White House Reporter To Obama: Are You A Dictator Or A Giant F**king P*ssy?
At the conclusion of the White House’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit last night, President Obama held a press conference at which he addressed a number of issues, but the thing that really stood out was the absurd framing of Jonathan Karl’s question about the President’s use of executive authority. The ABC News Chief White House Correspondent gave President Obama two choices of how his use of executive orders are viewed, neither of them good. The best part of this clip is President Obama’s knowing grin as Karl finishes his question:
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“Does it bother you more to be accused of being an imperial President, pushing those limits, or to be accused of being a do-nothing President who couldn’t get anything done because he faced a dysfunctional Congress?”
Granted, this question is coming from a reporter who is known for asking bullshit questions (even the President has noticed this) and fabricating reporting against him, but the narrative that everything Republicans do is Obama’s fault has firmly taken root in the mainstream media, and has even metastasized into the supposedly liberal media. This isn’t a “When did you stop beating your wife?” question, it’s a “How hard does beating your wife get you; raging hard, or call-your-doctor hard?” question.
It also had the added benefit of the out-of-context “Gotcha!” quote, because then-Senator Obama was speaking about the specific issue of civil liberties. He was not making a broad statement about the use of executive orders.
The President delivered a characteristically measured, Bill Bixby-esque response, and made some news (for careful listeners) with his response to Karl’s followup question, “Do you believe you have the power to grant work permits to those who are here illegally?”…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
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nidur August 8th, 2014 at 08:27
How come the president’s answer isn’t included? Also, the question didn’t contain the sexual reference in the title of the article. I think the president could have hit this soft ball question out of the park.
nidur August 8th, 2014 at 08:27
How come the president’s answer isn’t included? Also, the question didn’t contain the sexual reference in the title of the article. I think the president could have hit this soft ball question out of the park.
chair jackson August 8th, 2014 at 14:09
It’s a fair question, because president obama has been accused of both things and it gave him an opportunity to point out that he’s “damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t”. I.e., if he does nothing he’s “weak” if he does something he’s a “dictator”. I’m not sure why liberaland would see anything odd or out-of-line about this question, it could have been a real good opportunity for the president.
chair jackson August 8th, 2014 at 14:09
It’s a fair question, because president obama has been accused of both things and it gave him an opportunity to point out that he’s “damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t”. I.e., if he does nothing he’s “weak” if he does something he’s a “dictator”. I’m not sure why liberaland would see anything odd or out-of-line about this question, it could have been a real good opportunity for the president.
Jmacgowan8 August 10th, 2014 at 11:38
Another article that says nothing of consequence. I am sorry to tell all you Obama supporters but executive orders are the lazy way to score points. If Obama really considered things important he would spend time doing tbe work of getting actual legislation. He famously said that he and his enemies the republicans agree on 80% of issues. If that is true and not just a sound byte then he should be able to get some legislation passed. The fact is that by jamming up congress he provides the dem talking point that the president is doing poorly but congress is worse which is an attempt to legitimize using executive orders over actual laws
Jmacgowan8 August 10th, 2014 at 11:38
Another article that says nothing of consequence. I am sorry to tell all you Obama supporters but executive orders are the lazy way to score points. If Obama really considered things important he would spend time doing tbe work of getting actual legislation. He famously said that he and his enemies the republicans agree on 80% of issues. If that is true and not just a sound byte then he should be able to get some legislation passed. The fact is that by jamming up congress he provides the dem talking point that the president is doing poorly but congress is worse which is an attempt to legitimize using executive orders over actual laws