Video: Obama starting to get testy at media’s questions about Blago
posted at 8:54 pm on December 16, 2008 by Allahpundit
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As testy, at least, as the Prince of Peace is capable of getting. Via Breitbart, looks like this scene might have jarred something loose in the press corps because reporters were talking tough afterwards. Good work, boys — you’re only six months too late.
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You sub-intelligent conservatives will never get the genius of this man.
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BWAHAHAHAH!!!!!
hawkdriver on December 16, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Thanks. I’d read about Blago wanting him out, but I’d forgotten the name.
INC on December 16, 2008 at 10:41 PM
Ha, he cut you guys off months ago! You big brave journalists are so completely potty trained! You know where you are allowed to go, and where you are not allowed to go, don’t you? What good boys you are! So big and brave!
drunyan8315 on December 16, 2008 at 10:43 PM
I was listening to Hannity today and one of his liberal callers, Reggie I think, already said he accepts that Obama is a liar. He okay with it because they all are.
Oh wait Colin, no, no I wasn’t listening to Hannity.
Geez, someone is knocking on my door now….
Help….
hawkdriver on December 16, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Err ahh, I never um err ahh talked to err uhhh ummm whats his name? He did talk to Blago. Lets kick back. When the hearing starts. We will hear the rest of the recordings. I also think that there will be some people that will squawk like no tomorrow. Hee Hee Hee
sheebe on December 16, 2008 at 10:49 PM
“We need the Sam Donaldsons of the world.” Well, I guess Alter has pretty much sized up the WH press corps and decided that they are lacking.
Not that I disagree.
r keller on December 16, 2008 at 10:49 PM
If Obama says “I don’t want you to waste you question…”, the reporter should tell Obama that if he is not going to answer the question, he doesn’t want to waste his time, and walk out.
That would put an end to this nonsense right quick.
This is yet another example of the arrogance of Obama. He really seems to think that a reporter would more value having him answer a stupid question fully than a cogent question evasively. This act is going to get real old, real quick…
gridlock2 on December 16, 2008 at 10:58 PM
First off, the questions were not particularly tough. And second, if they were questioning a Republican the next reporter would have asked the same questions, and the third reporter and the fourth and the fifth and the sixth etc. until either they got an answer or the president exploded in rage, which would then be shown every 15 minutes in an endless loop for the next 2 days on every cable and network new show.
Fred 2 on December 16, 2008 at 11:04 PM
“Fellas, Can’t I just eat my Waffles?”-Barack Obama the last time he was asked a tough Question.
portlandon on December 16, 2008 at 11:13 PM
They haven’t pushed because they thought he’d owe them. Idiots.
TinMan13 on December 16, 2008 at 11:14 PM
I’m thinking of an interview where the perky Katie Couric is almost twisting Sarah Palin’s arm over what freaking papers she reads.
hawkdriver on December 16, 2008 at 11:19 PM
This pr**k isn’t even president yet and I’m already sick of his mendacious, dissembling “uh, uh, uh, em, uh, ah,…” schtick! This jackass is orders of magnitude worse than mush-mouthed Bush EVER was! This country is SO F***ED!!
blackelkspeaks on December 16, 2008 at 11:33 PM
Yep, reallllly important stuff. It has to be important, since it’s still a moonbat staple.
I just wonder why the liberal contributors here don’t have much to say in a thread like this? I think I’ve seen only one or two come to Obama’s defense.
ddrintn on December 16, 2008 at 11:33 PM
I would have loved for Sarah to have said, “Oh, I don’t read newspapers. Maybe the Anchorange/Juneau papers, but I spend most of my time reading InStyle, Outdoor World, and all NRA literature I receive.”
Oink on December 16, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Is Obama wearing a mohawk/fade haircut now?
fossten on December 16, 2008 at 11:39 PM
Like Travis Bickle getting ready to leave carnage in his wake? ;o)
ddrintn on December 16, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Obama sounds like a grumpy Porky Pig. Putin will eat him alive… maybe with some fava beans.
batterup on December 16, 2008 at 11:55 PM
BO will have a “no tough questions” policy during his tenure. Any reporter who asks actual questions will be booted out of the White House press corps.
Mojave Mark on December 16, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Don’t you see? That just shows how awesome he is! You don’t see Bush doing stuff like that!
