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Godfather1 
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:08 pm to LSU alum wannabe)
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Obama would have been within reason I feel to nod at a secret service and have his arse tossed.
You seem to have a rather broad view of what the Secret Service's role is.
They are there to protect the President from physical harm, not act as a goon squad to intimidate and bully rude reporters who might happen to offend the guy.
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udtiger
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:08 pm to EST)
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Perhaps reporters feel the need to interrupt since Obama doesn't answer many questions - if any at all.
Ring a ding...motherfricking DING!
This motherfricker refuses to face the music for his bullsit conduct. Eother by putting himself in a situation where he ill absolutly no answer any questions, or by cherry picking fluffers that will not test him.
If this was a reporter asking "tough" questions of GWB regarding his Iraq or Guantanamo policy, he would be feted for the next year, and nominated for a Peabody. But because he deigned to interrrogate The ONE, he is to be pilloried.
frick the WHCA, the Press Corps, and that worthless motherfricker that presetly holds the office of President of the United States.
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Godfather1
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:09 pm to ottothewise)
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reporter interrupted. nothing to see here. noted reactionary blog sends reactionary to harass president during his speech AND not during questions which come after the speech. another rude cunt for the GOP.
Not a lot of promoting unity in that post, Otto.
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ottothewise
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:15 pm to Godfather1)
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Not a lot of promoting unity in that post, Otto.
I promised to explain, from time to time, how unity is the solution for all problems you can propose.
I did not promise to kiss people's arse who act like punks and babies.
This post was edited on 6/15 at 11:16 pm
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inthebr
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:16 pm to lsu_tiger_az)
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Message lsu_tiger_az Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question quote: I'm sure back in the day a lib reporter that yelled a question to Bush in a non-question taking Rose Garden address was billed a hero. Hypocrites. Liberals wear their hypocrisy as if it is a birthright....
You could, instead of assuming this was the case, provide an example. I'll wager that didn't happen. My guess: Hannity would still be talking about it as an example of "liberal bias" to this day if something like that had ever occurred.
Engaging a president in a back-and-forth is completely different from interrupting a President's prepared remarks.
Lastly: Liberals are hypocrites, according to you, but I think we can all agree the "I am the decider", unitary executive, preemptive strike conjuring right-wing fascists are absolutely consistent. I love how not deporting people brought to this country as children as a rule is more dictatorial and authoritarian than sending thousands of military personal into wars of choice to die for American oligarchs.
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MississippiLSUfan
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:19 pm to Godfather1)
Presidents who aspire to be dictators don't like to be questioned. frick him. The press should ask a whole hell of a lot more questions.
If he doesn't allow questions, he rightly SHOULD be interrupted and brought to task.
This isn't fricking china. The arrogant bastard should learn that.
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ottothewise
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:19 pm to inthebr)
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I love how not deporting people brought to this country as children as a rule is more dictatorial and authoritarian than sending thousands of military personal into wars of choice to die for American oligarchs.
Its not. But he got to use the word dictator again. use it enough and its effective amongst a certain set of listeners, regardless of the facts.
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LSU alum wannabe
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:20 pm to Godfather1)
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not act as a goon squad to intimidate and bully rude reporters who might happen to offend the guy.
It would have entertained me though. Just takes one agent "seeing" a gun. And they could have pummeled him and then apologized. "We thought he had a weapon. Our bad."
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ottothewise
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:21 pm to ottothewise)
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He cannot be interrupted mid comments. Just unacceptable. Obama would have been within reason I feel to nod at a secret service and have his arse tossed. I know it irks some that a "colored boy" is POTUS, but he is. The OFFICE commands respect. That frickface reporter embodies why I want him to win again. And why he probably will win. Conservatives can't get their shite together enough. They can no longer be truly conservative.
he, and his blog service got more publicity from this rude "act" than they could have bought for a million dollars. he's probably hoping to have his Joe the Congressman moment and go on tour of all the conservative talk shows. rich, and beloved, amongst his homeboys.
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inthebr
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:28 pm to udtiger)
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This motherfricker refuses to face the music for his bullsit conduct. Eother by putting himself in a situation where he ill absolutly no answer any questions, or by cherry picking fluffers that will not test him.
What's this? A press conference where the president answered questions for about 15 minutes just last Friday. This (the president asking questions from actual journalists and not dickhead bloggers trying to make point instead of asking an actual question) happens rather frequently for those keeping up. You, however, seem to have missed most of this for what appears to be the past three years.
