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Barack Obama Chides Local Reporter For His Interruptive And Combative Interview

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President Barack Obama conducted interviews with a number of reporters yesterday at the White House, talking up his administration’s efforts to reduce the budget deficit. One lucky reporter to get the plum assignment was Brad Watson from Dallas/Ft. Worth’s WFAA, who appeared far more interested in airing his questions to the president (or even getting under his skin) than getting a topical response. At the end of the interview, Obama privately chided the reporter for interrupting him, which turned out to be the most newsworthy bit of the whole segment.

In what appeared to be a junket-style set of interviews, the notably calm and cool Obama became notably irked by Watson’s aggressive style of interviewing. But was the reporter simply challenging the president — as Watson states near the end of the segment — or treating a sitting president improperly by interrupting the commander-in-chief and asking impolitic questions like “Why do you think you’re so unpopular in Texas?”

After watching the finished segment below, one gets the sense that Watson seemed more motivated to show his own fearless bravado in the face of the leader of the free world than he was in actually getting any newsworthy responses from Obama.

To be fair, Obama’s interview style is often so disciplined — and prone to filibuster on even the most basic questions — that one can understand Watson’s motivation to some degree. However, the final segment that aired last night reveals that Watson was far more interested in promoting his challenging stance than anything the president said, evidenced by how much of Watson’s voiceover and questions are featured instead of Obama’s answers.

Watch the clip below, courtesy of WFAA.com:

(H/T TheBlaze)

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  • trica

    Ain’t He Cool…Thank You Mr. President!

  • More Liberty5

    Say what you will about their politics, and Obama’s belief that there is 57 states but as a family they donated almost $245,000 to various charities last year. This brought their tax bracket down to the 28%. This is a good thing. That $245K is being more productive in a private charity such as the Fisher Foundation as opposed to being wasted on some dumb government program. They donated 14% of their income and regardless of politics, this is a good thing. Good job President Obama. That money is better spent at those charities.

    As far as this story goes, I’d tell the President to go pound sand. We have freedom of the press in this country and if he doesn’t like it he can stick to reading a teleprompter. The president drones on during these interviews in an effort to take up time, thus less questions. It’s obvious.

  • murf

    The man is a long-winded , bullshitter , he stretches his answers out to cut interview time and avoid the core of the question . This is what happens when you’re used to softball interviews by NBC , ABC , and CBS.

  • More Liberty5

    Colby Hall wrote:
    “But was the reporter he simply challenging the president, as Watson states near the end of the segment, or treating a sitting president improperly by interrupting the commander-in-chief and asking impolitic questions like “Why do you think you’re so unpopular in Texas?””

    Are you serious? This guy, and other politicians of both parties have considerable power and some how it’s wrong to challenge them? What happen to the reporters that were combative with old Bush? We need more like them. Challenging these people is good for democracy.

    Looks like Colby is just carrying water, and it’s rather unprofessional.

  • possibly

    Another Bill Oreilly blowhard.

  • Davo

    “Thou Shalt Not Question Thy Ruler.”

  • ChrisNH

    When a president filibusters, and turns the words ‘And’ and ‘But’ into paragraphs of their own, he deserves to get kicked in the ass. I’m GLAD this happened. God knows there are enough Lib media hacks out there who kneel before Obamo and swallow what he gives them.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    The reporter was given seven minutes . Obama can drone on endlessly if allowed to . He’s a public servant , not a king and should be held accountable by all reporters .

    Of course Houston should have gotten one of the shuttles , but it’s not a blue state , so forget it .

  • catfishjuggling

    You know what annoys me about this story? If you like Obama, you say good for him; way to stand up. If you dislike him, you say he is thin skinned. Of course, you also defend Palin for doing the same thing were she in the same situation and calling out the lamestream media.

    So even bother to read any of these comments?

  • possibly

    Republicans are angry and stupid.

  • Jaurez

    Paper thin.

  • fishchef

    He asked to let him finish his answer. I don’t have a problem with that. I wouldn’t get on GW if he had asked for the same thing. It’s just polite. You can ask tough questions but “Why are you so unpopular in Texas?” isn’t a tough question, it’s just unimportant.

  • Doughboy

    Is that a YouTube clip, cuz it ain’t showing up for me thanks to the filter at work. Anyway, it figures some no-name reporter from Texas would be one of the only ones(Bret Baier being the other) who has the stones to actually challenge Barry in an interview. It’s disgraceful that nearly 2 1/2 years into the guy’s first(and God willing only) term that this type of exchange is somehow controversial or an extremely rare occurrence.

    This man is presiding over the worst economy in decades, rising food and gas prices that are crippling families’ budgets, rising inflation, rising health care premiums, high unemployment, trillion-plus dollar deficits that threaten to destroy our currency and bankrupt our government, a never-ending war in Afghanistan, a stalemate in Libya, and a porous southern border with a drug war that’s spilling over into our country. Every single journalist should be holding him accountable for this record. You can do it in a civil manner. You can do it while still respecting the office of the Presidency. But it requires having the professional and non-partisan ability to not defer to the guy out of a fear that you’ll be called hateful or racist or berated by your left-wing colleagues.

  • murf

    fishchef said:
    You can ask tough questions but “Why are you so unpopular in Texas?” isn’t a tough question, it’s just unimportant.

    It is when you’re a reporter from TEXAS , reporting to the people OF Texas.

  • ChrisNH

    Today, we have an iron-clad definition of an ‘Extremist:’ Someone who likes Obamo and thinks he’s doing a good job. Much more mainstream are the people who think the big-eared cigarette smoker is the worst president ever and can’t WAIT until the asshole is GONE.

  • Black and Gold Brad

    Obama doesn’t answer questions — that’s for the little people. He lectures.

  • Probably NOT wrong

    Hell, if you let him finish his answer your entire segment
    is taken up with just one question.
    Reporters have learned to push him now for a damn answer and
    the One don’t like it a bit!
    Tough! From now on answer the freakin’ question and move on to
    the next one!

  • skyfet

    I guess he learned from the best (Billo).

  • Barack Must Go

    That was the true half punk, half pussy you sycophants worship as your false messiah.

    A real man, especially one who’s risen to the office of president of the United States of America would have either sucked it up or challenged the reporter on air, if he was going to say anything at all.

    This litt;le girl whining, after the fact, is the real Barack. I’m certain, as the campaign ramps up we will be getting to know the truth about the ‘ child behind the curtain ‘ like we’ve never seen him before.

  • Doughboy

    Ok, I finally saw the clip on the affiliate’s website. Folks, if THIS is considered being tough or combative or disrespectful towards Obama, our press is not only blatantly partisan, but also the biggest bunch of p-ssies I’ve ever seen. The man was given 7 minutes and needed to get in as many questions as he could. If you’ve seen even one Obama press conference, you know the man can filibuster and blather on about nothing for 10 minutes if left uninterrupted. And more often than not even after all that time, he still hasn’t answered the reporter’s question.

  • skyfet

    More Liberty5 said:
    As far as this story goes, I’d tell the President to go pound sand. We have freedom of the press in this country and if he doesn’t like it he can stick to reading a teleprompter. The president drones on during these interviews in an effort to take up time, thus less questions. It’s obvious.

    I guess you have a thin understanding between the 1st and good manners. If Bo or the Govt. were to shut him up, then they would be violating his 1st, however interrupting someone while they answer your question is just rude.

  • Jaurez

    Was he questioned about his signing statements hypocrisy? Doubt it. Pathetic.

  • skyfet

    Barack Must Go said:
    That was the true half punk, half pussy you sycophants worship as your false messiah.

    I don’t think sycophant is the right word you are looking for.

  • Cecelia

    “the notably calm and cool Obama became notably irked by Watson’s aggressive style of interviewing.”

    No surprise. He’s not used to that…

  • The Lantern of Truth

    skyfet said:
    I guess he learned from the best (Billo).

    skyfet .

    Take this message to Gort :

    KLAATO BARADA NIKTO .

  • The Lantern of Truth

    The Lantern of Truth said:
    skyfet . Take this message to Gort : KLAATO BARADA NIKTO .

    Klaato is Klaatu’s cousin .

  • Barack Must Go

    skyfet said:
    I don’t think sycophant is the right word you are looking for.

    Just look in the mirror then. You’ll see exactly to whom I was referring.

  • Pablo

    skyfet said:
    however interrupting someone while they answer your question is just rude.

    Not as rude as not answering the question while chewing up the clock.

  • ChrisNH

    Pablo said:
    Not as rude as not answering the question while chewing up the clock.

    Exactly…with his ‘Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd’ and ‘Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut’ time-wasters. Obamo thinks no one sees this; what an idiot.

  • skyfet

    Barack Must Go said:
    Just look in the mirror then. You’ll see exactly to whom I was referring.

    Not in the way you use it.

  • skyfet

    Pablo said:
    Not as rude as not answering the question while chewing up the clock.

    So tell me exactly where the 1st came into being with this discussion?

  • Color Me Badd

    Brad Watson is obviously not ready for prime time, that might play to the Texas Teabags but the rest of the country thinks you are a joke.

  • seek

    what he really meant to say was “let me finish my lecture. Oh, you don’t think it has anything to do with your question, that’s too bad – I’ve memorized my answer so that’s all you get.” lol

  • Color Me Badd

    Barack Must Go said:
    That was the true half punk, half pussy you sycophants worship as your false messiah.

    A real man, especially one who’s risen to the office of president of the United States of America would have either sucked it up or challenged the reporter on air, if he was going to say anything at all.

    This litt;le girl whining, after the fact, is the real Barack. I’m certain, as the campaign ramps up we will be getting to know the truth about the ‘ child behind the curtain ‘ like we’ve never seen him before.

    You mean a real man like yourself notsofast/More Liberty/Barack Must Go son?

  • lane

    Actually, the interview was fair and even-handed. Sadly, this type of ‘normal’ interview is so rare for Pres. Obama he finds it surprising.

    The media has both special rights and duties and is supposed to respectfully challenge our politicians. Otherwise they truly are just propaganda and are not useful to the public good.

  • Barack Must Go

    Color Me Badd said:
    You mean a real man like yourself notsofast/More Liberty/Barack Must Go son?

    Left wing zealot paranoia = ” vast right wing conspiracy” to bring down the socialist regime in Washington.

    Their arrested development induced herd mentality does not allow them to accept the concept of individuals, unrelated or even knowing another, could independantly come to the very same conclusion based on the facts at hand.

    ……..and us ” real ” Americans are supposedly the dumb ones.

  • ChrisNH

    seek said:
    what he really meant to say was “let me finish my lecture. Oh, you don’t think it has anything to do with your question, that’s too bad – I’ve memorized my answer so that’s all you get.” lol

    Excellent, and truthful. The best part of what happened is that it is getting publicized. The more people who get to see a petulant, irritated, politically violent Obamo, the more they’ll decide to make sure he’s tossed not only overboard…but to another planet in 2012.

  • lane

    Also, is it really impolite to ask Pres. Obama about his lack of popularity in Texas? Isn’t a reporter supposed to ask tough questions or at least probing ones? I don’t see the point of ‘softball questions’, they serve no purpose. Sam Donaldson was always probing and invasive, since it was his job. He was also respectful.

