Obama: No Follow-Up Questions

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Craig Crawford points out that Barack Obama is following in the footsteps of George W. Bush, by refusing to take follow-up questions.

In last night’s press conference, Obama cut off any attempt by reporters to follow up his answers to their questions. If he intends to maintain this Bush policy, reporters must work together and agree to ask the obvious follow-up to the previous question as they take their turns. Otherwise, these press conferences are nothing but one-sided speeches.

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182 comments
1 acwgusa  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:35:59am

There will be NO QUESTIONING of the ONE.

2 Lizard by the Bay  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:36:08am

And they worked so hard to get him where he is, too…

Oh well, under the bus with you all!

3 JammieWearingFool  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:36:31am

No time when you take 20 minutes to, ummm, answer a simple question.

4 MrSilverDragon  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:36:32am

re: #1 acwgusa

There will be NO QUESTIONING of the ONE.

Maybe not by the media, but there sure as hell will be from me.

5 tedzilla99  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:36:57am

President Bush took followup questions - what are they talking about?

6 faraway  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:37:21am

Craig Crawford is so far left, he’s off the charts. What’s going on here?

7 Diamond Bullet  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:37:41am

Teleprompters are not supposed to talk back. That tingle up your legs was just the One plugging you in.

8 phoenixgirl  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:37:59am

under water? it’s upside down you dope

9 acwgusa  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:38:00am

re: #4 MrSilverDragon

Maybe not by the media, but there sure as hell will be from me.

Off to the re-education camp with you then, Infidel!

//Sarcasm to the nth!

10 NYCHardhat  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:38:11am

Bush was a hell of a POTUS compared to this flunky.

11 turn  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:38:12am

That’s ok, I can’t understand his answer to the first question so I wouldn’t expect to get much out of the followup either.

12 Ford_Prefect  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:38:14am
reporters must work together and agree to ask the obvious follow-up to the previous question

Already happening.

13 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:38:15am

Hey, Bambi, … payback will be a bitch.

14 gmsc  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:38:16am

re: #5 tedzilla99

President Bush took followup questions - what are they talking about?

That’s it! For questioning the official history as brought to you by state media, the Civilian Security Force will now take you off to re-education camp!

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15 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:38:40am

Enough! I won.

16 FurryOldGuyJeans  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:38:56am

More “Blame it on Bush”. Will this ever get old?

Nah, since it always works on the masses to blame everything on a scapegoat.

17 Jetpilot1101  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:38:56am

Man after this guy is done with skewering the economy, people are going to miss the good old days of Carter.

18 MrSilverDragon  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:39:18am

re: #9 acwgusa

Off to the re-education camp with you then, Infidel!

//Sarcasm to the nth!

Well, I suppose after the lebotomy, I won’t care much… but UNTIL then…

19 NYCHardhat  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:39:20am

I’m still waiting for the bright side of the this god damn election.

20 Wishing  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:39:20am

Well I am done with calling the Senate for now. More important places to go:
THE RANGE!
Cya later, lizards.

21 Lizard by the Bay  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:39:25am

re: #6 faraway

Craig Crawford is so far left, he’s off the charts. What’s going on here?

Buyer’s remorse.

22 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:39:28am

Present!

23 faraway  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:39:47am

Timmy Taxcheat: ‘WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT OUT DETAILS, UNTIL WE GET IT RIGHT’

24 turn  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:40:03am

re: #3 JammieWearingFool

No time when you take 20 minutes to, ummm, answer a simple question.

I thought that must have been deliberate, fixed time with long answers means fewer questions to um, ah, er your way through on.

25 NYCHardhat  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:40:12am

re: #23 faraway

Timmy Taxcheat: ‘WE ARE NOT GOING TO PUT OUT DETAILS, UNTIL WE GET IT RIGHT’

Until you pay my taxes.

26 bellamags  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:40:25am

re: #25 NYCHardhat

Until you pay my taxes.

HEY HONEY!

27 FurryOldGuyJeans  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:40:27am

re: #11 turn

That’s ok, I can’t understand his answer to the first question so I wouldn’t expect to get much out of the followup either.

Now you know why the man flaps his lips so much, to bore the audience to tears so they forget they even asked a question.

28 Hengineer  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:41:06am

They’re campaign speeches.

29 NYCHardhat  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:41:08am

re: #26 bellamags

HEY HONEY!

Hey you! How are you?

30 Blue Falcon  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:42:04am

Saul Alinsky tactics at the Florida ‘campaign stop Press Conference thingamajig’ , belittling the critics of his stupid plan to avoid debating the merits. Paints any who dare continue debate as obstructionists for daring to question his slush fund.

