Conservative White House Reporter Refuses To Call Obama ‘President’ At Briefing
At several points during the Obama presidency, there have been controversies surrounding how people in the media should refer to President Obama. Many supporters of our nation’s first black president bristle when they hear him referred to simply as “Obama,” or “Mr. Obama,” even on second reference. The preferred formulation of news organizations has always been to use the honorific in the first reference in an article, then use the last name only for the rest of the piece, and they’ve almost uniformly reacted to this sensitivity with a mix of thinly-veiled pique and condescension.
But there’s no argument that calling Obama by his last name only at a press briefing, without a first reference, is anything but a sign of disrespect, at best. That’s why an exchange between The Washington Examiner‘s Susan Crabtree and White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest, at Tuesday’s daily briefing, was so jarring. In asking Earnest about the President’s remarks at the Easter Prayer Breakfast, and whether the president plans to put a stop to ISIS beheadings by appointing an ambassador-level envoy for religious minorities, Crabtree did it four times...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.
tracey marie April 8th, 2015 at 20:31
No one is surprised or unaware of the denigration of Our President, especially by the rw.
granpa.usthai April 9th, 2015 at 18:50
can’t wait to see the ‘disrespect’ the press will show to the WHITE RACIST Nazi RepubliCON candidates -as if they ever have.
tracey marie April 9th, 2015 at 18:55
They will kiss their butts like tyhey are doing now.
Kim Serrahn April 8th, 2015 at 21:23
Courtesy is dead in the world ..
talktothe hand April 9th, 2015 at 14:31
No kidding! Simple manners and respect whether you agree or not but that Crabtree witch thinks she is under no obligation to be respectful to a man of color.
Michelle F. Becker April 8th, 2015 at 23:43
In that photo, it is apparent she is jonesing for her meds.
Chinese Democracy April 9th, 2015 at 01:24
RWNJs have always treated the President like hes only in the White House to scrub the floors
Larry Schmitt April 9th, 2015 at 08:53
No, in their minds, that’s Michelle’s job.
fahvel April 9th, 2015 at 03:22
simple solution – crabtree is never ever invited to anything near the white house or anywhere in DC.
DavidBehar April 9th, 2015 at 05:10
Obama is no better than anyone else. He has not earned any respect, being one of the worst Presidents in history, worse than Jimmy Carter.
OldLefty April 9th, 2015 at 06:27
That’s what WE said about Reagan, Bush and Bush.
So what?
I think Obama is probably one of of best presidents in the most toxic times, dealing with the worst congress.
rg9rts April 9th, 2015 at 06:36
How about YOUR hero tricky Dick what a legacy for the gopee to follow
tom April 9th, 2015 at 07:56
yeah! lest go back to GWB! crashed economy, two wars, the dow at 7000, no jobs! housing market destroyed, David is an idiot
Avatar April 9th, 2015 at 08:14
You should wonder why fellow bloggers are laughing at you.
Obewon April 9th, 2015 at 08:37
Nobel Peace Prize winner POTUS Obama reversed GWB’s 12/07 Great Recession record low everything since (R) Hoover’s Great Depression!
Reread Tiffany’s post documenting your delusional apathy:
10. Sources used to research “Treatments For Mental Illness For GOP? Psychotherapist Says YES — With Citations” http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/04/07/treatments-for-mental-illness-republicans/ Exhibit A: 1.08 M eight year private jobs total left “Bush on jobs: the Worst Track Record on Record”-WSJ 1/09/2009.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/speakerpelosi/13630053153/in/photostream/ <-BLS March 2014 12M+ Private Obama Jobs created is +1,200% Better!
Robyn Ryan April 9th, 2015 at 11:40
Don’t confuse the ignorant with facts. It scares them and makes them dangerous.
Christopher Husbands April 9th, 2015 at 11:28
He won two elections to the highest and most regarded office in the world. I say he is better than you.
JKess April 9th, 2015 at 12:12
He is the President, David. Just like every other President was before him. And every other President before him was addressed either as Mr. President or President
And no neither Obama nor Carter is among the worst presidents we have. That would be President Hoover, President Reagan and President George W Bush.
granpa.usthai April 9th, 2015 at 18:46
Reagan still holds the world record for drug trafficking though.
kinda hard to match a pound or two of cocaine compared to the 44,000 pounds for each flight (?) : CIA knows, but refuses to tell, when misusing his position as CIC of US ARMed Forces with ZERO opposition.
