Indiana: He spoke to a rally of 7000 supporters and took NO questions afterward

[Iceburg]

No, it wasn't one of those closed and calculated Bush events. But it does beg the question -- why does Obama, like Bush, not take any questions after a campaign event?

A old familiar pattern is emerging -- another presidential wanna-be:
-- unwilling to take questions from the crowd,
-- unwillinging to particpate in debates,
-- unwilling to take reporters questions ( )


His higness' latest crowd unppleaser:

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-obama23apr23,1,7095215.story
EVANSVILLE, IND. -- Another chance to knock his opponent out of the race crumbled Tuesday night, and Sen. Barack Obama could scarcely mask his frustration that the long Democratic contest will stretch into at least next month.

Obama's campaign plane left Pennsylvania airspace just as the polls were closing, bound for the next crucial contest in the nomination season: Indiana. While his rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, savored her victory at a nighttime celebration in Philadelphia, Obama touched down here and headed immediately to a rally, where he was met by more than 7,000 supporters in a basketball arena.

At the rally, Obama pointed to some bright spots in an otherwise losing effort. He mentioned that when the Pennsylvania contest began, he was trailing by a much larger margin than the final result indicated.

"We closed the gap," Obama said. "We rallied people of every race and age and background to the cause."

Still, the Illinois senator's disappointment was obvious. He hustled through his speech and took no questions afterward. There was little of the emotion that typically inflects Obama's oratory.

The crowd seemed equally subdued. A warmup by singer John Mellencamp was politely received.

[EFerrari]

1. He probably needs a couple of days off. There is nothing sinister about being

tired.

[Tellurian]

7. Needs a few days off?

:rofl:

[mmonk]

2. Your post can be viewed as offensive with the words "his highness".

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[Texas Hill Country]

53. oh bullshit... stop with the racist crap. it 's cause he comes off like an arrogant prick sometimes

[TexasLady]

3. From my own observations, Town Halls welcome questions afterwards

and are alloted plenty of time after his speech to answer questions. Some from pretty savvy kids too! Rallies, not so much.

Political videos and youtube show this over and over and over again.

[PA Democrat]

8. I attended an Obama town hall meeting in PA, and he spent an hour taking random questions

from the crowd. Town hall meetings are much more conducive to this format.

[bowens43]

4. .

[NYCGirl]

5. How does one take questions at a rally of 7000 people?

Has Hillary ever had an audience of 7000 people?

[Connie_Corleone]

6. He takes questions at TOWN HALLS.

Since you seem ignorant of the difference between a rally and a town hall, politicians normally don't take questions at a rally because it's a larger venue.

Obama has been doing town halls all over the place. He takes questions there because they are smaller venues.

[Avalux]

9. DOH! The nerve of Obama!

When Obama gives rally speeches he doesn't take questions. He takes them at town hall meetings. This has been going on for a year now, why haven't you been paying attention?

Of course a speech after a loss will be a little subdued. At least he congratulated Clinton in front of that 7k crowd, something she refuses to do when Obama wins.

[flpoljunkie]

10. It was a RALLY, NOT a TOWNHALL! Surely you know the difference?

[Adelante]

11. Gawd

:eyes:

[cali]

12. yep. another piece of moronic crap

[mikekohr]

13. I was at a small gathering at a local VFW and Barack Obama answered every question posed

and signed every autograph request. It took him nearly 1 hour. I don't suspect Senator Obama always has this time available, anymore than Senator Clinton has the ability to answer questions after EVERY event.

mike kohr

[RBInMaine]

14. THIS IS TOTAL BULLSHIT !! IT WAS AN AWESOME RALLY AND PEOPLE WERE CHANTING AND CHEERING !!!!

What total and complete propaganda BULLSHIT !! Who is the pro-Hillary NUT who wrote this??

[izzybeans]

16. See my post below. My mother and brother were volunteers there.

It's a lie by over half.

[EFerrari]

20. Contact the Readers' Rep here:

[e-mail]

[izzybeans]

15. There were over 12,000 people there and they were more than subdued.

Roberts Stadium seats 12,000 and it was over capacity. The seats were full, except for a small sliver behind the stage and it was standing room only with the floor crammed to capacity. My brother said he has never seen so many people there before. Including sold out basketball games and concerts. His voice was horse as was my mothers. They both estimated that at least 14,000 people were there.

I guess the LA reporter gets his information from the TV. This description defies the reports of people actually there.

[blogslut]

17. Uh huh

Sounds like Mr. Nicholas is a little miffed because the Senator didn't take the time to schmooze with the press.

I watched the Indiana rally. It wasn't hurried. Granted, it was subdued but Obama sure as hell wasn't "masking his frustration".

pfft

[RBInMaine]

How in hell can you say "subdued" when they were CHEERING AND CHANTING??????