Obama does everything to blame the other party for everything and then goes off claiming, “We need bipartisanship.” He doesn’t need the votes to do anything, he doesn’t need or want help. He wants cover for when the public finally wakes out to this disaster in the making.

WEASEL

31 Vicious Babushka  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:42:06am

He doesn’t even answer the question the first time, just rambles on and on about random stuff.

32 turn  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:42:28am

re: #19 NYCHardhat

I’m still waiting for the bright side of the this god damn election.

The only one I can see is that there is going to be another election in 4 years IF the country lasts that long.

33 IgofAntioch  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:42:29am

The One sees the follow-up question as below him!

34 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:43:09am
35 tfc3rid  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:43:21am

re: #30 Blue Falcon

Are you watching? Did a female questioner get booed for her question to O-Fraud?

36 Ford_Prefect  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:43:22am

re: #28 Hengineer

They’re campaign speeches.

During the brief moment that I watched last night (I just couldn’t stand any more than that) I found myself yelling at the TV saying “You are not campaigning anymore!”… Of course I was wrong. He will never stop campaigning. It is the only thing he knows how to do.

37 NYCHardhat  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:43:23am

re: #31 Alouette

He doesn’t even answer the question the first time, just rambles on and on about random stuff.

Clintonian liguistics= Obama jive

38 FurryOldGuyJeans  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:43:26am

re: #28 Hengineer

They’re campaign speeches.

One of his staffers needs to tell the man he won, really.

39 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:43:40am

re: #17 Jetpilot1101

Man after this guy is done with skewering the economy, people are going to miss the good old days of Carter.

“Back when Carter was president, we had to wait in lines for gas”
“Dad, what’s ‘gas’?”

40 bellamags  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:43:46am

re: #29 NYCHardhat

OK. busy at the salon. its warm today so people are heading outdoors. How are you?

41 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:43:59am

re: #37 NYCHardhat

Clintonian liguistics= Obama jive

“Stewardess, I speak jive!”

42 tfc3rid  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:44:03am

re: #37 NYCHardhat

Clintonian liguistics= Obama jive

Jive? RACIST!

43 turn  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:44:08am

re: #27 FurryOldGuyJeans

Now you know why the man flaps his lips so much, to bore the audience to tears so they forget they even asked a question.

Right you are. Seriously, I couldn’t understand what he was trying to say last night.

44 redheadredstate  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:44:09am

Can’t we just cue the porn music, drop trou and let them have at it in these press conferences. The MSM wants to have Barry’s love child so badly they wouldn’t dare to ask a follow-up question. It would kill the mood. The slobbering love-fest has just begun.

45 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:44:13am

Crawford is right, I’m afraid, that Bush shut down follow-up questions. I noticed it at every press conference.

It’s a little amusing to see the media starting to wake up to the fact that they’ve been played.

46 tfc3rid  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:44:18am

re: #38 FurryOldGuyJeans

One of his staffers needs to tell the man he won, really.

He would not know what to do.

47 gmsc  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:44:24am

re: #31 Alouette

He doesn’t even answer the question the first time, just rambles on and on about random stuff.

Press: “Do you think this bill will improve health care?”
0bama: “Improving health care can mean many things, such as preventing steroid use, which has trapped guys like Barry Bonds and A-Rod. It’s sad that baseball players …”

48 phoenixgirl  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:44:26am

wow his answers are so short and to the point!/

49 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:44:29am

OT: Palestinian Women Urged To Sacrifice Their Children.

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Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas/Gaza), Al-Quds TV (Lebanon) -Granddaughter and Wife of Giants of Terrorism, ‘Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam and Abdallah ‘Azzam, Urge Palestinian Women to Sacrifice Their Children

50 FurryOldGuyJeans  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:44:43am

re: #35 tfc3rid

Are you watching? Did a female questioner get booed for her question to O-Fraud?

Considering the misogyny displayed by O and the FMSM during the campaign it wouldn’t surprise me.

51 tfc3rid  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:44:47am

re: #45 Charles

What were they going to ask? Who his wardrobe is by?

52 Land Shark  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:44:49am

Obama is reminding me of that song by The Who, “We Won’t Get Fooled Again.”

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. You just got fooled again!

I guess it’s time to declare all that hope and change garbage to be a fraud. Barrack Fraudbama is my new name for this fool.

53 Lizard by the Bay  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:44:55am

re: #41 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Shiiiiit! (Golly!)

54 phoenixgirl  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:45:29am

re: #51 tfc3rid

What were they going to ask? Who his wardrobe is by?

J. Crew!

55 pre-Boomer Marine brat  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:45:31am

re: #34 buzzsawmonkey

“Bow in thanks that I deign to appear before you.”