  • lane

    More Liberty5 said:
    Colby Hall wrote:
    “But was the reporter he simply challenging the president, as Watson states near the end of the segment, or treating a sitting president improperly by interrupting the commander-in-chief and asking impolitic questions like “Why do you think you’re so unpopular in Texas?””

    Are you serious? This guy, and other politicians of both parties have considerable power and some how it’s wrong to challenge them? What happen to the reporters that were combative with old Bush? We need more like them. Challenging these people is good for democracy.

    Looks like Colby is just carrying water, and it’s rather unprofessional.

    Exactly!!!!. The reporter did his job, which all should do. Too many are lazy and don’t prepare for the interview. This guy does, and suddenly he’s ‘combative’.

  • TangledThorns

    Obama and his thin skin… weak sauce.

  • lane

    Davo said:
    “Thou Shalt Not Question Thy Ruler.”

    Funny!

  • justanotherconservative

    possibly said:
    Republicans are angry and stupid.

    and dems are cool and smart. lol.

    skyfet said:
    I don’t think sycophant is the right word you are looking for.

    LOLOL. YOU of all people correcting someone’s vocabulary!!! Best laugh of the day you asshole.

  • skyfet

    Barack Must Go said:

    ……..and us ” real ” Americans are supposedly the dumb ones.

    Well, speak for yourself and leave the real Americans out of it.

  • lane

    fishchef said:
    He asked to let him finish his answer. I don’t have a problem with that. I wouldn’t get on GW if he had asked for the same thing. It’s just polite. You can ask tough questions but “Why are you so unpopular in Texas?” isn’t a tough question, it’s just unimportant.

    In Texas, it is important. Also, in elections too. Besides that, of course…

  • skyfet

    justanotherconservative said:
    and dems are cool and smart. lol.

    LOLOL. YOU of all people correcting someone’s vocabulary!!! Best laugh of the day you asshole.

    You didn’t comeback to the thread yesterday, , you missed it. I gave you a free lesson, let me look for the thread.

  • cjd ohio 1

    skyfet said:
    You didn’t comeback to the thread yesterday, , you missed it. I gave you a free lesson, let me look for the thread.

    like you and the hayes thread, lol

  • skyfet

    skyfet said:
    Do you want me to break your sentence down?

    god is spelled God, unless you are talking about the idols (gods)

    You are so illiterate: This should have read, you are an illiterate (that would suffice)

    And I think you used full stop too much, try to learn what comma (,), exclamation mark (!) etc. stands for.

    You are welcome.

  • skyfet

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    like you and the hayes thread, lol

    Still waiting for the apology you owe me.

  • mickeymat

    Dear Mr. Hall,

    Your piece makes you sound as if you believe our president is either royalty or some sort of God. He isn’t. He is supposed to be a servant of the people-a people who enjoy freedom of the press-you know the press-the one you pretend to “work” in. Turns out, you do not work in the atmosphere of a free press when you characterize any questions for our public servant commander in chief as not being subservient enough. It makes you sound like you have either a mental problem or a chronic misunderstanding of our Constitution. I’ll go with another theory. You are a liberal. But it really doesn’t matter. You simply look foolish. Do your job and please stop with the disgusting hero worship. Thanks.

  • cjd ohio 1

    skyfet said:
    Still waiting for the apology you owe me.

    lol, i am sorry you are to stupid to read more than just the headline, i concur

  • skyfet

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    lol, i am sorry you are to stupid to read more than just the headline, i concur

    I’m not going to be drawn into your moronic trap, I know what I was referring to, and I’ve also point it out to you and your girlfriend yesterday. You on the other hand slandered me, unnecessarily, unprovoked, I hope it made your day, cause am laughing my head off. Now move on, its a new day. I forgive you, even if its hard to apologize.

  • cjd ohio 1

    skyfet said:
    I’m not going to be drawn into your moronic trap, I know what I was referring to, and I’ve also point it out to you and your girlfriend yesterday. You on the other hand slandered me, unnecessarily, unprovoked, I hope it made your day, cause am laughing my head off. Now move on, its a new day. I forgive you, even if its hard to apologize.

    dont want you forgiveness, you made the mistake, but you could not just admit it. you are just a partisan hack

  • lobodons

    Not popular in Texas? Well, Mr. Watson, Obama did better in Texas than most recent Dems. In fact, thanks to changing demographics in Texas, Obama has a chance at Texas in 2012. Especially if Sanchez runs. Mr. Watson, better get used to Texas as a Blue state. It’s only a matter of time.

  • TfT

    Is Colby serious by asking this questions:

    “….or treating a sitting president improperly by interrupting the commander-in-chief and asking impolitic questions like “Why do you think you’re so unpopular in Texas?”

    Honestly, you folks in the media treat this manchild with kid gloves; a reporter acutally doesn’t kiss his clymer, and you think he is being improper? WOW. You guys gotta get beyond this, he is our king our messiah and we love him, attitude and do your jobs.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    I call B.S. on Obama saying he’s NOT “targeting” Texas. Though he was visibly aggravated at the question about the decision to deny a space shuttle to the Johnson Space Center, everyone in Texas KNOWS that the decision was purely political. Kirstin Gilibrand (the new Dem poster girl for attractive Democrat women and someone the Dems are pushing really hard) was lobbying heavily for the shuttle to go to New York because it is a draw for tourism. Forget the fact that the Johnson Space Center is the home of the space program, which the Obama administration is dismantling, and that Houston/Clear Lake is the home of the astronauts who gave their lives in the quest to explore space, the awarding of the shuttle to New York is purely political. Obama really hated that the question was asked and that his answer was not sufficient for the reporter. Obama’s killing the oil and gas industry in Texas and Louisiana and killing jobs in the process- as well as putting the country deeper and deeper into debt and dependence on foreign oil, which he supports verbally and with our taxpayer dollars. Yet, he pretends that he isn’t doing what we can all SEE that he’s doing and becomes irritated when someone calls him on his rhetoric. He knows that as long as he is ONLY interviewed by media synchophants he can get people to buy what he’s selling.

    Big hat, no cattle, Barack Obama.

  • ProObamaAgenda

    More Liberty5 said:
    Say what you will about their politics, and Obama’s belief that there is 57 states but as a family they donated almost $245,000 to various charities last year. This brought their tax bracket down to the 28%. This is a good thing. That $245K is being more productive in a private charity such as the Fisher Foundation as opposed to being wasted on some dumb government program. They donated 14% of their income and regardless of politics, this is a good thing. Good job President Obama. That money is better spent at those charities.

    As far as this story goes, I’d tell the President to go pound sand. We have freedom of the press in this country and if he doesn’t like it he can stick to reading a teleprompter. The president drones on during these interviews in an effort to take up time, thus less questions. It’s obvious.

    what the hell are you talking about???…Freedom of the press??? look dumbass..what did the president do or say that infringed on the freedom of the press???..i guess in your feeble ass mind the president scolding a member of the press violates press freedom……well it doesnt….you uneducated dumb ass conservatives need to stop playing like youre constitutional scholars….youre ignorant, thats the bottom line….do us all a favor and STFU….youre far too dumb to engage in political discussions…..stick to something you know about….back biting and ass kissin

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    lobodons said:
    Not popular in Texas? Well, Mr. Watson, Obama did better in Texas than most recent Dems. In fact, thanks to changing demographics in Texas, Obama has a chance at Texas in 2012. Especially if Sanchez runs. Mr. Watson, better get used to Texas as a Blue state. It’s only a matter of time.

    I grew up when Texas Republicans were an endangered species- Lyndon Johnson, John Connally, Sam Rayburn, etc. HOWEVER, today, most Texas Democrats of that era would either be considered RINOs or, at the very least, Blue Dog Democrats. You’re dead wrong to think that Sanchez will win Kay Bailey Hutchison’s seat. Just because he has an Hispanic surname does not mean he will get the Latino vote. I have greater faith in the Latino population than you do- they are not like Obama’s voters, voting solely on race. Everyone was all a-twitter over Bill White’s challenge to Rick Perry, and Perry beat him handily. Don’t count on Sanchez becoming senator from Texas.

  • fishchef

    murf said:
    It is when you’re a reporter from TEXAS , reporting to the people OF Texas.

    But the answer was obvious and, again, unimportant, even to the people of TEXAS. A better question may have been, “You lost by 10% in Texas last time, are you going to do anything different in the 2012 election to try and win more votes?”

  • Doughboy

    lobodons said:
    Not popular in Texas? Well, Mr. Watson, Obama did better in Texas than most recent Dems. In fact, thanks to changing demographics in Texas, Obama has a chance at Texas in 2012. Especially if Sanchez runs. Mr. Watson, better get used to Texas as a Blue state. It’s only a matter of time.

    I wasn’t aware Mike Allen from Politico posted on here under the name “lobodons”. Obama lost Texas by 11 points in 2008. Granted that was a much smaller margin than Bush’s 2 prior wins, but that shouldn’t come as a complete shock since A)Bush is from Texas and B)Bush won his elections while McCain lost. Bottom line is that even in a horrible year for Republicans, Obama got shellacked in the state.

    Now flashforward to 2011. The GOP just won big in the midterms. Rick Perry was reelected to an unprecedented 3rd consecutive term. And the Republicans now have a supermajority in the state legislature. In other words, they can pass anything they want. And they’re doing just that. A voter ID law just made it to Perry’s desk. So not only is Obama even more unpopular in a heavily Republican state that he already lost by 11 points last time around, but now he has to try to compete down here without the benefit of illegals and dead people turning out the vote.

    In other words, Obama has ZERO chance at Texas. Better get used to it.

  • im_lovin_it

    Watson: “Why do you think you’re so unpopular in Texas?”

    Obama: “Well….uh….I’m obviously quite black. I also have…um…… a very weird sounding name. The thing is…..though……is that I’ve continued to bomb creepy Muslims. So that should help……show…..some patriotism on my part.”

  • david r

    skyfet said:
    I don’t think sycophant is the right word you are looking for.

    Sycophant is the precise word.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/W-Pearson-Dupree/1364280232 W Pearson Dupree

    First off, Obama never allows anyone to ask more than 5 questions in 30 minutes because he wants to speak to them for 10 minutes an answer that nobody will understand or remember.

  • Colorado_Conservative

    How dare anyone interrupt or ask a tough question of the community organizer.

    Obama rattles on and on and on and on about nothing. I don’t blame reporters for finally confronting him…never has there ever been a President treated with kiddy gloves like Obama has been!!!!

  • writer

    The new Presidential Seal bears the motto: “You’ll shut up when I’m talkin’ to ya!”

  • Davo

    ProObamaAgenda said:
    dumbass. feeble ass, uneducated dumb ass, ignorant, STFU, too dumb, back biting, ass kissin

    Wow. It’s Liberaql intellect like this that makes me wanna run out and join the Demoncrat Party.

  • Jaurez

    im_lovin_it said:
    Watson: “Why do you think you’re so unpopular in Texas?”

    Obama: “Well….uh….I’m obviously quite black. I also have…um…… a very weird sounding name. The thing is…..though……is that I’ve continued to bomb creepy Muslims. So that should help……show…..some patriotism on my part.”

    Play the race card much? Find a new shtick.

  • notsofast

    skyfet said:
    I don’t think sycophant is the right word you are looking for.

    Son, you need to get a dictionary. You and your lib myrmidons are the epitome of sycophancy.

  • notsofast

    im_lovin_it said:
    Watson: “Why do you think you’re so unpopular in Texas?”

