Dear President Obama: So much for “press conferences,” eh?
I was stunned to read (not) that your dog and pony show, euphemistically referred to as a “press conference,” was more of the type of con job for which you’ve become famous.
It’s bad enough that a leftwing blog like the Huffington Post was given any kind of credentials. But you loaded up the room with reporters KNOWING that you would only call on a few of them and knowing in advance which of those few had made the cut.
That means that dozens of people directly and tens of millions watching this debacle, expecting to see you handling a wide-range of questions from anyone there, instead of limiting access to pet reporters and excluding the rest; completely waste their time.
This goes to your “Empty Suit” image of hollowness, Mr. President. Since you lack the guts to get out front and take on all comers, this again gives me pause to wonder: If you can’t take on a reporter or several reporters without your handlers making sure they’re the “right kind” of reporters…