JohnJ on December 17, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Tonight, I heard reports that Emmanuel had as many as 21 conversations with Blago about the Senate seat. Are we to believe that only in conversation 21 that Blago started talking about pay-for-play?
Sorry, I’m not buying it. I don’t know whether (and, if so, how) this reached Obama’s level. It clearly reached Emmanuel’s level, and the onus is completely on Obama’s transition team to explain what Emmanuel knew, when he knew, and what he did with the information.
My suspicion is that Emmanuel tried to play ball with Blago for a bit, but let it go too far and got in over his head. If I’m correct, Emmanuel has to go.
BuckeyeSam on December 17, 2008 at 12:31 AM
No,no… you just have a pad made up of little signs that say “I told you so”. Then you just rip one off and hand it to the person while you say “Here-e-e-e-es your-r-r-r sign! ;-)
Yoop on December 17, 2008 at 12:40 AM
Wasn’t that Jesse Jackson’s idea?
Hawkins1701 on December 17, 2008 at 1:14 AM
Move it along, nothing to see, keep it movin……
JeffinOrlando on December 17, 2008 at 1:55 AM
Watch Mr. Obama, President Elect, the Office of….
…………. then watch this.
How many………”Uhhhhh………… Ummmmsssss………. Aaahhhhh……….” do you think Mr. Obama has him in to placate those who want to eradicate us from the face of the earth?
……………… President George W. Bush will be missed, ….
…………. sooner than later, and the MSM is part to blame.
Seven Percent Solution on December 17, 2008 at 2:18 AM
Follow up………..
I couldn’t help notice the laughter in the press core as John tried to keep asking the question………..
……….. how long will it be until no “approved” questions are asked, or that no questions will be asked at all…………….. if you still want to be let in the room?
“Change?”…………….. indeed!
Seven Percent Solution on December 17, 2008 at 2:38 AM
“the MSM is
partalmost completely to blame.”FIFY
:-)
Buckaroo on December 17, 2008 at 2:38 AM
BuckeyeSam,
Obama cleared himself, that should be good enough!
rob verdi on December 17, 2008 at 6:29 AM
You know, as civilized people on the right most of us accepted our defeat and were ready to give this guy a chance, after little more than a month Ive given up on that and anything that can undermine this asshat and render him impotent is goal we should all endeavor towards. What a piece of crap.
Viper1 on December 17, 2008 at 6:49 AM
The msm will never snap out of their O trance. Just a bunch of useless tools.
Done That on December 17, 2008 at 7:00 AM
POST-ELECTION PRESSERS!!!
WHAT ABOUT PRE-ELECTION PRESSERS YOU DIP-*%#t!!!!!
Thank for selling us down the river guys.
conservnut on December 17, 2008 at 7:21 AM
No problem . . . his little hand servants, the mainstream media, will just cower in the corner and plead forgiveness for their stupid questions.
rplat on December 17, 2008 at 7:36 AM
IYAM, he’s behaving more and more like the usurping dictator than the President-SELECT. This reporter deserves a Pulitzer for asking that question to shake DA ARAB ONE to his core. Why blacks were stupid enough to elect him…IS BEYOND ME!
BobAnthony on December 17, 2008 at 7:41 AM
This makes me sick. I have actually gotten to the point that when The One is on tv I have to either change the channel or mute it. What an arrogant a$$hole. This whole thing stinks all the way to the top!
milwife88 on December 17, 2008 at 7:42 AM
/raises glass to toast
So here’s to all of you MORONS who voted for a shallow man, a ego the size of his ears, a empty suit, a false Messiah. And to all of you so called Conservatives who stayed home because we did not want the lesser of two evils. I hope your fat and happy now, we have 4 years of this liar and his thugs in store. If you have not done so yet, time to hit the Gun Stores and stock up. We have a POTUS who is going to “impose” his will on us and no one is going to stand up for America. The MSM is just starting to get it, this man BHO is a danger to us all. To the Constitution, to Freedom, to America. Be ready for anything, it’s gonna get bumpy. Way to go MORONS AND IDIOTS, there should be a test for folks to be able to vote. We have too many fools that voted themselves a “check” and voted against America.
Mark Garnett on December 17, 2008 at 7:53 AM
I remember a debate I had with a young liberal back when Clinton was running for the first time.
