NoBama freaks out on White House press corps

POSTED BY: piratenews
UPDATED: Friday, January 23, 2009 22:57
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Ask a stupid question...

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President Obama made a surprise visit to the White House press corps Thursday night, but got agitated when he was faced with questions from journalists.

Asked how he could reconcile a strict ban on lobbyists in his administration with a Deputy Defense Secretary nominee who lobbied for Raytheon, Obama interrupted with a knowing smile on his face.

"Ahh, see," he said, "I came down here to visit. See this is what happens. I can't end up visiting with you guys and shaking hands if I'm going to get grilled every time I come down here."

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Bush NSA collected credit card records on political enemies and targeted journalists in USA
www.rawstory.com/news/2008/Whistleblower_NSA_collected_credit_card_rec
ords_0122.html

Is NoBama planning to keep that same program of spying on pesky journos?

Does NoBama have ANYTHING to do with controlling ANYTHING?

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"Ahh, see," he said, "I came down here to visit. See this is what happens. I can't end up visiting with you guys and shaking hands if I'm going to get grilled every time I come down here."

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Boo hoo, I am so underwhelmed with sympathy...

You wanted the job Barry, gettin grilled by the press comes with it, suck it up and deal, Rookie!

The press *SHOULD* be all up his arse with a microscope, their total neglect of that basic duty of the fourth estate for the past eight years did a lot to land us in this fuckin mess.

No Mercy for the elected, never.

-Frem

It cannot be said enough, those who do not learn from history, are doomed to endlessly repeat it

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Originally posted by piratenews:
Ask a stupid question...

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Hey, P-N - what's the source for this text?

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President Obama made a surprise visit to the White House press corps Thursday night, but got agitated when he was faced with questions from journalists.

Asked how he could reconcile a strict ban on lobbyists in his administration with a Deputy Defense Secretary nominee who lobbied for Raytheon, Obama interrupted with a knowing smile on his face.

"Ahh, see," he said, "I came down here to visit. See this is what happens. I can't end up visiting with you guys and shaking hands if I'm going to get grilled every time I come down here."

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Meanwhile, here's some more of this:

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Brilliant he may be, but for his own good don’t forget that Obama’s a man, not a superman

Last updated at 7:55 AM on 22nd January 2009

Barack Obama is overflowing with integrity and honesty.
He will re-fashion politics, and take America forward into the next phase of her glorious history.
He is favourably compared to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. These are remarks we have heard from pundits as well as ordinary people in America and this country over the past few days. Are they true? It is impossible to say. At present there would seem to be little basis for saying them.
Of course his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States was moving. His speech on Tuesday, if not his very best, was stirring. There is a remarkable dignity and serenity about the man. He seems clever, committed and clear-thinking.

It would take a heart of stone not to celebrate his achievement as the first black man - or at any rate the first person of mixed race - to enter the White House. He has come from nowhere, or almost nowhere, through sheer strength of will to lead the world's most powerful nation. America, despite everything, retains the capacity to inspire.
And yet, and yet. When nearly everyone agrees on limited evidence that a person or thing is superlative, and somehow beyond criticism, it is usually a good idea to hang back from the crowd. Unanimity about any untested proposition makes me uneasy.
But that is what we have. It is not just the liberals who are mushy about him. Hard-baked Republicans have gone weak at the knees. There is a widespread hope bordering on expectation that this inexperienced President and his untried administration will be able to sort out the world's economic difficulties in a trice, and put America back on the path to prosperity while solving myriad international problems. If only it were that simple.
How eagerly we forget the disappointments of the past, and the scepticism that experience has taught us, so that we greet Mr Obama virtually as a Messiah. Desperate times evoke desperate hopes.
Our reaction reminds me of what happened in this country in 1997 after Tony Blair's landslide victory. Remember all the hoopla, and the genuine emotion. Even some Tories were misty-eyed. Many people were certain - as they are after Tuesday's inauguration - that there was a new beginning.
Alas, once the shining dawn had passed we soon entered a depressingly familiar landscape defined by broken promises, botched policies, and sleaze. Then came Iraq, and the realisation that Blair was not at all a 'straight kinda guy'. It was politics as usual.
My point is not that Mr Obama is an American re-tread of Tony Blair. There may be the same flashing smile, and the same contrived - and bogus - pretence of operating above politics. But the new President does seem a more substantial figure, and he does not obviously exhibit Mr Blair's craving to be loved.
No, the two men are not replicas. It is our unguarded euphoria that is the same. In fact, it is much greater now. People weep in the street, and pundits in countless studios become soppy. Everyone is for Obama, only much more so, as everyone was for Blair nearly 12 years ago.
This is not healthy. If a politician is beyond criticism, he is apt to feel and act like a god.
That is wh

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