Video: Obama’s testy press conference
posted at 9:17 pm on June 23, 2009 by Allahpundit
A nifty compilation from TPM, although the only moment that rises to true snottiness, I think, is his high-handed reminder that he’s the president in response to the question about McCain. Don’t get mad just because you had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the podium to denounce shooting unarmed women in the heart, champ.
In his defense, he has a right to be testy: His agenda’s collapsing. Exit question via Jim Treacher: How is it that Obama was a genius yesterday for not condemning Iranian brutality and tomorrow he’ll be heralded as a genius for condemning it today? I guess he’s just super-keen on timing, huh?
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All BS, all the time.
RalphyBoy on June 23, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Nah.
Bush’s fault or something.
Good Lt on June 23, 2009 at 9:19 PM
I can’t wait for him to explain the precious photo op that’s coming between him and Ahmadinejad.
elduende on June 23, 2009 at 9:20 PM
If the boy king throws a tantrum now, just wait until the wheels come off of this clown car…
d1carter on June 23, 2009 at 9:22 PM
his agenda hasn’t collapsed yet, its just crippled but do not underestimate how much power the Democrats still have in Congress. I do wonder, did Obama waste his capital with the absurd stimulus package?
rob verdi on June 23, 2009 at 9:22 PM
I can’t take it anymore!!! This thug has got to go!!!!!!! ARG!
Conservalicious on June 23, 2009 at 9:22 PM
AllahPundit,during this video,Rahm and Gibbs are
off to the side,laughing it up,as Obama is speaking!!
Anyone else see it!
It was on TV earlier,I think Fox!
canopfor on June 23, 2009 at 9:22 PM
I predict his popularity will drop off about the time those Obama T-shirts wear out.
Disturb the Universe on June 23, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Get real! Obama doesn’t have any testes!
FloatingRock on June 23, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Obama will say anything that will get him through the next 5 minutes. Fortunately for him, that’s also the memory capacity of the average reporter.
Jim Treacher on June 23, 2009 at 9:24 PM
hahaha
Olberdoucne will name the white house press corp the worst people in the world.
csdeven on June 23, 2009 at 9:24 PM
I love the look on the face of the guy beside Major Garret… ‘You’re not really asking that?’
RalphyBoy on June 23, 2009 at 9:25 PM
July 4th will be Obama’s D-Day!
If he lets North Korea walk all over
the United States of America,then,
anything Obama says,will have zero
credibility!!
canopfor on June 23, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Translation: Media, he’s just not that into you.
Disturb the Universe on June 23, 2009 at 9:27 PM
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lol…
RalphyBoy on June 23, 2009 at 9:27 PM
this is possibly the worst he’s evahhh had it from the press,could it be a wind of change?……hmmmmmm…..i can only hope.
SHARPTOOTH on June 23, 2009 at 9:28 PM
I believe the press will turn on him, at a time of their choosing. Slowly, at first, (prodded by someone trying to “make their bones” as a reporter,) then more ferociously.
When they discover that the clothes have no emperor.
massrighty on June 23, 2009 at 9:28 PM
I would really love to see some shots of the Iranians at the embassy Independence Day BBQs. Think they’ll join in the old patriotic medley of Yankee Doodle/It’s a Grand Old Flag/Over There/My Country ‘Tis of Thee/America the Beautiful/God Bless America.
Nevermind. I doubt anyone in our own State Department even knows those songs
IrishEi on June 23, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Nothing about the Deaths? Oh yeah, can’t bring up Neda and the others.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 23, 2009 at 9:29 PM
I like the part about how not be used as a tool to be exploited. You know like having a picture taken with Hugo Chavez handing you a leftist book of propoganda. Where is the teleprompter. Someone needs to get him back on script
freemarketlibertine on June 23, 2009 at 9:30 PM
48 years old and experiencing pressure for the first time in his charmed life and he acts like a snotty child. I bet the press corps has a pool on who will be the first reporter to make him cry.
sherry on June 23, 2009 at 9:30 PM
What took you so loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong!
Major Garrett,gets two thumbs up,for sheer audacity!!
canopfor on June 23, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Do you think he could ever be convinced that All Obama All the Time is not the greatest tactic? A press conference today and ABC tomorrow, who is advising him? I guess I wouldn’t be the best judge since I never want to see him, I wonder what his fans think.
Cindy Munford on June 23, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Biden then gets out and starts blowing
up four balloons that support the boy king…
ericdijon on June 23, 2009 at 9:31 PM
We’ve noticed, what with the golfing, the burger runs, the ice-cream socials, the silence on world crises…
Karl on June 23, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Not on a 24 hour news cycle. . . . So Hillary was correct about 3:AM
MirCat on June 23, 2009 at 9:31 PM
No, you’re more on a 3 rounds of golf per week cycle.
