Man, he needed a teleprompter. Typical cluelessness from the unqualified fraud. Lots of class warfare and campaign cliches... I'm sure the Sheeple loved their show horse's latest celebrity-seeking, self-aggrandizing stunt.
I think. If you're so worried about intellectual dishonesty, how can you even bear a discussion board? 90% of the stuff we say is based on feeling.
Man them some big words your shooting there brah! Glad you can list examples of what your talking about. Amazing display of stereotypical political jargon that has little to no point. Well done! Anyway......I agree with yo in his small assessment. He did what he had to do to at least attempt to make the American public feel like he is attacking the problem. He screwed up royally before with the constant, depressed sounding tone in which he talked about the failing economy. He seemed to step up and show an honest care about the issue at hand. Well done.
alright, who repped TJ? somebody needs to fess up. decent showing on his part, though i'm not buying.
I'm simply amazed at how many times it seems like he said one of the following... "it's not just me, it's _____" "it's not only my opinion, but it's also _____" "I'm not the only one who thinks this way" His supporters will think he's trying to build a consensus. His opponents will view this as trying to escape accountability. Which is it? I think it's a little of both. I don't think he (yet) sees himself to be the leader he campaigned to be. Anyone else have a strange feeling after this press conference? I can't quite put a finger on it, but something seemed wrong. Maybe it was some of the dumb questions. I don't know. Anyway, I agree. How the hell does Compton get in the door?
And according to Drudge: http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/0309/Who_got_questions_at_2nd_presser.html?showall March 24, 2009 Categories: Barack Obama Obama skips major papers: No NYT, WaPo, WSJ, USA Today During President Obama's second East Room news conference, he took questions from 13 reporters over about an hour -- that's the same as during his first presser on Feb. 9. But in quite a departure from the first presser -- and White House protocol -- Obama skipped over the nation's top newspapers. Indeed, there were no questions from the NY Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal or USA Today. That might not sit well with the already insecure newspaper industry. In exchange, Obama opened things up to a wider variety of outlets, including Spanish-language television, a military news outlet, and black-oriented media. It's another example of the White House going over the typical Washington press corps "filter." Here's the list of reporters in order: Jennifer Loven (AP), Chuck Todd (NBC), Jake Tapper (ABC), Chip Reid (CBS), Lourdes Meluza (Univision), Kevin Baron (Stars and Stripes), Ed Henry (CNN), Major Garrett (Fox News), Mike Allen (POLITICO), Kevin Chappell (Ebony), Ann Compton (ABC Radio), Jon Ward (Washington Times) and Stephen Collinson (AFP). So the only newspapers that got a question were the Washington Times, Stars and Stripes, and POLITICO -- although the latter is known by many, especially outside DC, as primarily a website. Similar to the first time around, Obama provided lengthy answers and took follow-ups, which is why just thirteen reporters got a chance in about an hour at the podium. (This item was updated since first published as the presser concluded).
Anybody notice the Fox News reporter with the communist and socialist question. He asked about China (and later referenced them as communist) trying to create an international currency, and some of the more leftist to socialist European Countries not agreeing with Obama's call for more stimulus. The guy was clearly implying that Obama was willing to spend more than Socialists and even communists have no more confidence in our currency. I'm sure Obama didn't pick that up because he went to answer the question as if the guy was questioning his leadership. But it was pretty obvious he was trying to get in a socialist dig.