Better check to see if Barney’s standing behind you before you do that.
/a political pun comes to mind, but I think I’ll just let well enough alone

56 FurryOldGuyJeans  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:45:31am

re: #43 turn

Right you are. Seriously, I couldn’t understand what he was trying to say last night.

His cadence sure made me think he hadn’t a clue either.

57 tfc3rid  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:45:32am

Final vote on stimulus… 61-37.

58 ThinkRight  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:45:40am

My only question is ;
How in the he! did he get to be POTUS

no sarc

59 NYCHardhat  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:45:41am

re: #40 bellamags

OK. busy at the salon. its warm today so people are heading outdoors. How are you?

I have a bad cold. And my heart is broken. My country is dying.

60 SasquatchOnSteroids  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:45:48am

re: #51 tfc3rid

What were they going to ask? Who his wardrobe is by?

first thing I thought when I saw that tie he was wearing last night -

I see your red stripe.

61 Blue Falcon  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:46:04am

re: #35 tfc3rid

I shut off the TV, can’t be this wound up while doing work in the home office.

62 NYCHardhat  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:46:05am

re: #42 tfc3rid

Jive? RACIST!

But I speak jive.

63 Rancher  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:46:12am

Part of transparency is clarification. Same old same old Obama.

64 gmsc  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:46:25am

re: #59 NYCHardhat

I have a bad cold. And my heart is broken. My country is dying.

Quick - go get some gubmint-approved health care!

65 SasquatchOnSteroids  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:46:33am

re: #57 tfc3rid

Final vote on stimulus… 61-37.

GAAHHH.

66 Jetpilot1101  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:46:51am

re: #57 tfc3rid

Final vote on stimulus… 61-37.

What happened to 2 votes?

67 phoenixgirl  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:46:53am

re: #58 ThinkRight

My only question is ;
How in the he! did he get to be POTUS

no sarc

when can we start slapping the backs of the heads of the idiots who voted for him? no sarc tag here either

68 Hengineer  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:46:54am

re: #31 Alouette

He doesn’t even answer the question the first time, just rambles on and on about random stuff.

And seems to do a lot of blaming and pointing fingers.

69 MrSilverDragon  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:47:01am

re: #58 ThinkRight

My only question is ;
How in the he! did he get to be POTUS

no sarc

An overwhelming majority of the cult of personality.

70 LGoPs  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:47:03am

re: #10 NYCHardhat

Bush was a hell of a POTUS compared to this flunky.

Yeah, but Bush wasn’t r-tikulate…….the American people, in their sophisticated wisdom, demand to have slick, polished, used car salesman types for President.
It’s all in the packaging, man.
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71 tfc3rid  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:47:25am

As I said on the previous thread… We are no longer government of the people, for the people and by the people…

72 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:47:29am

re: #52 Land Shark

Obama is reminding me of that song by The Who, “We Won’t Get Fooled Again.”

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. You just got fooled again!

I guess it’s time to declare all that hope and change garbage to be a fraud. Barrack Fraudbama is my new name for this fool.

And with the “Truth commission” coming up, we know
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgment of our wrongs
They decide
And the shotgun sings the song

I just hope we won’t get fooled again.

73 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:47:32am
74 FurryOldGuyJeans  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:47:41am

re: #63 Rancher

Part of transparency is clarification. Same old same old Obama.

The man speaks as if he is still running for higher office. America elected a perpetual campaigner instead of a leader.

75 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:47:41am

re: #51 tfc3rid

What were they going to ask? Who his wardrobe is by?

Obama wears FUBU (F*ck you, boring underlings)

76 tfc3rid  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:47:46am

re: #66 Jetpilot1101

What happened to 2 votes?

No MN Senator… Ted Kennedy.

77 Killgore Trout  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:47:53am

re: #45 Charles

Chris Mathews is still head over heels in love……
Matthews Gushes Over Obama: ‘I Love To Think With Him’

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78 lostlakehiker  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:48:03am

Rush Limbaugh made a mistake to say “I hope he fails”. No matter how you qualify it—-I hope he fails at socializing health care, etc., the quote will stick.

While there doesn’t seem to be much solid ground for hope that Obama will get it right, or get anywhere close to right, I still hope he doesn’t clusterf*ck us. I’m not going to go down that road of “the worse, the better”. That sort of thinking just leads to things getting worse, and that sort of talk brands a party or a faction as putting factional gain ahead of the national interest. Voters won’t be impressed.

79 Hengineer  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:48:32am

re: #48 phoenixgirl

wow his answers are so short and to the point!/

Tongue, meet cheek

80 bj  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:48:36am

Oh jeez, I am so stimulated with all this hoopy-changeee I can hardly sit still. When will it start, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh? Are we there yet, huh, huh?


sarc/big time

81 Lizard by the Bay  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:48:40am

Damn Bush for backing Specter over Toomey in the primary.