[EFerrari]

25. And here's the reporter's email. Mail him.

[e-mail]

[blogslut]

34. chillax

The crowd was pumped. I'm not disputing that. I'm an Obama supporter. Maybe I need to see the vid again. As I recall, I've seen him much more passionate.

[RBInMaine]

54. He was pretty damn passionate, especially at 9:45 at night. What do want? Cartwheels?

[RBInMaine]

27. Since when is CHANTING and CHEERING "subdued"??? And, OBAMA was AWESOME !!

[CBGLuthier]

18. You have learned well from your mistress

Compare him to Bush.

The Clintons and Rove would be proud of you.

[Sweet Pea]

19. Why should he?

I mean , seriously? WHy should he take questions? He is the annointed, don't you see? What he says IS. Why should he open himself up to more questiosn about why his spiritual leader calls for God to "damn America"? Why should he open himself up to why he is friends with an unapologetic terrorist who bombed the Pentagon when Oh-bah-ma! was 8 years old? Why should he open himself up to why he made a bajillion dollars with his buddy Resko?

No....Oh-BAH-ma doesn't need to answer any questions. He is the One.

[Blondbostonian]

33. You're clearly a Clinton supporter

You make less than 50K without a college degree. You don't have the critical thinking skills to work yourself out of a paper bag.

I don't care if you vote for him in November or not. Math doesn't lie even if you don't understand it. Hillary won't be the nominee.

I look forward to your meltdown.

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[boobooday]

21. Tired, most likely, disappointed that the BS will continue

I saw this, and he didn't "hustle" through his speech, nor was the crowd subdued. They were enthusiastic, and I thought the speech was very good.

How many questions should he take from 7000 people late at night? That isn't a "town hall" crowd.

[RBInMaine]

22. This is some PO'd reporter who didn't get an interview so LIED LIKE HELL. (SHOULD BE FIRED !)

[Bucky]

23. OMFG!! It's Noquestionsgate!!1!

I mean "NoquestionsafteralatenightconcessionspeechtryingtorallyhissupportersGate". Still... OMFG!!

[Tatiana]

24. Fess up. You wrote that article you just linked to, didn't you?

;)

[Iceburg]

40. OMG ...LOL!! --you DU folk are SOoooo desperate & pathetic sounding. /nt

[MethuenProgressive]

26. Bitter, damaged Obama wants his prize, and wants it now.

What a baby.

[Gore1FL]

28. I am not sure that is worse than...

Nuked, destroyed Hillary wanting Obama's prize, and wanting it now.

[RBInMaine]

29. Yeah, and SlickHilly is BEGGING her audiences for money. See you NC !

[RBInMaine]

30. WATCH THE VIDEO OF THE RALLY. IT'S AWESOME and DEBUNKS this IDIOTIC post !!

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[madrchsod]

45. they will be gone with the wind in a few more months

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[Joe the Revelator]

35. Did Hillary take questions after her "victory" speech?

Because thats what you are accusing Obama of doing, not taking questions in a post primary rally.

[IsItJustMe]

36. He does all the time. Quit your whining.

[RainDog]

37. LOL! funny. MANUFACTURED OUTRAGE. Hillary must be desperate.

god I cannot WAIT until she quits this race. What used to be mild dislike has moved to outright disgust. Too bad her ego can't let it go. She's lost this primary. Good riddance.

[davidpdx]

39. I went to a rally in September

and he didn't answer questions there. What is the difference? My point is the LA Times and the OP are trying to insinuate something that isn't true.

[oviedodem]

41. It is very rare to take questions with that many people also it was late in the night.

[olkaz]

42. This is not odd. Candidates don't take questions often.

Unless they're Hillary Clinton plants, of course.

Anyway, nice concern trolling.

[powergirl]

43. He takes questions in town hall formats

He doesn't do it at the large rallies. The security folks won't let that happen. Clinton doesn't have large rallies so she doesn't have this problem. :evilgrin:

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[Triana]

46. What PLANET does the writer live on?

I SAW parts of that speech and he did NOT lack passion - nor did the crowd lack enthusiasm and they were NOT "subdued"! Quite the contrary! This is a smarmy hit-piece and little else. Pfft!

[SoonerPride]

47. Welcome to ignore land

See you never again.

[Pawel K]

48. But you would have been on his side if he planted some questions afterwards

like Hillary does?

Again, how does this shit end up on the greatest page?

[Terran]

49. Heard some of that rally on NPR that day

The crowd didn't sound "subdued" to me, although the reporter noted it was more low key than usual because of the PA loss.

[zulchzulu]

51. What a load of BS... you didn't see his town hall meetings in PA?

Sometimes he does rallies (like Clinton) and sometimes he does town hall meetings.

Maybe you just crawled from under a rock?

[MethuenProgressive]

52. "The crowd seemed equally subdued. A warmup by singer John Mellencamp was politely received."

Bitter, damaged, O'Bummer burns out.

[Zachstar]

55. Can you keep the bullshit out of your topics please? K thx