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

It depends on the journalist. Some are extremely professional, some are complete assholes.

Where's that line? I mean don't we want tough questions being answered? Or are we happy to hear full paragraphs in response to a yes or no question?


j-mac
 
i would want to see the unedited version of the interview, to see if the interviewer did interrupt the president's answers


what we do know is that the interviewer is manipulative. we know this by his insisting that Obama's comments reflected the president's dislike of his answers being challenged, when that edited video clearly describes Obama actually objecting to being interrupted

my speculation is the interviewer has an agenda to so wantonly misrepresent what the president said



notice how desperate the reich wing is, to trot this out. it is telling. they have so little to be able to criticize they must fabricate things to whine about

of course the 2012 republican nominee will be a shoo in ... too bad they don't have one
 
Isn't it appropriate to let someone answer, completely answer a question when you ask one? Why ask a question if you don;t really want a complete answer? Sounds like what you would find on a politicakl board where the person asking the question only wants the answer they've created in their mind.

That kind of reminds me of of Conservative on these boards... He'll keep asking the same question over and over again, like it's the most pivotal, thought provoking question in the entire debate. People keep answering it over and over again, but he doesn't like the answer, so he'll keep asking it again and again.

It's really egotistical when journalists act like that... If they interrupt somebody because they don't like the answer, they are showing their biasedness. They can't respect the person they are talking to, and they may have even had a mental flow chart of how the questions and answers would have played out to their benefit.
 
He hasn't behaved like a president since he took office, why would you expect him to behave like one during an interview?

Believe me, I know exactly what you're saying and agree with you... Why do you think I said Obama should have taken a page from George Bush's book on how to deal with hostile members of the media?
 
Believe me, I know exactly what you're saying and agree with you... Why do you think I said Obama should have taken a page from George Bush's book on how to deal with hostile members of the media?

yes, dubya was so effective with the reporters:

let's see how the iraqis responded to such "insult"
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I see no problems calling Obama the filibuster king on his lies. You had no problem with it when it was Helen Thomas interrupting Geo Bush, now it is a problem....I see.

j-mac

Presidents should be treated with respect by journalists... the president's party shouldn't matter. If American journalists can't respect the president of the United States then why should anybody else? Why should foreign leaders, people under his command?

It doesn't matter if you don't like him, he still represents your country. Ask him tough questions... ask the people in your own party tough questions, don't give anybody a break but ****s sake, treat them with respect.
 
But its shows he's human and we can't have a president who is human! :shock:

Sorry, but I oppose Cheney as president, and he is the only one qualified if we cannot have a human.
 
Put this statement back in the early 2000's and you'd be a Bush Republican my friend.


j-mac

I think you just don't want to admit Bush was just a poor president. :coffeepap
 
When did it become okay to interrupt someone during their sentence? That is just rude, especially to the freaking president of the United States.
 
Where's that line? I mean don't we want tough questions being answered? Or are we happy to hear full paragraphs in response to a yes or no question?


j-mac

See Grim's post. There's asking tough questions, being respectful, and respectfully cutting the interviewee off when he is giving an answer that is too long-winded. Then, there's just being unprofessional.
 
Put this statement back in the early 2000's and you'd be a Bush Republican my friend.


j-mac

The problem with Bush wasn't answering the questions... It was the things he said.

"The Constitution is just a piece of paper, stop throwing it in my face."

If Obama said that... oh my god. Where was the Tea Party screaming about ballooning debt and upholding the Constitution in 2000 to 2008?

... they were in the voting booth, giving Bush his second term
 
Where's that line? I mean don't we want tough questions being answered? Or are we happy to hear full paragraphs in response to a yes or no question?


j-mac

You can try and get answers to tough questions without being an ass. And besides, rarely any tough question is a yes or no answer. Tough questions need long answers because the question tend to be complex and the different parts needs to be addressed.
 
You can try and get answers to tough questions without being an ass. And besides, rarely any tough question is a yes or no answer. Tough questions need long answers because the question tend to be complex and the different parts needs to be addressed.

To be fair, President Obama is sometimes given to long-winded answers. I remember one time it took him 17 minutes to answer some college kid's question. I don't think that's what happened here though.
 
they have so little to be able to criticize they must fabricate things to whine about

oh?

have you seen libya, have you met afghanistan

did you read the 2012 budget proposal published by barack the slasher in february

do you remember his signing the bush/obama/clinton/boehner/mcconnell tax cuts for the rich into law just 2 months ago

what's he saying today

have you seen housing, gasoline, s&p's warning about our credit rating

have you noticed hurryup harry has STILL failed to put a single digit on paper in response to hr1, he's been sitting on it for months

hurryup harry appears paralyzed

and i wouldn't say americans are whining as much as watching

you really shouldn't bring these things up, tho, you'd be accused of derailing the thread

back to the topic: obama letting a dallas local get to him---personally
 
Lord knows Im not a huge fan of The One, but thats probably a lot more diplomatic response than I would have given to the reporter.

