{"id":1118,"date":"2008-11-02T16:02:26","date_gmt":"2008-11-03T00:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1118"},"modified":"2008-11-05T15:13:18","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T23:13:18","slug":"could-foxs-chris-wallace-be-more-out-of-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1118","title":{"rendered":"Could Fox’s Chris Wallace Be More Out Of Touch?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today on Fox News Sunday<\/a>, Chris Wallace interviewed Barack Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe. Most of the segment was standard political talk show fare, but what happened at the end was rather startling:<\/p>\n

WALLACE:<\/strong> Well, and that brings us to the second question I wanted to ask you. In fact, you do have a very big event coming and that is not the election. It’s the birth of your second child.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, that’s the reason you’re in Washington. Your wife, as I understand it, was due yesterday. What do you do if you’re in Chicago on election morning and you get the word your wife’s in labor?<\/span><\/p>\n

PLOUFFE:<\/strong> I will get back as quickly as I can and head to the hospital. First things first, and we’re obviously so excited about that. We’re hoping that our new one will wait till after Tuesday, but either way we’ll be thrilled.<\/span><\/p>\n

WALLACE:<\/strong> But you’re saying that if election morning you find out that the new one’s coming and isn’t waiting for the election, you’re going to leave Chicago and head off to the hospital?<\/span><\/p>\n

PLOUFFE:<\/strong> Absolutely.<\/span><\/p>\n

WALLACE:<\/strong> Boy, there are – a lot of people in the Beltway are going to question your priorities, David.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why was Wallace so surprised that Plouffe would rush to his wife’s side if their child was about to be born? Wallace was so incredulous he had to ask the question twice, and he was still dissatisfied with the answer. Could Wallace be correct that people in the Beltway would question Plouffe’s priorities? Does he really think that Plouffe should be more concerned with attending a political party – even if it’s a victory party – than with the welfare of his wife and new baby?<\/p>\n

Is this a demonstration of Republican family values?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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