Charlie's Up & Blogging

Charlie, Thank you for presenting as impartial a presentation as possible on tv. Many of us appreciate that. Also, Many Many thanks for ending your broadcasts on a positive note. There is so many negatives in all aspects of the new. It is important for us all to remember that we do live in a wonderful country and that it is not only evil that should be broadcast. Good things are what makes this country great.

Dear Mr. Gibson,
Me and my family always watch abc news at 6:30. The news is so good that I encourage my kids to watch it as well.God has given you a wonderfull talent and you have put it into good use to tell everyone the true story. Keep up the good work and God bless you.

Charlie, Everyday, when my husband gets home from work - he takes my daughter out to play and I get to sit and watch WN with no interruptions. Its my moment of peace during the day - I enjoy it very much and have always enjoyed your broadcasts - Peter Jennings had big shoes to fill - you have done a wonderful job. Not sure why you would start the blogging though - I know its the latest thing - but wow - talk about a forum for crazies! (myself included sometimes) Although I am addicted it does sadly remind me so often how horrible people can be. Strange thing the technology age. Good Luck & Keep up the good work!

hi charlie in watching your interview with that big oil executive the one question you didn't ask was when are they going to uncap those thousands of wells they capped off about 30 years ago. the reason i know this is a fellow plumber at a union meeting told me he had spent the last 3 years at that time capping off oil wells, the reason the oil companies want to wait until gasoline hits $5 a gallon then all of a sudden they will have all kinds of oil. thought you'd like to know ken

Bobby,
Why would you want to vote for John McCain when you wanted Hillary Clinton. McCain is opposed to just about everything Hillary supports. Obama and Clinton are 90% in agreement. What good is a strong leader when he supports the wrong issues. Please take another look at Barack Obama.... for the sake of our country. Yes, Obama has not been around as long as John McCain, but at the age of 47, Obama certainly has more staying power. He's shown enough leadership skills to convince me he's up to the task. I'm voting for Barack Obama. Mary

Thank you Charlie for bringing up the corporate lobby parties - I know this happens in the Republican convention also but they don't condemn it like Obama has. He can't run away from this flip-flop. Another reason he won't win and after tonight will be another reason - Michele (a real disaster). I like your newscast.

Charlie, This is my first blog. I have enjoyed ABC news for years and especially you. I changed my party this year in order to vote for Obama and because I live in Florida it didn't count. I'm glad I will get to vote for him in November.

Charlie Gibson, I just watched you on the 6:00 news in Tucson, AZ.

You should FIRE whoever told you Maya is Barack's sister-in-law...she's his only SISTER!!! Do facts matter?

Charlie, Your report on "DNC MONEY TRAIL" confirms that we will not be seeing any significant changes even if Obama is elected as President of this great nation. It was a great report that you have presented and it confirms my prediction that Obama will not have the effective power to make whatever changes he has been preaching to us all these months. Washington D.C. will always conduct business as how they see fit and it will take a massive movement to be able make make any significant change. This is very sad.

I've never done this before either, Charlie, but if you can do it so can I. You are a very honorable/personable man and I always enjoy your offerings. Look forward to what you have to "blog" and what I can come up with.

On the money trail - as long as money remains the mothers milk of politics nothing will change, If ABC has any integrity they will certainly do the same type of story from the Republican convention! I bet we will see more corporate chieftans, more private jets and more money greasing the palms of politics!

What happened to news reporting objectivty?
This show (coverage of Dem. convention) sickens me and many others--you--Charlie, Diane, George and all of you--you are so biased that I can no longer watch ABC. Your political persuasion is so obvious. Shame on all of you.

THE DNC CONVENTION

YAWN.....................

IF I HEAR ONE MORE TIME HOW HE WAS RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER I'LL PUKE!!!!

HOW DOES THAT QUALIFY THIS EGO MANIAC FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!

YAWN.............

When is a man 45 not old enough. the average person may only live to 75 and have their full faculties alng with agiity and endurance. Mr. Obama is a man not a boy as one blogger emplied. If a person who says they are a democrat and stand for democratic values such the war , the economy, the housing market the stagering dept. and they fell that McCain is going to walk a differnt path than a republican the they should not have nothing to complain about just vote republican and stop explaining that you just can't vote democratic because you didn't get the flavour popcycle you wanted. These people are selfish and are resistant tot here old ideas and up bringing and need to do some soul searching. Can you see a man as a man or will you still judge him by the color of his skin.

Well ABC News has sunk to a new low wasting good air time on the Democrats Convention. Why is there a convention anyway? Hasn't it been established who the nominee is and his VEEP is?

I trust you will be as effusive and complimentary next week as you and the rest of the on-air personalities have been this evening in Denver.

I think Barak will live to regret not picking Hilary for the VP. I think his ego is amazing and the people who advise him are fools. They are the ones who need to unify the party not Hilary. She could personally call me today and ask me to vote for him and I would not. Women have had the vote for 88yrs, real progress will be when we see one in the Oval Office.

Good job, Charlie, and you truly ARE filling dear Peter's shoes quite well! I have my TiVo set to pick up World News daily (as well as BBC, and sometimes other broadcasts.)

I'm disappointed to see a few of the comments by people above so off-topic and partisan, apparently made by Republicans masquerading as Hillary supporters for McCain, but, alas, that is the nature of blogging. I suppose if comments get way off the subject in future posts you'll have to decide on a deletion policy for off-topic posts. In response to them let me refer to the insightful Jack Cafferty analysis of August 19th titled Is McCain another George W. Bush? Very interesting expose of the intellectual shallowness of McCain, who graduated 894th out of 899 in his Naval Academy class, which he apparently got into through his Dad's influence anyhow. We have seen what happens to our economy, international relations, and civil liberties from 8 years of Good 'Ole Boy George - our country cannot afford 4 more years of thoughtless rule with little insight or wisdom.

Anyway, off-topic, I know, and welcome to blogging! I do think ABC News is objective, and some criticism by others above seems to shed light on their own ignorance - don't they realize you will be reporting for a whole week on the Republican convention too??? At that point will other comments claim you are biased for talking about McBush for a week?

Sorry Charlie!
Can't buy in to all the love of Ted Kennedy...I still remember Chappaquiddick and his cowardly act in not getting help to save Mary Jo!
Maybe you should try some unbiased reporting for a change and do a little clip on that for the Democrats!

Dear Mr. Gibson:

I wonder if Obama has thought about how much the normal everyday life for their children will be affected if he wins the election.

I thought I heard something about them playing soccer, and then there are the sleep overs that children like to do. I believe it will be rather difficult for the children to do a lot of things that children their age like to do.

President Kennedy’s children could escape to the Kennedy compound in Massachusetts and spend time playing with their cousins.

President Carter put their daughter in public school for a while, and I believe that did not work.

I just feel sorry for the children if Obama wins, because their normal child hood life will not be the same.