Like athletes limbering up for the big game, White House reporters have been going through elaborate preparatory rituals as they bone up for tonight’s prime-time news conference with President Obama, the second formal “presser” of his presidency.
The Bush White House liked to spring its news conferences with as little as a few hours’ notice, on the theory that reporters would have less time to dream up stumpers and zingers. But Obama aides confidently announced tonight’s 8 ET session six days in advance.
There are 160 chairs, and somewhere between 12 and 20 correspondents are likely to get questions.
The unspoken contest playing out under the East Room lights: The president wants to deliver a message – in this case, reassurance on the economy and a plug for his budget – and not get tripped up by issues he considers extraneous, or that might overshadow what he wants to say.
Reporters have the opposite incentive: They want to “make news” by getting the president to say something he hasn’t said before, or wasn’t prepared to say – which, by definition, is not his message.
Sir, are you a WHITE Bush jr, painted black??
Thank you very much President of the United States of America Barack H. Obama.
Mr. President,can you believe all the fucktards that are so critical of your administration and leadership after only 60+ days in office and expect you to have already fixed the super-gigantic fuck up that Bush the Retard and Cheney the Evil left behind, in such an unreasonably short amount of time?
Mr. President, can you believe the Rushpublican party was so morally bankrupt, intellectually challenged and bereft of any ideas or leadership that you were elected the first black president of the United States…EVER!
Thank you once again, Mr. President.
Mr President, did George Bush cause 98% or 95% of all the problems in the world?
To follow up, would it take Jesus and Buddha working together or Jesus, Buddha AND Superman to possibly fix any of it in 4 years?
I think the GOP has hit their heads and forgotten the last 8 years. What a bunch of delusional idiots. 8 years of having the ability to fix things and not, then pillorying the man who is trying to fix it when he hasn’t even been in office 100 days.
and Obama sezs: “Alfred, STFU and sit down.”
Man, my send button gets in the way. There is nothing inconsistent in those two very different statements:
martyrs vs admitted to heaven.
So simple.
The questions were pretty good as were the responses.
Q: Mr President, why are you spending lots of money and hurting our future in fixing the problems we inherited from Bush?
A: Well, because despite what Republicans told you, there is no magic wand and the fairy godmother is dead.
Q: Mr. President, why did you take 3 days instead of 2 days to be outraged at AIG?
A: Well, my conservative friend, I’m the president and take as long as I want. I hope that was your best question because your ass won’t be in here for at least another 4 years.
Q: Mr President, are your meetings consumed with racial overtones?
A: No hun. Guard, please escort this fat ass republican bitch out of here and see who picked these fucking morons to ask me relevant questions.
Mr. President,
Why does Alfred1 always have diarrhea of the mouth and never post any independent sources of verifiable information for his outlandish, ignorant, deceitful claims? Is it because his imaginary invisible god whispered those things in his ear or is he merely repeating the dribble he heard on Rush Limbaugh?
Mr. President, why does Alfred1 hate America and it’s citizens?
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“Q: Mr. President, why did you take 3 days instead of 2 days to be outraged at AIG?”
Obama: Well, because I took the most amount of donations from AIG and ran in circles for three days wondering what to do. Also my buddy Chris Dodd’s wife was a Director of Bermuda-Based IPC Holdings, an AIG Controlled Company. Those damn facts get in the way! Where’s my teleprompter?!?!?!