If Obama Showed Up for a Presser, What Should Reporters Ask?
Over at Townhall Finance, columnist Jeff Carter offered "15 Questions The Mainstream Media Would Ask Barack Obama If He Were a Republican."
This would be more interesting if President Obama was holding regular press conferences (he hasn't had one since early October). Jake Tapper and the rest of the White House press corps should look over the Carter list and pick one or two.
1) Numerous Mexican citizens and an American citizen have been murdered with weapons knowingly provided to criminals by our own government during Operation Fast and Furious. If Eric Holder was aware that was going on, do you think he should step down as Attorney General? Were you aware of Fast and Furious and if so, shouldn’t you resign?
2) In 2010 you said Solyndra, a company that donated heavily to your political campaign, was “leading the way toward a brighter and more prosperous future.” Today, Solyndra is bankrupt and the taxpayers lost over $500 million on loans that your administration knew might never be paid off when you made them. How do you respond to citizens who say this is evidence of corruption in your administration?
3) Unions invested a lot of time and money in helping to get you elected. In return, unions gained majority control of Chrysler, the taxpayers lost $14 billion dollars on General Motors, and General Motors received a special $45 billion dollar tax break. What do you say to people who view this as corruption on a scale never before seen in American history?
I especially like these other ones:
6) Occupy Wall Street has been protesting against Wall Street and the richest 1 percent in America. You are in the top 1 percent of income earners in America and you have collected more cash from Wall Street than any other President in history. So, aren’t you exactly the sort of politician that Occupy Wall Street wants to get rid of?...
8) If they could, don’t you think the Nobel Committee would take back the Nobel Peace Prize that you were awarded after serving just one month in office?
9) You made bipartisanship one of the central themes of your campaign in 2008. Yet, you’ve worked to push bills through Congress with almost no Republican support, spent much less time negotiating with Congress than George Bush did, and you’ve said things like, “But, I don’t want the folks who created the mess to do a lot of talking. I want them to get out of the way so we can clean up the mess. I don’t mind cleaning up after them, but don’t do a lot of talking.” Why did you decide to break your campaign promise to pursue bipartisanship?
10) America lost its AAA credit rating for the first time under your watch. What do you think you should have done differently to have prevented that historic failure?
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Good questions, but don't
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 12:00am.
Good questions, but don't hold your breath for any of the StateRun Media to ask them..................and even IF whoever the Republican candidate is, I doubt seriously that they will use these questions either................and even if they DID have the onions to do it, I wouldn't expect Boy BlahBlah to answer them - he would go off on some 15 minute tangent filled with lies, disceptions, deflections, and non-answers, and I would totally expect the MSM to cover for his lack of answers.
And that's a great photo of the punk-ass petulant prick, getting all torqued out of shape, and searching for some thought that might pass as an answer while still being a lie, and being irritated that somebody actually had the gall to put his brainwashed mind into a position like that!!!
But, Killa, ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 9:56am.
... you and all the rest of the meanies on this thread just don't understand! None of this is President Obama's fault. He can't help it. Bush got us in this mess, and Obama's people had no idea how bad it really was until they got into office.
Please, please, please leave him alone. He's doing the best that he can, you bullies. We should be thankful for what we have, and just how lucky we are to have this brilliant, handsome, talented, man.
Puke yet?
newsbubba,
Submitted by 26CX on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 10:02am.
when praising Obama, don't forget to pay tribute to his mellifluous singing voice. It's one of the many things that make him, you know, special...
In addition to singing
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 10:08am.
He's also an Olympic bowler. Very special!
Good morning Cool
Submitted by cocodrie on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 10:17am.
You must be referring to the muslim siren singing to his liberal Argonauts.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Excellent additions, guys!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 10:38am.
He is so wonderful, great, talented, "special," and magnificent, that I could not possibly remember all of His talents.
We are indeed blessed in this country to have such a Savior sent down, from wherever the hell He came from, to save us from our own destruction.
Now we have Him to destroy us in a manner befitting His omnipotence.
This is beginning to sound like a MSM interview of Da One.
Time to sober up.
"Time to sober up."
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:09am.
You really wrote that? Now I need a drink bubba, lol! ; )
I'm a "true friend," Rukus.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:11am.
:)
I'll drink to that!
Submitted by Rukus on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:28am.
; )
Jeez............I guess I
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:42pm.