    Obama: “Well….uh….I’m obviously quite black. I also have…um…… a very weird sounding name. The thing is…..though……is that I’ve continued to bomb creepy Muslims. So that should help……show…..some patriotism on my part.”

    Wow, son, neither you nor Barry “sounds like a negro unless you want to.”

  • skyfet

    notsofast said:
    Son, you need to get a dictionary. You and your lib myrmidons are the epitome of sycophancy.

    You might be classed as a psychopath. Just saying, you know.

  • notsofast

    skyfet said:
    skyfet says:
    April 19, 2011 at 10:47 am skyfet(Quote)

    Son, you are nothing but the rebarbative doyen of heinous and pungent flatulence.

    There are only two possible outcomes for you; (1).you will be found in a landfill in a rolled up rug or (2). you will be found in a pit with your face being used as a human latrine.

    Which will it be, son?

  • skyfet

    notsofast said:
    Son, you are nothing but the rebarbative doyen of heinous and pungent flatulence.

    There are only two possible outcomes for you; (1).you will be found in a landfill in a rolled up rug or (2). you will be found in a pit with your face being used as a human latrine.

    Which will it be, son?

    lol
    I think I may have touched a freaking nerve. Did I hurt your feelings (if you have any)?

  • notsofast

    skyfet said:
    skyfet says:
    April 19, 2011 at 10:52 am skyfet(Quote)

    Son, I see you didn’t deny what I said!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Melissa-Thompson/100001591846898 Melissa Thompson

    Why are Right wingers so disrespectful ? They didn’t treat Bush that way and he was an idiot. They just can’t stand that we have a black prez and a prez for the people.

  • notsofast

    Melissa Thompson said:
    They didn’t treat Bush that way and he was an idiot.

    Really, child?

    Let’s look at what you libs did to Bush.

    http://www.zombietime.com/zomblog/?p=621

    http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/03/025964.php

  • im_lovin_it

    Jaurez said:
    Play the race card much? Find a new shtick.

    notsofast said:
    Wow, son, neither you nor Barry “sounds like a negro unless you want to.”

    Oh come on! I thought that was a good bipartisan joke. I please the left by teasing racists in Texas and the right by making fun of Obama’s speaking mannerisms and his obvious hypocrisy. For a bunch of hapless online trolls y’all are a tough crowd!

  • Jaurez

    Melissa Thompson said:
    Why are Right wingers so disrespectful ? They didn’t treat Bush that way and he was an idiot. They just can’t stand that we have a black prez and a prez for the people.

    How many black men have you dated?

  • George C

    skyfet said:
    I’m not going to be drawn into your moronic trap, I know what I was referring to, and I’ve also point it out to you and your girlfriend yesterday. You on the other hand slandered me, unnecessarily, unprovoked, I hope it made your day, cause am laughing my head off. Now move on, its a new day. I forgive you, even if its hard to apologize.

    Invoking the TRRK defense , I’m schocked , ” Schocked “, I say .

  • ImJustThatDamnGood

    Conservatives are so disrespectful.

  • Colorado_Conservative

    Melissa Thompson said:
    Why are Right wingers so disrespectful ? They didn’t treat Bush that way and he was an idiot. They just can’t stand that we have a black prez and a prez for the people.

    So everyone who disagrees with Obamas policies is suddenly a racist?
    So everyone who simply asks questions about his very shady and radical past life is suddenly a racist?
    So everyone who wants him to provide proof he is a US citizen is suddenly a racist?

    You know what Melissa…your an idiot!!!

  • writer

    Melissa calls Bush an idiot and says right wingers are disrespectful. Funny stuff.

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  • Doughboy

    Melissa Thompson said:
    Why are Right wingers so disrespectful ? They didn’t treat Bush that way and he was an idiot. They just can’t stand that we have a black prez and a prez for the people.

    Bush can’t possibly be an idiot. He has a bachelor’s degree from Yale and an MBA from Harvard. Obama’s Ivy League education(despite the lack of available transcripts) is repeatedly cited as evidence for his intellectual brilliance so it stands to reason the same standard should apply to his predecessor.

  • Jaurez

    I’d be willing to bet “melissa” has never crawled in the sack with a black man and she has the nerve to call US racists.

  • Chuck from Tacoma

    I hadn’t seen any interviewers from the networks challenge Obama like that.
    It really is refreshing to see a reporter with courage now and then. One that’s
    not afraid to challenge the rhetoric babbled buy “The Man”.

  • Sean68

    Thou shalt not ask Obama tough questions.

  • Colorado_Conservative

    Sounds like our immature man child needs to pull up his big boy pants and be weened off of his sipper cup.

  • david r

    Jaurez said:
    I’d be willing to bet “melissa” has never crawled in the sack with a black man and she has the nerve to call US racists.

    That is all Melissa lacks to achieve the truly elevated state of consciousness sought by all thoughtful libs.

  • greg454

    They didn’t treat Bush that way? Bush was treated like crap, remember that old woman asking questions? You know, the Jew-hater? I’m glad that Lebanese bitch was put finally put in her place.

    As for Obama, he’s a PUBLIC SERVANT, not a King, not a Lord, not the greatest thing to happen to America (more like a tragedy, really), and that manchild needs to get grow some thicker skin. Seriously, you can’t be president if you’re gonna act like a goddamm pussy every time someone asks you a tough question.

    Of course, what does Obama know about working hard? Community Organizer? What kind of job is that? Senator? For what? Two years? Harvard Editor? Did he write any articles? How come we can’t find them?

    WEAR A VEIL OR DIE: WELCOME TO LONDONISTAN.
    http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/2011/04/should-you-wear-veil-if-youre-not.html

  • Penguin60

    writer said:
    Melissa calls Bush an idiot and says right wingers are disrespectful. Funny stuff.

    You just can’t make that shit up. But the lemmings don’t even realize they are the same as what they rail about. Friggin’ hilarious.

    Colorado_Conservative said:
    So everyone who disagrees with Obamas policies is suddenly a racist?

    The DNC, journolist plan from the beginning. Followed faithfully by the lemmings.

  • timcajun

    Texas should hurry up and secede from the Union, so we don’t have to send them anymore funds then remove the knife from the big “O”s back

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  • THE MAN

    timcajun said:
    Texas should hurry up and secede from the Union, so we don’t have to send them anymore funds then remove the knife from the big “O’’s back

    http://www.thepostemail.com/2010/01/10/red-flags-overlooked/

    look this up and then tell me who is holding the knife

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    What a dis-respective jerk.

  • CAconservative

    Obimbo is always right, and if you don’t think so, just ask him. The last part of the interview gives us a clear insight into just how self absorbed he really is. His balanced approach to reducing the deficit is…tax the rich more, and cut spending. That is the sum-total of this supposedly intelligent man’s plan. The recent ridiculously small budget cuts the House passed was attacked by Obimbo from the outset, so much for meaningful cuts by this clown.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    timcajun said:
    Texas should hurry up and secede from the Union, so we don’t have to send them anymore funds then remove the knife from the big “O’’s back

    Frankly I wish the whole racist, federal money sucking, poverty producing, south would secede.

  • cjd ohio 1

    ellie said:
    Frankly I wish the whole racist, federal money sucking, poverty producing, south would secede.

    they did, we fought a war to stop it

  • Patrick Henry

    lobodons said:
    Not popular in Texas? Well, Mr. Watson, Obama did better in Texas than most recent Dems. In fact, thanks to changing demographics in Texas, Obama has a chance at Texas in 2012. Especially if Sanchez runs. Mr. Watson, better get used to Texas as a Blue state. It’s only a matter of time.

    As much as you may wish it, it will NEVER happen.

  • spoofproof

    Hey y’all. If you would like to see what leadership potential looks & sounds like in real life then please take a look @ a former Louisiana governor Charles “Buddy” Roemer. The link goes to CSPAN. Total runtime: 54 minutes.

    http://www.c-span.org/Events/Road-to-the-White-House-Fmr-Governor-Buddy-Roemer-R-LA/10737420940-1/

    http://www.c-span.org/Events/Road-to-the-White-House-Fmr-Governor-Buddy-Roemer-R-LA/10737420940-1/

    http://www.c-span.org/Events/Road-to-the-White-House-Fmr-Governor-Buddy-Roemer-R-LA/10737420940-1/

  • Penguin60

    ellie said:
    federal money sucking, poverty producing, south

    Geez, I didn’t know they had racist lemmings.

  • ksecus

    The reporter has no class, no skill, no ethics. Hes a prime candidate for Fox news

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    ellie said:
    Frankly I wish the whole racist, federal money sucking, poverty producing, south would secede.

    Honey, if we did, the bast@rds in the Northeast would freeze in the dark.

  • cjd ohio 1

    the reporter is the presidents employer just like all americans are, reporters should treat all politicans like this and get the answers that americans need

  • Patrick Henry

    Melissa Thompson said:
    Why are Right wingers so disrespectful ? They didn’t treat Bush that way and he was an idiot. They just can’t stand that we have a black prez and a prez for the people.

    Why are you so ignorant and ugly, not to mention racist?

  • timcajun

    THE MAN says:
    look this up and then tell me who is holding the knife
    ……………………………
    Once again a 110% tea only site, we talked about this. How can you learn if you live in the tea- Fake Fox bubble?
    Do you want me to send you to the Nation, Move-on or Huff Post? Texas, lied said they wouldn’t take any money, then they did,…….. then said we can do without the money! Rick, keep your lies straight and pull the knife out!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek

    More Liberty5 said:
    Colby Hall wrote:
    “But was the reporter he simply challenging the president, as Watson states near the end of the segment, or treating a sitting president improperly by interrupting the commander-in-chief and asking impolitic questions like “Why do you think you’re so unpopular in Texas?””

    Are you serious? This guy, and other politicians of both parties have considerable power and some how it’s wrong to challenge them? What happen to the reporters that were combative with old Bush? We need more like them. Challenging these people is good for democracy.

    Looks like Colby is just carrying water, and it’s rather unprofessional.

    Its only wrong when Democrats are given tough questions. You’ll notice Mediaite LOVES the interviews when Republicans are treated as hostile witnesses.

  • Penguin60

    timcajun said:
    Do you want me to send you to the Nation, Move-on or Huff Post?

    Better bring a Tyvek suit! LOL

  • ksecus

    The south hate black people.

  • Patrick Henry

    ellie said:
    What a dis-respective jerk.

    ellie, don’t be so hard on yourself.

  • Patrick Henry

    ellie said:
    Frankly I wish the whole racist, federal money sucking, poverty producing, south would secede.

    Wow, ellie, discriminate much?

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    We’re coming up on Texas Independence Day, The Republic of Texas.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGukLuXzH1E

  • 24AheadDotCom

    The TP types will greet this video and make the reporter a brief shining star.

    However, the reporter didn’t really do anything. Notably, he didn’t intellectually engage The Great O. He didn’t “cross-examine” him about his policies. He simply asked open-ended questions.

    “Cross-examining” pols would reveal the flaws in their ideas and force them to come up with better ideas, but instead all we get is demagoguery.

    In case anyone wants to know how to “cross-examine” pols, see my guide:

    http://24ahead.com/n/8545

  • notsofast

    im_lovin_it said:
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    April 19, 2011 at 11:00 am im_lovin_it(Quote)
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    Jaurez said:
    Play the race card much? Find a new shtick.

    notsofast said:
    Wow, son, neither you nor Barry “sounds like a negro unless you want to.”

