Open thread: The “If we don’t spend a trillion dollars then the terrorists have already won” presser
posted at 7:40 pm on February 9, 2009 by Allahpundit
8 p.m. ET around the dial. Skip the first 10 minutes if you have to; the fun won’t start until the Q&A. Watch for (a) whether The One has the stones to claim the Senate bill was bipartisan, (b) how soon and hard he’s pressed about the fact that TARP II is likely to be “far bigger” than the stimulus, and (c) whether the health-care provisions being buzzed about at the boss’s blog have trickled up onto the media’s radar yet. With Netanyahu and Likud on the verge of returning to power in Israel, we’re bound to see a question about Israeli hawkishness affecting negotiations with Iran, too. I wonder if he’ll offer even a pro forma statement about Iranian nukes being “unacceptable.”
A lot of minds are going to change tonight. I can feel it.
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uh -uh – did he just let it slip that Iran already has a nuke?
reaganaut on February 9, 2009 at 8:19 PM
oh my….blech….
….sorry….
ladyingray on February 9, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Isn’t his hair starting to point?
Sekhmet on February 9, 2009 at 8:19 PM
Think of the network executrives adding up the lost ad revenue.
Wethal on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Did he actually have the stones to say there is not a single earmark in this bill?
Hammerhead on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
As a United States citizen……………
……. I have a very bad “I am embarrassed for my Dad” felling.
Seven Percent Solution on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I wonder how much his little Indiana smoke break stop cost the American taxpayers today.
The Ugly American on February 9, 2009 at 8:18 PM
Yeah, and he lands in Elkhardt, IN, a place with high unemployment. Get the “unfortunates” riled up!! Hey, isn’t that what community organizers do?
Cody1991 on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
You think he will ever give a concise answer? He rambles and I am so tired of hearing him say uh, um, uh, um
church on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
This is as incoherrent as his inaugural babbling.
roninacreage on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Mmm.. kay?
yo on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
How about you pick a journalist from Fox News, ya coward?
ladyingray on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Didn’t you get the memo? A bunch of people smarter than us ended the debate on this and global warming a long time ago. Get with the program…
mrsmwp on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
“…dahhhhh… Chip Reid”
Ugly on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I wonder who is doing this filthy liar’s job as he flits all over the nation campaigning. At this rate he is going he is racking up the frequent traveler miles with little to show for the effort.
highhopes on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
“what went wrong?” already asked!
Sekhmet on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
My GOD, his answer on Iran is longer than, well…. anything.
Hope he doesn’t have to make instant decisions at 3 AM.
Yoop on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
He’s filibustering. Long answers, saying nothing.
And what’s with the list of names to call on??
mngirl on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I wonder how much each agency paid to get the chance to ask a question tonight.
And I wonder what Olbermann and Matthews will have to say about this.
cannonball on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
I HATE how he goes “Mmkay?” after every answer. Like “There, I answered your question, are you happy now?”
Gina on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
“Mommy. Daddy sounds funny on the TV.”
BuckeyeSam on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Or Jake Tapper
JetBoy on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Bad habits? Like hiring tax cheats?
Babino on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Wow, now he’s phuqqing up a softball…wow. Just wow.
Schweggie on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Will he call on Jake T? Oh man, I hope so.
Dubn8tr on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
He will take credit for every job NOT LOST. Huh??? How is that done?
roninacreage on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
rush is going to have a heart attack tomorrow over this.
he is going to eat this thing alive
kara26 on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
3 Republicans in your Cabinet?
Yeah — one of them a shifty IL pol.
That doesn’t count.
It does for Daley, of course .. but not the rest of the country.
yo on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
he doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about.
boy, the spontaneous nature of this thing is ammmaaaaaaaaazing. he actually has a list of people to call on. prescreened, rehearsed answers.
hope and change, huh!
this guy is imploding! what an embarrassment!
boy, we really have something to be proud of, don’t we?
sandlin71 on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
This is going to be a thrilling four years of press conferences.
amerpundit on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Jesus, this is painful.
jewells45 on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
This guy can’t talk, even when he knows who is going to ask what question… If the lord were benevolent he would disable his teleprompter in the middle of one of his deli veries. hee hee….