Jeez............I guess I didn't see this thread this morning before I went off to the KORE activities at the beach. It appears that all of my 'boyz' are here, acting typically immature and stupid, as is their wont!!! Why can't you guys be 'grown-ups', like Boy Barry is??? Is it any wonder that the libs and the StateRun Media consider us to be such immature, petulant, crybaby, whining, excuse-ridden, blame-others, 'I won, and I'll take my ball and go home' types of people - the exact OPPOSITE of Boy Barry, who is ALWAYS the most mature, classy, stylish, intelligent, self-depreciating, humble, most-informed person in ANY room that he enters!!!! I'm not hanging with you guys anymore.........................you're making me look bad!!!
Now, it's ALMOST 6 PM over here in Asia, so I'm going to mix up a black cherry/vodka drink!!!!
My Question for the Pres...
Submitted by ThePickle on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 12:11am.
Mr. President, when the hot air spewing from the media arm of the Democratic party i.e. the Main Stream Media, meets with the the "chill wind" of your numerous incidents of infringing on the Constitutional rights of citizens, do you ever hope that, given the enormous surface area of your ears, the resulting up draft will finally carry you away to your nonexistent socialist utopia?
To quote The all knowing, ever ruling King Hussein:
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 12:18am.
"That is above my pay grade". So that's it, huh? I guess it will go along the lines of:
1) Tell us how you think you've done over the last 3 years.
2) What's in your iPod at this moment?
3) Are you getting ready for March Madness?
4) How's Sasha and Malia doing in school?
5) How's your pet?
6) Are you planning a trip to Martha's Vineyard this August, and if so, how long will you plan to stay?
7) Enlighten us more about Bush's rotten economy.
8) Do you see yourself perhaps seeking a 3rd term like FDR?
9) Why is Chris Matthews humping your leg?
10) Sing me a song......you're so dreamy!
Yeah, that sounds about right from Obama's Pee-stream lapping Media.
9) Why is Chris Matthews humping your leg?
Submitted by ThePickle on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 12:26am.
Ok that gets my vote.......lol
Missed one
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 10:10am.
What has enchanted you, Mr. President?
Here's another
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:30am.
Mr. President, doth the sun still glint from thy chiseled pectorals?
Press Conference
Submitted by grammajane on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 12:25am.
would be nothing but a waste of time. All questions would have to be cleared through the WH and not one question would be asked about anything important regarding America. A press conference...........wishful thinking.
Shouldn't we initiate a twitter campaign
Submitted by bkeyser on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 12:27am.
toward White House correspondents to ask these questions and if not, why? Even if they just pester that twit Jay Carney with them it would be a start.
One thing NewsBusters doesn't do enough of is make use of the power of the new media and the people here who would be willing to use it. NB is, after all, in the business of holding the press accountable. This would be one way to force them to respond.
'Twit' is a PERFECT word for
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 12:43am.
'Twit' is a PERFECT word for Jay Carney, BK!!! What an absolute sophmore!!! He's the kind of guy who would be making beds, cleaning rooms, and scrubbing toilets in a fraternity house, trying to gain acceptance!!! Compare him..................no, juxtapose him............to a guy like Tony Snow. Not even close....................
Slimy, smarmy, untrustworthy,
Submitted by bkeyser on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 12:51am.
don't ever come near me when I'm 6 beers into bad mood, twit. He's the prototypical hazing victim.
I wouldn't need ONE beer to
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 1:31am.
I wouldn't need ONE beer to grab this little pansy, pull his stoooooooooooopid necktie real tight to his throat, take his dopey glasses off and shove them down his suit coat, and tell him EXACTLY what is going on. And then tell him to clean his pis* off the floor and go change his SpongeBob SquarePants underwear.
Here Goes
Submitted by punditpawn on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 1:26am.
1) Iran rose up in their version of an 'Iran Spring', and you left them for dead... do you know how many were killed because you failed to support them like you did the Muslim Brotherhood, a known terrorist group, in Egypt?
2)Promising to cut the budget in half your first term was beyond arrogant and pompous... How can anyone trust what you say since you made the promise without all the facts?
3)All increase in oil production was due to George Bush's actions... why do you deceive the American public with your energy lies and will you tell the truth that you have killed energy leases at every turn?
4)Why did you not tell the world your wife got a massive raise when you became Senator for dumping needy patients on other hospitals?
5)Why did you start your campaign in the living room of America's most notorious domestic terrorist?
