ABC News is still a joke

Earlier this year, Hillary Clinton held a televised town hall meeting with voters. The event, which was basically an infomercial for her campaign, aired on the Hallmark Channel — because she bought the airtime from the network.

She's doing it again this Sunday, only this time she won't have to pay. It's being picked up as a so-called "news" event.

The show? "This Week with (Former Clinton Press Secretary) George Stephanopoulos."

The same George Snuffleupagus who co-moderated the widely-criticized ABC debate where they threw softballs at Hillary while asking Obama such Gotcha! questions as "Does Reverend Wright love the Country as much as you do?"

It took 50 minutes or so of this drivel until he and co-moderator Charlie Gibson asked the candidates about policy.

In their defense, ABC claims they've extended the offer for a town hall to both Obama and McCain. It would be interesting to see the timetable and hear their reason for giving Clinton a free ad just before two major primaries.