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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Sat Dec 20, 2014, 11:12 AM Dec 2014

The one male question, shouted at the very end: "Are you going to smoke a Cuban cigar?"

Ed Henry prepares for the President's next presser
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Notably, all the reporters Obama called on today were women, which was really outrageous considering that there have only been 4,529 (or so) press conferences in which all the reporters the president called on were men. There was one as yet unidentified male reporter who managed to shout, “Any new year’s resolutions?”, while another shouted, “Are you going to smoke a Cuban cigar, Mr. President?” as he was leaving. Sadly, America did not get answers to these vital questions.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/12/19/happy-hour-roundup-507/
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2014/12/19/3605918/obama-women-presser/
via:
https://twitter.com/TheObamaDiary/status/546058742383775744

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The one male question, shouted at the very end: "Are you going to smoke a Cuban cigar?" (Original Post) kpete Dec 2014 OP
First link is 404 not found, fyi... MADem Dec 2014 #1
fixed kpete Dec 2014 #2
Glad to help--LOVED the snark in the WAPO link about how there have "only" been MADem Dec 2014 #3

MADem

(135,425 posts)
3. Glad to help--LOVED the snark in the WAPO link about how there have "only" been
Sat Dec 20, 2014, 11:22 AM
Dec 2014

many thousands of press conferences where only men were called upon!

Notably, all the reporters Obama called on today were women, which was really outrageous considering that there have only been 4,529 (or so) press conferences in which all the reporters the president called on were men. There was one as yet unidentified male reporter who managed to shout, “Any new year’s resolutions?”, while another shouted, “Are you going to smoke a Cuban cigar, Mr. President?” as he was leaving. Sadly, America did not get answers to these vital questions.


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