82 nyc redneck  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:48:42am

he can not take a chance on questions.
the risk is too great.
his buffoonery can not be hidden if he speaks.
and the msm can’t spin his ignorance convincingly anymore.
it is becoming obvious he really is an empty suit.
an embarrassment.

83 SFGoth  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:48:46am

My brother keeps several Gs worth of cash hidden in his apartment. Might not be a bad idea. I get the feeling that I should pay the interest only on my equity line (if I go under, big whoop - that means the whole shebang is up) and put my cash into hard assets — gold, guns, ammo, food products that last a long time, etc. Scary. Perhaps if the GOP & our Compashunit Conservativ president hadn’t laid the groundwork for what’s comin’ around the corner….

84 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:48:54am

re: #66 Jetpilot1101

What happened to 2 votes?

I believe that the Senate now has a permanent “present” vote, in honor of our new President.

85 Lizard by the Bay  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:49:07am

re: #66 Jetpilot1101

Well, there’s Ted Kennedy, and then there’s the mess in Minnesota.

86 turn  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:49:16am

re: #45 Charles

Crawford is right, I’m afraid, that Bush shut down follow-up questions. I noticed it at every press conference.

It’s a little amusing to see the media starting to wake up to the fact that they’ve been played.

That may be so, but when the one takes 10 minutes to answer a single question you just know Bush had to actually answer more questions even without taking the followup ones.

87 Texas Heathen  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:49:33am

re: #58 ThinkRight

My only question is ;
How in the he! did he get to be POTUS

no sarc

the msm elected him.

88 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:49:57am

re: #73 buzzsawmonkey

Sanjaya wins American Idol!

I’ve said it before, Obama is the Sanjaya of American politics.

89 Hengineer  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:50:01am

re: #87 Texas Heathen

the msm elected him.

White Guilt elected him (yes yell at me, but its true)

90 brent  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:50:09am

Did you hear Matthews talking about the one (yesterday? monday?)?

He was talking to another senator who made the mistake of questioning the chosen one’s policies - “I think I would like to see us hanging on to more of our money”…. Chris: That won’t work; I actually took economics.

I took econ, too, Chrissie-baby - there’s nothing in econ that says letting the consumer keep his money is necessarily a bad thing; three decades of Reaganomics showed that to be a pretty good thing, actually.

What a self-important tool.

91 Lizard by the Bay  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:50:10am

re: #87 Texas Heathen

the msm selected him.

fixed

92 FurryOldGuyJeans  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:50:23am

re: #87 Texas Heathen

the msm elected him.

No, they anointed and crowned a Messiah-King.

93 CommonCents  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:50:31am

Here’s a little something on the Trojan Horse hidden in the “stimulus” bill that will ruin your health.

Hiding health legislation in a stimulus bill is intentional.

94 Rancher  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:50:35am

re: #74 FurryOldGuyJeans

The man speaks as if he is still running for higher office. America elected a perpetual campaigner instead of a leader.

Like Clinton? Clinton eventually caught a clue and therefore got a second term. Obama may but as yet he looks shell shocked that people are actually questioning his decisions much less criticizing them.

95 Blue Falcon  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:51:19am

re: #83 SFGoth

He should convert the loose cash into certified gold coins and bars. When hyper-inflation starts in two years, he’ll be glad he did.

96 Lizard by the Bay  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:51:22am

re: #89 Hengineer

White Guilt elected him (yes yell at me, but its true)

Ironically, whether it’s fair or not, if Obama fails as spectacularly as he could, it may make African Americans unelectable for generations.

97 Hengineer  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:51:24am

re: #90 brent

Did you hear Matthews talking about the one (yesterday? monday?)?

He was talking to another senator who made the mistake of questioning the chosen one’s policies - “I think I would like to see us hanging on to more of our money”…. Chris: That won’t work; I actually took economics.

I took econ, too, Chrissie-baby - there’s nothing in econ that says letting the consumer keep his money is necessarily a bad thing; three decades of Reaganomics showed that to be a pretty good thing, actually.

What a self-important tool.

I had the same discussion with somebody who said that government work and commercial sector jobs are the same thing. They just couldn’t understand that it was the civilian sector JOBS that pay for the government work in the first place!

98 capitalist piglet  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:51:36am

re: #73 buzzsawmonkey

Sanjaya wins American Idol!

He got up on stage with Stevie Wonder this summer here in Seattle. He sang Superstition, rather poorly, and Stevie couldn’t remember his name when he was trying to wrap up the tune (one of those, “That was Joe Schmoe! Let’s hear it for Joe Schmoe!” things). One of the guys in the band had to come over and shout it in his ear.

