Can you imagine BUSH doing something like this, a true town hall meeting?

[givemebackmycountry]

Unscripted questions, from a open audience?
Guy gets up and rambles on for 90 or so seconds about the evils of "trickle down" economics.
He is so on point, and this was a great idea.

Finally, we have a smart President who seems to be unafraid of talking to REAL people.
He even takes a question from a Republican about "ethics" and answers and insists that she has a right to ask her question.

Bush would never had the balls to do this in 8 freaking years.

[Hieronymus]

1. If Bush found himself in that position, he'd go crazy... it'd never have happened.

[treestar]

2. No way - when its republics all are screened to be sure they

will show proper deference! :rofl:

[YOY]

3. ah yes, but do "Republicans" get this?

I mean the rank and file "family values" crowd. Not the higher ups. Do they get the idea that we had our voices stifled in their special little time and that Bush was the photo-op bubble-boy president? Do they get the idea that if they actually ask questions that bear relevance to they themeselves, and not to their parroting shock jock opinion givers, they will get answers?

I doubt it...

[rfranklin]

4. Bush never got a blow job in the Oval Office...

That's what they are proud of.

[YOY]

7. Yeah but we all got fucked in the ass royally.

n.t.

[zbdent]

13. uh-oh ... now you got Ted Haggard

all excited ...

[YOY]

15. I thought Ted was pretty consentual...as long as Meth was used...

Us...not so much.

[treestar]

10. And he wore his suit jacket in the Oval Office

After all that matters more than what he's actually doing. :sarcasm:

[Fleshdancer]

5. I can barely believe what I'm seeing

:wow:

I'm very impressed that he's doing this.

[tridim]

8. This town hall should be in prime time

and the news conference now.

This is much more important than a gaggle of talking heads with an agenda asking stupid, partisan questions.

[Fleshdancer]

9. great idea

I wonder if the networks would cover it in that case.

I wish this townhall would have taken place last Thurs or Fri instead. I'm afraid the clips from this will be drowned out by the press conference tonight. Plus it would have been nice to see this on the Sunday morning political shows.

[Kahuna]

6. Pish. Obama is such a show off.

:patriot:

[n2doc]

11. If * had one recently he'd end up covered in shoes n/t

[11 Bravo]

12. Shit no! Bush would surround himself with soldiers who under the UCMJ ...

HAVE to snap to. The jug-eared little prick was a gutless punk.

[K Gardner]

14. Obama defended the RW-Hannity lover who stood up spouting talking points.. something

the last regime would never have done for the "left".

[underpants]

16. Hannity has a offer to sit down with Obama and have a beer

Obama "I don't think he has a very high opinion of me"..."I am always good for a beer"

[stillcool]

17. I remember Bush at his orchestrated..

events. Even when he knew the question, he stumbled over the answer and what came out of his mouth defied logic. He would never have been able to last an hour.

[anonymous171]

18. No pre-screened audiences? No loyalty oaths?

We may disagree on some things Mr. President, but at least you are a competent thinker. :patriot:

[spanone]

19. bu$h* didn't have the intelligence or the class to do this before a non-screened audience

bu$h* struggled to get out soundbites.....he was the worse public speaker ever imo

[butterfly77]

20. And we know that.

Slannity and friends will try to put people in the audience they think will trip him up but, I have watched many of Obama's campaign stops throughout the campaign and he can handle it.