    Oh come on! I thought that was a good bipartisan joke. I please the left by teasing racists in Texas and the right by making fun of Obama’s speaking mannerisms and his obvious hypocrisy. For a bunch of hapless online trolls y’all are a tough crowd!

    Son, the next bus leaves in 10 minutes, be under it!

  • notsofast

    ellie said:
    What a dis-respective jerk.

    Barry? Yes I quite agree.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    they did, we fought a war to stop it

    And the south still resents it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    Honey, if we did, the bast@rds in the Northeast would freeze in the dark.

    Bah bye.

  • cjd ohio 1

    ellie said:
    And the south still resents it.

    so, it was your comment not mine, it happened in the past

  • TillieGlockenspiel
  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    timcajun said:
    THE MAN says:
    look this up and then tell me who is holding the knife
    ……………………………
    Once again a 110% tea only site, we talked about this. How can you learn if you live in the tea- Fake Fox bubble?
    Do you want me to send you to the Nation, Move-on or Huff Post? Texas, lied said they wouldn’t take any money, then they did,…….. then said we can do without the money! Rick, keep your lies straight and pull the knife out!

    Right click on his avatar to save it and you’ll see whom you’re talking to. I wouldn’t waste my time.

  • BruceGoose

    I love the Indiana Jones style arrow graphic that shows where the president is located in relation to Texas.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    Patrick Henry said:
    Wow, ellie, discriminate much?

    Just wishing for them that which they constantly wish for themselves.

  • notsofast

    Melissa Thompson said:
    Why are Right wingers so disrespectful ? They didn’t treat Bush that way and he was an idiot.

    Really?

    No, they just had one of their lib stalwarts go on national TV and smear Bush on a story about his national Guard service that THEY knew was false.

    And what happened? Within weeks, Dan Rather said” “if I knew then what I know now – I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question,”] and CBS News President Andrew Heyward said, “Based on what we now know, CBS News cannot prove that the documents are authentic, which is the only acceptable journalistic standard to justify using them in the report. We should not have used them. That was a mistake, which we deeply regret.”

    Later a special committee investigating this fiasco determined that the produce of this fraud, Mary Mapes, determined that Ms. Mapes, contrary to the story’s theme that Bush did things to get out of Vietnam service, actually VOLUNTEERED to fly combat missions in Vietnam!.

    Report Says Dan Rather Personally Involved in CBS News Campaign to Destroy President Bush; Accuracy
    By Accuracy In Media | January 10, 2005

    Accuracy in Media said today that the newly released report on how CBS News handled the Bush National Guard story contains a bombshell that further undermines the credibility of CBS News anchorman Dan Rather and his close collaborator and associate, producer Mary Mapes.

    The report reveals on page 130 that Mapes, one of those fired because of the scandal, had documented information in her possession before the controversial September 8 broadcast that George W. Bush, while in the Texas Air National Guard, “did volunteer for service in Vietnam but was turned down in favor of more experienced pilots.” This information is critical because Dan Rather, in the broadcast, insinuated that Bush was among the “many well-connected young men [who tried to] pull strings and avoid service in Vietnam.”

  • Barack Must Go

    ellie said:
    Frankly I wish the whole racist, federal money sucking, poverty producing, south would secede.

    You know what sm-ellie, there are millions upon millions of people from all around the country living in the South today. So your bigotted views really have no validity or place in ” real ” America. There are well off & poor in every state in the union so zip it missy, because you don’t know what you’re talking about.

  • Alz

    ellie said:
    Frankly I wish the whole racist, federal money sucking, poverty producing, south would secede.

    On the racism comment, you must then really be angry at how liberals treat the Blacks in the inner cities. They make them dependent and keep them dependent – and it has been going on for 50+ years! I’m angry about it.

  • Rusty Shackelford

    Its obvious the reporter is a racist

  • http://www.massmurdermedia.tv Mookie von Zipper

    Doughboy said: Bush can’t possibly be an idiot. He has a bachelor’s degree from Yale and an MBA from Harvard. Obama’s Ivy League education(despite the lack of available transcripts) is repeatedly cited as evidence for his intellectual brilliance so it stands to reason the same standard should apply to his predecessor.

    lefties would have you believe that bush the elder had nasa do dubya’s classwork while he partied with skull & bones and ultimately fabricated his degrees… righties would have you believe a mysterious soros-type benefactor chose obama early in life to groom as a future puppet of the new world order and made sure his every step had few traces… while it’s uncanny how a bush seems to be in the periphery of major historical events since ww2, there’s little evidence to suggest that anyone other than dubya had a hand in his own destiny… as for obama, this guy has manchurian candidate written all over him… or horns, take your pick…

  • Battchief

    Alz said:
    On the racism comment, you must then really be angry at how liberals treat the Blacks in the inner cities. They make them dependent and keep them dependent – and it has been going on for 50+ years! I’m angry about it.

    Gee, I guess someones make and keeps Caucasians dependant in the Ozarks and the mountains of W. Virginia. Most people receiving money to live from the government are CAUCASIANS. Poverty affects everyone, Caucasians in higher numbers because there are more of them. If the draconian cuts come, Caucasian people will be hurting the most.

    This guy’s just angling for a job on Fox.

  • Battchief

    Alz said:
    On the racism comment, you must then really be angry at how liberals treat the Blacks in the inner cities. They make them dependent and keep them dependent – and it has been going on for 50+ years! I’m angry about it.

    Gee, I guess someone makes and keeps Caucasians dependent in the Ozarks and the mountains of W. Virginia. Most people receiving money to live from the government are CAUCASIANS. Poverty affects everyone, Caucasians in higher numbers because there are more of them. If the draconian cuts come, Caucasian people will be hurting the most.

    This guy’s just angling for a job on Fox.

  • TerryDo

    Barack Obama Chides Local Reporter For His Interruptive And Combative Interview.

    Obama sits down with his big phony Julie Roberts smile as if he were going to charm that male reporter with that feminine smile. Hahahaha

    Much ado about the nothing president. Websites are still trying to make Obama appear tough… hohum

  • OxyCon

    I love it when the mask slips from this fraud’s face.

  • timcajun

    Penguin60 says:
    Better bring a Tyvek suit!
    …………………………………….
    You can lease one from Fox, in–house only!

  • RoughAcres

    I would LOVE to have seven minutes to interview Obama. I sure wouldn’t spend it the way this guy did, though.

  • Georgia999

    Colby Hall wrote:
    ” To be fair, Obama’s interview style is often so disciplined — and prone to filibuster on even the most basic questions — that one can understand Watson’s motivation to some degree.”

    Hey, Colby, why didn’t you just leave it at that….instead of trying to decipher the reporter’s motivations & making yourself look like a fool?

  • MrTPar_taY

    This pissy, prim and proper embarassing excuse of a POTUS has 0 leadership ability. Just Pathetic.

  • OxyCon

    Obama isn’t content with stoking racial animosity by pitting blacks and hispanics against whites…now he’s creating friction between youths and adults as well as class warfare.

    He’s a selfish person who puts his own personal ambitions above the unity of our country and he’s paying for it in every recent poll. He even tracks lower then JImmy Carter, the worst President ever.

  • Jaurez

    “ellie” how many black men have you banged? None? Racist.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    Mookie von Zipper said:
    while it’s uncanny how a bush seems to be in the periphery of major historical events since ww2, there’s little evidence to suggest that anyone other than dubya had a hand in his own destiny

    Programmer under oath admits computers rig elections

    Software programmer says US elections are rigged and that US Representatives tried to pay him to rig their election vote counts. http://tinyurl.com/3vusboj

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Arthur-Clough/1419363514 Arthur Clough

    {President Thin Skin!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    Battchief said:
    Gee, I guess someones make and keeps Caucasians dependant in the Ozarks and the mountains of W. Virginia. Most people receiving money to live from the government are CAUCASIANS. Poverty affects everyone, Caucasians in higher numbers because there are more of them. If the draconian cuts come, Caucasian people will be hurting the most.

    This guy’s just angling for a job on Fox.

    And doesn’t even know how racist his remarks are.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    Jaurez said:
    “ellie” how many black men have you banged? None? Racist.

    You’re a pig.

  • Penguin60

    timcajun said:
    Penguin60 says:Better bring a Tyvek suit!…………………………………….You can lease one from Fox, in–house only!

    Are you kidding? soon as you walk in MSDNC they have a closet full, and any one not a lemming has to put them on. That’s why they have so many of them left over.

  • Jaurez

    ellie said:
    You’re a pig.

    So, none, right? What’s your reason? Just curious.

  • Jaurez

    It’s fascinating to me how libs can run around calling others racist when they themselves are actually racist.

  • jackster12

    OxyCon said:
    Obama isn’t content with stoking racial animosity by pitting blacks and hispanics against whites…now he’s creating friction between youths and adults as well as class warfare.

    He’s a selfish person who puts his own personal ambitions above the unity of our country and he’s paying for it in every recent poll. He even tracks lower then JImmy Carter, the worst President ever.

    First off, the leader of the Free World — right or left — deserves a certain reverence for the office. Anyone who suggests or acts otherwise is not a free spirit or a maverick anything. He’s simply an ass. This reporter, as evidenced by his own prideful edits of his rude behavior, is an ass.

    Second of all, you will most certainly disagree, but if there’s one thing Obama has done more so than any president than perhaps Lyndon Johnson, it’s attempt to heal the rift between races. You think he pits them against each other because he’s black, but if you actually study the record of rhetoric out there, those who widen the gap have been both unthinking supporters and detractors but not the man himself.

    As for class warfare, one would have to be a nitwit not to (a) attribute the bulk of that divide to the current economic situation and (b) remain oblivious to the pandering the right has done to the poor and middle class, all while stuffing their own pockets. I’m not at all against enrichment by hard work, but there’s no question that the right and not the left has been far more apt at manipulating the tension between the classes.

    As for friction between youths and adults… since when did we need any outside force to do that? This is as long-lived a source of tension as history itself. You must not have children. Or at least, not understand the ones you have.

    And selfish? I won’t deny that politicians on the whole seem to have way too much interest in their personal ambitions. Brace yourself for plenty more of that as we get closer to the elections. But you need to go back and look at how much virtually every member of Bush’s cabinet has enriched himself or herself, both while in office and afterward. Literally millions of new dollars line their pockets, while this country wallows in the aftermath.

    While we’re at it, look up the real record of Jimmy Carter. It’s a popular point on the right to call him the “worst ever”… but guess which president NEVER launched us into war as a nation, authorized or otherwise. And guess which one, out of all those before or since who claimed to put our national energy agenda out front as a priority actually DID halve our dependence on foreign oil during his term. Guess which one actually DID broker a long period of Middle East peace, too.

    I’ll give you a hint: His initials are NOT GWB, who’s widely recognized by those who actually are expert historians to be the “worst president ever.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    jackster12 said:
    I’ll give you a hint: His initials are NOT GWB, who’s widely recognized by those who actually are expert historians to be the “worst president ever.”

    Beautifully said. Thanks :)

  • Penguin60

    Shit, can I have my 3 minutes back?