O/T: Butter Pecan ice cream = delicious
BPD on June 23, 2009 at 9:31 PM
It’s on its’ way, gang. The first ever Presidential Temper Tantrum (TM). The combination of the North Korea July 4th situation, the Iranian Election Protests, and now The Ignorant Invitation by Mr. President to Iranian Politicians to spend July 4th with us are going to start driving his numbers down.
kingsjester on June 23, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Such a man-child President.
Snotty little brat…
purgatory on June 23, 2009 at 9:32 PM
“I’m the President of the United States.”
Said it a couple of times. I guess he really likes the sound of that. Just letting the media know, in case they forgot.
I would, of course, prefer him saying “former President of the United States.”
I keep hoping to wake up and finding it was all a very, very bad dream.
av8tr on June 23, 2009 at 9:32 PM
This is purely right-wing extremist propaganda.
BPD on June 23, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Was Helen Thomas sucking her thumb or picking her nose? She looked rather content.
fourdeucer on June 23, 2009 at 9:33 PM
The problem with this guy is his head is much bigger than his heart, his brain, his conscience and his ears…a petulant man-child “leading” the free world. Who with their head out their ass can’t see that?
RepubChica on June 23, 2009 at 9:33 PM
“CONTINUALY ADVANCING”!
Me asks the obvious,to where!
canopfor on June 23, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Obama has a tiny pee pee!! Obammy is really a pus*y!! tee hee – I love free speech and our right to judge the SHITTY-NESS of this admin. EPIC.FAIL.
Ris4victory on June 23, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Their ipods are loaded with songs like “Ohio”, “1 2 3 what are we fighting for”, and “Signs”.
csdeven on June 23, 2009 at 9:34 PM
OFF TOPIC
Gov. Palin going to visit the troops… at least someone in our government still cares about them.
AKGovSarahPalin Got Fed ok for Adjutant Gen Campbell, Command Sgt Major Choate and me to travel to our Ak Army Natl Guard troops on Wed. Glad to go to them
about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry
BPD on June 23, 2009 at 9:35 PM
OMG he is a world class ahole. Either he is a bald faced liar or an idiot……how can any for profit company compete with another company that doesn’t give a flying crap if it makes money or is subsidized by the taxpayers?
David in ATL on June 23, 2009 at 9:35 PM
I thought I detected a return of that eye tic he was suffering with a while back. He was really honked off at Major Garrett and under the right eye there was some movement. If the press turns on him he will just shut them out…no more press, nothing.
UnEasyRider on June 23, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Well, I don’t know if I’d call it a right, but he can sure try… After all the other rights not derived from the Constitution that he’s claiming, why not?
Selective Short Term Memory? Naw… I can’t even sell that to myself.
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Does anyone else see just how ignorant the dumbass BHO is when he responds to Garrett’s question “What took you so long?” with the response “I don’t think that’s accurate? Garrett didn’t make a comment which could be accurate or in accurate, but a question can’t be accurate or inaccurate.
Does anyone here think those questions were staged to make it look like BHO and the media are getting tough…?
Ltlgeneral64 on June 23, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Obama does a KILLER Max Headroom inpersonat..nat…nation.
portlandon on June 23, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Behold
Tut Rahelena Tombus
http://historylink101.net/images/egyptian-mummy-3.jpg
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 9:37 PM
This is purely right-wing extremist propaganda.
BPD on June 23, 2009 at 9:33 PM
what are you gonna do? run and tell janet….
SHARPTOOTH on June 23, 2009 at 9:37 PM
President Thin Skin better get used to hard questions, especially when Obamanomics falls flat on it’s face. “I won” won’t play when the citizens show up with pitchforks.
GarandFan on June 23, 2009 at 9:37 PM
I think Ochimpy realized it was really meant to mean: “You took too long and now you’re trying to cover your butt”.
csdeven on June 23, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Ignorant, cunning, selfish, narcissist… I’m leaning towards cunning (after all, who’s going to hold him to task?)
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 9:38 PM
He’s the President of the United States…he damn well better be on a 24-hour “news” cycle…those PDB briefings and follow-up with the NSC and all that is a 24-hour cycle.
coldwarrior on June 23, 2009 at 9:38 PM
What’s more telling is how the media laughed when he said, “What do you thing.”
As if EVERYONE knows he doesn’t care one bit what anyone else thinks because he has the spine made of steel and big brass ones!
Forgetting of course all of those under the bus already — how’s that u-joint lookin’ Rev Wright?