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:28 pm to MississippiLSUfan)
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Presidents who aspire to be dictators don't like to be questioned. frick him. The press should ask a whole hell of a lot more questions.
If he doesn't allow questions, he rightly SHOULD be interrupted and brought to task.
He is made to answer questions. But there is a time and place and a protocol. He is the President. The office commands some respect. Same for either Bush while in office and Clinton. I would have been irritated with anyone then who would have done the same to a sitting President. I know Bush #2 was utterly mocked as a buffoon by liberal media, but I do not recall anyone interrupting him during a prepared speech. Or a liberal congressman shouting him down during a speech before Congress.
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ottothewise
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:39 pm to LSU alum wannabe)
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Presidents who aspire to be dictators don't like to be questioned. frick him. The press should ask a whole hell of a lot more questions.
If he doesn't allow questions, he rightly SHOULD be interrupted and brought to task.
He is made to answer questions. But there is a time and place and a protocol. He is the President. The office commands some respect. Same for either Bush while in office and Clinton. I would have been irritated with anyone then who would have done the same to a sitting President. I know Bush #2 was utterly mocked as a buffoon by liberal media, but I do not recall anyone interrupting him during a prepared speech. Or a liberal congressman shouting him down during a speech before Congress.
its a brown shirt thing. sets up the small time reactionaries and empowers them to interrupt congressmen, and as we have seen, to target and kill congressmen. its all a piece.
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:40 pm to inthebr)
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What's this?
It was a disaster, and a gaffe display that he'll constantly be reminded of of until the election is over. Actually, that's a great example of why it's in his interest to not be taking direct questions.
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90proofprofessional
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:42 pm to ottothewise)
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empowers them to interrupt congressmen, and as we have seen, to target and kill congressmen. its all a piece.
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inthebr
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:54 pm to 90proofprofessional)
You seem to have missed the point. The dude isn't avoiding questions. You may not like it when he's answering questions, yet your admitting the central claim which is that he actually does take questions contrary to the claims of some of the bubble dwellers in this thread.
Re: gaffe: You may not like his answer, but >4 millions jobs gained in the private sector while >600 thousand lost in the public sector is a valid point to be made with respect to the need to do something about police and teacher layoffs at the state level. Other suggestions welcome, but it is a point of debate.
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90proofprofessional
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:59 pm to inthebr)
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You may not like his answer
Huh? I quite enjoyed it.
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your admitting the central claim which is that he actually does take questions
You're missing a point of theirs that has some validity- that being that he allowed no opportunity to answer questions regarding this particular action.
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inthebr
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/15/12 at 11:59 pm to 90proofprofessional)
I think he is referring to the rampant dehumanization that typifies right wing discourse in this country. It is altogether the same phenomenon that has conditioned mass slaughters throughout human history. Yet the marked uptick of demonization of "the Other" in conservative discourse during the presidency of Barack Obama is never supposed to be treated as anything other than a coincidence. Especially in Louisiana.
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90proofprofessional
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/16/12 at 12:03 am to inthebr)
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I think he is referring to the rampant dehumanization that typifies right wing discourse in this country. It is altogether the same phenomenon that has conditioned mass slaughters throughout human history.
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Yet the marked uptick of demonization of "the Other" in conservative discourse during the presidency of Barack Obama is never supposed to be treated as anything other than a coincidence.
I deny the existence of this uptick. I love how this claim is always made as though it's self-evident both in its actual existence, and in its actual meaning. The former is imaginary, as is the latter.
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inthebr
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/16/12 at 12:08 am to 90proofprofessional)
He didn't take any questions today. That's an accurate statement, but it doesn't indicate we live in a dictatorship.
That is, the statements of fact were true, but the conclusions didn't follow from the premises. That the definitional of an invalid argument. So no, there "point" isn't valid.
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90proofprofessional
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| re: Obama gets upset and witchy at reporter asking a question (Posted on 6/16/12 at 12:13 am to inthebr)
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That is, the statements of fact were true, but the conclusions didn't follow from the premises.
This is clearly an example of him not wanting to "face the music for his bull shite actions." Yes, there is some validity to this criticism of his actions, although I don't agree with applying it to his conduct more broadly.
Also, the guy's heckling was not racism-motivated, no matter how much you want it to be. Those arguments are so, so feeble.
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