  • cjd ohio 1

    jackster12 said:
    First off, the leader of the Free World — right or left — deserves a certain reverence for the office. Anyone who suggests or acts otherwise is not a free spirit or a maverick anything. He’s simply an ass. This reporter, as evidenced by his own prideful edits of his rude behavior, is an ass. Second of all, you will most certainly disagree, but if there’s one thing Obama has done more so than any president than perhaps Lyndon Johnson, it’s attempt to heal the rift between races. You think he pits them against each other because he’s black, but if you actually study the record of rhetoric out there, those who widen the gap have been both unthinking supporters and detractors but not the man himself. As for class warfare, one would have to be a nitwit not to (a) attribute the bulk of that divide to the current economic situation and (b) remain oblivious to the pandering the right has done to the poor and middle class, all while stuffing their own pockets. I’m not at all against enrichment by hard work, but there’s no question that the right and not the left has been far more apt at manipulating the tension between the classes. As for friction between youths and adults… since when did we need any outside force to do that? This is as long-lived a source of tension as history itself. You must not have children. Or at least, not understand the ones you have. And selfish? I won’t deny that politicians on the whole seem to have way too much interest in their personal ambitions. Brace yourself for plenty more of that as we get closer to the elections. But you need to go back and look at how much virtually every member of Bush’s cabinet has enriched himself or herself, both while in office and afterward. Literally millions of new dollars line their pockets, while this country wallows in the aftermath. While we’re at it, look up the real record of Jimmy Carter. It’s a popular point on the right to call him the “worst ever”… but guess which president NEVER launched us into war as a nation, authorized or otherwise. And guess which one, out of all those before or since who claimed to put our national energy agenda out front as a priority actually DID halve our dependence on foreign oil during his term. Guess which one actually DID broker a long period of Middle East peace, too. I’ll give you a hint: His initials are NOT GWB, who’s widely recognized by those who actually are expert historians to be the “worst president ever.”

    ou can have your opinion on the things listed above, but jimmy carter really, 20%interest, inflation, hostages

  • greg454

    STOP TALKING ABOUT RACISM! Just because Obama’s a mulatto don’t mean we have to treat him like he’s special. He ain’t special, he’s just the president, a PUBLIC SERVANT.

    Betrayed by Brewer: Arizona governor vetoes bills.
    http://libertarians4freedom.blogspot.com/2011/04/betrayed-by-brewer-arizona-governor.html

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    greg454 said:
    mulatto

    Really???

  • BatBoy

    How dare this Texan nothing interrupt the Messiah’s prepared answers?

    There can be no doubt…this Texas nothing is a RACIST!

  • TeaPartyPatriot

    “Barack Obama Chides Local Reporter For His Interruptive And Combative Interview”

    That’s how “You Lie!” hussein reacts when a reporter has the audacity to NOT just plant a BIG, FAT, WET KISS on his A, and instead, asks a REAL question. Hey, couric, williams and sawyer – you’ll have to plant TWO to make up for this texas guy.

  • notsofast

    jackster12 said:
    His initials are NOT GWB, who’s widely recognized by those who actually are expert historians

    No, son, not expert historians, but lib historians.And BTW, Obama was not a president when they took a poll.

    He indeed will be universally reviled as the worst president ever!

  • Jaurez

    ellie said:
    Really???

    I think you’ll feel a lot better if you just tell us the reason why. Is it because they “smell funny?” A smart woman like you must have some rational explanation, right?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    Jaurez said:
    :

    repulsive pig.

  • Jaurez

    ellie said:
    repulsive pig.

    You’re the one who backed yourself in a corner, not me. You can get yourself out fairly easily. Why don’t you? Just tell us why. It will only take 2 seconds.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    Jaurez said:
    You’re the one who backed yourself in a corner, not me. You can get yourself out fairly easily. Why don’t you? Just tell us why. It will only take 2 seconds.

    Do you really think i’m going to discuss my sexual life on a public forum with a pig like you? You’re stupid as well as repulsive. Now get lost and don’t expect as response from me again.

  • Jaurez

    Not even one? Ever? Never even thought about doing it in 65 yrs?

  • Jaurez

    ellie, next time you call someone a racist you might want to think twice. Just sayin.’

  • daliyablumenthal

    Here is usa we have an excuse to go after a beautiful intelligent black man far superior to any of the goats apposing him.
    We need some education and clear thinking in usa .

  • proudpatriotusa

    The right so desperately wants Obama to be the stereotype of the ANGRY BLACK MAN. They’re incapable of dealing with anything else.

  • david r

    Jaurez said:
    It’s fascinating to me how libs can run around calling others racist when they themselves are actually racist.

    I agree. These Little Bo Peep libs whining about racism is obnoxious.

  • seek

    Sometimes Elle, I forget you’re a grown-up (or are you). Bush is stupid (because you said so), will go down in history as the worst pres (because you said so). Are you for real?

    Grow up and quit making stupid statements. You are doing a real disservice to women with the nonsense you come up with.

    BTW – still haven’t responded to your “hate on” for Beck and how it’s your right to phone and complain to his sponsors (because you made up the bullshitt about his hating people) and yet you give every one of the idiots on the left a pass. Is this a grown-up? I think not.

    I guess you really are Keith’s Mother and we should feel sorry for you. God knows you have your hands full.

    Also, your absolutely ridiculous statements about the South indicates that the grade school diploma you’re flogging did not equip you for the real world. How does it feel to be 100% wrong all the time – at least you have a perfect record. lol

  • lucky5

    I don’t think Obama has been to Texas. Maybe if he showed them a little two-step they might care a little more.

  • seek

    Proudpatriot, since you are not a republican, I don’t believe you have a clue as to what the “right” wants – so don’t speak for me and I’m sure many of the other right leaning people feel the same.

    What do I want from Obama? The truth and respect for everyone, and not his canned speeches and the hate and complete lack of respect he shows and has shown towards the right. A President does not act like a school yard bully, which is what he’s done. I don’t think (I’m positive in fact) that ” stupid” Bush ever gave a speech with such hate and vitriol towards the left. Somehow that “stupid” man acted like a gentleman while addressing the nation. Somehow – even though he’s ‘dumb’ he realized that this Country has both left and right leaning individuals and he managed to treat them all equal. What a freaking concept!

  • juan

    The “birther” issue is really frustrating Obama!

    Posted by: Countryman Apr 19, 06:54 AM

    ——————————————————————————–

    The Progluddites are ramping up their campaign against birthers – tonight (Tuesday, April 19th) at 8 EST, CSpan-2 is airing a program entitled “Media and Popular Culture” which contains screeds of those who question Barry’s records (or lack thereof). The symposium is sponsored by the Aspen Institute, a behind the scenes Progluddite think tank which boasts among its directors such luminaries as Franklin Raines (disgraced CEO of FannieMae), Madeleine Albright (Sec of State under Clinton), Zoe Baird (failed appointee to US Attorney General by Clinton), Andy Stern (former President of SEIU), and Harvard professor Henry Louis (the police acted stupidly) Gates, who coauthored a book with Cornell West, the dean of Black Liberation Theology.

    To have this strange collection of bedfellows going to bat for Barry to destroy those who just want to know the truth about his past tells how much their fortunes are invested in him, and how much of a third rail this questioning represents. Whether they individually know the truth about him or not, they can feel the fear emanating from the WH, and are galvanized to protect him.

    http://comments.americanthinker.com/read/42323/806970.html

  • Jayson

    Jaurez said:
    How many black men have you dated?

    I’d be willing to bet “melissa” has never crawled in the sack with a black man and she has the nerve to call US racists.

    “ellie” how many black men have you banged? None? Racist.

    Not even one? Ever? Never even thought about doing it in 65 yrs?

    I’m always amazed that scum like you exist. What a waste of human life. Bet your Momma is real proud of her precious offspring.

  • Jaurez

    Care to elaborate, socky? I asked very legitimate questions of someone who likes to fling “racist” like a football.

  • illusive man

    LOL, Progressives and there programed auto responses when somebody dares criticize Obama on his horrible job as Dear Leader.

    Such scared and dependant little four legged animales.

  • david r

    ellie said:
    Frankly I wish the whole racist, federal money sucking, poverty producing, south would secede.

    Well what about the hundreds of thousands of men and women from the South who have died in all our wars since the civil war? Wouldn’t they have died in vain if the country they gave their life for no longer existed ? Maybe you should put down the cheap wine and think about apologizing to the families of these men and women. And if you think your town is progressive and hip, come on down to Austin. We have plenty of cheap wine chilled for you.

  • hgovernick

    I don’t care if the reporter in the video was interviewing the President or your favorite uncle, his interview technique seemed to me to be rude and motivated by a sense of his own self-importance.

  • Jaurez

    Guess “jayson” can’t back his spew. Figures.

  • Jayson

    Jaurez said:
    Care to elaborate, socky? I asked very legitimate questions of someone who likes to fling “racist” like a football.

    Theres a way to ask legitimate questions when you disagree with another, without talking like a filthy scum. You obviously enjoy the fact you are, or you wouldn’t have the same referrence in most of your comments.

  • david r

    Jaurez said:
    Guess “jayson” can’t back his spew. Figures.

    Jaurez, I’m all for you, man. Keep chasing that white, liberal wool. It kept me going all thru the 70′s and 80′s, before the wheels came off.

  • illusive man

    david r said:
    Well what about the hundreds of thousands of men and women from the South who have died in all our wars since the civil war? Wouldn’t they have died in vain if the country they gave their life for no longer existed ? Maybe you should put down the cheap wine and think about apologizing to the families of these men and women. And if you think your town is progressive and hip, come on down to Austin. We have plenty of cheap wine chilled for you.

    She won’t apologize, her programming won’t allow it.
    And if somehow she does apologize, she won’t mean it.
    Tomorrow she will make the same baseless accusations.
    Because her programming demands it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jay-Ray/100000280184693 Jay Ray

    NEW !!! There’s a new publication out: “THE OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE QUESTION” – it has answers to the 15 most important questions about the Obama Birth Certificate issue!!
    You can get it at Createspace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/3593906
    (Amazon will also have it).
    The web site is: http://obamabirthcertificatequestion.wordpress.com

    Get the facts!!!

  • BR

    If the media spent a fraction the time looking into and questioning Obama’s past as they did every other presidential candidate (from BOTH parties) Obama would not be president today.

  • lucky5

    Jay Ray said:
    NEW !!! There’s a new publication out: “THE OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE QUESTION” – it has answers to the 15 most important questions about the Obama Birth Certificate issue!!
    You can get it at Createspace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/3593906
    (Amazon will also have it).
    The web site is: http://obamabirthcertificatequestion.wordpress.com

    Get the facts!!!

    That looks so fake. The Dems are just making up crap.

  • jo hoochie

    seek said:
    Proudpatriot, since you are not a republican, I don’t believe you have a clue as to what the “right” wants – so don’t speak for me and I’m sure many of the other right leaning people feel the same. What do I want from Obama? The truth and respect for everyone, and not his canned speeches and the hate and complete lack of respect he shows and has shown towards the right. A President does not act like a school yard bully, which is what he’s done. I don’t think (I’m positive in fact) that ” stupid” Bush ever gave a speech with such hate and vitriol towards the left. Somehow that “stupid” man acted like a gentleman while addressing the nation. Somehow – even though he’s ‘dumb’ he realized that this Country has both left and right leaning individuals and he managed to treat them all equal. What a freaking concept!

    Oh Yes, tell it like it is. Obama, The Divider and Chief!!!