He told me that he knew Clinton was somebody who totally lacked character, but he supported Clinton because Clinton supported policies that he believed in.
I asked the young man, that if Clinton had no character, how could he be sure that Clinton would actually carry out any of his promises.
3 years later I was wishing I could contact that young man to ask him if he still believed that supporting someone without character was such a good idea.
It looks like liberals never learn.
MarkTheGreat on December 17, 2008 at 7:53 AM
LOL!
chunderroad on December 17, 2008 at 8:02 AM
The only thing the members of the press love more than Obama, is themselves.
The O risks a lot when he starts dissing members of the exalted clan.
MarkTheGreat on December 17, 2008 at 8:17 AM
“No,no… you just have a pad made up of little signs that say “I told you so”. Then you just rip one off and hand it to the person while you say “Here-e-e-e-es your-r-r-r sign! ;-)”
“Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make proud.”
They don’t come any prouder than B. Hussein.
In a couple of years, there are going to be very few people who will openly admit they voted for this guy. An amnesia epidemic will set in.
NoDonkey on December 17, 2008 at 8:25 AM
No. They have too much invested in getting him elected.
NoFanofLibs on December 17, 2008 at 8:29 AM
“No. They have too much invested in getting him elected.”
That’s exactly it.
What are they going to say, “the guy we went out of our way NOT to investigate, the guy we in the media did everything possible to get elected, maybe he’s not such a great President”.
The media broke him and the media bought him. If he falls, they fall.
NoDonkey on December 17, 2008 at 8:32 AM
Obama best watch himself, or patronizing cracks like that will take the shine off his love affair with MSM.
petefrt on December 17, 2008 at 8:42 AM
I recall the days when conservatives cheered every time President Bush laid the smack down on the press corps with an arrogant, smarmy non-response to a legit question. Things like “straght shooter” “atta boy!” and “you tell em!” were bandied about as signs of approval of said smackdowns. Now Obama does it and there’s an uproar. Mmmm smell the hypocrites in the air.
DeathToMediaHacks on December 17, 2008 at 8:53 AM
FIFY
Yoop on December 17, 2008 at 8:53 AM
I’m not even gonna go there…
Jarhead68 on December 17, 2008 at 8:57 AM
Oh good gawd.
Brat on December 17, 2008 at 8:58 AM
DeathToMediaHacks on December 17, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Yeah. It is hypocritical for Obama to promise Hope and Change and wind up being just a Chicago machine politician.
kingsjester on December 17, 2008 at 8:58 AM
Why not do what he did? If he doesn’t have to answer a question why should he?
The MSM won’t take him to task, I didn’t see one serious article about him dodging this question…they will do what he says.
If Bush would have done that it would have been headlines, but Obama, no big deal…hey, get ready for 4 years of this stuff.
right2bright on December 17, 2008 at 8:58 AM
Not sure but he sure deported a traitor. Why are we not prosecuting the traitors who gave aid and comfort to the enemy?
Jarhead68 on December 17, 2008 at 9:00 AM
Yo Bama, you’re OUR employee now, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS!
All questions are now in your pay grade!
Who will be the first reporter to have the balls to tell him that?
But then again he is only the PRESIDENT ELECT… he doesn’t have to answer YET…
love the’ I told you so’ pad, I think I’ll getting bumper stickers made too….
NJMaire on December 17, 2008 at 9:03 AM
Disagree. Their intention was to get him elected first, and control him afterward. There isn’t, and never was, any intention to vet him.
JiangxiDad on December 17, 2008 at 9:06 AM
DON’T BLAME ME, I VOTED FOR PALIN!
:)
Mark Garnett on December 17, 2008 at 9:19 AM
Get tougher? How is that accomplished from the kneeling position?
Kid from Brooklyn on December 17, 2008 at 9:20 AM
I’ve always seen the press as a pack of feral dogs, and I mean that in the most derogatory manner possible. As long as the ferals get fed what they want Obama will be ok, but once Obama cuts off or even alters the food supply they’ll turn on him in a hot minute. Never trust feral dogs, especially when they circle behind you.
abcurtis on December 17, 2008 at 9:21 AM
But, but, but… Obama’s clean and articulate – Slo-Joe Biden said so. :)
abcurtis on December 17, 2008 at 9:23 AM
BHO: A little later, Sweetie, after I finish eating my waffle.