PaCadle on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
LOL
My dad just asked me if the “Addict in Chief” was on yet!
pwned
blatantblue on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
so instead of ‘can’t get credit’ ….
you want it to be ‘must compete with their government for credit’
Can’t believe he is spending 5 minutes answering one question..
He even has all his ‘vetted questioners’ sitting together so far… even dressed the same…
This guy is our President??!!?????????????????
Calls next question by name, is looking at an entirely digfferent part of the room when he calls – guess he didn’t know where the guy would be sitting…
ElRonaldo on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Democrats are pissed off he didn’t call on Helen Thomas for the first question.
Enoxo on February 9, 2009 at 8:21 PM
I have a place where he can put his overtures.
“I can’t afford.” I, me, etc.
BuckeyeSam on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Tapper’s on the crapper (list)
roninacreage on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
1 hour presser, 5 questions, classic
kara26 on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
So dismissive. Of anyone that doesn’t go along with him. Heh, he talked about the Iranians the same way he’s talking about the Republicans.
4shoes on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
And I wonder what Olbermann and Matthews will have to say about this.
cannonball on February 9, 2009 at 8:20 PM
They will say he was wonderful. Pitch perfect. Not a sour note. Not one thing to criticize.
church on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
My 19 year old son – who has just gone to Korea in the USAF – has more courage than this douche…
…he won’t even own his own freakin’ bill…
ladyingray on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Bet that he won’t!!
LEBA on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
I now picture him sitting on the edge of his bed, hands on the sides of his face, rocking back and forth say “What the HELL have I gotten myself into?!”
ThePrez on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.
- Adolf Hitler
MB4 on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Elkhardt, IN, lost most of it’s jobs due to a closing of an RV plant due to the high cost of gas and federal environmental regulations……………….
……………. who caused that?
Seven Percent Solution on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Civil. Respectful?
BuckeyeSam on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
FULL OF SH!T!!!
sandlin71 on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
I am so happy Benjamin Netanyahu will be back in power in Israel.
ousoonerfan15 on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Don’t get too excited. We’ll all be hearing about how brilliant and eloquent he was from the moron media.
mrsmwp on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
No because he’s not saying anything. He’s just burning question time.
Oldnuke on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Civil and respectful but “I won’t do anything you suggest, because…..I won!”
LEBA on February 9, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Why dignify that sad little ‘conservative’ entertainment channel? I think he’d sooner call on the Moonies over at the Washington Times.
Vernon Hardapple on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Hey BHO, who’s the president of Big Turdycrapistan?
roninacreage on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
He’s just channeling Mr. Mackie…
ladyingray on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
We should do nothing. The first thing he has said I agree with, but to bad that isn’t his proposal
church on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
so instead of ‘can’t get credit’ ….
you want it to be ‘must compete with their government for credit’
Can’t believe he is spending 5 minutes answering one question..
He even has all his ‘vetted questioners’ sitting together so far… even dressed the same…
This guy is our President??!!?????????????????
Calls next question by name, is looking at an entirely digfferent part of the room when he calls – guess he didn’t know where the guy would be sitting…
I love how it’s now ‘creates or saves’ 4 million jobs. As long as there are still 4 million employed, nobody can say it didn’t work.
ElRonaldo on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Plus he’s still CONSTANTLY starting statements with “As I have said” or “What I said throughout the campaign was”… No one cares about those fillers, comrade, just answer the f-ing question. I couldn’t believe he even did it in response to Reuters lady’s question, which appeared to be a softball written by the administration for her to read (not just because it was a softball, but the delivery of the question was really weird)
RightWinged on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Maybe 6 or 7 questions as he runs out the clock.
KBird on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Day-um. This guy makes no sense!!!
jewells45 on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Please, oh please someone tape it for me!
Sekhmet on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
You are exactly right. Oh! He just said he was civil and polite. This after meeting with the GOP and telling them to STFU since he won the election. Ha! This guy has a very long four years ahead of him and the right needs to make the filthy liar as uncomfortable as possible every second of those four years.
highhopes on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
And people thought Bush was dumb..
j0 on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
He said this money isn’t going to any pet projects. Is he kidding. Does he even believe his own lies?
profgubler on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Economically sound. That from a guy who hadn’t heard of an interest-bearing checking account until four years ago.