Jim April 9th, 2015 at 13:00
Just Plant Your own… Problem Solved.
http://www.salon.com/2005/02/23/more_gannon/
Todd Ringling April 9th, 2015 at 13:23
Dave, your opinion isn’t worth a bucket of warm piss. for you to offer one on the quality of the current president, or on the quality of President Carter… is pathetic. both are better human beings than you are on a badly-hungover morning for them
allison1050 April 9th, 2015 at 13:26
Source that claim little Davey. ;o)
Dwendt44 April 9th, 2015 at 19:46
My 401 is close to double what Bush left me after the depression of 08.
allison1050 April 9th, 2015 at 20:59
Congrats but leave a note for little Davey…;)
Ebola Nurse April 9th, 2015 at 22:09
Social Security is not a 401K ..
Dwendt44 April 11th, 2015 at 12:32
But it is part of most peoples retirement funding. And it would be in much better shape if the GOP got off it dead behind and fixed it.
Ebola Nurse April 9th, 2015 at 22:11
Your food stamps and Medicaid are not a ‘portfolio.’
allison1050 April 10th, 2015 at 06:37
Why do you want to believe that I use food stamps..do you? Medicaid no I don’t have that either little girl do you? My taxes do go toward those programs though ya have a problem with that dumb azz.
granpa.usthai April 9th, 2015 at 18:38
who was and still is a much better POTUS than anything the RepubliKlans will ever be able to scrape off the bottom of 100 year old whale poop!
Dwendt44 April 9th, 2015 at 19:45
Still ahead of several Republican jerk offs. Reagan was the worst president. Committee treason, signed 11 tax increases including the largest tax increase in history., started trickle down economics that we still are suffering from today, started the anti-union agenda in earnest. listened to a psychic when making decisions. The list goes on.
George W. Bush and Tricky Dick Nixon are the other two on the top of any list of worst.
rg9rts April 9th, 2015 at 06:35
This is par for the course….something the teabaggers have honed to an art.. disrespect for the office… and they cry foul when its applied to them … Remember LIAR at the SOTU
Guest April 9th, 2015 at 12:59
Just Plant your own… Problem solved:
http://www.salon.com/2005/02/23/more_gannon/
talktothe hand April 9th, 2015 at 14:26
I can hear her whine as we speak.
Robyn Ryan April 9th, 2015 at 11:39
Anti-social barbarians.
Todd Ringling April 9th, 2015 at 13:20
typical Kochs’ suckers from the Examiner. might be time to dogwalk the slag out of the room, and let security play, “how many skips can we get out of her using momentum and the White House lawn.?”
talktothe hand April 9th, 2015 at 14:26
Don’t call on her again. Problem solved!
Mark Wurz April 9th, 2015 at 16:41
Seyer and Soros don’t count Right?
Dwendt44 April 9th, 2015 at 19:41
No. They are working for a better America. Not a corporate theocracy.
Todd Ringling April 10th, 2015 at 12:11
no, they don’t. tired of listening to RWNJs nugent themselves with the name “Soros”,
allison1050 April 9th, 2015 at 13:34
She’s just jealous ’cause she knows he’s a better person than she’ll ever dream of being and she’s trying to hold on to her job since she appears to be a little long in the tooth.
joann April 9th, 2015 at 14:18
I salute you, Susan Crabtree.
OldLefty April 9th, 2015 at 14:28
I salute you, Susan Crabtree.
_____
Why?
Because she is acting like a petty 5 year old?
talktothe hand April 9th, 2015 at 14:32
Me too with the middle finger on my right hand!
joann April 12th, 2015 at 23:06
Obama is a TRAITOR LIAR FRAUD THIEF MURDERING PILE OF
talktothe hand April 14th, 2015 at 19:22
“Don’t it”? Where I come from we say “doesn’t it”. Of course I learned to speak English, not hillbilly. Yes the truth hurts. The truth is that you sound like an uneducated hick and your comment is laughable. The sad part is that there so many like you dumbing down our great nation. Tell me what he lied about or have you been parroting what Faux says.
granpa.usthai April 9th, 2015 at 18:52
like a 2nd luie in an open area of a hot LZ!
jybarz April 10th, 2015 at 05:45
So you love someone being disrespectful?
In that case, I won’t respect you, BITCH!
Where would you like me to stick my middle finger in you?
joann April 12th, 2015 at 23:03
Up your ass!
jasperjava April 12th, 2015 at 00:51
Let me guess: you approve of this behavior, because you don’t think the duly-elected President of the United States deserves to be treated with respect.