  • Laddy Go-Rod

    So, the Thug-In-Chief doesn’t like thug tactics when used against him?

    Hey, BeeHO, you need a longer skirt, we see your hoohaa.

    PU$$Y.

  • Jaurez

    Jayson said:
    Theres a way to ask legitimate questions when you disagree with another, without talking like a filthy scum. You obviously enjoy the fact you are, or you wouldn’t have the same referrence in most of your comments.

    I wouldn’t exactly call that an “elaboration.” Kinda strange how you go out of your way to defend someone you don’t even know who made several racist posts. Do you share her racist views, too?

  • DCD-in-Indiana

    Where does this turd think his “federal funds” come from, for Christ’s sake? Such big ears, so little grace.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    BR said:
    If the media spent a fraction the time looking into and questioning Obama’s past as they did every other presidential candidate (from BOTH parties) Obama would not be president today.

    How RIGHT you are- we still know next to nothing FACTUAL about this man. He’s the Wizard of Oz, the Flim Flam Man and the Emperor sans Clothes, all rolled into one- and simply because he’s half black and a Democrat. The good news is that the media has “exposed” itself as what they’ve always been but pretended otherwise. Their obvious bias and syncophancy has resulted in the proliferation of political websites and blogs- and the ratings of Glenn Beck, O’Reilly and Fox News Network in general. The Left has sown the seeds of its own destruction.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    seek said:
    Sometimes Elle, I forget you’re a grown-up (or are you). Bush is stupid (because you said so), will go down in history as the worst pres (because you said so). Are you for real?

    Please quote me as I don’t recall making either remark.

    seek said:
    Grow up and quit making stupid statements. You are doing a real disservice to women with the nonsense you come up with.

    Again you’ve accused me of making statements that i believe i didn’t make. and now you’re dragging my sex into it. Why?

    seek said:
    BTW – still haven’t responded to your “hate on” for Beck and how it’s your right to phone and complain to his sponsors (because you made up the bullshitt about his hating people) and yet you give every one of the idiots on the left a pass. Is this a grown-up? I think not.

    I don’t see anyone from e left spreading the hate-filled, racist be Beck spews. Sorry if you don’t like it but it’s just not there.

    seek said:
    I guess you really are Keith’s Mother and we should feel sorry for you. God knows you have your hands full.

    Is this an example of the lack of adult conversation you’re bemoaning?

    seek said:
    Also, your absolutely ridiculous statements about the South indicates that the grade school diploma you’re flogging did not equip you for the real world. How does it feel to be 100% wrong all the time – at least you have a perfect record. lol

    How absolutely all grown up of you.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    david r said:
    Well what about the hundreds of thousands of men and women from the South who have died in all our wars since the civil war? Wouldn’t they have died in vain if the country they gave their life for no longer existed ? Maybe you should put down the cheap wine and think about apologizing to the families of these men and women. And if you think your town is progressive and hip, come on down to Austin. We have plenty of cheap wine chilled for you.

    Get lost. But have a nice day. :)

  • jrcmi

    TeaPartyPAID-triot said:
    “Barack Obama Chides Local Reporter For His Interruptive And Combative Interview”

    That’s how “You Lie!” hussein reacts when a reporter has the audacity to NOT just plant a BIG, FAT, WET KISS on his A, and instead, asks a REAL question. Hey, couric, williams and sawyer – you’ll have to plant TWO to make up for this texas guy.

    How many posts did you bill the RNC for this week? No rational person could be as ridiculously partisan as you are. You’re either a paid blogger or a freelance loony.

    This reporter was simply rude to the president. He wants to be O’Reilly when he grows up. If ever. It is not necessary to kiss anyone’s “A” to exhibit common courtesy. I recall no incidents in which Bush was treated to similar crassness in a one-on-one situation like this one and the O’Reilly interruption-fest. Please cite any I may have forgotten.

    “The Progluddites are ramping up their campaign against birthers”

    The birthers are “campaigning” against THEMSELVES.

    With no evidence whatsoever to support them – and plenty against them – they’ve convinced each other and themselves that Obama wasn’t born here.

    Trying to obscure a proven fact by clouding the issue with even MORE vague and unsubstantiated claims against “strange bedfellows” cannot change that proven fact: Obama WAS born in Hawaii and IS a citizen.

    You have already prejudged the outcome of the program you mentioned without apparently viewing it.

    If you want so desperately to engage in self-delusion to justify your own paranoia and/or racism, have fun – but when you actively seek to deceive others you damage the country far more than anything Obama is allegedly doing.

  • cjd ohio 1

    jrcmi said:
    How many posts did you bill the RNC for this week? No rational person could be as ridiculously partisan as you are. You’re either a paid blogger or a freelance loony. This reporter was simply rude to the president. He wants to be O’Reilly when he grows up. If ever. It is not necessary to kiss anyone’s “A” to exhibit common courtesy. I recall no incidents in which Bush was treated to similar crassness in a one-on-one situation like this one and the O’Reilly interruption-fest. Please cite any I may have forgotten. “The Progluddites are ramping up their campaign against birthers” The birthers are “campaigning” against THEMSELVES. With no evidence whatsoever to support them – and plenty against them – they’ve convinced each other and themselves that Obama wasn’t born here. Trying to obscure a proven fact by clouding the issue with even MORE vague and unsubstantiated claims against “strange bedfellows” cannot change that proven fact: Obama WAS born in Hawaii and IS a citizen. You have already prejudged the outcome of the program you mentioned without apparently viewing it. If you want so desperately to engage in self-delusion to justify your own paranoia and/or racism, have fun – but when you actively seek to deceive others you damage the country far more than anything Obama is allegedly doing.

    reporters are rude to people all the time, i would like reporters to ask all politicans tough questions and not let them filibuster, the president and congress work for us, and at our pleasure

  • david r

    ellie said:
    Get lost. But have a nice day. :)

    I don’t think so, Bo Peep.

  • More Liberty5

    jrcmi said:
    This reporter was simply rude to the president.

    So? The President, regardless or political party, is a public servant with an enormous amount of power. He is a leader of a government that bombs civilians with drones, allows tax cuts for huge corporations while not giving the same cut to small business owners, and believe the government has a right to the fruits of other peoples labor.

    He is a tyrant, just like Bush.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    david r said:
    Well what about the hundreds of thousands of men and women from the South who have died in all our wars since the civil war? Wouldn’t they have died in vain if the country they gave their life for no longer existed ?

    Tell that to all the southern states that still talk of secession … to those that still want to celebrate the confederacy. But to those that still want to be part of the USA I do apologize. To the rest …. go already.

  • More Liberty5

    ellie said:
    Get lost. But have a nice day. :)

    No offense Elle, but aren’t you a woman in her 60s, that graduated from East Haven High School in 1963.

  • More Liberty5

    ellie said:
    Tell that to all the southern states that still talk of secession … to those that still want to celebrate the confederacy. But to those that still want to be part of the USA I do apologize. To the rest …. go already.

    People in Vermont talked of succession about 6 years ago. Do you want them to leave? To be honest, a collective of people with the same values, beliefs and thoughts should be able to govern themselves. Is there something theoretically wrong with that? I’m not talking about US, and apple pie or any of that propaganda. I’m talking about the fact that do a free and independent people have the right to govern themselves?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    More Liberty5 said:
    No offense Elle, but aren’t you a woman in her 60s, that graduated from East Haven High School in 1963.

    No.

  • seek

    Elle said:

    “I don’t see anyone from e left spreading the hate-filled, racist be Beck spews. Sorry if you don’t like it but it’s just not there.”

    That is about the most “honest” statement you’ve made to date Elle and you’ve made a bunch of them.

    The truth is you don’t see – you just don’t see and you
    don’t hear either. You don’t even have the wherewithal to realize that you are a bigot and your “blind and deaf” hatred of the right leaves you impotent to judge the rights behavior with any degree of honesty. It’s just not in you.

    Do the seniors you work with realize that you have more disabilities than they do?

  • Montecore

    More Liberty5 said:
    So? The President, regardless or political party, is a public servant with an enormous amount of power. He is a leader of a government that bombs civilians with drones, allows tax cuts for huge corporations while not giving the same cut to small business owners, and believe the government has a right to the fruits of other peoples labor. He is a tyrant, just like Bush.

    What is the big deal? All he did was ask the reporter the next he interviewed him (Obama) was not to interrupt him and let him finish his answer. The way the media was spinning it made you wonder if the president told the reporter where to get off! Good grief!

  • More Liberty5

    Ellen Carey Rowe said:
    No

    Sorry….you graduated in 64

  • More Liberty5

    Montecore said:
    What is the big deal? All he did was ask the reporter the next he interviewed him (Obama) was not to interrupt him and let him finish his answer. The way the media was spinning it made you wonder if the president told the reporter where to get off! Good grief!

    That’s a reasonable statement. My issue was that many people here feel that the reporter was wrong. My angle is that I am concerned about individual liberty, and a government that is limited. Additionally, President Obama is more accustom to softball interviews where the reporter is more concerned about a possible gig in the administration as opposed to asking hard questions.

  • Sapwolf

    After what the media did to Palin, anything goes.

    Obama is still a softy and can’t take it.

    GAME ON!!!!

  • david r

    ellie said:
    Tell that to all the southern states that still talk of secession … to those that still want to celebrate the confederacy. But to those that still want to be part of the USA I do apologize. To the rest …. go already.

    You can’t produce a single instance in the last 20 years where an elected representative in a Southern state advocated that that state secede from the Union. You have some amorphous notion of Southerners based on tax protesters (every state has them), fringe loons (again, every state has them), civil war re-enactors and bad movies you’ve seen on the sofa watching TV. Some guy from Manhattan that was part of our group last year at Jazz Fest asked me our last night, at a fine New Orleans restaurant: “Don’t you think the civil war is a rift that this country will never heal from?” I said, you know, I don’t think about it much. He was very skeptical. I think he was just being a bit of a wiseacre, trying to get a rise out of the rest of us. You seem to have genuine hatred.

  • jo hoochie

    Sapwolf said:
    After what the media did to Palin, anything goes. Obama is still a softy and can’t take it. GAME ON!!!!

    If a Texas reporter can shake Obama, just think what a Herman Cain, Sarah Palin, or Chris Christie, (even the Donald) can do during a debate. I hope a reporter with kahunas will ask some hard questions next time around. Obama is an incompetent, hypocritical, divider in chief!
    By the way, I love the picture of the wolf you are using!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    david r said:
    You seem to have genuine hatred.

    I can’t help what you see. Try a different lens, perhaps.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    seek said:
    The truth is you don’t see – you just don’t see and you
    don’t hear either. You don’t even have the wherewithal to realize that you are a bigot and your “blind and deaf” hatred of the right leaves you impotent to judge the rights behavior with any degree of honesty. It’s just not in you.

    There goes that projection again. Won’t get rid of it that way. Projection doesn’t work except as a coping mechanism to try to hide from yourself.

    seek said:
    Do the seniors you work with realize that you have more disabilities than they do?

    Attack, attack, attack …. then end with telling me how unloving I am. :)

  • glenn113

    Anyone wanna bet that interviewer was a teabagger or flatearther?

  • Dem4Ever

    Bye…Bye…Oh…Boma! He’s finally getting it through his “I don’t have horns” head…nobody likes him.

  • Paleoconservatarian

    What is the form of address for the President of the United States??