BuckeyeSam on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?
BobAnthony on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
It`s Lincoln at Gettysburg!
ThePrez on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
What went wrong is that the President is an effing idiot that doesn’t even know what makes economies (and total tax revenue) go up, and what makes it collapse.
RBMN on February 9, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Did you notice the empty chair next to her/it?
Ugly on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
My husband just tuned it to some “stuff blows up” show on cable.
Sekhmet on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Ah, even better.
What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.
- Adolf Hitler
MB4 on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Oh, and the “stimulus bill” isn’t full of pork???! What’s it full of then?
4shoes on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
It was Buuuussssshhhh!!!!!
KelliD on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
The Wizard of Oz.
At long last, he’s finally, 100% EXPOSED.
The emperor is utterly, utterly naked.
Schweggie on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Shut up and answer the question already!!!!!~!
IrishEi on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
What?
He’s using the everyone does it defense?
Actually this rambling nonsense looks more like The Chewbacca Defense.
reaganaut on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7XnZK6NMG8&feature=related
ahh…fix what you did over the last 8 years? yeah and you helped create and the deficit and financial crisis we have right now.
Dr Evil on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
NO EARMARKS????
stenwin77 on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
“I inherited the debt, so what’s $1 Trillion more in my first month?”
El_Terrible on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
I’m tired of his whining about what he’s inherited.
Obama is a total crybaby.
BuckeyeSam on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
The whole thing is an earmark you liar!!!!!!!!!
roninacreage on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
I have one question…WHERE IS WORLD NET DAILY’S LES KINSOLVING?!
BobAnthony on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Well, it wasn’t really an answer was it…in fact, I don’t think he answered a single one of the specific questions he was asked…he just stumbled and bumbled along until everybody forgot what the question was.
AUINSC on February 9, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Excuses, excuses. No earmarks?!?! This whole bill is one friggin’ earmark!!!!!
Babino on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
I knew it …. “I inherited the deficit and the crisis”
Booooooooooossssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!
Duncan Khuver on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Obama doubled down the charm offensive for this presser.
House always wins, Bam.
yo on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Barack Obama: “uh, in case ya didn’t know it, none of this is my fault.”
This guy is a partisan hack.
dugan on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
This guy is almost as bad as his Press Sec.
stenwin77 on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Republicans trying to revise history?
pmanley on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
“If a Central Bank is ever created in America- Through Inflation and Deflation the “Bankers” will Rob The Americans”
–Thomas Jefferson
“The central bank is an institution of the most deadly hostility existing against the Principles and form of our Constitution. I am an Enemy to all banks discounting bills or notes for anything but Coin. If the American People allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the People of all their Property until their Children will wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered.”
–Thomas Jefferson
End the Fed and all you dreams will come true. /Pedro
Rae on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Freudian slip about his birth certificate? A bit defensive on citizenship?
Anyone eles would have said, “As an American..”
Wethal on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Is anybody doing a running count of the “blame Bush” comments? I can’t keep up.
CookeyD on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
He’s a smooth talking ghetto drug dealer!
grapeknutz on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
All of those people in that room not only voted for him…..
……….. but did everything in their power using the medium of the Mainstream Media of the United States of America and the World Press to bring him to power.
I wonder what they are thinking now?
Seven Percent Solution on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Save or create
2,000,0003,000,0004,000,000 jobs.IrishEi on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Bottom line. Stop with the buzzword. You worked in the private sector for 18 months. You can’t define the term.
BuckeyeSam on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Jeezus! Now he’s actually whining.
Oldnuke on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
There must be thousands of unicorn lovers out there who are saying “This is not…quite…what I expected…”
eeyore on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Uh huh.
Enoxo on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Boy, that guy Barry sure can talk, can’t he?! What a genius! What an intellect!!
Mesmerizing, I tell ya’! What a grasp of the issues. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz……………..
I wish someone would tell him the ‘to’ is not ‘tuh.’
Cody1991 on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
25 minutes in….still on question #3.
aquaviva on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
I’m starting to hear Obama as the teacher in the Peanuts TV cartoons…Wha-WHA-wha wha
JetBoy on February 9, 2009 at 8:25 PM
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