Is it because you despise the United States? That wouldn’t surprise me. Maybe because the President is a shade too dark for you, and you don’t think “those people” deserve to be treated with respect by the Aryan Master race?
joann April 12th, 2015 at 18:10
I love my country. I don’t care if he is black pink or purple. Obama is the racist here. Lying pile of
jasperjava April 12th, 2015 at 22:23
President Obama has stolen nothing from this country. On the contrary, he has given you more than you could ever repay. You will never express gratitude for all that he’s done for you, but he does it anyway.
President Obama represents the best of what America has to offer, while mean-spirited and small-minded people like you are the worst. He puts his life on the line every day, against people of your temperament who would gladly put a bullet in him. He is a true American hero, a great heart with great courage.
It’s too bad that you’re so consumed with hate that you cannot see it. I feel sorry for you, and I hope someday you will find peace from your feverish, deranged mind.
joann April 12th, 2015 at 23:02
Life on the line? are you CRAZY? On the freaking golf course?? Paleese liars are not good leaders. And Obama has broken the law .
Treason is what they will get him for. Get off your f**king soap box. I won’t change my mind and I font give a flying pig what you think. 1 question. ARE YOU IN LOVE WITH OBAMA OR JUST LIKE TRAITORS DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY???
jasperjava April 12th, 2015 at 22:34
“I don’t care if he is black”
I just read your comment history, where you call a 77-year-old Black woman a “porch monkey”.
I think President Obama’s color matters more to you than you are willing to admit.
joann April 12th, 2015 at 22:56
Anyone with the mentality of that old lady should retire to the front porch and take her damn license away. If black caused his treason then yeap. Voted for him myself the first go around the last one no. Do you concern yourself about my life concern your self about what is happening around you. It will end up with Odummer hanging from a tree!
jasperjava April 13th, 2015 at 11:23
I will forward your lynching threat to the Secret Service. Good day.
joann May 20th, 2015 at 17:33
Good thank you
talktothe hand April 9th, 2015 at 14:25
This witch’s broomstick is clearly stuck up her a$$!
Mark Wurz April 9th, 2015 at 16:37
Like the bitch on NBC trying to stick it to Senator Paul?
granpa.usthai April 9th, 2015 at 18:36
the WHITE RACIST TERRORIST Senator Paul Rand (R) Kentucky?
the flip flopper that’s aimin’ to give the Greedy Bishop a sizable chunk to select him as vice fuhrer?
OldLefty April 9th, 2015 at 18:46
So asking questions makes one a “Bitch”??
What was wrong with the question?
Do you even know?
Mark Wurz April 9th, 2015 at 19:39
The point was the NBC person did not ask a question but editorialized on what Paul’s viewpoints were in the past. Paul very plainly just asked her to ask a question rather than have her answer her own babbling. That made her a bitch
OldLefty April 9th, 2015 at 20:06
She was giving him a chance to respond to what were clear flip flops from Israel to immigration to defense spending.
In other words, doing her job.
Mark Wurz April 9th, 2015 at 21:10
There has not been an main stream media reporter doing her job with a Republican candidate in years. Hachets are out all the time, and Obama and his minions are treated wihth kid gloves. Don’t even try to tell me about fairness, the media turned it’s head with the stream of lies spewed by the administration on the ACA, IRS, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, Immigration and the rest.
OldLefty April 9th, 2015 at 21:21
There has not been an main stream media reporter doing her job.
______
I agree.
I think the mainstream media, especially Fox leans as right as the big corporation who owns them.
As for the issues you mention;
The MSM has been nothing but the
GOP/Fox News Bengha$i BamboozlePalooza Extravaganza!!!
While it is nowhere NEAR as much a scandal as Reagan and Beirut.
ACA, they have not covered the debunks of the “horror stories like the print media did, like, Dianne Barrette;
Erik Wemple of the Washington Post called her shortly
after the CBS article appeared. Nancy Metcalf of Consumer Reports examined her case and provided a detailed
breakdown of what insurance she has today versus what she could buy for next year.
As she’s become more aware of her
options, she said, she’s no longer aghast at losing her plan—and curious to see what alternatives are available. “Maybe,” she told me, “it’s a blessing in disguise.”
(For one)
IRS???? REALLY???
Compared to the Bush IRS scandals?? Those were REAL scandals.
Fast and Furious???
Compared to the Al Qa Quaa munitions dump scandal???
Please.
