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Opinion

John Aloysius Farrell

What Wasn't Said at the Barack Obama Press Conference

December 01, 2008 03:06 PM ET | John Aloysius Farrell | Permanent Link | Print

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Let's Get On Down the Road

Yes, it was a snarky, back-biting campaign. Unfortunately, they almost always are, with a good deal of the press and public seeming to want something more akin to the Jerry Springer Show than a legitimate adult interchange and debate. And let's face it, these are ambitious people with huge stakes in theses elections. They definitely can get tired, frustrated and carried away by the heat of the moment, failing to realise they will need to bury the hatchet in the end.

I remember how the press climbed all over Joe Biden for trying to say something nice about Hillary Clinton, who happens to be his friend. They tried to spin it that he was saying the he himself wasn't qualified. He was just trying to be truthful and also gallant, acknowleding that Hillary was an outstanding candidate.

Thank God the election is over, and all signs seem to point that Obama and Clinton have risen to the occasion, put aside their differences, and will make one hell of a formidable team. Who knows, they may even become fast friends. So many bitter conservatives want them to fail. Their success together can launch them both into greatness. somehow, I think they are smart enough to know that.

Funny!

Thanks for the chuckle, John!

Americans are supposed to forget everything Obama said during the election. And guess what? The majority will do just that.

Let the show begin

This is going to be fun to watch.

Unfortunately, it could have very negative effects on our country and possibility cost American lives down the road.

DON'T WORRY....

Hillary will know how to handle Obama...After all, she is married to a glib, facile phony.

why do help peolpe

why do help peolpe that need your help and if they ask for help how would you help they write back plase.for Barack Obama.

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John Aloysius Farrell is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. An award-winning Washington reporter, he has written for The Boston Globe and The Denver Post and is the author of Tip O’Neill and the Democratic Century and an upcoming biography of the great American defense attorney, Clarence Darrow.

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