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Obama to reporter: 'Let me finish my answers' next time

Ron Mars said:
My wife was born and raised in NYC. While her mom still lived there we went up every couple of months or so.

When I said "please" or "thank you" to people just stared at me in disbelief.

Whe I said hello to people on the street they looked at me like I had a disease.

On the bus one day I got up to give my seat to a woman who was standing. A man quickly took it before she could sit down. He thought that was very funny.

New Yorkers (NYC), in general, are not very nice people.

Outside of NYC they are as decent and nice as anywhere else in America.
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Yeah, I was gonna say -- where is this foreign country where people look at you funny for being polite, and how is it related to where I live? :lol:
 
TacticalEvilDan said:
Yeah, I was gonna say -- where is this foreign country where people look at you funny for being polite, and how is it related to where I live? :lol:
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My dad was born and raised in Little Falls and we still have lots of family who live in the area.

Last summer we went to Chenango Valley State Park for a family reunion.

Beautiful country and very, very nice people up there.
 
Ron Mars said:
My dad was born and raised in Little Falls and we still have lots of family who live in the area.

Last summer we went to Chenango Valley State Park for a family reunion.

Beautiful country and very, very nice people up there.
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The absolute best part of NY, aside from from the upper north end. I'll bet it's killer out there during the fall.

Good stuff!
 
Patrickt said:
When the answer has ended and the person launches into a speech, it's appropriate for the reporter to cut it short and move on. President Obama has demonstrated his ability, repeatedly, to ramble on with speeches well after any question has been answered and the inadequate answer forgotten.

The reporter wasn't the ass in this instance.
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Best post in this thread so far.
 
TacticalEvilDan said:
The absolute best part of NY, aside from from the upper north end. I'll bet it's killer out there during the fall.

Good stuff!
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As a kid we camped in NY and went to the family cabin at Piseco Lake.

We searched for "diamonds" in the hills near Little Falls. Lots of good memories.
 
Ron Mars said:
With skin that thin it's no wonder 0bama has a "Shake and Bow" foreign policy.

He has no idea what to do when his olive branch receives and middle finger in reply.
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Have you ever stopped to think that maybe this sort of thing happens to him often moreso by right-leaning journalist than those from the left? I really wonder why people are making such a big deal out this. I mean, my goodness! What's wrong with someone, including and ESPECIALLY the President of the United States, insisting on being respected and extended common courtesy. I mean, even the religious-right insist on following the teachings of sound, Christian values among them being showing respect. Why then are so many people on the Right so offended that the President asked a journalist at the end of an interview to just be respectful and let him finish his statements before interupting? It's like you people are applauding folks who are purposely being impolite just to get under this man's skin only to then come out and claim how "thin skinned" he is.

C'mon! When you bait people like that so often it's bound to get on your nerves. I don't blame the President or anyone for that matter for speaking up and insisting on being treated fairly.
 
Objective Voice said:
Have you ever stopped to think that maybe this sort of thing happens to him often moreso by right-leaning journalist than those from the left? I really wonder why people are making such a big deal out this. I mean, my goodness! What's wrong with someone, including and ESPECIALLY the President of the United States, insisting on being respected and extended common courtesy. I mean, even the religious-right insist on following the teachings of sound, Christian values among them being showing respect. Why then are so many people on the Right so offended that the President asked a journalist at the end of an interview to just be respectful and let him finish his statements before interupting? It's like you people are applauding folks who are purposely being impolite just to get under this man's skin only to then come out and claim how "thin skinned" he is.

C'mon! When you bait people like that so often it's bound to get on your nerves. I don't blame the President or anyone for that matter for speaking up and insisting on being treated fairly.
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Either of the Clintons would have ripped the reporter a new one...as would John McCain. Sometimes decorum is overrated....
 
You get respect when I first meet you but if you prove yourself unworthy by disrespecting me I will not continue to give to you. Obama has proven himself unworthy by doing just that. Sometimes in life if you are decided to be unworthy people will disrespect you on a regular basis because frankly they damn well should.