That’s why David Frum said, “Republicans have been Fleeced, Exploited And Lied To’ by a Conservative Entertainment Complex”
tracey marie April 9th, 2015 at 22:34
Hatchets, minions,and then wnd conspiracies…you ahve to be trolling. No one can be as ignorant as you
bpollen April 10th, 2015 at 04:30
I hear Alex Jones is looking for you…
jybarz April 10th, 2015 at 05:40
Do you really believe those GOP bullsh!t scandals?
All fabricated nonsense!
What are you, a 3rd grader?
Dwendt44 April 11th, 2015 at 12:20
Got any more phoney scandals? Benghazi: 7 serious investigations have found NOTHING. Fast and Furious: not an official, as in from the top, operations and those responsible have been punished. IRS, seems there is nothing there either. Both parties have been extensively reviewed by the IRS, and according to the law, most tax exempt groups shouldn’t be. ACA: What lies? Vast majority of policies are lower cost w/ better coverage. Individual policies are better as well. Price increases are lowest in decades. 85% of those with previous insurance CAN keep their doctor, those that wanted to CAN keep their overpriced policies.
Congress worked WITH Bush and the boys, where’s the ‘cooperation’ today?
Dwendt44 April 11th, 2015 at 12:28
Got any more phoney scandals? Benghazi: 7 serious investigations have found NOTHING. Fast and Furious: not an official, as in from the top, operations and those responsible have been punished. IRS, seems there is nothing there either. Both parties have been extensively reviewed by the IRS, and according to the law, most tax exempt groups shouldn’t be. ACA: What lies? Vast majority of policies are lower cost w/ better coverage. Individual policies are better as well. Price increases are lowest in decades. 85% of those with previous insurance CAN keep their doctor, those that wanted to CAN keep their overpriced policies.
Congress worked WITH Bush and the boys, where’s the ‘cooperation’ today?
Cameron Wallace April 9th, 2015 at 22:20
Mark Wurz, I’m starting to think you are just trolling now. Do you have just 1 or 2 irrefutable facts at your discretion or are you going to keep with the talking points of Rush, Savage & Levin?
granpa.usthai April 9th, 2015 at 18:50
rand the runt?
Dwendt44 April 9th, 2015 at 19:38
By pointing out that he has flip flopped an a number of issues once he started looking toward the big chair?
Dwendt44 April 9th, 2015 at 19:38
That’s disrespectful toward witches. As a group they are nothing like the wack jobs on the right.
David Bresett April 9th, 2015 at 16:27
No respect what so ever. Republicans are horrible, creepy, crawly, freaks in our society.
Mark Wurz April 9th, 2015 at 16:36
Dating back to President Nixon, the major networks did the same thing, respect is earned, Odummy hasn’t
Julian Newyorkcity April 9th, 2015 at 17:29
No respect for the man who has literally fixed America. You’re delusional Mark, and people like you you are on their way out. Good luck at life buddy.
Mark Wurz April 9th, 2015 at 19:45
I have great luck at life, just how has this clown “fixed” America, 6TRILLION in additional debt, heightened racial tensions, now distrusted by allies, a medical system piling on more and more debt, you can keep your DR among 100’s of other lies, delusional thy name is Julian, your city is going right after Chicago goes.
Julian Newyorkcity April 9th, 2015 at 19:53
Mark you sound Looney, just give it up. America is a different place now. Adapt or die. Its never going back to the one sided delusion of the 1950’s. The jig is up.
Dwendt44 April 9th, 2015 at 19:55
5 million jobs created, the auto industry saved, got our young men out of Iraq, deficit shrinking like crazy, millions now have health insurance, medical inflation dropped to single digits, I DID KEEP MY DOCTOR.
On the other hand the Grumpy Olf Poops party obstructs, filibusters, blocks and otherwise rejects every serious job creation bill, wants to kill Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Rails against food stamps, and the unemployed, continues to help companies relocate overseas. denies science and health experts. That list goes on for a long ways.
OldLefty April 9th, 2015 at 21:58
That’s what we said about Reagan and Bush too.
Meanwhile;
FY2009 federal deficit was running at a rate of $1.2 trillion on the day Obama took office in the
midst of a financial crisis.
The debt is now growing less rapidly than during Obama’s first years, CBO projects this year’s deficit will be $506 billion, so the deficit has fallen by more than half since he took office.
Medical AND hospital costs are down (largely because of the drop in uncompensated care)
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45653
2/24/15;
Lowest Uninsured
The number of people without health insurance dropped from 17.3 percent at the end
of 2013 to 13.8 percent at the end of 2014, the lowest rate recorded since
Gallup began tracking it.