David
Iraqi democracy will succeed — and that success will send forth the news, from Damascus to Teheran — that freedom can be the future of every nation. The establishment of a free Iraq at the heart of the Middle East will be a watershed event in the global democratic revolution. …
In Iran the demand for democracy is strong and broad … The regime in Tehran must heed the democratic demands of the Iranian people, or lose its last claim to legitimacy.”
George W. Bush discussing the effects of victory in Iraq, November 6, 2003.
LifeTrek on June 23, 2009 at 9:38 PM
No Allah,
.
He was testy at this presser because five minutes before he started the presser he caught Robert Gibbs wearing his shoes. The shoes with the 4″ heels to be specific. True story.
Americannodash on June 23, 2009 at 9:39 PM
I think he forgot the /sarc
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 9:39 PM
I’m sorry, but I don’t think he’s super keen on anything. Anyone have an example?
scalleywag on June 23, 2009 at 9:39 PM
EYE TIC? this guy has friggin LYME disease / what a f**king loser pus*sy!! Sorry, been drinking – have to vent my VIRAL HATRED of this America hating POS. uggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhh
Ris4victory on June 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Anyone else get the impression that the presidency is now the distraction for Duh One?
SouthernGent on June 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM
The press is starting to get upset. One, he is making their job harder and two, “Ok, we’ve all had fun but now it’s time to get serious. This is a real situation happening now,” but they’re finding out what he has been doing is serious to him.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM
my bad… thought it was a given
BPD on June 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Remember, this is the media that has managed to cram in the tonedness of Michelle’s arms… Surely there can’t be that much news to brief Obama on /sarc
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Jake Tapper looked pissed.
Regarding his agenda, the first test is this Friday with cap and tax being voted on by the House. If this gets passed, it’s all downhill from here, for the economy that is.
txag92 on June 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM
scalleywag on June 23, 2009 at 9:39 PM
I’ve heard he’s very good at ordering soft serve ice cream. And he does a mean Neville Chamberlain impersonation.
kingsjester on June 23, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Yeah, I thought it was clear, but sometimes with open registration we all have to get acquainted/reacquainted… :)
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Fun to watch him TOTALLY LOSE it.
Conservaboomer on June 23, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 9:39 PM
ok… i feel better..or sumthin.
SHARPTOOTH on June 23, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Yeah, I think it’s true, Barry. You’ve been taunted by the GOP into changing your tone, and you look weak and timid, and sort of stupid, frankly.
But what else is new?
Jaibones on June 23, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Why can’t I learn not to click?
fourdeucer on June 23, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Chris’ Mouth will be there to catch “it.”
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 9:41 PM
The mullahs are bithc slapping this little weasel and his arrogance won’t let him change his Iran policy.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/24/us-contacted-irans-ayatollah-before-election/?feat=home_cube_position1
elduende on June 23, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Now, now, don’t get grumpy. You’re the one that gave us that awful image of Helen sucking her thumb ;)
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Lesson learned. No more press conferences while TOTUS is playing golf.
BPD on June 23, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Obama is the only tool here.
izoneguy on June 23, 2009 at 9:42 PM
The arrogance is just too much. And I know others predicted he’d claim this, but he’s been anything but consistent on Iran. The whole thing was BS.
changer1701 on June 23, 2009 at 9:42 PM
SouthernGent on June 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM
I honestly think he thought it would be all fun and games as president. He NEVER imagined having to do actual work, just interviews, dinners, Wednesday night hang outs, date nights in Chicago & NYC, and photo shoots.
txag92 on June 23, 2009 at 9:42 PM
I fear it will be worse than just a temper tantrum. He is a malignant narcissist. When his veneer is stripped away, he will begin by blaming anyone and anything in sight. We see some of this already in all his “inherited” crises and his snarky retorts. He is psychologically incapable of facing or owning up to his own flaws and inadequacies. When his cover is finally blown and the media and public increase the criticism he will lash out. Not publicly, of course, but there will be hell to pay. He will not go quietly.
IrishEi on June 23, 2009 at 9:43 PM
BPD on June 23, 2009 at 9:40 PM
my fault sorry…
SHARPTOOTH on June 23, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Jack Tapper has lost patience. The atmosphere in the press corp is like the first day back from spring break in Cabo. He really looked frustrated at Obama. ME LIKE.
portlandon on June 23, 2009 at 9:43 PM
That dude that asked the two parter was genuinely miffed. And I would want to be the one to accuse Garret of conspiring with Obama.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 23, 2009 at 9:43 PM
LOL, funny how the real world can intrude on your plans. Obama needs to look at Jimmie Carter as an example of what not do when he retires in 2012.
izoneguy on June 23, 2009 at 9:44 PM
His Royal Majesty was not amused.
Cheshire Cat on June 23, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Actually… it will be the first temper tantrum by a black president… will be hailed as historic.
