A Conversation With Barack Obama

Rolling Stone by Jann S. Wenner | Jul. 4, 2008 (Interview)

Shortly after Barack Obama claimed victory in the fight for the Democratic nomination, I joined him aboard his chartered 757 campaign plane as a member of the press corps. He was flying from Chicago to Appleton, Wisconsin, for a town-hall meeting, one of a series he was doing in Midwestern and swing states to address constituencies he might have missed during the primaries -- and, of course, to get some warm-up practice for any town-hall debates he has ... Full Story »

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by Fred Gatlin - Oct. 1, 2008

A good and long interview that covers several issues. It takes time to read and my first thought is as long as it is it must have most of the questions and answers with little editorial.

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by Norman Rogers - Oct. 1, 2008

Very revealing of both Jann Wenner and Barack Obama. Wenner did ask one good question about ethanol (totally stupid government program) that Obama dodged. Obama is a walking, talking liberal, very articulate and very naive about the real world beyond the closed world of liberal dogma.

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