Pres. Obama "snaps" at CNN's Ed Henry at press conference
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Stumble ThisFrom his televised press conference 3/24/09.
This is being blown out of proportion in the news. This is a much cooler reaction to a politically motivated question than any of our other recent presidents might have had.
This is being blown out of proportion in the news. This is a much cooler reaction to a politically motivated question than any of our other recent presidents might have had.
I'm glad Obama said it. He could've said a lot more. He could've told the Moonie Times reporter that his question about stem cells during an economic clusterfuck, on the day that there is a massive banking plan rolled out, is grounds for expulsion from the press pool.
"OBAMA EVISCERATES ED HENRY, FAMILY OF FOUR LEFT FATHERLESS" and crap.
It's a perfectly legitimate answer, they also are trying to play this whole "Obama dodged the question" how is it dodging the question? If it took you a few days to look at everything before you wanted to answer isn't that an answer??? Did Obama need to explain what he was doing everyday up until he answered so people would know if he was truly focused on what was most important in THEIR eyes?
Gah!
Just an FYI, I was watching CNN the other day and one "iReporter's" response to Obama's speech was "He takes too long to answer questions. I mean, after the first two sentences I space out CMON!"
Which comes back to my original point of killing stupid people so we have less to worry about.
I found the lady I was talking about, in her defense she said "After the first two sentences" *rolls eyes*
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-234716
Here is a column Ed Henry wrote about the "incident":
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/25/henry.obama/index.html
"Major, escort this burnt motherfucker out of my presence."
Churchill:
Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if I were your wife, I’d poison your tea.
Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I’d drink it
BOOM.
Bessie Braddock: Sir, you are drunk.
Churchill: And you, madam, are ugly. But in the morning, I shall be sober.
POW.
Young man (after seeing Churchill leave the bathroom without washing his hands): At Eton they taught us to wash our hands after using the toilet.
Churchill: At Harrow they taught us not to piss on our hands.
KAPOW.
Let's get some real fucking genius wit back into politics, can we? (no, this doesn't demonstrate churchill's genius, but trust me he was)
(DISCLAIMER THESE ARE NOT NECESSARILY DEMONSTRATIVE OF REALITY AND RYCHAN SNIFFS WOMEN'S BICYCLE SEATS......this is also unsourced!)
What a dark day in world affairs when all it takes for us to consider something a witty retort is for a leader to answer a reporter's question with A SENSIBLE FUCKING ANSWER. Move along people, all this does is make me feel better about thinking obama is NOT a toolbag, and that bush was a toolbag inside a toolbox.
Churchill:
Lady Nancy Astor: Winston, if I were your wife, I’d poison your tea.
Churchill: Nancy, if I were your husband, I’d drink it
BOOM.
Bessie Braddock: Sir, you are drunk.
Churchill: And you, madam, are ugly. But in the morning, I shall be sober.
POW.
Young man (after seeing Churchill leave the bathroom without washing his hands): At Eton they taught us to wash our hands after using the toilet.
Churchill: At Harrow they taught us not to piss on our hands.
KAPOW.
Let's get some real fucking genius wit back into politics, can we? (no, this doesn't demonstrate churchill's genius, but trust me he was)
1) You're comparing Churchill's private conversations to a news conference by Obama.
2) Those quotes by Churchill are all unsourced. We don't know if they actually happened. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill
Not that this was a hard question but do you think he's getting an easy ride?
1) You're comparing Churchill's private conversations to a news conference by Obama.
2) Those quotes by Churchill are all unsourced. We don't know if they actually happened. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill
1) yawn
2) snore
3) you're taking it all too seriously.. if you want to experience churchill's genuine genius, read his quotes page on wikipedia and be amazed, don't come expecting them on a video posting website, all you'll get here is sarcasm and hopefully a few funny observations
4) i'll edit the comment for you if it's not up to your high standards.. happy now!?
It really is amazing just how much of this guy's Flavor-Aid some people will frantically guzzle to justify hypocrisy. They when they start keeling over and dying from Obama's poison they'll try to think of some way to blame someone else for it.
They are not the same "kind" of events, but both of them were disasters the outrage the public and are wide-spread in the effect they have. The 'reaction time' accusation applies to the President for any major news story that impacts the country like that.
The POTUS doesn't live in a bubble. He's got advisors that instantly brief the guy on anything important within a minute of it hitting the news. The furor over AIG has been going on for two weeks. It is fair to criticize both Bush and Obama for taking too long to react to events that causing an uproar or destabilize things. You may not LIKE it if you are an Obama fanboi who dares not hear anything bad about him. Cowboy up and admit the man-child screwed up on this one. Admit that it is perfectly fair for the media to bring it up his mistakes. Admit that your boy also pretty much sucks big-green zombie ones at taking criticism. Bush ignored all criticism like a brick wall. Obama's reaction to criticism is to chew out everyone and whine like a little baby.
What I would love to see in the U.S system is the kind of slanging match you get in the English Parliament where the Prime Minister is made to work and think on his feet. This press conference felt stage-managed and maybe that's the accepted practice but he was hardly having to dodge missiles here. I think you can ask those sorts of questions without appearing disrespectful.
Brown does a press conference now (maybe not too recently though) and I recall him getting battered by some of the journalists. It keeps them honest
We don't get many press-conferences, so when you hit the jackpot and get to ask the POTUS a question, make it a fucking pertinent one or shut the fuck up. These pseudo-journalists are more interested in "making news" (precisely what Chuck Todd and Ed Henry stated) than reporting it, you fail the country.
Holy crap, a succinct answer WITH boourn effect. I am in awe. Bravo sir, bravo.
When BUSH acts slow it is because he is out of touch and stupid.
EXACTLY 100% correct!
The last one did.
"The POTUS doesn't live in a bubble."
The last one did.
Exactly. Now we have a Pres who goes on talk shows, can form complete sentences, and doesn't have his VP's hand jammed up his ass 24/7, making his mouth move.
Oh noes! Ask dumb questions!
"Easy ride" is an understatement. These so-called journalists (the "real" ones, not those biased devils at FOX) don't do any investigative reporting or question authority when it's "their" team at bat. They are useful idiots and might as well get checks directly from this White House.
(don't make him cry)