Moral of the story: All is not lost.

99 faraway  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:51:48am

All of the folks at the TownHall are waiting for their mortgages to be paid.

100 calvin coolidge  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:51:54am

But, but, but Biden already said the “odds” of Obama taking follow-up questions was 2%. So what did you expect?

101 Hengineer  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:51:58am

re: #96 Lizard by the Bay

Ironically, whether it’s fair or not, if Obama fails as spectacularly as he could, it may make African Americans unelectable for generations.

Which is why I WANT him to succeed….but he doesn’t seem to be living up to my hopes.

102 phoenixgirl  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:52:05am

tickled pink!

103 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:52:06am

re: #74 FurryOldGuyJeans

The man speaks as if he is still running for higher office. America elected a perpetual campaigner instead of a leader.

There’s still the office of Galactic Emperor that’s up for grabs since Palpatine died.

104 tigger2005  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:52:21am

I can excuse Bush for treating reporters like dirt, since he was just returning the favor. I’m sure these reporters are shocked that their fawning over the One is not being reciprocated.

105 SFGoth  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:52:25am

Would it make sense in today’s deflationary cycle to pay off my equity line? It’s only around $40,000.

106 Bob Dillon  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:52:33am

re: #3 JammieWearingFool

No time when you take 20 minutes to, ummm, answer a simple question.

Interesting …. that’s exactly what Ayers did at St. Mary’s College.

Do ya’ suppose? …

/

107 phoenixgirl  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:52:34am

what a plant!

108 VioletTiger  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:52:52am

Well, he didn’t have time to rehearse the follow-ups.
Geez.
/

109 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:52:57am

re: #100 calvin coolidge

But, but, but Biden already said the “odds” of Obama taking follow-up questions was 2%. So what did you expect?

Never tell me the odds!

110 Jinx  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:52:58am

re: #19 NYCHardhat

I’m still waiting for the bright side of the this god damn election.

Actually, if you pay close enough attention you will see that the media is getting what they pressed for. Unfortunately for everyone, they didn’t realize what he really was and now that he will not kowtow to their waning power, the disillusionment begins.

The dying media is beginning to realize the mistake of its hubris. Perhaps that is the only bright side to this tragedy.

111 Hengineer  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:53:09am

re: #3 JammieWearingFool

No time when you take 20 minutes to, ummm, answer a simple question.

He’s a lawyer.

duh to the googol power.

112 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:53:17am

If we don’t act now, we may never recover.

Okay, so, why did we recover from all the other panics over the centuries without massive government spending, but we won’t recover from this one?

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

Mr. President, I would like my stimulus in the form of opting out of this and keeping the money to spend myself.

113 tigger2005  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:53:28am

re: #103 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

There’s still the office of Galactic Emperor that’s up for grabs since Palpatine died.

Technically, that would be Chancellor of the Republic. Palpatine declared himself Emperor, he wasn’t elected to that office.

114 capitalist piglet  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:53:41am

re: #104 tigger2005

I can excuse Bush for treating reporters like dirt, since he was just returning the favor. I’m sure these reporters are shocked that their fawning over the One is not being reciprocated.

Bingo.

115 phoenixgirl  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:53:43am

$1,000 life changing!

116 BGOH  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:53:49am

What I saw in that press conference last night was one lie after another. He isn’t even trying to use his usual charisma to cloak them anymore, because no one of any import is going hold him to account, and he knows it.

My head almost exploded when he used Japan’s woes during the 1990’s as a reason that we need his stimulus package, even though Japan’s experience at that time is exactly why we SHOULDN’T be doing this.

I need a drink…

117 AuntAcid  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:53:53am

“No Follow-Up Questions”?

Duh! What don’t you understand about “I’m in charge and you’re not!”

118 phoenixgirl  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:54:10am

re: #112 EmmmieG

If we don’t act now, we may never recover.

Okay, so, why did we recover from all the other panics over the centuries without massive government spending, but we won’t recover from this one?

[Link: en.wikipedia.org…]

Mr. President, I would like my stimulus in the form of opting out of this and keeping the money to spend myself.

off with your head!/

119 redheadredstate  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:54:12am

re: #89 Hengineer

White Guilt elected him (yes yell at me, but its true)

I’ve thought about this for a while. Dem crossovers helped get him elected. Does anyone remember all the crossover Dems who voted Republican for McCain? They knew he was one of the weakest candidates and that he would have difficulty with the Repub base so they sabotaged the elections process during the primaries. No doubt that there were much more stronger candidates than the Maverick. For me 2008 and beyond will mark the transition in the American electoral system from fair to blatantly corrupt. From the primary shenanigans to ACORN, to the Black Panthers intimidating voters outside a polling place I feel like I live in a 3rd world country.

