POTUS press conference

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

about to start.

[Rex]

1. .

[PoliticAverse]

2. Link to live feed:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-holds-press-conference-3

[riqster]

3. I miss the Rude Pundit's Whiskey Blogs of such events.

[Bragi]

4. A new web site! /nt

[millennialmax]

5. I'm sure people will wait on their buddy Greenwald's Cliff Notes.

Can't allow reason to penetrate those bubbles, ya know.

[Le Taz Hot]

11. No,I'm right here calling bullshit

on POTUS as we speak. He's already lied and I saw like 10 seconds of it. See, WE don't need Cliff Notes because we do our homework. The apologists, however, wait anxiously for the 1% talking points to be spread ad nauseum from website to website like the dutiful, unquestioning little cabana boys that they are.

[millennialmax]

12. So full of hate. eom

[Le Taz Hot]

16. You wanna run that by me again, there, Sparky?

"I'm sure people will wait on their buddy Greenwald's Cliff Notes. Can't allow reason to penetrate those bubbles, ya know. "

You fling shit around here you're going to get it right back.

[millennialmax]

22. Immaturity, I see. Common with those that believe in the cartoonish version of government that

people like Greenwald provide.

[Le Taz Hot]

26. Welcome to DU.

Enjoy your stay. While it lasts.

[millennialmax]

29. Do supporters of the President get banned regularly? eom

[Bragi]

13. Nice to meet you /nt

[Le Taz Hot]

20. . . .

[brooklynite]

17. Care to provide details?

Or is this one of those "we all know" situations?

[Le Taz Hot]

19. It will be much easier when the transcript comes out

but the part I heard was him denying that they were collecting data en masse (not the term he used -- I'm paraphrasing) and that's just not the case.

[AngryOldDem]

39. Good paraphrase from where I'm at...

...that's what I took it to mean.

[millennialmax]

25. They can't provide details until Greenwald picks it apart.

[Bragi]

6. Many new confidence-building reports! /nt

[Bragi]

7. Calls for medals from American LGBT athletes /nt

[AngryOldDem]

8. Wow.

Back in the day, a press conference would have a steady stream of comments, with multiple threads.

This only has six comments so far, and is dropping on the GD hit parade.

(Unless there's another thread somewhere that I'm missing...)

[millennialmax]

9. It's not a Guardian, Wikileaks, or some random group press conference... it's just POTUS. eom

[Bragi]

10. I totally agree. /nt

[Skittles]

30. maybe people are tired of purty speeches

[Oilwellian]

14. All I've seen so far is blatant lying n/t

[AngryOldDem]

18. He lost me just now with his defense of Larry Summers.

Taking the dog out so she can take her afternoon dump. More productive use of my time.

[tridim]

24. I guess you missed, "He is one of MANY potential nominees"?

Go walk the dog.

The Larry Summers anti-Obama attack meme is DEAD. 8/9/13.

[Berlum]

33. Larry 'OinkMeister' Summers has created a crate-load of crappy karma for himself

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[Safetykitten]

46. Our next Fed guy. It's all over but the crying.

[AngryOldDem]

37. No, I heard that, and that wording tells me he's made up his mind.

Heard that too many times before. We'll see. I hope I'm wrong.

[deutsey]

31. Glad I missed that.

His defense of Summers, I mean...not your dog taking a dump.

Although they are both quite similar in many ways.

[Bragi]

32. He's showing why he needs a holiday nt

[phleshdef]

23. Prove it

[millennialmax]

27. They haven't received marching orders from Glenn yet.

They are lost without their Guardian and RT links.

[tridim]

35. Putin's response and the neo-DU lockstep agreement will likely be at the top of "greatest" soon.

He's so dreamy.

[millennialmax]

38. I'm not sure what the hell their goals are.

No matter what is said or done, the goalposts are moved.

What is the end result they wish to see?

I just don't understand.

[tridim]

44. Their goal is making Democrats look bad, by any means. nt

[Marr]

47. Aww... someone was upset about apologist talking point accusations and

started a whole new forum name just so they could be more edgy.

Did you know that using a sock puppet to post can get both of your accounts banned...?

[malaise]

15. Watching

Pres needs to remember that he isn't President of Russia

[Bragi]

28. Ask not what you can do for Russia... nt

[Bragi]

21. Snowden went about it all wrong

That's why he announced a multipoint response to make surveillance popular

[kentuck]

34. That is a matter of opinion...

Judging what the Administration had done up to the point of Snowden blowing the whistle, I see no reason to believe that the government had any intention to change anything. That is my opinion.

[Bragi]

40. NSA notes your opinion

I share it. There was no apparent plan to trigger dialogue on surveillance.

[Bragi]

36. 3:39 He's wandering. Needs a holiday. nt

[PragmaticLiberal]

49. Sounds fine to me

[PennsylvaniaMatt]

41. Leave it to Ed Henry with Fox to ask him about....

Benghazi....What a fucking surprise!

[mick063]

42. Proud member of "Neo DU" here.

The dyke has many leaks. I'm not using my fingers.

I'm watching panic ensue.......over a game of Twister.

[Bragi]

43. 3:44: First killing bin Laden reference! nt

[Safetykitten]

45. Anyone crying yet?

[Bragi]

50. Only reporters having to work late on Friday nt

[Bragi]

48. Student loan bill? Signed? nt

[nolabear]

51. Gee, and here I thought I was going to see a discussion here. It's just another fight.

Hooray.

[tridim]

52. He is basically telling the Republicans to fuck off RE: Obamacare repeal.

Awesome!

[malaise]

53. He told them really well