i thought the boy had minions for that type of thing
Posted on 12/19/2015 12:47:54 PM PST by grundle
In an off-the-record meeting with journalists on Tuesday, Obama said that he did not watch enough cable news to fully recognize the extent of people's fears, sources with knowledge of the meeting told CNN. That characterization of Obama's remarks was included in a New York Times article, but later removed while the article was being edited for the print edition.
The president's claim has drawn fierce criticism from conservatives, who see it as evidence that Obama is out of touch with national sentiment about the threat of terrorism.
"An American president needs to consume more panel debates to properly assess public anxiety after terrorist events?" wrote Noah Rothman, an editor at the conservative magazine Commentary.
Ron Fournier, the National Journal columnist, called it "breathtaking," while the Wall Street Journal's James Taranto urged people to imagine the media outcry that would have occurred had former president George W. Bush made a similar remark.
White House spokespeople did not respond to a request for comment regarding the president's remarks.
The meeting, which took place in the White House Roosevelt Room, included journalists, columnists and editors from the Times, The Washington Post and The Atlantic, as well as digital outlets like Yahoo, Slate, Vox and Mic. Per the ground rules, attendees were not allowed to discuss the meeting or attribute any remarks to the president.
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i thought the boy had minions for that type of thing
Funny, I read his comment when made as, people who watched a lot of cable TV had an irrational fear, in other words they were too dumb to see things as clearly as the great and powerful OZ.
It’s probably related to having the biggest and most well-known bodyguard unit in the world, all at taxpayer expense.
Same reason Bloomberg doesn’t understand why anyone would personally need a gun for self-protection. Bodyguards.
Implicit in Obama’s statement is his belief that minor events are blown up and sensationalized by Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. Pure arrogance.
Our presidential WHISTLEDICK.
Are you saying that instead of a dictator we have a dictaster?
I read it as him admitting that he is ill informed and living in a bubble.
If 0bozo depends on TV for his news what will he do when those liberal comedians retire? Find a new news source?
Perhaps he also wasn’t listening/refused to listen to all the Generals he fired.
“The meeting, which took place in the White House Roosevelt Room, included journalists, columnists and editors from the Times, The Washington Post and The Atlantic, as well as digital outlets like Yahoo, Slate, Vox and Mic. Per the ground rules, attendees were not allowed to discuss the meeting or attribute any remarks to the president.”
Only ethically challenged journalist allowed to attend. Propagandists all!
When I first read that, I thought it was satire. I can’t believe that a certain segment of the population reAlly was stupid enough to elect this moron twice.
Trump/Cruz must move to eradicate this cancer shortly after getting sworn in in 2017.
I have a prayer rug from Kazakhstan and walk on it every day and it does not face Mecca.
That’s odd because on other things he claimed he learned them the same time we did...on the TV news
It’s all that choom he’s been smoking.
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