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Most Obnoxious Press Questions For Obama: A Roundup

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meerkat
03/25/09

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Coming from these guys, none of the hostility/idiocy was so surprising. What was surprising was that Helen Thomas seemed to be sleeping through most of the press conference.
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Mediahohoho
03/25/09

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I'm tempted to point out that the press seems to have found some sort of balls to ask a president tough questions, then I remember that the jackass who used to have the office didn't actually take questions for the first three years of his term.
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optical_allusion
03/25/09

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I imagine that, after the press conference was over, Andy Bernard, or Ed Hardy or whatever his name is, punched a hole in the wall of the East Room.
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naugahydeinplainsight
03/25/09

@optical_allusion: Chuck Todd, too. An inane question posed ineptly. After the campaign, I want to love Todd, but his live shots are awkward and his voice-overs unnatural. I know it's early in his own White House career, but not that early.
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FitnessMadeSimple
03/25/09

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Ed Henry's Cuomo question would have been good if it wasn't sandwiched in between a bunch of crap.

Is it possible to ask a multiple-part question without coming off as an irritating d-bag? I'm skeptical.
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GeraldineHyperion
03/25/09

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I'm surprised that the ABC correspondent asking about race didn't make it onto this list. Questions that focus on the historical nature of Obama's presidency should have climaxed the week of inauguration and passed out promptly thereafter. I will read about his thoughts on race in his memoirs ten years from now, which is about the time that I hope to be able to afford a hardcover book again. Right now, I want questions that ask him if he's doing his job, and I want answers that replace the nauseated feeling in my stomach with a warm and fuzzy one.
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naugahydeinplainsight
03/25/09

@GeraldineHyperion: Yes! I was watching him earlier during the news conference and thinking that in my world, at least, his race is no longer part of the discussion. And then along comes ABC . . .
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PRIsNotJournalism
03/25/09

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Multiple part questioned never get answered properly, so you almost never ask them. J-school 101?

What would you guys have asked?
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MrInBetween
03/25/09

@PRIsNotJournalism: Um... when is the puppy arriving?
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Awesome X
03/25/09

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Major Garrett and Fox News stand on the wall between us and Marxist Communistic Homo-socialisthitlerismsz. We owe them a a debt of gratitude.
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Maulleigh
03/25/09

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I'm glad I missed this because I'm still on Team Obama and I would have cut some bitches.
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MrInBetween
03/25/09

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Introducing The Not Ready for Prime-Time Players: Todd, Tapper and Henry
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TingoMonkey
03/25/09

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That fuck face from CNN was def the most idiotic... however I fell in love with Obama all over again when he put that fool in his place.
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crooked_teeth
03/25/09

@TingoMonkey: how on earth could you have possibly fell out of love with him in the first place?!

god forbid anyone should ever have the temerity to ask Him something? because the previous 8 years of a lackadaisical press corp were just so much fun.
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skahammer
03/25/09

@crooked_teeth: See comment above.
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crooked_teeth
03/25/09

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"I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak." ... Really, Mr "profit-earning ratio" clown?!
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skahammer
03/25/09

@crooked_teeth: I venture to say you're not adding much to the conversation here.

I imagine your two most satisfying options at this point are to try harder to add something substantive, or else to spend your valuable time on pursuits other than making pointless, content-free posts on websites where you're destined to be ignored.
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jackbarber
03/25/09

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Thank you for this. I heard part of the press conf driving thru qns on 1010wins. Found Chuck Todd ridiculous and Jake Tapper (not mentioned here) appalling. But the j-a from CNN takes the cake.

I was getting a little down on the big O -- not seizing the reins, hedge fund giveaway on this latest toxic asset thing, etc -- but that bitchslap made me remember my love.
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crooked_teeth
03/25/09

@jackbarber: with reference to Tapper -- what was so appalling about asking whether He was going to let the middle class tax cut (that he campaigned on to great success) was going to to be scrapped by 2010?
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skahammer
03/25/09

@crooked_teeth: I guess I see your point, but asking the head of the Executive Branch about the end result of a long and torturous legislative process is an exercise in futility.

All Obama has to say is, "We believe strongly in our proposals, and at the same time we're committed to working with the people's representatives on Capitol Hill, who we think at the end of the day will agree that our proposals are important to getting this country moving forward again."

OK, Obama didn't quite say that here, but I'll bet next time he's asked such a pointless question, his answer will be somewhere in that ballpark. And nothing new will be revealed. The question about future deficits was a lot more substantive, imho.
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belltolls
03/25/09

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Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Filler.
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metroville
03/24/09

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I was previously unaware that Stars and Stripes is a high school newspaper.
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BxgrlJeri
03/24/09

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Chuck Todd looks like he's going to say "Murray. Present."
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