BPD on June 23, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Jake, Jake, Jake, Jake! Spock LMAO
deedtrader on June 23, 2009 at 9:44 PM
It’ll be interesting to see how America will react if North Korea fires a missile at Hawaii on the 4th while Obama is partying somewhere with Iranian thugs.
FloatingRock on June 23, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Duh One completely ignored the issues raised by the Tapper.
I’m sure that means he’s brilliant or something.
aikidoka on June 23, 2009 at 9:45 PM
IrishEi on June 23, 2009 at 9:43 PM
I agree. Like a petulant child, he has gotten “his way” for a long time. The problem is, he is so far over his head, that even his handlers are starting to have a hard time covering for him.
kingsjester on June 23, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Maybe one day ALL of the press will wake up and treat BHO as he should be treated,with a skeptical eye and a penstroke that actually reflects the people’s best interests. Nah. Wont happen. Until then though thank heavens we have folks like Major Garrett,Jake Tapper, Allahpundit,Ed Morrissey, and of course M.Malkin. I hope I see BHO’s mood worsen. Its not like hes giving anyone the finger– yet…/sarc
canditaylor68 on June 23, 2009 at 9:46 PM
Barry has made a mockery of the Presidency. He is going down. We are sick of him.
Geochelone on June 23, 2009 at 9:47 PM
How many times does this poor Precedent have to repeat himself? He actually spoke to all of this a few weeks ago! You know, “as he said in his Cairo speech,” yadda, yadda, yadda. Come on, he tries to be helpful and remind us every chance he gets.
/
red winger on June 23, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I would hate to get the butt kicking he gave his dog after that presser!
fourdeucer on June 23, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Oh, it’s QUITE logical why the public health service would drive out the private insurers, contrary to what Obama insists. Because he leaves out the little fact that they can use our tax dollars to deliberately and continually undercut the private insurers, regardless of how much (or our) money they are losing.
What defies logic is that Obama could actually think we aren’t aware of that rather important factor.
And I notice he left the stage before (who was it, Major Garrett?) could point that out.
Secondly, he can stand there and say that he is saying nothing different now about Iran than he did before, but I seriously doubt if a single one of those reporters in the audience actually managed to believe him, instead of their own lying ears. Besides Helen Thomas, that is.
Alana on June 23, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I’m going to sue The Precedent for emotional distress, as I feel terribly embarrassed eery time the moron opens his mouth. I have too much empathy and he is causing me great pain with his mind-blowing stupidity and transparent lies. It hurts to watch him make such a fool of himself in public, time after time after time.
progressoverpeace on June 23, 2009 at 9:47 PM
Wow, the comments on Youtube, these people are nuts.
- The Cat
MirCat on June 23, 2009 at 9:48 PM
I’m sure Daily Kos will enlighten us how.
Speedwagon82 on June 23, 2009 at 9:48 PM
On the one hand, I think people should be respectful of the office of the President and the person that holds it.
On the other hand, I wish people would call him on his crap when he says things like, “Then that’s your question. You’re not the Ombudsman for the White House press corp.” when Tapper pointed out he didn’t answer someone’s question and asked him to respond.
It wouldn’t have to be anything major…perhaps a simple, “When it’s necessary, Sir, I am. Now, back to the question. Is a public option non-negotiable at this point?”
JadeNYU on June 23, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Mr.Coooool got a little hot under the collar.
He has a nasty look about him when he’s challenged.
katy on June 23, 2009 at 9:50 PM
At the point,where Jake Trapper started to engage Obama,
the COMMUNITY ORGANIZER,came out of the President!!
canopfor on June 23, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Now that’s how all of his speaking activities should be… All the ah’s, uh’s, um’s and er’s edited out so a cogent sentence is made.
Big John on June 23, 2009 at 9:50 PM
I would hate to get the butt kicking he gave his dog after that presser!
fourdeucer on June 23, 2009 at 9:47 PM
You know he immediately went behind the WH to light up.
txag92 on June 23, 2009 at 9:50 PM
His Royal Majesty excels at all the major academic disciplines, reeling and writhing, of course, to begin with, and then the different branches of arithmetic: ambition, distraction, uglification, and derision.
Cheshire Cat on June 23, 2009 at 9:51 PM
The part that bothered me most? When Obama said the public option couldn’t be subsidized “endlessly.”
That single qualifier put my stomach in ropes.
DrSteve on June 23, 2009 at 9:51 PM
let the man eat his waffle, damn…
BPD on June 23, 2009 at 9:51 PM
“I know everyone here is on a 24 hour news cycle. I’m not.”
Hahaha
Get out the V-eye-agra
We have an impotent President.
Upstater85 on June 23, 2009 at 9:51 PM
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