QuestionGate...Obama visits W.H. Press Corps and...OMFG...does NOT answer a question!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Run time: 05:18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zUgAlQt3n0   Posted on YouTube: January 23, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: January 23, 2009 By DU Member: Amerigo Vespucci Views on DU: 1926

 
Freeps are peeing themselves over the exchange @ the 3:20 mark. I don't see anything wrong with the way he handled it. He definitely handled it better than his "predecessor."

[mcjackson]

1. He answered...

...the question about not playing basketball yet. Does that count?

[Renew Deal]

8. And about the kids and the "christmas party."

[madrchsod]

2. i`m investing in the company that makes depends

there`s going to be a lot of republicans pissing their pants...

[ErinBerin84]

3. I will not be IGNORED, Obama!

Hehe....



Yes, nothing new here....pretty typical that the journalists would want to ask questions for Obama, and that Obama wouldn't give them anything new since they just got a presser that day. They should have asked better questions at the press conference, there were some dumb ones. It's not like they are being frozen out.

[FreakinDJ]

5. No one is being "Frozen Out"

if they waste their opportunity at the official press conference asking stupid questions its on them.

[ErinBerin84]

9. yep.

Did they really think that Obama would answer questions when he came to say hi to them? Would have been nice of him , but not very realist. Yes, and Jonathan Martin is a whiney.

[NYC Liberal]

4. They asked the same question that had already been asked and answered

at the press conference. Why do they need to ask again?

[yellowcanine]

6. The word is CLASS. Totally.

[underpants]

18. Very classy way of handling it

and he did get right in the guy's face

[Renew Deal]

7. That was pretty cool.

And there was nothing wrong with the way Obama handled the politico guy. Politico should have been more respectful. Maybe their WH guy doesn't know, but Obama doesn't usually duck questions, so he'll get his answer.

[tonycinla]

10. Welcome!

Obama welcome to the real world! The press is not interested in being your "friend".They are interested in playing "gotcha" and will continue to be.Let the games begin.......

[ErinBerin84]

11. actually, I think Obama knows this.

He was saying hi just as a coutesy, but one of the reasons why the press gets offended at the "in the tank" for Obama thing is because he DOES keep his distance from them in a sense....hell, this was Mccain's "base" until he stopped inviting them for BBQs. There's a difference between stopping by offices/saying hi and inviting them to a big birthday bash in NYC.

[theFrankFactor]

12. Oh God.. The Freeps are Hemorrhaging!

FOR FREEPERS: If Pres. Obama answered that cunt's question then he would have to extend the same courtesy to the whole throng. NOT A PRESS CONFERENCE! GET IT?

The illness of the right is psychopathic! The MOST secretive administration in recent history gets away with murder and they're gonna cry about this?
IN FUCKIN' SANE!

SHAMELESS PLUG:

Listen to my radio show!
http://media.switchpod.com/users/jd/TheFrankFactorFarewellRepublicans011909.mp3

[IsItJustMe]

14. Pay no attention to the butt plugs. If you do, you will drive yourself insane. It's just the way

they are. They can't help it.

[SlingBlade]

19. “The Dufus Idiot Base” ! :)

Frank, Thank you for keeping it real buddy
I think you’d make a great White House Press Secretary

http://media.switchpod.com/users/jd/TheFrankFactorFarewellRepublicans011909.mp3

[IsItJustMe]

13. The guy that asked the Lynn question was an ass. Obama had already told them he was there, just to

say hello. There is a time and place for everything, and that was neither the time nor the place.

[ErinBerin84]

15. hehe

Wonkette wrote a funny post in response to Politico's pissy article about this this morning.

http://wonkette.com/405729/not-to-be-sexist-but-politico-is-pmsing-real-bad-like-women-do

"Last night Obama went to introduce himself to the White House press corps briefly, politely. A Politico reporter started harassing him about one of his appointments. Obama told him to STFU, he could ask it at the next briefing. Politico writes the following lede this morning: “President Obama made a surprise visit to the White House press corps Thursday night, but got agitated when he was faced with a substantive question.”
Do Jonathan Martin and Carrie Budoff Brown, the co-authors of this whiny, vapid bullshit, think that anyone else cares how hard they have to work to get information? Why do we even link to this vulgar asshole of a publication anymore, now that the election’s over? We’re keeping people like Roger Simon and Mike Allen and Jonathan Martin employed by doing this! Enough.

Your associate editor, at least, is making a belated “New Years Resolution” to never link to Politico again (after this one!), except for Ben Smith and Michael Calderone stuff. They are friendly. Maybe the gal who writes Shenanigans too, or the guy(s) who write(s) the Congress blog. Basically we will stop linking to these particularly retarded, trollish articles Politico front-pages just to get a crappy 2-minute panel slot on AC 360 later in the night. (They actually have full-time employees whose job it is to book their idiot reporters on cable news shows. This alone should be reason enough never to do anything good for Politico.)"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

17. I've removed Politico from my "direct link" list...

...when I heard the rumblings of this "story" earlier this morning, I scouted around for the YouTube clip to avoid a direct link. The Fox "News" story is also pretty hilarious, amplifying the "righteous indignation" of the Politico piece.

Also, the actual title of the clip and the additional commentary of the person who posted the YouTube clip is very freep-y.

:rofl:

[dodger501]

20. I get Ben Smith's RSS feed in my Outlook

And I like to have a look at Politico44 for the day's events.
That's about it.

[firedupdem]

16. Great Job...He always handles himself well.

That idiot April Ryan...eww....cannot stand her. What a dumb ass. "I'm April Ryan, you know who I am". Yeah, you're a bush loving idiot.