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ComtesseDeSpair Donating Member (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 08:45 AM
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"Obama Runs Clock"
That's the headline on the Chicago Tribune website this morning. They're criticizing the president for only taking 14 questions and making his answers so long that he "controlled the message". Funny, but what I saw was a president who was interested in giving precise, detailed answers to questions about complex issues (well, except A-Rod, of course). Have these people no memory of who our LAST president was, and how HE controlled the message through scripted answers to prepared questions from pre-selected journalists? Gawd, I hate the media. :mad:
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 08:48 AM
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1. I will take these criticisms over lies, obfuscation, ignoring subpoenas,
Edited on Tue Feb-10-09 08:48 AM by tekisui
war crimes and inaction any day.
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 08:51 AM
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2. "only" 14 questions
Maybe the Tribune should be talking to that dumbass that asked about A-Rod and then Fox News' "What was Joe Biden talking about?" garbage. Why wouldn't the president want to control the message?
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 08:52 AM
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3. Yup. He actually controlled the message.
Imagine that. And he did it while taking questions from ordinary Americans who weren't vetted beforehand to make sure he didn't have to think or actually say anything substantive.

How dare he!
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 09:29 AM
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13. Precisely. It was HIS press conference.
Ah, Competence. It's wonderful.
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 08:55 AM
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4. stupid conservative Tribune. I hope they continue to bleed money
Obama could have kept it to a 15 minute press conference with about 9 halting stammering non responses like Bush, but no. He decided to actually answer questions.

F***ING TOOLS are not used to real leadership anymore. I feel someone is gonna have to take the USA out and head shoot us. This country has a raging case of stupid.
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Avalux Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 08:55 AM
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5. Obama made the press corps look like idiots. Especially Chuckie Todd.
I would expect backlash like this from them. The press isn't accustomed to a President who doesn't screen questions and who can answer off the cuff in an intelligent manner. Crybabies!
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 08:57 AM
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6. Well good for him!
Edited on Tue Feb-10-09 08:57 AM by Clio the Leo
THIS President will control the media's message ... not the other way 'round.

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Ishoutandscream2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 09:22 AM
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11. Love the red, white, and blue basketball. Barack's an ABA fan
Well, maybe that's a stretch. But that is a cool picture.
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 09:38 AM
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15. Love the old-school B-ball. At this presser it was not quite the Rude Pundit's "Fantasy Obama..."
but it was not that far off, figuratively speaking.

If you missed it--a taste (pardon the expression):


Tonight, at his press conference, in a perfect world, Fantasy President Barack Obama would go to the podium, unzip his fly, reach into his pants, and pull out his balls. Not his cock, just his balls. And he'd rest his nutsack on the lectern and say, "I have a brief statement to make before I take questions. As you can see, these are my balls. In this moment in our history, as the economy teeters on the brink of collapse after eight years of failed policy and promises unfulfilled, I'd like to invite our Republican friends to come up here and suck my balls. Suck them hairless. Get the members of both the Senate and House, to one by one open their mouths wide and take both these bad boys in at once. Swirl 'em around and get 'em all warm and wet."

Real President Barack Obama will, more than likely and more than necessary, talk about how mighty splendiferous it is that three Republicans agreed with the punk ass bitch Democrats (also known as "centrists"), in order to have some kind of bipartisan consensus, how it's a first step to greater bipartisanship, how he listened to Republican concerns along the way, upping and upping the number of tax cuts until it's nearly a zero sum balance between the cuts and the spending.

Fantasy Obama would then say, "No, really, I want the Republicans to be licking the waxy folds of my scrotum. I fuckin' gave them a life preserver, a way to make their party part of the process of attempting something, anything, to slow this plunge, maybe even turn it around, thrusting our claws into the sides of this well and climbing our way out. But, no, the cocksuckers on the other side of the aisle decided that they wanted to circle jerk each other. So, now, with the encouragement of the majority of the Congress and the vast majority of the American people, it's time for Republicans to shut the fuck up. And one way to make sure you can't be heard is to have a mouth full of balls. My balls."

Real Obama is probably going to be very careful in how he parses his words, not wanting to alienate anyone, not the couple of Republicans who are going to vote for the stimulus package, not the pissed off House Democrats.

Fantasy Obama would continue, adjusting his nuts so they don't stick to the lectern, and answering the reporters who want to know if his honeymoon is over or if he's reaching too far or if he's spending too much with "You know what? You motherfuckers can join in the ball-washing. This teabag's for you, because for most of the last administration you couldn't get enough of blowing George Bush, even when he was lying about shit. And now you're gonna all of a sudden show some spine by asking if a couple of hundred mill in this bill are gonna create jobs or not? Hey, how about this as an answer: my balls aren't gonna suck themselves."
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 08:57 AM
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7. Maybe some of those who were privileged to ask questions should
have asked meaningful questions vs. questions about A-Rod and steroids.

He answered every questions thoroughly. If it appeared that he ran the clock so be it. The country is in trouble and our President felt it was important to clearly state the situation to the American people.

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Bread and Circus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 08:59 AM
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8. You let Chi Tri get under your skin? What do you expect?
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ComtesseDeSpair Donating Member (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 09:33 AM
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14. I expect nothing.
I go there to check the weather, but this headline caught my eye... and dragged it across the room...
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 09:01 AM
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9. he must have made Tribune writer late for a dinner reservation at DC fine eating establishment
stupid, whiny Tribune. Go interview the ex-president if you want your milk and cookies by 8pm and lights out/sleepy time by 9.
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 09:02 AM
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10. I'm just happy that in their 150 years of never endorsing a dem they endorsed Obama
The article isn't that negative. It makes them look like they are grasping at straws.
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-10-09 09:24 AM
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12. Heh. The Michael Jordan of Presidents.
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