    Mr.

    On purpose.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    Perhps, it is time this was administered to Obama.

    Authors Drew Pinsky and S. Mark Young, a professor of entertainment business at the University of Southern California have studied celebrities and the general population by administering a widely used screening tool called the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), which is included in The Mirror Effect.
    The book advises answering the 40 questions below in a single sitting, without asking for help or clarification. It notes, “There’s no such thing as a good or bad result on this test. Scoring high on the narcissism inventory, or high on any of the component categories, doesn’t mean you have a disorder, or that you’re a good or bad person.”

    Print this out or track your choices of which statements best match you — then test your friends, family, that guy at the office — anyone who’s narcissism score you want to know.

    1. A. I have a natural talent for influencing people.
    B. I am not good at influencing people.

    2. A. Modesty doesn’t become me.
    B. I am essentially a modest person.

    3. A. I would do almost anything on a dare.
    B. I tend to be a fairly cautious person.

    4. A. When people compliment me I sometimes get embarrassed.
    B. I know that I am good because everybody keeps telling me so.

    5. A. The thought of ruling the world frightens the hell out of me.
    B. If I ruled the world it would be a better place.

    6. A. I can usually talk my way out of anything.
    B. I try to accept the consequences of my behavior.

    7. A. I prefer to blend in with the crowd.
    B. I like to be the center of attention.

    8. A. I will be a success.
    B. I am not too concerned about success.

    9. A. I am no better or worse than most people.
    B. I think I am a special person.

    10. A. I am not sure if I would make a good leader.
    B. I see myself as a good leader.

    11. A. I am assertive.
    B. I wish I were more assertive.

    12. A. I like to have authority over other people.
    B. I don’t mind following orders.

    13. A. I find it easy to manipulate people.
    B. I don’t like it when I find myself manipulating people.

    14. A. I insist upon getting the respect that is due me.
    B. I usually get the respect that I deserve.

    15. A. I don’t particularly like to show off my body.
    B. I like to show off my body.

    16. A. I can read people like a book.
    B. People are sometimes hard to understand.

    17. A. If I feel competent I am willing to take responsibility for making decisions.
    B. I like to take responsibility for making decisions.

    18. A. I just want to be reasonably happy.
    B. I want to amount to something in the eyes of the world.

    19. A. My body is nothing special.
    B. I like to look at my body.

    20. A. I try not to be a show off.
    B. I will usually show off if I get the chance.

    21. A. I always know what I am doing.
    B. Sometimes I am not sure of what I am doing.

    22. A. I sometimes depend on people to get things done.
    B. I rarely depend on anyone else to get things done.

    23. A. Sometimes I tell good stories.
    B. Everybody likes to hear my stories.

    24. A. I expect a great deal from other people.
    B. I like to do things for other people.

    25. A. I will never be satisfied until I get all that I deserve.
    B. I take my satisfactions as they come.

    26. A. Compliments embarrass me.
    B. I like to be complimented.

    27. A. I have a strong will to power.
    B. Power for its own sake doesn’t interest me.

    28. A. I don’t care about new fads and fashions.
    B. I like to start new fads and fashions.

    29. A. I like to look at myself in the mirror.
    B. I am not particularly interested in looking at myself in the mirror.

    30. A. I really like to be the center of attention.
    B. It makes me uncomfortable to be the center of attention.

    31. A. I can live my life in any way I want to.
    B. People can’t always live their lives in terms of what they want.

    32. A. Being an authority doesn’t mean that much to me.
    B. People always seem to recognize my authority.

    33. A. I would prefer to be a leader.
    B. It makes little difference to me whether I am a leader or not.

    34. A. I am going to be a great person.
    B. I hope I am going to be successful.

    35. A. People sometimes believe what I tell them.
    B. I can make anybody believe anything I want them to.

    36. A. I am a born leader.
    B. Leadership is a quality that takes a long time to develop.

    37. A. I wish somebody would someday write my biography.
    B. I don’t like people to pry into my life for any reason.

    38. A. I get upset when people don’t notice how I look when I go out in public.
    B. I don’t mind blending into the crowd when I go out in public.

    39. A. I am more capable than other people.
    B. There is a lot that I can learn from other people.

    40. A. I am much like everybody else.
    B. I am an extraordinary person.

    SCORING KEY:

    Assign one point for each response that matches the key.

    1, 2 and 3: A
    4, 5: B
    6: A
    7: B
    8: A
    9, 10: B
    11, 12, 13, 14: A
    15: B
    16: A
    17, 18, 19, 20: B
    21: A
    22, 23: B
    24, 25: A
    26: B
    27: A
    28: B
    29, 30, 31: A
    32: B
    33, 34: A
    35. B
    36, 37, 38, 39: A
    40: B

    The average score for the general population is 15.3. The average score for celebrities is 17.8. Pinsky says he scored 16.

    Young says it is important to consider which traits are dominant. For example, an overall score that reflects more points on vanity, entitlement, exhibitionism and exploitiveness is more cause for concern than someone who scores high on authority, self-sufficiency and superiority, he says.

    The seven component traits by question:

    • Authority: 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 32, 33, 36

    • Self-sufficiency: 17, 21, 22, 31, 34, 39

    • Superiority: 4, 9, 26, 37, 40

    • Exhibitionism: 2, 3, 7, 20, 28, 30, 38

    • Exploitativeness: 6, 13, 16, 23, 35

    • Vanity: 15, 19, 29

    • Entitlement: 5, 14, 18, 24, 25, 27

  • Dem4Ever

    BO’s act has become tiresome.

  • LindaT

    Jaurez said:
    Not even one? Ever? Never even thought about doing it in 65 yrs?

    This is the first time I’ve posted here. Are you serious that if you haven’t slept with a black man, you’re RASCIST!? How many Asians, Chinese, Mexicans, Japanese, blacks, have YOU slept with? If not all of the above, then I guess that makes you a rascist, too!
    What a ridiculous thing to say…

  • LindaT

    Sorry for the spelling. I meant racist.

  • mitchflorida

    Colby do you have to be such a stooge for Obama?

  • DonnyC

    Barry Boy’s interviews are the most boring of any President in modern times and the fact that the vast majority of the liberal media toss him softballs and let him respond in 10 minute responses that answer nothing is a pathetic joke! Kudos to Brad Watson for not following the previous softball, boring interviews by the Couric’s, Williams, Todd’s and Sheffields of the world!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    LindaT said:
    This is the first time I’ve posted here. Are you serious that if you haven’t slept with a black man, you’re RASCIST!? How many Asians, Chinese, Mexicans, Japanese, blacks, have YOU slept with? If not all of the above, then I guess that makes you a rascist, too!
    What a ridiculous thing to say…

    Welcome to Mediaite. :)

  • ChrisNH

    All in all, a good day. It started with a clearly irritated, thin-skinned, petulant Obamo and it ended with bleeding Lib Spike Lee in tears (again) as his beloved Knicks evaporated down the stretch in Boston.

  • seek

    My goodness Elle, denial suits you. It’s amazing how a lot of people have seen your “hate” and yet I’m projecting. lol

    I guess in your mind everyone who has commented on your silly baseless bigoted statements is wrong and they just don’t know what the hell they are talking about. You don’t even try to hide your bias and blind adoration for someone you know nothing about. I expect more from a woman your age.

  • timcajun

    Dem4Ever says:
    Bye…Bye…Oh…Boma! He’s finally getting it through his “I don’t have horns” head…nobody likes him.
    …………………………………….
    They don’t like him,…… they just take the money…. then lie about it! Good, honest people! Long live the teas!

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    ellie said:
    Frankly I wish the whole racist, federal money sucking, poverty producing, south would secede.

    Unfortunately for you, facts don’t have political parties. According to Forbes, the best cities for minority entrepreneurs are all in the South. http://blogs.forbes.com/brettnelson/2011/03/23/best-cities-for-minority-entrepreneurs-2011/

    1) Atlanta 2) Baltimore 3) Nashville 4) Houston The booby prize goes to Milwaukee

  • seek

    what money do they take tim? Their own?

  • Jaurez

    LindaT said:
    This is the first time I’ve posted here. Are you serious that if you haven’t slept with a black man, you’re RASCIST!? How many Asians, Chinese, Mexicans, Japanese, blacks, have YOU slept with? If not all of the above, then I guess that makes you a rascist, too!
    What a ridiculous thing to say…

    Well, I find it hard to believe you’ve never posted here.

    Secondly, Asians, done it, Mexicans, done it, Japanese, done it, blacks, done it.

    Anything else you want to lie about?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    ChrisNH said:
    Boston

    Means the Celts won. :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    seek said:
    My goodness Elle, denial suits you. It’s amazing how a lot of people have seen your “hate” and yet I’m projecting. lol

    I guess in your mind everyone who has commented on your silly baseless bigoted statements is wrong and they just don’t know what the hell they are talking about. You don’t even try to hide your bias and blind adoration for someone you know nothing about. I expect more from a woman your age.

    Expect to your hearts content. :)

  • Jaurez

    seek, “ellie” is a phony from top to bottom.

  • Alz

    Battchief said:
    Gee, I guess someones make and keeps Caucasians dependant in the Ozarks and the mountains of W. Virginia. Most people receiving money to live from the government are CAUCASIANS. Poverty affects everyone, Caucasians in higher numbers because there are more of them. If the draconian cuts come, Caucasian people will be hurting the most.

    This guy’s just angling for a job on Fox.

    I guess we can learn a few things from your comments:

    First, the terrible liberalism in the inner cities that makes people dependent and keeps people dependent is acceptable to you. You din’t deny that it exists, but I guess liberals never do.

    Second, your analogy about the Ozarks, etc. is silly because the Ozarks, etc, are not comparable to the inner cities. When someone points out how nasty the liberals are to the people in these areas (mostly Blacks), the liberals cry racism. The Ozarks, etc. case is false; otherwise people would be comparing it.

    The fact is the liberals decided to pivot in the late 50′s and switch from the old Progressive Eugenics angle (of the 30′s) to a co-opting strategy in which they would work to make minorities dependent on liberals through government. This is where all of the policies and programs came from that ruined the inner cities (and especially the Black family) in the 60′s and 70′s.

    It’s the liberals who are the biggest racists.

  • Alz

    Jaurez said:
    seek, “ellie” is a phony from top to bottom.

    She’s (if “she” is a she) is a strange bird…that’s for sure.

  • IIWII

    ellie said:
    Welcome to Mediaite. :)

    I can honestly say I have never slept with a black man……

  • IIWII

    TillieGlockenspiel said:
    Perhps, it is time this was administered to Obama.

    Authors Drew Pinsky and S. Mark Young, a professor of entertainment business at the University of Southern California have studied celebrities and the general population by administering a widely used screening tool called the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI), which is included in The Mirror Effect.
    The book advises answering the 40 questions below in a single sitting, without asking for help or clarification. It notes, “There’s no such thing as a good or bad result on this test. Scoring high on the narcissism inventory, or high on any of the component categories, doesn’t mean you have a disorder, or that you’re a good or bad person.”

    Print this out or track your choices of which statements best match you — then test your friends, family, that guy at the office — anyone who’s narcissism score you want to know.