Also for the seventh consecutive year, Texas has the highest uninsured rate at
24.4%, although this percentage is lower than the 27.0% reported in 2013 and is
the lowest rate measured to date for Texas.
States with the lowest uninsured rates continue to cluster in the East and upper
Midwest. Uninsured rates are highest in the South and the West.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/181664/arkansas-kentucky-improvement-uninsured-rates.aspx
Meanwhile, what was your excuse for the narrowing networks of the past 2 decades?
“Heightened racial tensions”????
Since a black guy put his hand on the Bible and moved into the White House???
Say it ain’t so!
Ron Minor April 10th, 2015 at 00:16
Damn that was good… Thank you sir…. NOW maybe the idiot, Mar Wurz, will STFU!
Ron Minor April 10th, 2015 at 00:13
ALL caused by the Republican DO-NOTHING Congress… GFY!!! you stupid idiot….
John Tarter April 10th, 2015 at 11:21
18 Trillion in debt is fixing America? Violating the Constitution regularly is fixing America? Please!
granpa.usthai April 9th, 2015 at 18:31
then there sure as hell will never be any respect for white racist Nazi RepubliCONs.
Earned?
HOW?
Mark Wurz April 9th, 2015 at 19:35
Dear old worn out liberal, please just go f**k off
jybarz April 10th, 2015 at 05:27
Yeah, very intelligent reply.
Can’t argue, but can swear.
Typical right wing nut!
Anomaly 100 April 10th, 2015 at 10:04
You first. You’re no longer welcome here.
Anomaly 100 April 10th, 2015 at 10:03
Tone it down if you want to keep commenting on this site. Thanks!
David Bresett April 14th, 2015 at 07:36
Like a troll like you knows the difference.
James Morrison April 9th, 2015 at 18:10
The loathing between Obozo and conservatives is well deserved by the occupant of the White house. Half the country consider him to be illegimate who only has his job through persecution of right wing groups by he IRS and blatant voter fraud in both Pennsylvania and Ohio. So he is deserving of the disrespect you point out. On the other hand, the left is far from clean on this issue. Go back and read the left wing attacks on every Republican president from Abraham Lincoln to GW Bush. All politics is dirty and the press is no better than the politicians they cover.
Chinese Democracy April 9th, 2015 at 18:24
half the country? You WISH there where near that many nutballs in the country. No liberal ever yelled you lie! At bush ( who actually was lying) in a state of the union speech. President Obama was elected TWICE. Voter fraud? Prove it. PROVE it.
You all lie
Dwendt44 April 9th, 2015 at 19:36
There was plenty of ‘election fraud’ during the Bush elections. But the wacky right ignores that. They are way more interested in the rare individual that votes in the wrong precinct, or forgets that they voted absentee and then try to vote again in the general.
CHOCOL8MILK April 10th, 2015 at 00:48
How quickly the right forgets about those pesky chads in Florida.
Chinese Democracy April 10th, 2015 at 01:12
I think they are interested in coming up with lame excuses to suppress the Democratic black vote .. They can’t win in a fair election.
granpa.usthai April 9th, 2015 at 18:28
only 47% by the greedy Bishop’s count.
and he’s probably a lot more apt @ accounting (other than the 3% mystery losses in his offshore accounts – VIVA RESISTANCE!).
OldLefty April 9th, 2015 at 18:45
That’s what we said about Reagan, Bush and Bush.
So what?
The difference between the right and the left in disrespect?
With the left, it was just the rank and file, not the elected officials When
Reagan was president, and we got the warning;
‘WE CAN NOT PROTECT OUR PEOPLE IN BEIRUT’ followed by the attack on the embassy resulting in 17 dead Americans.
Then we got the warning;
‘WE CAN NOT PROTECT OUR PEOPLE IN BEIRUT’ followed by the attack on the marine barracks resulting in 241 dead Americans.
Then we got the warning;
‘WE CAN NOT PROTECT OUR PEOPLE IN BEIRUT’ followed by the attack on the embassy annex resulting in 24 dead Americans.
Not
even to mention Bill Buckley……
Tip O’Neil had an investigation. One investigation and one investigation only to
ascertain where our security was lax and how to improve it.
As
recently as those days, politics stopped at the water’s edge, (and I feel safe
in saying that I believe that if the roles had been reversed, Republicans would
have behaved the same as Tip O’Neil’s Democrats did), and that is that it would have been considered unseemly, unthinkable, and obscene to dance on the graves of dead Americans just to hurt the president.
