OK, the press conferenence could have gone better - how hard is

[BR_Parkway]

it to update the notes the President takes out with him on who to call on to include where these people are sitting?

They could have used a still from video from all those folks sitting in there to point out where he should be looking when he calls out someone's name from his cards? A small thing, but one that inspires confidence and removes one right wing talking point.

[rainy]

1. Who the hell noticed? Who cares?

[stillcool]

2. Style over substance?

[lxlxlxl]

3. i dunno...seems a little bit on the micromanaging side...

he's taking questions on the most complicated issues I've personally ever heard. He switched from foreign policy to deep macroeconomic issues pretty gracefully. I actually didnt notice any embarassing pauses in looking for journos, but I was just listening.

Are we going to start complaining about the lighting also?

[rzemanfl]

11. Yeah well I really didn't like the stupid fake greenery around the

stage either, but our President was awesome. Someone should run some worst moments (there were no unbad ones) of Dumbyah's pressers for contrast.

Him knowing where everyone was sitting would have looked staged.

[blogslut]

4. Oh dear

If the right wing wants to use that as a talking point, well, then I shall send them all a nitcomb.

[Sanity Claws]

Did you forget the sarcasm smiley?

Or did you mean that literally?
No RWer could put down that presser. What a contrast with what we have had to put up with for the past 8 years.

[stray cat]

5. I'd rather see him use his time on something more substantial

[ShortnFiery]

6. Thanks for your concern.

:eyes:

[BlooInBloo]

7. hahaahahaahaa!!! Good one!

[rsmith6621]

8. Hey BR_Parkway

Have you forgot 3.6 million people have lost there jobs in 13 months????????

There are better things to be concerned about than whether or not the Prez knows where everyone is sitting...

[sandnsea]

9. Huh?

WTF are you talking about?

:crazy:

[peacebird]

10. LOL!!! Funny one! How thrilling to have a Pres who actually answers the questions logically

and completely!!! He THINKS on his feet and gives intelligent and reasoned responses instead of just smirking and tossing out folksy "aw-shucks"BS.....

[rucky]

12. was he wearing eye makeup?

let's make this the official catty gossip thread

[Mojorabbit]

23. Yes he was

some sort of light colored makeup on his eyelids or else the light was hitting them in a weird way.
End of cattiness. :)

[Jane Austin]

26. No, it was a lighting thing.

His eyelids as well as his lips have always tended toward the purple.

Way early on, I said to Mr. Austin that I was worried that people wouldn't vote for someone with purple lips. :)

So VERY glad I was wrong.

[FrenchieCat]

31. Those are some of the best purple lips I have ever seen......

and it is amazing that someone actually can look like they are wearing make up when they aren't. That only means that this is an amazing looking guy.

[Mojorabbit]

35. The eyelids on my television

looked a silvery white. The lips were fine.

[underpants]

13. Long winded but thoughtful but definitely boring

sorry had to say it

[blues90]

17. I didn't hear anything new other than he did re-inforce

That the BCF would get away with their crimes so I guess all those involved get away and all that suffered because of it are screwed.

The entire reason Obama says he was stuck with this economic disaster was because of the criminals yet he is willing to let it go.

[underpants]

21. Not new to you but to a lot of people it is

Funny thing, one of our guys getting the biggest megaphone in the world :bounce:

Suddenly Americans fed 20 years of "liberals say..." and "The left thinks...." are going to find out what we actually are.

[Jane Austin]

27. No he didn't.

He left the door wide open for prosecutions.

[blues90]

33. You should listen to it again.

No offense but he did say no one is above the law but the insert of we are looking forward sends a clear message that the BCF is out of the apicture and this is not the forst time Obama said this.

Now perhaps since he is trying to get along with the republican party he is not saying more but that is a best guess.

I would say moving forward as Biden also said means starting now and forgetting the past crimes.

[Jane Austin]

36. No thanks.

I know what he said.

[Skittles]

24. that's why I gave him an 8 in the poll

he's got room for improvement - people saying he was a 10 must think he won't improve

[arcadian]

14. I listened to it.

So I didn't notice.

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. Seriesly?

:evilgrin:

[kstewart33]

16. When Billo is reduced to focusing on Obama's 'windy' anwers as

the big weakness of Obama's performance, you know he did an awesome job.

[chollybocker]

18. bait me.

[Kahuna]

19. Wow. Somebody sure is anal. nt

[Ocracoker16]

20. Wow, you found something real trivial

I feel sorry that this is all you took away from an excellent performance by our president.

[BR_Parkway]

22. Yeah, seriously - he's a fantastic communicator - I hate to see his

people allow things like this for the M$M to use to obscure the message that he had. I liked what he had to say mostly, but after the contrast of the past 8 years of letting Bush get away with everything versus the "new' media who wants to hold Obama accountable - I'd love to see his media people manage the stage settings so that they don't have things they can focus on to distract the public from the message.

I'd be willing to bet that tomorrow's talking points on M$M will be more about the style of the message than the substance. If we deny them those type of non-issues, then they'll have nothing left to report on but the message. Most of you are right - none of this should matter. But the reality is that it will be played up as though it does. Ad Nauseum. And in the end, more of the public who needed to hear the message will be left with this vague impression that he didn't do well in his first press conference than will hear how wonderfully he addressed the questions with actual answers.

[book_worm]

25. Oh Jesus H. Christ! I watched with five other people and we all thought he was wonderful and

compared to the moron who was president before him could actually articulate what he wanted to say in a thoughtful way.

[rvablue]

28. Give me a break. Maybe Obama should hire you for "perfect lessons." Please.....n/t

[rufus dog]

29. are you fucking serious?

[FrenchieCat]

30. I think President Obama has better things to do

than to prove that he knows where the asshole press corp members are sitting.
I mean, are you for real?

[underseasurveyor]

32. Looks like you've gotten enough shit

I'll leave it at that.

[Doremus]

34. If that's all you took away from a superb presser, there's nothing anybody here can do to help you.