6)Why do you lie about the Tea Party, and defend the ignorant occupy rapers?
7)Do you know when George Bush will get this economy turned around or could you at least ask him to stop trashing it?
8)Why did you hold 24 meetings after learning Bin Laden's location before going after him?
9)What would be different about your administration had we not been in the worst financial crisis in history?
10)Would not following the sworn oath of office to protect and defend this nation from all enemies, both foreign and domestic, be considered treason?
Cutting Budget
Submitted by NC Boy on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 9:22am.
You nailed it on #2 - Imagine FDR in 1944 saying, "Sure, I promised to beat the Germans and Japanese, but we didn't know how tough they were.
Remember the 17 Minute Answer?
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 1:32am.
Peoples' eyes will glaze over and fall out of their sockets before the Gun-Runner-In-Chief and Grifter of the United States is through obfuscating and demagoguing these questions.
Fresh Bullpie On A Roll. The daily crap sandwiches are starting to come hourly now.
I would gladly temporarily pay $10 a gallon for gas if that is what it will take to get Obama out of office. I would just consider it an involuntary campaign contribution. Go go go gas prices. Yahoo!
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
I alluded to that on another
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 1:37am.
I alluded to that on another thread - he wouldn't tell the truth, much less TRY to answer any question, but he would spew so much bullsh*t that it would sound - to the typical brain-dead dummy - that he was saying something. And the MSM would cover his sorry rear-end like a cheap suit!!!
I would ask the following:
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 1:30am.
Do you have an interviews lined up for January?
Well, here's my Q for Mr. O
Submitted by Gary Hall on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 3:01am.
My Q for Mr. O.
(;~/ The people
PS - Are you even aware that you have not signed an annual federal budget since you have been in office. Do even have a notion of what "leadership" implies?
#1) Where were you born, you friggin' Muslim commie puke?
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 3:22am.
#2) When do you plan on resigning, you affirmative action-product of a former commoonity pisser offer?
Will it be before, or after, you have destroyed the country that you so clearly hate?
WHAT?
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Obama?
Submitted by lilium479 on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 3:50am.
Which professional basketball coach blamed the last coach for his team's
poor season?........since you know a lot about hoops.
14) Your stimulus bill cost more in real dollars
Submitted by Quasi-socialist on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 5:12am.
than the moon landing and the interstate highway system combined. Many prominent economists have concluded the stimulus plan was a total failure. What do we have to show for all of that money spent?
A: Happy unions.
15) Members of your administration promised that the trillion dollar stimulus would keep unemployment under 8 percent. Instead, we’ve had 35+ months of 8% and above unemployment. Doesn’t that mean we wasted a trillion dollars on nothing?
A: No, the unions poured some of that money back into Democratic coffers.
gasenomics
Submitted by roofster53 on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 6:38am.
Why do you think you should be elected after allowing gas prices to double on your watch, while you're doing everything you can to keep American oil production shut down? Oh, that's the way you planned it? Ok then....
The Future
Submitted by Kleenex on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 7:10am.
When you study our history and the kinds of people who created the wealth we have it almost makes you cry. Those that built the cities, towns and businesses during the vast expansion westward asked for nothing except opportunity. Now we are completely the opposite with a safety net so large it's bankrupting us. I think it's too late to really do anything because the whole mindset of the country has changed. It would take a very persuasive President and Congress to turn all these things around and I don't see any Calvin Coolidge types in the running, he was really the last true conservative in my opinion. His results were undeniable yet no one even mentions them and he inherited an economy far worse than Obama did! Our "Return to Normalcy" means government will just keep expanding one way or another. Obama does need to be voted out, that's for sure but what will happen then?
questions for the prez
Submitted by truckinmann on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 7:44am.
Why did you swear to protect and defend the constitution of the United States of America, when you knew you would instead try to destroy it?
do we really know
Submitted by texasborngranny on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 2:48pm.
what he swore to do when he had a 'do-over' of the oath of office in the oval?
Presser
Submitted by NewLife56 on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 8:13am.
This is a joke question right? In the three years and 4 months this man has been President, he even when he does "grace" us with a press conference is NEVER asked tough questions, the press is afraid they'll make him angry and get cut off, he's a joke.
Are you aware that NOT
Submitted by billb on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 8:49am.
Are you aware that NOT drilling will NOT help?
