Barbara West, on October 23, 2008, interviewed the Democratic vice-presidential candidate Joe Biden, asking him whether he was "embarrassed" about Barack Obama’s affiliation with ACORN, allegations of voter registration fraud by ACORN in elections past, comparing Obama’s response to a question from Ohio voter "Joe the Plumber" to a quote from Karl Marx, and suggesting that Obama was a Marxist who wants to turn the U.S. "into a socialist country much like Sweden." At one point during the interview, Senator Biden asked West if she was joking, and later suggested she was offering "talking points" against Barack Obama.

The Obama campaign responded by canceling a subsequent interview with the candidate’s wife, Jill Biden. The campaign’s official statement was, "This cancellation is non-negotiable, and further opportunities for your station to interview with this campaign are unlikely, at best for the duration of the remaining days until the election." Obama’s Florida spokeswoman, Adrianne Marsh, called Biden’s interviewer, Barbara West, "both combative and woefully uninformed about simple facts."

WFTV’s news director defended West, saying she had not been inappropriately tough, but some media commentators criticized her performance by comparing it to her interview with Republican candidate John McCain when she had asked him questions such as "Why haven’t you gone after [Obama] on these serious issues of voter registration fraud and the mortgage crisis?" and "Do you feel that the Democrats are trying to paint you into a box - in other words, make it impossible for you to criticize Sen. Obama?"

West was principal assistant to Peter Jennings while he was anchor for ABC’s World News Tonight in London. She helped cover such stories as the Royal Wedding of Charles and Diana and the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

West makes only two specific claims in the beginning of her WFTV.com biography. Those claims were that her work has taken her to President Bush’s inauguration and to President Clinton’s impeachment.

Barbara West has served as health reporter and anchor for WFTV’s news at noon and 5:30 for the past 16 years.

West attended the University of Vermont. While there, she won the 1969 Miss Vermont contest and was selected to represent her state in the national Miss America competition. She later obtained a Master’s Degree from the University of Vermont. Before starting her career in television news, she was an assistant professor at the University of Vermont.

Barbara West is married to Wade West, a political and media consultant for politicians, professionals and organizations.

If the video above is taken down by YouTube, as most videos critical of Obama are, click here to view the interview on WFTV site.

On October 27 West did an equally tough interview with John McCain, who answered the questions, and didn’t issue a statement later that he wouldn’t go on West’s show again, like cry baby Obama did. Click here to see West interview McCain.

The interviews West did with both McCain and Biden were some of the best, and most direct, I’ve ever seen. West should win a bunch of awards for asking questions of both candidates that we’d all like to hear. It’s just too bad that Obama didn’t allow West to interview him directly, but instead sent his scape goat Joe Biden.

Joe Biden, the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned an audience at his second Seattle fundraiser on Sunday in Seattle Washington, that Barack Obama would cause an international crisis because agressive countries in the world would test Obama’s lack of executive experience. Biden said:

"Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We’re about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don’t remember anything else I said. Watch, we’re gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy. And he’s gonna have to make some really tough decisions, I don’t know what the decision’s gonna be, but I promise you it will occur. As a student of history, and having served with seven presidents, I guarantee you it’s gonna happen."

Biden has said before about Obama, "The Presidency doesn’t lend itself to on-the-job-training." Biden keeps trying to tell us that Obama lacks the experience needed to be President. He’s Obama’s Vice Presidential nominee, and if Biden is credible, then maybe we should be listening to him. Biden was chosen by Obama because of Biden’s international relations experience, so we should believe Biden when he says Obama will cause an international crisis in the first six months of his Presidency.

Russia has suddenly become very agressive again. Maybe that’s because they believe Obama will be elected. Our economy can’t afford an international crisis in the first six months of the next Presidency. Biden’s own comments confirm he doesn’t believe a crisis of any sort would ocurr if John McCain was elected.

Biden is giving us a lot to consider.

Above is a picture of Barack Obama who provided a glowing endorsement of a book by domestic terrorist William Ayers in the December 21, 1997 Chicago Tribune.

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Jim Piccillo introduced Joe Biden at a rally as "the next Vice President of the United States John McCain." The audience clapped on cue. Would they have still clapped if McCain really walked out on stage?

Jim Piccillo, who is a father of two, is a Republican who started campaigning for Barack Hussein Obama after Jim was laid off from his job. I have to wonder if perhaps Jim lost his job because he kept making simple mistakes like calling people by the wrong name.

Sarah Palin and Joe Biden had their Vice Presidential debate last night. Here is the full video of the debate. Who won?

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In the Sarah Palin and Joe Biden Vice Presidential debate, Palin performed much better than expected, and was able to go toe-to-toe with Biden. Palin is a great communicator.

I would like to see Biden go back and read the United States Constitution. If you don’t know what I’m talking about you have to wait to see the full video. We’ll post video of the debate as soon as it comes online.

The one person who definitely lost is Hillary Clinton. Palin proved herself to be a superstar, and is now the most popular woman in politics, and I should add, Palin did it all with NO help from her husband, as Hillary had to do.

Who do you think won the debate?

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