Posted on 03/04/2015 9:38:39 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee
The day after the 2014 midterm elections was not a time of celebration for the losing Democrats, and the White House press corps was determined to get the party’s most senior member on the record about what was surely a disappointing night for the president. Ten reporters were given the chance to ask questions during the 74-minute press conference, and seven of them asked the president some version of this question: Was it your own fault, and how will you change your behavior and agenda? To each question, President Obama was equally determined not to take the bait, frustrating a White House press corps unable to evoke a note of regret, anger, or introspection from a man who had just learned he would spend the final two years of his presidency tangling with a GOP-run Congress.
Julie Pace of The Associated Press tried first. “You said during this election that while your name wasn’t on the ballot, your policies were. And despite the optimism that you’re expressing here, last night was a devastating night for your party. Given that, do you feel any responsibility to recalibrate your agenda for the next two years? And what changes do you need to make in your White House and in your dealings with Republicans in order to address the concerns that voters expressed with your administration?”
The president repeated much of the upbeat tone of his opening statement. “The American people overwhelmingly believe that this town doesn’t work well and that it is not attentive to their needs. And as president, they, rightly, hold me accountable to do more to make it work properly,” Obama said. “I’m the guy who’s elected by everybody . . .
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The press will increasingly try to deflect blame from themselves when asked why they not only refused to cover this president as aggressively as they had, say, George W Bush, but had actually helped carry his water for six long, critical years
Obama wouldn't ALLOW them to do their jobs properly, doncha know.
Of course they are doing this now so they can attack the next president, should they deem it necessary (meaning should they not like his politics), and not appear duplicitous.
SHAME on anyone who buys it.
When you have a mentally ill, delusional president bent on destroying the country anything goes.
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