120 VioletTiger  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:54:20am

re: #93 CommonCents

Here’s a little something on the Trojan Horse hidden in the “stimulus” bill that will ruin your health.

Hiding health legislation in a stimulus bill is intentional.

IMO, one of the scariest parts of this bill. If people only knew what this could mean down the road…

121 FurryOldGuyJeans  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:54:23am

re: #94 Rancher

Like Clinton? Clinton eventually caught a clue and therefore got a second term. Obama may but as yet he looks shell shocked that people are actually questioning his decisions much less criticizing them.

He had no serious opposition or questioning until now, and it shows.

122 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:54:57am
123 tfc3rid  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:55:01am

re: #116 BGOH

He was saying that what happened in Japan was exactly what is needed here… Saying it wasn’t really a black decade for Japan…

No, it wasn’t black, it was RED.

124 FrogMarch  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:55:05am

The stock market tumbled the day after Obama won.

“He won!”

Now? still no confidence.

125 NYCHardhat  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:55:08am

I personally don’t care that follow up questions weren’t taken. This POS POTUS didn’t answer anything from the word go anyway.

126 Hengineer  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:55:15am

re: #122 buzzsawmonkey

No followups = no foulups

Political algebra.

so what happened to Bush then?

127 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:55:39am

re: #123 tfc3rid

He was saying that what happened in Japan was exactly what is needed here… Saying it wasn’t really a black decade for Japan…

No, it wasn’t black, it was RED.

Must you bring race into this?
/

128 Ford_Prefect  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:56:04am

re: #96 Lizard by the Bay

Ironically, whether it’s fair or not, if Obama fails as spectacularly as he could, it may make African Americans unelectable for generations.

I disagree. I think that the vast majority of Americans, particularly those that always vote, are smart enough to look beyond the color of a person’s skin. Obama’s failure as President will have nothing to do with his skin color. This time around a lot of people may have voted for him because he is black, but those people do not always vote. As it becomes less of a novelty to have a black man or woman run for office, those that are foolish enough to vote for a person because of skin color will stop bothering to vote.

130 Nevergiveup  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:56:42am

re: #3 JammieWearingFool

No time when you take 20 minutes to, ummm, answer a simple question.

you actually heard a real answer?

131 Hengineer  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:57:24am

re: #130 Nevergiveup

you actually heard a real answer?

I heard a lot of a little kid screaming that it was the other kids fault.

132 tfc3rid  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:57:28am

re: #127 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

Must you bring race into this?
/

Dammit… you caught me…

133 subsailor68  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:57:35am

One thing last night that put me through the roof was that stale old crone Helen Thomas using the modifiers “so called” when she referred to terrorists.

And the only commentator to mention it: Bernie Goldberg on Fox.

Thank you Bernie!

134 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:57:50am
135 Kosh's Shadow  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:58:15am

re: #103 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

There’s still the office of Galactic Emperor that’s up for grabs since Palpatine died.

I believe Darth Soros already took it.

136 lawhawk  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:58:17am

A right wing spin would posit the following:

Bush did shut down follow up questions, particularly with Helen Thomas, who would take every opportunity to ramble on incoherently and waste everyone’s time. He did it at other times as well, but also to spread questions to others in the room and not simply to allow any one reporter to mug for the cameras.

Obama is taking it in a different direction because he doesn’t want to take questions that might make him look bad, which would be any and all of them because Obama’s policies are patently partisan pork and unrelated to getting the economy back on its feet and anyone with a pulse can recognize the long term damage that will be done as a result.

A left winger would do almost the reverse:
Bush is avoiding all questions because he’s a fraud who would be exposed as an idiot who can’t manage to do anything well, except for the conspiracy to take down the Twin Towers, invade Afghanistan for the oil pipeline and murdered millions.

Obama is simply spreading the wealth among the reporters who are graced by His Excellency’s presence. We would not want any one reporter to get too close to Obama because he would spontaneously combust from the sheer joy and pleasure that Obama brings, even when talking about the grim and catastrophic damage done by the Bush Administration on the economy that he will singlehandedly save through splitting atoms with his mind.

/how a spinmeister would approach the same instance.

137 CommonCents  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:58:33am

re: #133 subsailor68

One thing last night that put me through the roof was that stale old crone Helen Thomas using the modifiers “so called” when she referred to terrorists.

And the only commentator to mention it: Bernie Goldberg on Fox.

Thank you Bernie!

Same beef, different thread. I went off on that one. The wife had to calm me down.