Now,
thanks to the modern GOP for whom polarization IS the only strategy they have, it is standard practice.
There is no Joseph Welsh to ask of the Darrell Issas, “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”
Now, decency will not be allowed to get in the way of the Fabulous, GOP/Fox News Bengha$i BamboozlePalooza Extravaganza!!!
This is why I say that the Reality Based Community and Right Wing World are parallel universes.
Nor… did the Democrats did not plan to obstruct Bush ob the night of his inauguration;
The GOP had a meeting at the Caucus Room , Frank Luntz, and senior GOP members worked out a plan on Inauguration day, 2009, to repeatedly block Obama over the coming four years to try to ensure he would not be re-elected.
As former Sen. George Voinovich goes on record telling … “If Obama was for it, we had to be against it. “He [McConnell] wanted everyone to hold the fort. All he cared about was making sure Obama could never have a clean victory.”
Hence, Cap and Trade went from being “market solutions” when Republicans promoted it to “anti businesses Cap and Tax” when Obama shunned his base and reached across the aisle to promote a policy that REPUBLICANS had supported in the past.
So spare us the “both side” hooey.
But then again, YOU called the president “Obozo”, so surely THAT will add some intellectual heft to your argument.
kahkee April 9th, 2015 at 20:54
Said the mush mouth , jealous, idiot.
Lunetta Williams April 9th, 2015 at 21:08
James Morrison…Your an old Ass fool…with White Supremacy selfish values. don’t worry Nut cases like you we have to wait for you to die off!!
Ron Minor April 10th, 2015 at 00:05
Lunetta Williams…… WELL SAID!!! James Morrison is a part of the “problem” with our country….. He and his KKK friends, (You know the conservative Christians) are what is keeping our country from becoming much greater… They want to put us back to 1950…… Hey James, GFY!!!!!
Ken Simon April 9th, 2015 at 22:16
Except all those “attacks” on GOP president have been fringe, not MSM members of party. Two, these are journalist, at least and apparently in theory, breaking protocol with disrespect, as you even admit, is the kind of bias that actual journalists don’t engage in. And lastly, dislike of a president in no way makes him “illegitimate”. That’s just your irrational bile trying to justify itself. Poorly.
jybarz April 9th, 2015 at 23:55
Obozo?
And you talk about dirty?
You’re the real BOZO!
Go and see a shrink… and don’t forget to say thank you Obamacare.
Asshole!
BobbyDP April 10th, 2015 at 09:02
Half the country who voted for Romney, oops! Well, it couldn’t be half because PRESIDENT Obama got elected. But you Conservatives failed the economy and citizens of America during the Reagan, Bush, and Bush Era. And the the Conservatives in Congress has significantly failed the American people without passing any meaningful legislature other than trying repeal the ACA. You people are complete morons who serve the God Lucifer. You have no compassion other than for those rich folks that serve the God of Darkness and the corporations they sponsor. You people have all but destroyed the earth’s atmosphere and environment with your greed, thus failing to qualify as having a soul, or at least the part of soul that the devil has taken.
granpa.usthai April 9th, 2015 at 18:26
simple:
ban the reporter from the White House Grounds and request the editor to either hire reporters with proper etiquette when addressing the POTUS in public.
E. Cortes April 9th, 2015 at 21:10
So pull her f***ing credentials.
And WTF does the Daily Caller have a spot??
Ebola Nurse April 9th, 2015 at 22:06
Good God .. The reporter was speaking to the press secretary, not Obama. Someone is fishing for clicks..
Donna J. Edmond April 9th, 2015 at 23:02
Protocol for White House briefings, and press conferences states that reporters address the president as “President Obama” or “The President.”
It is a sign of disrespect to use any other title. Running and winning the highest office in the land commands respect. Respect the office. Even if you don’t like the fact that a Black man is President.
Ebola Nurse April 9th, 2015 at 23:58
Please post a copy of that official ‘protocol’ of which you speak. I’ll wait ..
Donna J. Edmond April 10th, 2015 at 00:33
http://www.formsofaddress.info/FOA_president_US.html
Ebola Nurse April 10th, 2015 at 00:50
That is not ‘official’ protocol. It’s a dot.info address.
Donna J. Edmond April 10th, 2015 at 01:40
Actually, it is. Either you fail to understand what official protocol is or means. So let’s take another approach:
White House Press briefing transcript 4/8/15:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/08/press-briefing-press-secretary-josh-earnest-482015
The Word President said 89 times. Proper protocol.
