

Yes he is a Christian and yes he and his family have been baptized… Which I thought would make him Christian, but according to Patch Obama can’t become christian even if he believes in Jesus and follows the religion.

 
 
Comment by oppongfrank1

CLINTON THOUGHT THAT OBAMA IS STUPID TO DO WHAT EVER SHE SAYS ONLY BILL CLINTON WIIL OBEY HIS WIFE COMMANDS NOT OBAMA. SHE IS LOOSING AND HAS NO MONEY FORDS TO RUN ADS, SO CALLING FOR DEBATE HELP HER TO REACH THE PEOPLE NOW WE KNOW SHE IS A WITCH TRY TO DO ANYTHING TO CRUSH OBAMA THIS TIME IT WON’T WORK
SENATOR CLINTON GET LOST.

 
Comment by Patch W. Adams

The thing that bugged me about cheap hookers statement was that ” you people who trash Obama still support Bush” that kind of rubbed me wrong.

I don’t know Obama personally so I don’t know if I would like him as a person. But he is a Socialist/Communist in his ideas and I am very strongly opposed to those ideals.

 
Comment by M Period

Jon,

So its Obama’s fault that there’s still crime in Chicago. I forgot New York and Arizona are crime free. Do you realize how stupid your arguement is?

 
Comment by KS

Mperiod you have to know the truth about their background and their belifs first…issues change day to day…character does not and he is lying to the public about his association with Islam and claiming he is a Christian.

 
Comment by jon

Poor obamabots, he is going to lose and there is nothing you terrorist lefties can do about it!

 
Comment by ari

Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser under Jimmy Carter. You may all remember that Brzezinski wrote The Grand Chess Board, his book where he outlines the fact in his mind that the US has to control Eurasia, and if US doesn’t control Eurasia, it won’t control the rest of the world. So this is not exactly neocon. It was recuperated later by the neocons. But this is basically US world domination, and it has to be armed if, obviously, the countries of Eurasia do not abide. We also have Anthony Lake, a former national security adviser. Former Assistant Secretary of State Susan Rice. Former counter-terrorist czar Richard Clarke, who wrote a very, very good book on his efforts to fight al-Qaeda, all of them undermined by the Bush administration in 2001.

 
Comment by jon

mperiod, which Arizona cities have swat teams stationed on their streets as we speak?

 
Comment by sammy

Hillary Clinton what are you doing? We know you are behind and Obama is ahead, why would he debate with you, he doesn’t need to, he is winning in case you haven’t notice.This remind me when you offer Obama a VP position when you are trailing him how crazy is that. Give up on the debate and the race, you are hurting the DEM. Party

 
Comment by Patch W. Adams

M period

It’s not me that says he is Muslim, it’s the Qu’ran. He may believe he is a Christian and goto Church and get baptised…..but according to all Muslims of the world he is a Muslim….. Perception is reality… I don’t know if he practices it…. it is just a rule… I didn’t make it. Look up the Qu’ran and read it. Can’t convert out of Islam and live. Just can’t, if your father is, you are. Sorry