Plus Obama likes to not really answer questions, and that kind of answering of questions shouldn't be put up with and should be interrupted. When I ask you a question MR president I expect you to answer it, not run around it.
 
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j-mac said:
Not when the answer is obfuscation, and pure BS.

j-mac
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J, you had little problem with the Bush platitudes that never answered any question.

That said, I don't favor non-answers, and by all means try to get an actual answer, but if you are going to ask the question, let the person answer. The follow up, even state that wasn't a complete answer if such is the case, but allow him to answer.
 
president obama, WHAT are you gonna do to reform our budget?

and WHEN?

answers, anyone?
 
j-mac said:
What a child this man is. Thin skinned, and unwilling to be challenged in his answers to tough questions. In fact anyone remember during the campaign, reporters he didn't like the questions of somehow disappeared from the press pool?

This is a man that likes to 'control' the media and when he can't it rattles him. What a loser he is.

j-mac
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Seeing how politicians in general like to give a long winded non-answer(or even a long winded answer to bury what they actually mean) instead of just a straight answer, maybe reporters should cut them off. You could ask a politician what his favorite color is and he or she would give a long winded non-answer on the importance of colors or some other bs.
 
jamesrage said:
Seeing how politicians in general like to give a long winded non-answer(or even a long winded answer to bury what they actually mean) instead of just a straight answer, maybe reporters should cut them off. You could ask a politician what his favorite color is and he or she would give a long winded non-answer on the importance of colors or some other bs.
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Part of that is our fault for a couple of reasons. 1) anything he does say that is honest will be used against him, and we let those types of attacks work. 2) we don't have the patience to sit through an answer to a complicated issue. A short, sound bit answer will most likely not cover most issues. and 3) there is a tendency among the partisan to always see the other side as not answering simply because they didn't get the answer they wanted.
 
Boo Radley said:
Just making sure you realize I wasn't talking about anyone specifically.
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who cares

if something isn't done now to restructure entitlements they won't be there in their present form for the next generation

grow up
 
The Prof said:
who cares

if something isn't done now to restructure entitlements they won't be there in their present form for the next generation

grow up
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Same could have been said four years ago, six years ago, a decade ago. Funny how republicans argued the debt wwasn't important when they were running it up. I'm sorry, it's hard to take you seriously on this. :coffeepap
 
it's not about me, it's about the longterm solvency of medicare, medicaid and social security, as well as state pensions

grow up
 
Boo Radley said:
Part of that is our fault for a couple of reasons. 1) anything he does say that is honest will be used against him, and we let those types of attacks work. 2) we don't have the patience to sit through an answer to a complicated issue. A short, sound bit answer will most likely not cover most issues. and 3) there is a tendency among the partisan to always see the other side as not answering simply because they didn't get the answer they wanted..
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This is true regardless of who is president and if they actually gave a straight answer instead of a long winded non-answer or a long winded answer to actually bury what they mean.
 
jamesrage said:
This is true regardless of who is president and if they actually gave a straight answer instead of a long winded non-answer or a long winded answer to actually bury what they mean.
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All of it is true regardless of who is president or running for any office. Long doesn't mean it neccessarily burys or hides anything. With proper follow up questions and efforts to understand, a long answer can be enlightening. But today, such enlightenment is costly. We really don't want to know.
 
that's the solution to our budget mess, asking the right questions and follow ups?

making the effort to understand?

LOL!

what if the guy you're asking doesn't have any answers?

like obama

if the president had a plan for budget reform, harry would put it on the floor

absent action, our big 3 social programs will not exist for the next generation in their current forms

ask away

and don't interrupt
 
j-mac said:
What a child this man is. Thin skinned, and unwilling to be challenged in his answers to tough questions. In fact anyone remember during the campaign, reporters he didn't like the questions of somehow disappeared from the press pool?

This is a man that likes to 'control' the media and when he can't it rattles him. What a loser he is.

j-mac
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They should let him finish his lunch. The man needs sme food.
 
sazerac said:
They should let him finish his lunch. The man needs sme food.
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Maybe his answered won't just be long winded non answers and rhetoric if he gets some food in his belly!
 
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