Steve Z on December 17, 2008 at 9:39 AM
If Obama doesn’t want to waste a question, why doesn’t he ANSWER it?
Answer: He doesn’t know, or doesn’t want us to know.
Steve Z on December 17, 2008 at 9:42 AM
Steve Z on December 17, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- No, he deserves exactly what he got; he spent the entire campaign on his knees instead of investigating anything.
- “Blacks”? I strongly recommend that if you want to know about the election, you do a little reading. Black turnout was nearly identical to 2004, 14% of the total votes to 13% then. When you throw out racially opinionated statements, but your facts are wrong, people might mistakenly get the impression that you are a racist, and discredit your opinions.
Just so you know.
Jaibones on December 17, 2008 at 9:47 AM
Where’s Helen Thomas when we need her?
Steve Z on December 17, 2008 at 9:48 AM
Ask Monica Lewinsky.
Steve Z on December 17, 2008 at 9:48 AM
here’s the good news: nancy pelosi will never, ever keep quiet, so when she disagrees with The One,she will shout it to the rooftops. and how will The One be able to be silent then?
At some point, there will be a controversy & he will have to answer, even tho his answer will be a stuttering lie.
kelley in virginia on December 17, 2008 at 10:32 AM
IMHO Obama is an @sshole.
pseudonominus on December 17, 2008 at 10:39 AM
I was thinking about that interview just the other day.. and that was one of the most asinine and insulting questions that was asked.
Between the lines was: “Do you rubes read at all or get the REAL news or still rely on the telegraph system up in Alaska?”
DaveC on December 17, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Obama is very thin-skinned and doesn’t handle criticism well. This ought to be a fun 4 years for pundits.
Bevan on December 17, 2008 at 10:49 AM
John, the threatened editor, tinkeled (tee teed) on Obama’s red runner inaugeral carpet. That doesn’t set well with “The One” who is supposed to be enjoying accolades at this time of the year. What Obama is saying to John is, don’t waste my moments of glory with these inane questions that have no relevance for my nation-building program. To quote from the NYT piece that just came out,
So the press which helped bring us to this sorry state of corruption eruption needs to butt out!
wepeople on December 17, 2008 at 10:49 AM
Dead from Lung Cancer I think… I think it was from Clinton’s Cigar… Second… errrr Third hand…
Mark Garnett on December 17, 2008 at 11:05 AM
the truth hurts, and the Messiah doesn’t like pain.
notagool on December 17, 2008 at 11:08 AM
The Messiah had better get used to it. It is very easy to cast stones when the Buck Stops There….!
DL13 on December 17, 2008 at 11:19 AM
Obambi=the Artful Dodger
What an arogant asshole!!!
Winebabe on December 17, 2008 at 11:23 AM
While I accepted defeat by Obama, I never gave him the benefit of the doubt (or “a chance” as you call it), and, based upon his campaign rhetoric, I never wished him success in office; in fact, I’ve wished for as many broken campaign promises as possible from the Chicago Jesus. For in any Obama success would lie the demolition of the United States of America as I have come to know her and love her.
RickZ on December 17, 2008 at 11:29 AM
/Golf Clap! Well said…
Mark Garnett on December 17, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Fixed it for ya, winebabe.
–courtesy of a winedude.
UltimateBob on December 17, 2008 at 11:53 AM
There’s your ‘Hope ‘n Change’ Obamites!
Arrogance, thy name is Barry Whosane.
Christine on December 17, 2008 at 11:57 AM
“Waste a question”??? What, there are only a certain number allowed?
onlineanalyst on December 17, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Found this on CBS3.com
It was from Blagojevich..
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heard this before.. Either he will be spinning a complete BS smokescreen …or… will he be blowing the whistle on Rhammie and the one…??
My guess is the BS smokescreen although I would love to hear him attack obie.
bullseye on December 17, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Unfortunately 52 percent of the country decided to waste their vote for president on an empty suit narcassist.
bullseye on December 17, 2008 at 12:10 PM
“I have’nt indicated that the story in your own paper is accurate…” hmmmmmm. He will tell the reporters what is to be believed. The pinnacle of hubris. This guy is in for an education. A very painful one I am guessing.
