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09-16-2009, 01:52 AM
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Why is Obama commenting on it?
Doesn't he have better things to do? This is worse than the Yale professor intervention.
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09-16-2009, 02:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
Why is Obama commenting on it?
Doesn't he have better things to do? This is worse than the Yale professor intervention.
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Since ABC and NBC were both present, I'm going to guess that someone asked him what he thought about it. And I have no problem with what he said. The president is asked all kinds of questions, I mean, why did the media ask Bush about baseball and crap like that? They do it because our president is first and foremost a person, and they know that people like to hear things about the president and his family that we little people can relate to.
The scene was also all over the news/Web, so in fact I think it was a very "current" event for them to ask him about. You may have also noticed that some news organizations have been tying Kanye in with Serena Williams and Joe Wilson in open dialogues about the lack of manners and civility in our modern society. As the leader of our society, many people feel the president should weigh in on and try to influence these things. If even just as a role model.
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09-16-2009, 03:22 AM
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The scene was also all over the news/Web, so in fact I think it was a very "current" event for them to ask him about.
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A) Can you ever recall the Press ever asking former President Bush anything that he thought about pop culture?
B) ACORN's antics are a current event to speak about, but I don't recall much asking President Obama about ACORN.
Sounds like softball media questioning, if anything. Pretty embarrassing. Far cry from investigative journalism.
This is not the politics board, so I'll drop it. Not the place to rant.
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09-16-2009, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
A) Can you ever recall the Press ever asking former President Bush anything that he thought about pop culture?
B) ACORN's antics are a current event to speak about, but I don't recall much asking President Obama about ACORN.
Sounds like softball media questioning, if anything. Pretty embarrassing. Far cry from investigative journalism.
This is not the politics board, so I'll drop it. Not the place to rant.
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It was off-the-record; he was just joking around with the WHPC.
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09-16-2009, 05:03 AM
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Why is Obama commenting on it?
Doesn't he have better things to do? This is worse than the Yale professor intervention.
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It was him talking to the interviewer before the interview starts. He wasn't asked the question, they were just talking. Kinda like Reagan joking to one of the interviewer that he was going to bomb Russia in, I believe, 15 minutes. One of the people in the studio heard it and tweet it.
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09-16-2009, 11:57 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
Why is Obama commenting on it?
Doesn't he have better things to do? This is worse than the Yale professor intervention.
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It was off the record...ABC just happened to be in the wrong for broadcasting it...either way...the pres said what millions of others have said.
"Kanye is a jackass."
BTW here are some other speeches that Kanye has interrupted:
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09-16-2009, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
Why is Obama commenting on it?
Doesn't he have better things to do?
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I agree. He talks too much, but we already knew that.
Apparently he hasn't realized that "off the record" means nothing for a POTUS. Anyone heard about the new controversial book from Bush's former speech writer full of "off the record" statements that he made?
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This is worse than the Yale professor intervention.
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That was worse because it was ON the record and in response to a reporter during a "press conference."
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