I havent seen the interview in question...I know dood does tend to ramble on about everything BUT the question if its one he doesnt want to answer...but...still...

OK...Edit...just watched the interview...the "let me finish my answers next time" comment came after the interview as they were wrapping up. It got a little heated but not overly. I thought the reported did a decent job of calling him out on losing Texas 'by a few points' and i imagine Obama's not used to a reporter actually calling him on the bull****...still...a pretty benign exchange.
 
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To be fair, President Obama is sometimes given to long-winded answers. I remember one time it took him 17 minutes to answer some college kid's question. I don't think that's what happened here though.

Agreed he does at time give long answers. However, I would rather be annoyed that the answer was a minute or two too long, rather than just a ten second answer.
 
If any of you want to see an interviewee REALLY go off, just watch President Clinton's interview with Chris Wallace on youtube.



Or Wesley Clark going off on David Asman:



I just picked these vids cuz I love when libs have balls (which happens all too rarely). I mean, I dislike Fox news too but I just like to see a good smackdown :)
 
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yes, dubya was so effective with the reporters:

Feel better now?

I hope so, since launching a gratuitous attack on George Bush is the only purpose I can see for posting that video, because it certainly had nothing to do with the topic or anything I said.
 
Agreed he does at time give long answers. However, I would rather be annoyed that the answer was a minute or two too long, rather than just a ten second answer.

I agree. We need long wined answers that actually explain and not sound bites that actually hide insight.
 
Agreed he does at time give long answers. However, I would rather be annoyed that the answer was a minute or two too long, rather than just a ten second answer.

We have to realize that not every question can be answered in multiple choice form.
 
If any of you want to see an interviewee REALLY go off, just watch President Clinton's interview with Chris Wallace on youtube.



Or Wesley Clark going off:



I just picked these vids cuz I love when libs have balls (which happens all too rarely). I mean, I dislike Fox news too but I just like to see a good smackdown :)


Maybe it would be more powerful if the rest of the media didnt interview democrats while they had chills running down their legs... ;)
 
You can try and get answers to tough questions without being an ass. And besides, rarely any tough question is a yes or no answer. Tough questions need long answers because the question tend to be complex and the different parts needs to be addressed.

Basically, the president is going to try to explain his thinking and defend himself and a biased journalists doesn't want to hear that BS, so he interrupts him.

I really don't think this president has done anything 100 percent wrong or he is a bad person... The president has to make tough decisions, and he has to defend them. You might not like how he defends his decisions or his reasoning, but because this is a free country, you're not going to be killed or punished for disagreeing with the leader. But to think this president is a liar, a secret Muslim, socialist, and Kenyan who secretly wants to destroy America is just stupid and insane, and the epitome of ignorant.

Some idiots really think the president is all bad and no good... If they hear the president explaining himself like a decent human being, guided by morality and good intent, then that entire bogeyman image might be shattered and idiots on talk radio might have less doomsday BS to scare people about.
 
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1. president obama, if nothing is done now to restructure fundamentally entitlement funding, will they be there in their present form for the next generation?

2. mr president, exactly what do you intend to do to reform entitlement funding?

take your time, please

final followup: exactly when, sir, can we expect a budget from senator reid implementing your program of deficit reduction, when can we expect a cbo score?

thank you
 
Basically, the president is going to try to explain his thinking and defend himself and a biased journalists doesn't want to hear that BS, so he interrupts him.

I really don't think this president has done anything 100 percent wrong or he is a bad person... The president has to make tough decisions, and he has to defend them. You might not like how he defends his decisions or his reasoning, but because this is a free country, you're not going to be killed or punished for disagreeing with the leader. But to think this president is a liar, a secret Muslim, socialist, and Kenyan who secretly wants to destroy America is just stupid and insane, and the epitome of ignorant.

Some idiots really think the president is all bad and no good... If they hear the president explaining himself like a decent human being, guided by morality and good intent, then that entire bogeyman image might be shattered and idiots on talk radio might have less doomsday BS to scare people about.

Seriously SW, who said anything like that in here? Liar yes. That is my opinion. But I never brought up anything like what you just went off on. And to turn around and in the next paragraph call those who don't agree with you "idiots" is beyond insulting, and inflammatory. You should check yourself.

j-mac
 


McCain is just plain rude to this reporter, and she was extremely calm and remained respectful to him despite his tone.

And a lot of you guys bitching about Obama handling this interview, probably voted for this guy.... I'd say Obama acted like a saint when compared it to this McScarface interview clip.
 
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