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Congressman: Only pre-selected reps were allowed to question Obama at GOP meeting
“I wasn’t called on. They had pre-selected the people who were going to ask questions. I guess someone made those decisions,” Burgess told TheDC at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
When asked who picked the individuals, Burgess responded, “Honestly, I don’t know. I assume it was the House conference that made the decision who got to ask a question.”
Burgess, a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, blasted the Obama administration for leaving the nation’s governors in the dark about the implementation of the health care law and refusing to testify before House committees about the process.
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Probably just the court jester John Boehner.
You can’t have just anyone talking to His Majestyness.
NavyMustang on March 18, 2013 at 2:29 PM
Kabuki Theater.
It’s all a big Play.
portlandon on March 18, 2013 at 2:31 PM
Goebbels orgasms again, at both sides.
Schadenfreude on March 18, 2013 at 2:31 PM
It wouldn’t matter who got to ask bho questions, they will only get lies and see to it someone else get the blame for everything that has happened since bho was elected!
Why people think that lying forked tongue snake, bho, will be truthful is beyond me?
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letget on March 18, 2013 at 2:34 PM
No unapproved questions for the fastest thinker ever to hit D.C.
If the GOP had any seeds they would have gotten to the meeting and peppering the Dog Eater with whatever questions they wanted, screw the little king.
Bishop on March 18, 2013 at 2:35 PM
Why were there no Republicans very loudly and very publicly laughing in his face for suggesting such a thing?
CurtZHP on March 18, 2013 at 2:38 PM
I’ve suspected for a while that the difining character trait of this president is cowardice. Consider:
-his fondness for drone strikes
-his unwillingness to speak with his political opponents
-his unwillingness to be interviewed by anyone who didn’t vote for him
-his use of surrogates to strike at his enemies (“*I* didn’t have those divorce records unsealed”)
-his boldness when people can’t hit back (insulting the Supreme Court at the SOTU)
-his transparent denial of his own values if they impose any cost on him personally (“Who? Me support gay marriage?”)
Is there any evidence that this man has ever exhibited physical or moral courage?
Abelard on March 18, 2013 at 2:48 PM
“defining”
Abelard on March 18, 2013 at 2:49 PM
Then stand up and ask your question anyway. Come on, this isn’t hard.
joekenha on March 18, 2013 at 2:58 PM
Well, of course. Republicans wouldn’t want to embarass the president, now, would they? /
Doomberg on March 18, 2013 at 3:00 PM
Gee, what a surprise … That’s exactly how Barky runs all of his “press conferences”. He reads the names of the questioners off of a list – and, usually, he has to look around the room to see if the person called is even there. And the MSM loves it! They love being locked in broom closets, too. I bet half the GOP leadership would be ecstatic to be locked in a broom closet by Barky.
Anyone who lends any respectability to Barky by even attending anything like this is an idiot. I would have thought that even the brain-dead cowards in the GOP leadership would have understood this after that pathetic zombie re-animation summit for BarkyCare right after Scott Brown was elected BY MASSACHUSETTS TO KILL IT, which their attendance helped to breathe life back into … the friggin worms.
ThePrimordialOrderedPair on March 18, 2013 at 3:09 PM
Must not question the dictator unless the dictator approves it.
bgibbs1000 on March 18, 2013 at 4:08 PM