White House Press briefing transcript 4/7/15:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/07/press-briefing-press-secretary-josh-earnest-472015White House Press briefing transcript
The word President said 100 times; Obama said 4 times without first mention use the mr president term then second time talked about obama can be used: BREECH OF PROTOCOL. Hence the news story that was posted here.
White House Press briefing transcript: 4/6/15:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/06/press-briefing-press-secretary-josh-earnest-and-secretary-energy-ernest-
# of word President: 80. Obama #: 1 and the first time the reporter used the word President: proper protocol
The word President said 80 times
White House Press briefing transcript 4/3/15:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/03/gaggle-principal-deputy-press-secretary-en-route-andrews-air-force-base
# of word president: 64. no obama: proper protocol.
I could go on, but I think the point is proven. If you have any more concerns about me having debunked your position for a second time, go to the white house website:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings
You will be able to go through and read every press briefing transcript and educate yourself further.
Ebola Nurse April 10th, 2015 at 07:06
Posting transcripts from past press conferences is idiotic.What does that have to do with ‘official protocol?’
Donna J. Edmond April 10th, 2015 at 07:28
Interesting response for someone whose argument has been disproven. So: let me see if I can explain this in a way that you will understand:
Providing transcripts from past press briefings is an example that that supports my argument.
Providing transcripts from past press briefings provides historical context that supports my argument.
Providing transcripts from past press briefings provides the person whose argument has been demolished an opportunity to read examples, learn about said historical context, and hopefully learn something that they did not know before.
Reading is fundamental. Education is a good thing. You did not read my link that referred you to a book – your haste (or lack of knowledge) in presenting a counter argument increases the probability that your assumption will be wrong.
Also: Reading from an historical source is always a good thing. And you just might learn something, which is never a bad thing. So: don’t be quick in judgement and don’t be lazy. Read. Absorb. Learn.
Ebola Nurse April 10th, 2015 at 22:09
All of your posts only prove my point: There is no ‘official’ protocol as far as how the president should be referred to at press conferences.
Donna J. Edmond April 10th, 2015 at 23:09
Just saying that protocol doesn’t exist because you say so does not make it true.
I have provided proof backed with an established renowned author.
I have provided access to transcripts that confirm and prove that protocols exist.
You have shown that you don’t read and you have shown your ignorance, and you have been bested. You just don’t want to acknowledge it. To which I say: if you want to remain ignorant, it is your choice.
But you have nothing to refute my argument . Saying your opinion doesn’t prove anything; you have to have verifiable data and reputable sources. If you don’t, you look foolish. Just saying.
Ebola Nurse April 11th, 2015 at 00:46
Without facts to back up your argument, you’ve lost the debate. Party on, Garth ..
Donna J. Edmond April 11th, 2015 at 01:04
Still: you have nothing to refute my argument. Party on Garth does not qualify as verifiable data nor is it a reputable source. I debunked your argument. Twice. You are proud of being profoundly ignorant.
The reporter who breeched protocol apologized:
http://thedailybanter.com/2015/04/white-house-reporter-apologizes-for-calling-president-obama-obama-at-briefing/
Try again. Prove that protocol regarding how to address a sitting president during press briefings doesn’t exist.
burqa April 11th, 2015 at 22:09
Ms. Edmond has provided transcripts and an authoritative source on protocol. It is you who have failed to substantiate your attempt to justify boorish behavior.
The score so far is:
Donna J. Edmond – 3
Ebola Nurse – 0
BobbyDP April 10th, 2015 at 08:55
I suppose it will take a transcript from Fox News before you’ll believe it.
tracey marie April 10th, 2015 at 14:47
no, brietbart or stormfront is this trolls style
Donna J. Edmond April 10th, 2015 at 19:25
You clearly have trouble with reading and comprehension skills. So let me see if I can explain this in a way that even you can understand…
Posting transcripts of previous press briefings support my argument about protocol and the corresponding book on protocol. In other words: those transcripts are examples that further support my argument.
And: the example demonstrates that, once again, I have debunked your argument, twice. You are embarrassed and annoyed because you have no legitimate response to defend your position. Not only have you lost the debate, you look like a profoundly ignorant person as well.
There. I hope that helps. If you can’t understand this post, I will try to use very small, very simple words next time.
mea_mark April 10th, 2015 at 20:58
Please try not to be so mean, especially in a lengthy comment. A little jab maybe if someone is not getting something, but please, I really don’t want to edit this and have to read stuff like this. Try again if you want.