Why is your nickname for Reggie 'Pinto'?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 9:07am.
.
It is very interesting
Submitted by Ashrak on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 9:49am.
and quite warranted that question number one is about The GunWalker Scandal. However, the question has to be a wee bit different, at least more in depth than that.
Really, that is far to softball the way it is written because Barry would just say he didn't know, that Holder didn't know and the he would move one.
Added to what is there it must b pointed out that the level of coordination between agencies, departments and bureaus that had to be and was present can only mean one of two things. Either they were directed with orders from up top, meaning him, or each Secretary got together and operated without Barry's knowledge. If none of the Secretaries knew, then it can only be true that EVER bureau, agency and entire department is out of control and operating without accountability and disconnected from "leadership".
So then, Barry, either the orders came right from you, OR you are saying that your Cabinet operates itself aside from you OR the entire Department Of Homeland Security Reorganization of government as a result of 9-11 as a means of dealing with the "intelligence failures' was a total complete and abject failure, in fact making the supposed problem worse than it was to start with - especially on the "intelligence sharing front".
Either you are telling us that we are to believe your cabinet set you up, your cabinet and you are so inept that all of you really didn't know about any of it, or that the biggest and most costly reorganization and expansion of government in our lifetimes is an epic failure.
I suppose you could say it is a combination of all three.
See, there is just no way even the most ignorant simpleton can believe that "low level employees" in various alphabet soups sidestepped all the Secretaries and the President. And even if that tossed spaghetti does stick to the wall then it can only mean that the entire Executive branch is so inept and incompetent that across the board resignations as warranted on a self evident level.
It is indeed time that the GunWalker Truth is told.
Media complicity in the biggest Scandal of generations, quite possibly EVER has to be exposed as part of telling that truth.
Mr President
Submitted by boilermaker on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 10:44am.
Do you have enough ammunition left to continue to piss off conservatives for another 4 years?
If so you've got my vote.
Do you think
Submitted by nolefan2 on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:45am.
your ears will pose a problem when you are being fitted for your crown?
Mr. President
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 11:55am.
If Mexico converts to Islam, will you apologize for the Mexican civilians who died as a result of your administration supplying weapons to the drug cartels?
Mr. President
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 12:07pm.
Press briefs of Karzai's shorts?
daddy needs a ciggie...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 1:57pm.
...Damn, that was fun to read and imagine someone actually asking one of those questions. Kind of like when I was a youngster and the SI Swimsuit Issue arrived in the mail.
Mr Obama
Submitted by midwest lady on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 2:03pm.
If you got to do everything in this country, or to it, that you wanted to do, what would you then call it. It would no longer be the United States of America.
After three years of Bush blaming
Submitted by Lee.Metford on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 2:55pm.
Mr. President, what actions by the previous administration have forced you to act ineffectively and with egregious incompetence when addressing this nations most serious problems?
Good Grief!
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 4:21pm.
You guys and your softball questions. What about something REALLY tough?
"Mr. President, are you still enchanted to be in the White House?"
Beat you to it Tugboat
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 4:40pm.
Up towards the top.
Dang!
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 6:32pm.
I'd ask, "how'd I miss that?" only I already know. It's my advanced senility.
You're Grounded....
Submitted by JRobertGiles on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 6:56pm.
It's hard to stay grounded when you're chasing popularity instead of virtue. (Hint, hint Obama!) Please enjoy and share the following article. Refuse to be silenced!
Have a great weekend!
http://tinyurl.com/7sn5q8y
J Robert Giles
You're Grounded....
Submitted by JRobertGiles on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 6:56pm.
It's hard to stay grounded when you're chasing popularity instead of virtue. (Hint, hint Obama!) Please enjoy and share the following article. Refuse to be silenced!
Have a great weekend!
http://tinyurl.com/7sn5q8y
J Robert Giles
Yikes!
Submitted by Rukus on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 9:17am.
It's replicating!
Questions for Obama
Submitted by keaton on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 7:46pm.
Question. Is “the top 1%” code word for Jew. Demonizing the “rich” was common during the early years of the Third Reich. That quickly turned into demonizing Jews, many of whom were rich. Is it irrational, to think that a President, who attended a church ,where the pastor referred to Jews as “that dirty word”, may harbor ill will towards “rich” Jews?
His answer will be:
Submitted by GW on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 1:25pm.
"Come on guys"
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/02/09/obama-tells-report...