    1. A. I have a natural talent for influencing people.
    B. I am not good at influencing people.

    2. A. Modesty doesn’t become me.
    B. I am essentially a modest person.

    3. A. I would do almost anything on a dare.
    B. I tend to be a fairly cautious person.

    4. A. When people compliment me I sometimes get embarrassed.
    B. I know that I am good because everybody keeps telling me so.

    5. A. The thought of ruling the world frightens the hell out of me.
    B. If I ruled the world it would be a better place.

    6. A. I can usually talk my way out of anything.
    B. I try to accept the consequences of my behavior.

    7. A. I prefer to blend in with the crowd.
    B. I like to be the center of attention.

    8. A. I will be a success.
    B. I am not too concerned about success.

    9. A. I am no better or worse than most people.
    B. I think I am a special person.

    10. A. I am not sure if I would make a good leader.
    B. I see myself as a good leader.

    11. A. I am assertive.
    B. I wish I were more assertive.

    12. A. I like to have authority over other people.
    B. I don’t mind following orders.

    13. A. I find it easy to manipulate people.
    B. I don’t like it when I find myself manipulating people.

    14. A. I insist upon getting the respect that is due me.
    B. I usually get the respect that I deserve.

    15. A. I don’t particularly like to show off my body.
    B. I like to show off my body.

    16. A. I can read people like a book.
    B. People are sometimes hard to understand.

    17. A. If I feel competent I am willing to take responsibility for making decisions.
    B. I like to take responsibility for making decisions.

    18. A. I just want to be reasonably happy.
    B. I want to amount to something in the eyes of the world.

    19. A. My body is nothing special.
    B. I like to look at my body.

    20. A. I try not to be a show off.
    B. I will usually show off if I get the chance.

    21. A. I always know what I am doing.
    B. Sometimes I am not sure of what I am doing.

    22. A. I sometimes depend on people to get things done.
    B. I rarely depend on anyone else to get things done.

    23. A. Sometimes I tell good stories.
    B. Everybody likes to hear my stories.

    24. A. I expect a great deal from other people.
    B. I like to do things for other people.

    25. A. I will never be satisfied until I get all that I deserve.
    B. I take my satisfactions as they come.

    26. A. Compliments embarrass me.
    B. I like to be complimented.

    27. A. I have a strong will to power.
    B. Power for its own sake doesn’t interest me.

    28. A. I don’t care about new fads and fashions.
    B. I like to start new fads and fashions.

    29. A. I like to look at myself in the mirror.
    B. I am not particularly interested in looking at myself in the mirror.

    30. A. I really like to be the center of attention.
    B. It makes me uncomfortable to be the center of attention.

    31. A. I can live my life in any way I want to.
    B. People can’t always live their lives in terms of what they want.

    32. A. Being an authority doesn’t mean that much to me.
    B. People always seem to recognize my authority.

    33. A. I would prefer to be a leader.
    B. It makes little difference to me whether I am a leader or not.

    34. A. I am going to be a great person.
    B. I hope I am going to be successful.

    35. A. People sometimes believe what I tell them.
    B. I can make anybody believe anything I want them to.

    36. A. I am a born leader.
    B. Leadership is a quality that takes a long time to develop.

    37. A. I wish somebody would someday write my biography.
    B. I don’t like people to pry into my life for any reason.

    38. A. I get upset when people don’t notice how I look when I go out in public.
    B. I don’t mind blending into the crowd when I go out in public.

    39. A. I am more capable than other people.
    B. There is a lot that I can learn from other people.

    40. A. I am much like everybody else.
    B. I am an extraordinary person.

    SCORING KEY:

    Assign one point for each response that matches the key.

    1, 2 and 3: A
    4, 5: B
    6: A
    7: B
    8: A
    9, 10: B
    11, 12, 13, 14: A
    15: B
    16: A
    17, 18, 19, 20: B
    21: A
    22, 23: B
    24, 25: A
    26: B
    27: A
    28: B
    29, 30, 31: A
    32: B
    33, 34: A
    35. B
    36, 37, 38, 39: A
    40: B

    The average score for the general population is 15.3. The average score for celebrities is 17.8. Pinsky says he scored 16.

    Young says it is important to consider which traits are dominant. For example, an overall score that reflects more points on vanity, entitlement, exhibitionism and exploitiveness is more cause for concern than someone who scores high on authority, self-sufficiency and superiority, he says.

    The seven component traits by question:

    • Authority: 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 32, 33, 36

    • Self-sufficiency: 17, 21, 22, 31, 34, 39

    • Superiority: 4, 9, 26, 37, 40

    • Exhibitionism: 2, 3, 7, 20, 28, 30, 38

    • Exploitativeness: 6, 13, 16, 23, 35

    • Vanity: 15, 19, 29

    • Entitlement: 5, 14, 18, 24, 25, 27

    I scored an 8… I guess I should rule the known and unknown universe?

  • non-native texan

    david r said:
    You can’t produce a single instance in the last 20 years where an elected representative in a Southern state advocated that that state secede from the Union. You have some amorphous notion of Southerners based on tax protesters (every state has them), fringe loons (again, every state has them), civil war re-enactors and bad movies you’ve seen on the sofa watching TV. Some guy from Manhattan that was part of our group last year at Jazz Fest asked me our last night, at a fine New Orleans restaurant: “Don’t you think the civil war is a rift that this country will never heal from?” I said, you know, I don’t think about it much. He was very skeptical. I think he was just being a bit of a wiseacre, trying to get a rise out of the rest of us. You seem to have genuine hatred.

    A single instance? How about: April 16, 2009, Texas governor Rick Perry, speaking before a group of tea partyers. The same Governor Perry who is now, hat in hand, lobbying the federal government for more money to help with the wildfires. All that hot air took its toll.

  • Tedderman

    This Texas newsman has proven he does not even understand what the President said to him. He claimed the President didn’t like being challenged when all Obama said was “next time we do this let me finish my answers before you ask another one, OK?” To which the Texas version of Ron Burgundy nodded, winked and said “sure Mr. President.” And why did this tool have to ask why do you think you’re so unpopular in Texas? That’s like asking when did you stop beating your wife, there’s no good answer. Obama could not possibly have been honest and said, well whitey, it’s because the collective I.Q. of Texas does not break into triple digits and any where you look it appears there’s a casting call for next seasons “Biggest Loser.”

  • IIWII

    non-native texan said:
    A single instance? How about: April 16, 2009, Texas governor Rick Perry, speaking before a group of tea partyers. The same Governor Perry who is now, hat in hand, lobbying the federal government for more money to help with the wildfires. All that hot air took its toll.

    See, you show your fear/ignorance of the Tea Party… the tea party is NOT about “zero” government (that would be Libertarians and anarchists)… the T’partay… is about spending tax payer money wisely. Where is the need? What is “most” important. Ya miss the beat of the social drummer…….. it is NOT about spending… it is about spending where and when it is needed. Take a class in economics/government 101… there are several online if ya cannot make the drive.

  • Alz

    IIWII said:
    See, you show your fear/ignorance of the Tea Party… the tea party is NOT about “zero” government (that would be Libertarians and anarchists)… the T’partay… is about spending tax payer money wisely. Where is the need? What is “most” important. Ya miss the beat of the social drummer…….. it is NOT about spending… it is about spending where and when it is needed. Take a class in economics/government 101… there are several online if ya cannot make the drive.

    The liberals instantly jump to the conclusion that Tea party people don’t want police, fire departments, teachers, etc.

    I’ve been in a few conversations on this and their kneejerk reaction is to assume that the Tea Party people don’t want any government.

    It’s obviously false, it somehow this is deep in the liberal brain.

  • Jaurez

    non-native texan says:

    zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    non-native texan said:
    A single instance? How about: April 16, 2009, Texas governor Rick Perry, speaking before a group of tea partyers. The same Governor Perry who is now, hat in hand, lobbying the federal government for more money to help with the wildfires. All that hot air took its toll.

    Thanks. :)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    Tedderman said:
    And why did this tool have to ask why do you think you’re so unpopular in Texas?

    He asked because it’s an O”Reilly wannabe. O”Reilly asked Obama the same question and interrupted his answers even more.

  • OxyCon

    Here’s some more Obama news:

    Obama Campaign won’t reveal fundraising numbers

    Guess he’ll be collecting more money from Hamas terrorists and people named “Dirty Pooey” like he did last time.

  • IIWII

    Alz said:
    The liberals instantly jump to the conclusion that Tea party people don’t want police, fire departments, teachers, etc.

    I’ve been in a few conversations on this and their kneejerk reaction is to assume that the Tea Party people don’t want any government.

    It’s obviously false, it somehow this is deep in the liberal brain.

    Yep…you get it.

  • david r

    non-native texan said:
    A single instance? How about: April 16, 2009, Texas governor Rick Perry, speaking before a group of tea partyers. The same Governor Perry who is now, hat in hand, lobbying the federal government for more money to help with the wildfires. All that hot air took its toll.

    Here is what the doofus actually said: “There’s a lot of different scenarios,” Perry said. “We’ve got a great union. There’s absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we’re a pretty independent lot to boot.” I think this falls short of advocating that Texas secede. It is shameless pandering to the idiot vote. In the news clip that this thread is supposed to be about, Obama made a valid point about Perry’s hypocrisy in accepting $8 billion in stimulus funds, then attacking federal spending. Anyway, Perry’s comment did not sit well with most Texans, which is what I was complaining about originally. You can’t say that “Southern states talk about secession.” It is not true, although there is a loose cannon down here trying to make noises like that for political gain.

  • seek

    You know non-native, some people might say that Perry requesting money for an emergency is exactly what the Federal Government was meant to be – some might say that….

    Think about it.

    As for David – finally someone who is honest about what Perry said and what he didn’t say. As for how it “sat” with most Texans, I don’t know – I think I’ll take the words of Ronnie on that and “trust but verify”.

    Thanks

  • Dem4Ever

    BO got spanked big time. I don’t think he’ll be showing his face again in Texas!

  • http://www.zazzle.com/talkingpoints NORBIT Jr.

    Then stop deliberately LYING TO US about virtually everything you claim, you POS!

    KUDOS to that reporter!!

  • VoiceofReason

    Alz said:
    The liberals instantly jump to the conclusion that Tea party people don’t want police, fire departments, teachers, etc. I’ve been in a few conversations on this and their kneejerk reaction is to assume that the Tea Party people don’t want any government. It’s obviously false, it somehow this is deep in the liberal brain.

    Actually I wouldn’t mind seeing more police, fire and maybe even teachers……if:

    1. They are good cops, firefighters or teachers
    2. It meant less do-nothing administrators, captains and other sundry system Klingons
    3. They could be sensibly compensated….both now and after they retire

  • Dildo Buggins

    Much ado about nothing. I guess you can take away from the video what you want. I thought at the end Obama was teaching the reporter a little etiquette. I know I don’t like people to ask me a question and then no allow me to answer. Chris Matthews is famous for asking a question and them rambling on. I bet he wouldn’t do it with the President.
    Some people respect the office more than others….

  • X-3

    -0bama, the empty suit, wouldn’t have given the same answer 3 times if he’d not had a teleprompter to read from.

  • Tedderman

    Get over the teleprompter thing dude, Obama will wax the floor in the next debate against whatever dildo you ass-wipes choose to run.

  • Truth

    NORBIT Jr. said:
    Then stop deliberately LYING TO US about virtually everything you claim, you POS! KUDOS to that reporter!!

    Norbit you watch to much Fox

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