Donna J. Edmond April 10th, 2015 at 23:36
I am not being mean. My posts are quite civil. You just don’t agree with it and you are defining what can and cannot be said and how it can be said. And you are far from objective in those decisions. This is called thought policing.
There has been far worse and egregious and very hostile – in this thread – responses that are being posted. Yet you do nothing about those posts. Can this issue be interpreted as Problematic? Hypocritical? Depends on your point of view. But the right to express this opinion exists.
Having said that: I am glad that you are here. I have sent numerous emails to Disqus on numerous occasions and no one has replied. Also: I have noticed a decline in the quality of several threads that Disqus now manages and I have seen awful things posted that should be removed, yet they are still there.
Disqus makes it difficult to impossible to find out who is in charge of this operation. I suspect that this is not only a cost saving device. The perceived lack of transparency is problematic.
Those are my opinions and observations. Have a nice evening.
burqa April 10th, 2015 at 23:58
That’s the kind of moderating I like. Good one, mea_mark!
We’re fortunate to have you around.
burqa April 11th, 2015 at 00:08
Ms. Edmund’s post was right on target and your reluctance to directly address it is noted.
The following may sound like bragging and I can’t do anything about that, but it is true.
From the time we were toddlers, we were raised among high-ranking officials in Washington, mostly military but also including cabinet-level officials, diplomats and members of Congress. My family attended many social events that were often quite formal and my sister and I were often the only children invited because our manners were always impeccable, thanks to our upbringing.
We never needed any protocol book, because we were taught how to address various people and how to speak to them.
I wanted to salute high-ranking military officers, but obviously this was out because saluting is only done by those in uniform (except the president). So what I did on my own was come up with a sort of bow, which was very well received, as well as the fact that we behaved and could contribute to the conversation at times on an adult level.
Knowing how to behave made it possible for us to attend many functions that would have otherwise been denied to us.
It was nice knowing how to carry ourselves, but the bigger benefit was knowing we brought honor and respect to our family.
tracey marie April 10th, 2015 at 14:47
please kiss my ass
Ebola Nurse April 10th, 2015 at 22:19
I miss you.. I used to parody you on HuffPo and Politico. I used a picture of a Yorkie with buck teeth. The good old days.
tracey marie April 10th, 2015 at 22:30
sorry about your crush, i find it kinda icky i don’r do the baggerish
mea_mark April 11th, 2015 at 09:42
Your trolling has been duly noted.
burqa April 10th, 2015 at 23:49
WHAT?
You are unaware of such basic courtesies?
My estimation of the upbringing I received from my parents just increased.
Ron Minor April 10th, 2015 at 00:01
Ebola Nurse…… Where were you raised?…… an outhouse in Kentucky? Show some F++king respect!!!!!
R.J. Carter April 10th, 2015 at 22:46
Right, Asking someone if they were raised in a Kentucky outhouse is a great way to encourage someone to show some respect. Just not to you.
jybarz April 10th, 2015 at 00:05
Get a clue.
tracey marie April 10th, 2015 at 14:46
look, we have this troll visiting again. Politico and brietbart troll
Tony April 11th, 2015 at 03:58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7oBSBQtZks&feature=player_detailpage#t=84
MR. RIGHT April 9th, 2015 at 22:30
We need our own ‘Jeff Guckert’, a white house plant who will laugh out loud at any question from FOX, and ask the easy questions.
But we’re Liberals, and just aren’t very good at playing dirty.
burqa April 10th, 2015 at 23:46
Damn, I miss having Guckert/Gannon around….
Ron Minor April 9th, 2015 at 23:59
Never again should she be allowed in the White House. Show respect or be banned…. Sick of the disrespect shown to our President by the hillbilly Republicans….
jybarz April 10th, 2015 at 00:02
What a disrespectful, disgraceful conservative BITCH amongst the conservative SONS OF BITCHES in the press room.
R.J. Carter April 10th, 2015 at 22:45
Oh, only the conservatives are the SOB’s in the press room? Careful, I think your aplomb is showing.
jasperjava April 11th, 2015 at 00:06
“Conservative SOB” is a tautology.
R.J. Carter April 11th, 2015 at 10:20
Like “liberal intellectual?” (Oh, wait, I keep getting tautology and oxymoron confused.)
Chinese Democracy April 11th, 2015 at 22:28
and moron apparently
R.J. Carter April 12th, 2015 at 11:31
Well, I didn’t want to resort to calling him names.
Chinese Democracy April 12th, 2015 at 15:50
lol… cuz you dont roll like that