Given that the economy is in the crapper and families are struggling harder to make ends meet than they have since before World War II, President Obama’s press conference last night was certainly of the utmost importance. However, from a purely television-viewing/entertainment standpoint, little of O’s slick, scripted presentation filled the void left by the certainly less important yet considerably more riveting American Idol, which was bumped forward a night this week to accommodate the Prez. However, we did get one nugget of off-the-cuff reality TV-style fun when CNN’s Ed Henry threw a follow-up question to the big man that suggested that he took way too long to respond to the AIG bonuses issue (see the clip below). In a rare moment of measured yet obvious anger, Obama cut Henry off and answered tersely, "Because I like to know what I’m talking about before I speak….all right?" The answer was met with nervous laughter throughout the room.
On one hand, Obama’s going to have to get better at (finally) being asked hard questions and not let these guys get under his skin. Still, I found it far more satisfying, and certainly more presidential,than our former president’s goofy hands-out-shrugging-giggle responseto annoying questions, and more generally, it was just endearing to see the cool "No Drama Obama" finally show a bit of emotion.
Anyone else kind of enjoy seeing the Prez unleash a bit last night?
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Please stop blogging about every Obama appearance; I don’t come here to read politics! Leave the pointless overanalyzing to the “news” shows.
Get over yourself fool. You wanna read about what the cast of Lost is up to and what movie Jason Bateman has signed up for, you can find that all over the place on this site. Its what was on the TV last night. he can blog on it if he wants to.
The White House press corps should ask the hard questions and the president should be able to answer them. The press corps let Bush get away with way too much!
Plus, President Obama doesn’t seem that angry to me. He showed some emotion, and that’s a good thing.
“Finally being asked tough questions?” Are you kidding? Agree with the first poster. Someone’s trolling for a big comment thread.
It’s about damn time that someone gets mad. Look at the state of our country. He has the right to be mad 24/7.
PeterBilt-
Save the personal attacks for your mama. The comment section exists, therefore I also have the right to state my opinion “if I want to.”
Anybody know where I can meet and date millionaires?
It’s such a pleasure to see a president who makes himself accessible to the public and who has such a firm handle on the issues. Watching Bush have trouble constructing a sentence was painful and embarrassing. Seeing Obama just reminds me how awful the past 8 years have been. I forgot how a president is supposed to look and act because I became so used to Bush’s Bronze Age thinking and ivory tower antics. Obama is doing fantastic.
Actually, this was my favorite part of the press conference. Perhaps, because I would have answered the question the EXACT SAME WAY.
I thought his answer and the way he answered was absolutely appropriate.
It was hilarious and absolutely called for. Fox news, always trying to start some ish.
What’s embarrassing is that we have French leaders lecturing Obama on how to run the economy and the rest of Europe is laughing at our ridiculous overspending. Welcome to socialism people.
Obama talks about cutting the national deficit in half. If he did absolutely nothing and just let the current budget run its course he would cut the national deficit by 75%. So technically he’s hindering our recovery. Let’s pray that his $3 trillion budget proposal doesn’t pass or else we’re all screwed.
You guys got used to the stupidity of Bush and now when you see somebody intelligent and articulate you immediately start hating. His answer was great.
AMEN COCO
His answer was perfect. He handled the question perfectly.