Lunkinator on December 17, 2008 at 12:12 PM
So when will Obama talk to journalist “without preconditions”…
the_nile on December 17, 2008 at 12:42 PM
I watched the exhange. Obama was somewhat testy, I guess, but the main thing is how little “provocation” that triggered it. The reporter asked an obvious question, he did not interrupt O! (when O! interrupted him) and he was not particularly aggressive in posing his follow up question.
Lightworker is really weak off script, just as most of us had all observed during the campaign. Although it’s amusing to watch when he’s dealing with political things, I’m scared to death of how he’ll do with foreign leaders on matters of national security.
Y-not on December 17, 2008 at 1:17 PM
He’s arrogant and thin-skinned as noted above.
You want to read something interesting and quite sobering. Go to your library and skim a couple of books on narcissism.
A couple of months ago my husband found this post on leadership and narcissists at FuturePundit.
The original article FP linked to stated:
FP concludes:
INC on December 17, 2008 at 1:31 PM
I’m wondering if Bill Engvall will be working it into his routine.
“Here’s your sign!”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here’s_Your_Sign
Yoop on December 17, 2008 at 1:36 PM
This is nothing. Wait. He will get far more interesting later in his term.
tartan on December 17, 2008 at 1:41 PM
If this poll is accurate,you may have something there.
Poll: 37% of Americans Unable to Locate America on Map of America
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-shehori/poll-37-of-americans-unab_b_150933.html
Yea,there are some scary stupid people out there.
I think the reporter should have thrown his shoes at Obama.
Just remember,being a democrat is almost like being the member of a cult.
That is the only way you can explain why the Dumba$$’s in
New York keep voting democrats in that have gotten them in such a freaking mess:
Gov. David Paterson unveils dire New York State budget that includes new taxes, layoffs and cuts
Trying to close a $15.4 billion budget gap, Paterson called for 88 new fees and a host of other taxes, including an “iPod tax” that taxes the sale of downloaded music and other “digitally delivered entertainment services.”
“We’re going to have to take some extreme measures,” Paterson said Tuesday after unveiling the slash-and-burn budget.
Additional items the state is considering raising fees and taxes on:
Don’t bother asking the mayor any direct questions,he will tell you to “not waste your question” and just read the report.
Baxter Greene on December 17, 2008 at 2:01 PM
Remember during the bogus Plame scandel,Bush told the press early on:
Anybody caught breaking the law would be dealt with and he was not going to comment on an ongoing investigation.
Liberals and their activists friends in the press went wild accusing Bush of stonewalling and protecting his corrupt friends.
After all that huffing and puffing about Bush/Cheney in papers and televisions across the US,a democrat Armitage
ends up being the leaker.
Where is all that gun-ho investigative press at now.Where are all the probing questions and follow ups.Where are all the editorials and movie stars calling Obama out?
Where is all that transparency that Obama promised?
Where is all the Change?
Just more double standards and hypocrisy coming from Pravda west,bowing down on their news to their Messiah like the good whipped dogs they are.
Baxter Greene on December 17, 2008 at 2:14 PM
I’m one of your “so called conservatives” who left the Presidential choice blank rather than compromise my values and vote McCain. I encouraged my friends to do the same. In my case, it was not the lesser of two evils, it was two totally unacceptable candidates. I proudly stand by my decision and am reminded everytime McCain is interviewed (post-election) why I made that decision. I can’t understand how you would be happier if McCain had won, but that is your choice.
tgillian on December 17, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Well, if nothing else, had McCain won, Governor Palin would have been well-positioned for a successful run in 2012.
Y-not on December 17, 2008 at 2:47 PM
You big bad toughs in the press really have him scrambling now don’t you? You are like sissy little school girls curled in a ball under your desks whimpering because some boy called you fat and ugly…
sabbott on December 17, 2008 at 5:32 PM
Uh… l,l,l,l,let me uh, uh, uh, uh, say…
e,e,e,e,e,enough.
Obama has the rare ability to make President Bush sound eloquent at times.
cannonball on December 17, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Four years of this bumbling is going to drive me bananas.
cannonball on December 17, 2008 at 6:19 PM
“John, John… Let me ask you, did Joe the Plumber send you that question? Cause if he did, tell him that I learned my lesson; no more off the cuff answers. Next non-honest question please.”
RalphyBoy on December 17, 2008 at 6:48 PM
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