138 gmsc  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:58:45am
Youtube Video
139 Blackacre  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:58:52am

No follow-up and, um, a total, um, eight question limit.

140 faraway  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:59:05am

OMG, Obama sounds like a faith healer

141 Rancher  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:59:15am

re: #105 SFGoth

Would it make sense in today’s deflationary cycle to pay off my equity line? It’s only around $40,000.

My thinking is that when hyperinflation hits any fixed interest debt should be paid off as slowly as possible. Today’s dollars are worth allot more than tomorrows dollars will be.

142 subsailor68  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 9:59:58am

re: #137 CommonCents

Same beef, different thread. I went off on that one. The wife had to calm me down.

Well, you’re lucky. My wife was getting ready to throw a shoe at the television if I hadn’t stopped her.

:-)

143 Jinx  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:00:16am

Here’s to transparency and ethics!

144 faraway  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:00:21am

How is it that the only people asking questions are sycophants?

145 FurryOldGuyJeans  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:00:56am

re: #103 BeerDrinking_VictoryMonkey

There’s still the office of Galactic Emperor that’s up for grabs since Palpatine died.

Whenever I think about this porkulus bill I can’t help but remember the scene where Palpatine creates the Empire. I think we are watching the creation of an American Socialist State and being drowned in the thunderous applause as freedom dies.

146 brent  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:01:02am

I wish more people thought like me, Rush - the government is a drain on the public sector; those jobs are at best a necessary expense, at worst the proverbial hole in the ground where politicians burn the fruits of our labor.

Who is John Galt?

147 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:01:17am
148 faraway  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:02:10am

I, I, I, I, I

149 FurryOldGuyJeans  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:03:13am

re: #144 faraway

How is it that the only people asking questions are sycophants?

Easier to read prepared remarked to prearranged questions. You seriously think O has any clue what to say if asked a question he is not prepared to answer, with no teleprompter to back him up?

150 Gella  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:04:16am

so how is this POTUS is different from the other? ya this one can get better teleprompter, with connection to his team who will answer questions for him or better internet connection

151 faraway  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:04:39am

I must say, this ‘townhall’ is the most bizarre spectacle I have ever witnessed in politics.

152 Ward Cleaver  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:04:40am

re: #93 CommonCents

Here’s a little something on the Trojan Horse hidden in the “stimulus” bill that will ruin your health.

Hiding health legislation in a stimulus bill is intentional.

That will certainly trim the number of AARP members, as they’ll be left to die if their medical care is too expensive.

153 wiffersnapper  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:04:46am

He couldn’t take any follow up questions, he had a busy schedule ahead of him, including turning water into crunk juice.

154 Texas Heathen  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:06:59am

I caught a snippet of the address last nite driving home from H&R block. I couldn’t believe that with all that is going on in the US and World that the only question this reporter had for the POTUS was something about how he feels about A-Rod admitting to Steroid use.
I SCREAMED at the radio “is that all you could think of to ask? You F*cking moron” AAAARRRGGGHHHHH

155 aboo-Hoo-Hoo  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:09:23am

No market upticky with the passage of the Stimu-alot-less©, Down -295, SPX - 31, Compx -47.

ugh.

156 big steve  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:09:40am

To me Obama was impressive in two areas last night….the first is that he doesn’t take crap off of reporters. I am old enough to remember Jimmy Carter pressers which were free for alls with the reporters shouting out questions. I was extremely impressed with Reagan when he instituted decorum.

Second, on the question of metrics, Obama answered it clearly and didn’t duck. He said that creation of a half million jobs, increase in housing starts, etc should be the metrics. I can argue that these are the wrong metrics but at least he was specific on what we should hold him accountable for.

157 debutaunt  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:10:02am

re: #39 Kosh’s Shadow

“Back when Carter was president, we had to wait in lines for gas”
“Dad, what’s ‘gas’?”

And we shall return to those glorious days of yesteryear, when gas was sold on odd or even days of the week and…

158 Peacekeeper  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:11:29am
Those he commands move only in command,
Nothing in love: now does he feel his title
Hang loose about him, like a giant’s robe
Upon a dwarfish thief.


Macbeth

159 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:11:54am

It is nobody else’s job to find you a job! This guy with the cap is bugging me. Welcome to adulthood—you have to find your own jobs.

These people all seemed to want help—from the O—personally.

160 SFGoth  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:12:15am

re: #119 redheadredstate

I’ve thought about this for a while. Dem crossovers helped get him elected. Does anyone remember all the crossover Dems who voted Republican for McCain? They knew he was one of the weakest candidates and that he would have difficulty with the Repub base so they sabotaged the elections process during the primaries. [ ]


I still have no idea why the GOP allowed crossover voting. Another stupid idea from the fools who brought you the door to socialism.

