Very nice listing. If Obama were getting the scrutiny George Bush did, there would be calls for his impeachment by now.
Even something as simple as a press conference, can’t be handled without trickery.
Today’s press conference was a tightly controlled affair with only approved reporters getting selected to ask questions. Obama read from a list, who was to be called on next. He didn’t call one person that wasn’t on the list.
I have not seen one press conference like this in the 39 years since I registered to vote. Presidents generally provide a short statement, then accept questions. When they accept questions, they look for a reporter with his/her hand raised, and they call on them.
This didn’t take place today. Obama read names, then asked where the reporter was. Then he would ramble on for up to fifteen minutes with an answer that sounded more like a ten year old’s description of why he didn’t do his homework.
He hemmed and hawed, rambled, lectured, switched focus every 20 to 60 seconds, and offered up half truths and outright lies. He monopolized the time such that only three questions were asked in the first half hour of the dog n pony show.
BO still provides no more intellect during his public statements than a ten year old child. He can’t focus. He can’t tell the truth, or simply hasn’t the tools to remember what the facts are.
This guy is completely out of his depth, and the media that covers for him is beginning to look positively pathetic on top of being lap dogs.
If Reagan had refused to respond to raised hands, if Bush had used the sorry ass tactics that Obama did today, the press would have ripped them to shreds. Instead they’ll wax on about how brilliant Obama is. Well, it does take some ability to be able to completely snow the deaf, blind, and dumb MSM players in attendance today. There’s Obama’s way to do this, and then there’s Ronald Reagan’s way, actually respond to frank questions with gifted responses.
Obama is a sad pathetic shadow of a leader. No amount of propaganda is going to be able to support this man, hiding how inadequate he is.
Short of putting goose stepping troops on the streets to ensure control, Obama and the nation’s media are heading into very dark territory. Everyone expects politics. Nobody expects the level of subterfuge that is taking place with regard to this administration, and their mismanagement of the nation.
There are some obvious questions that need to be asked after today’s pathetic excuse for a press conference.
Were only certain ‘friendly’ reporters called on?
Is Obama afraid to take spontaneous questions from a variety of reporters?
Were questions submitted in advance? I ask this, because several of those questions sounded like they were teed up for Mr. Pipsqueak himself, “Number 18 and the Pride of the Marxist Media, it’s Barack Obamaaaaaa!”
I don’t know what today’s performance was, but it wasn’t the run of the mill press conference.
This guy is completely out of his depth, and the media that covers for him is beginning to look positively pathetic on top of being lap dogs.
I have to disagree. The lack of focus is intentional, as is the refusal to talk about details. He may not be up to speed on process (he'll leave the humdrum details to his underlings), but he is total agreement with the goals (about which he can't be honest), and he intends to exert an ever-increasing executive control over all. He has utter contempt for the intelligence of the public and the media, and relies on aura of cocky authoritarianism and sophistry to lull the masses.
To say he's out of his depth is to give him an excuse for the assault on freedom that he's directing.
My all time favorite Reagan quote, and one of my all time favorite political quotes (in response to a reporter's question, as you say above):
"Why did you fire the air traffic controllers?"
"It's against the law to strike, and they struck. Looks like they quit to me."
LOL!!!
Short of? That sounds like about as dark as the territory can get. Very hard on those "troops" though.