161 realwest  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:12:25am

re: #156 big steve
Should we hold HIM responsible for the diastorus health care provisions in this Stimulus Bill?

162 itellu3times  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:12:38am

re: #148 faraway

I, I, I, I, I

Ever see the last episode of The Prisoner?

163 realwest  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:16:47am

re: #152 Ward Cleaver
Hey Ward - we kicked that all over the place today, particularly on the last two threads.
Bottem line is NO matter what your Doctor says, No matter what your insurance company or Medicare says, if you have an illness the cost of treating of same would be greater than your likely ongoing contributions to society, then the Federal Government can deny you that treatment.
So if you have enough dough you go black market with doctors. IF you don’t have enough dough you suffer and die. Period.
Thank you to the DEMOCRATIC PARTY, EVERY SENATOR OF WHICH VOTED FOR THIS OBSCENE BILL.

164 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:20:09am
165 nyc redneck  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:20:43am

O can’t even do it w/ soft ball questions from the complicit msm.
he can’t even sound intelligent when the whole thing is scripted to make it easy for him.
empty headed puppet man.

166 realwest  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:22:57am

re: #164 Iron Fist
Hey Bro’ - if you’re still here, please see my #163
above.

167 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:26:18am
168 KitchenQueen  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:33:19am

Well, dangit, how do they expect him to check with his writing staff and get answers to followup questions scripted right away like that? Can’t they give the poor guy a chance? He’s busy trying to save the country. Let them eat steak.
///

169 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:33:54am
170 PineCone  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:43:51am

I listened to most of the press conference. I was not impressed. Obama was not particularly articulate and he certainly did not answer the questions in a way that provided me with the confidence that he understood what he was talking about. Obama is a socialist. He does not understand the basic underpinnings of capitalism because he, by his own admission, was exposed to and gravitated toward socialist/Marxist theory at an early age and continued in that direction throughout college and beyond. The people that voted for him are going to get exactly what he promised.

171 Rancher  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:54:46am

re: #144 faraway

How is it that the only people asking questions are sycophants?


Ari Fleischer, who served as George W. Bush’s former press secretary, said he would give the President a diagram of the press seats and would point out the area where hostiles like representatives of Arianna Huffington would sit. He called it Siberia. He would tell Bush “Don’t take questions from Siberia!”

172 livfreeordie  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:55:09am

Charles -

Quick Google for a Bush press conference transcript gave me this one:
[Link: blogs.suntimes.com…]

President Bush DID take follow-up questions….Sample of one but I do remember him taking follow-ups [which is not to say always]

173 Charles Johnson  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 11:08:06am

re: #172 livfreeordie

Charles -

Quick Google for a Bush press conference transcript gave me this one:
[Link: blogs.suntimes.com…]

President Bush DID take follow-up questions….Sample of one but I do remember him taking follow-ups [which is not to say always]

Well, I didn’t say he never took follow-up questions. Obviously, sometimes he did — but the majority of his press conferences were tightly controlled.

174 winston06  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 11:08:07am

Well, he is fake and he knows it and thats why he doesnt like to be questioned

175 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 11:33:41am
176 kynna  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 11:35:57am

I wouldn’t take follow-ups if I were Bush, either. Every reporter made a speech full of propaganda before ever getting to the question and any follow up was always laced with “you don’t expect us to believe the sky is blue, do you?”

Obama might get the same reaction in time, but the initial questions to him are very much less hostile and speech-like than the questions to Bush were.

I doubt the press will turn against him, though. He abused them during the campaign and all they did was say, “Thank you, sir, may I have another.”

177 Wm T Sherman  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 11:39:21am

All right, I just wanted to confirm - this statement that Bush refused to take follow-up questions is a lie, correct?

178 soxfan4life  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 11:50:39am

re: #10 NYCHardhat

Bush Carter was a hell of a POTUS compared to this flunky.

Fixed it for ya

179 [deleted]  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 11:55:46am
180 Left Coast Right Mind  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 1:55:43pm

I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone filibuster his own press conferences like Obama does. I wouldn’t be surprised if, at a future question, he breaks out a phone book and starts reading out the white pale pages.

181 notutopia  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 2:44:00pm

Don’t question Obama…he has NO valid answers.
Just doublespeak or refusal to speak.

182 Joel  Tue, Feb 10, 2009 2:57:24pm

re: #45 Charles

Crawford is right, I’m afraid, that Bush shut down follow-up questions. I noticed it at every press conference.

It’s a little amusing to see the media starting to wake up to the fact that they’ve been played.

The problem is that the media has invested so much capital into The One they will never bitch about it or even express buyers remorse amongst themselves.


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