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President’s Secret to Handling Criticism? Focus, and No TV
New York Times ^
| July 21, 2014
| By PETER BAKER
Posted on 07/23/2014 6:24:22 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON — President Obama had to laugh. He had just been asked how he deals with criticism, and something about the question just struck him as funny. Maybe it is because criticism is one thing he sees no shortage of these days.
Addressing an audience largely made up of African-American boys and young men, Mr. Obama turned serious and gave a long, thoughtful answer about how, over the years, he has learned to focus on what is important to him and keep fixed on “the north star that steers you” no matter what others may say.
“And then I just don’t watch TV,” he added with a smile. “That’s the other thing.”
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chaunceygardiner; failure; journalism; media; obama; obamatv
"I won". "Eat your peas". “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” "And it's not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
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posted on
07/23/2014 6:26:58 AM PDT
by
deoetdoctrinae
(Gun-free zones are playgrounds for felons.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
07/23/2014 6:33:09 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
"President’s Secret to Handling Criticism? Focus, and No TV"In other words.
He sticks his fingers in his ears and goes. La,La,La,La,La!
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07/23/2014 6:34:22 AM PDT
by
Falcon4.0
To: BenLurkin
Lol. Is he in his pajama boy suit?
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07/23/2014 6:38:17 AM PDT
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ETL 2
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“And then I just read the New York Times,” he added with a smile. “That’s the other thing.”
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07/23/2014 6:40:28 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Oldeconomybuyer
If he doesn’t watch TV then how the hell is he going to find out what is going on in his administration?
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posted on
07/23/2014 6:45:08 AM PDT
by
thirst4truth
(Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“And then I just don’t watch TV,” he added with a smile. “That’s the other thing.”
>Another lie as he told the country that is where he learns about the so called scandals plaguing his administration. He's friggin' amazing.
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07/23/2014 6:49:56 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: thirst4truth
You beat me to the punch...
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07/23/2014 6:51:42 AM PDT
by
jurroppi1
(The only thing you "pass to see what's in it" is a stool sample. h/t MrB)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
… and golf. And fundraisers. And taunting.
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07/23/2014 6:57:49 AM PDT
by
al_c
(Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
To: thirst4truth
If he doesn’t watch TV then how the hell is he going to find out what is going on in his administration?As if the media are reporting on what his administration is doing.
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07/23/2014 6:58:50 AM PDT
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al_c
(Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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07/23/2014 7:01:01 AM PDT
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angcat
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/23/2014 7:07:46 AM PDT
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ETL 2
To: Oldeconomybuyer
NYT as big a joke as Obama. Does anyone see that or is their circulation increasing with the lies.
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posted on
07/23/2014 7:25:26 AM PDT
by
Kenny
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“And then I just don’t watch TV,”
obama was watching tv while men were being shot at and killed in Benghazi. He just couldn’t be bothered with trying to save them!
To: ETL 2
What kind of kid dreams of being the most famous Post Turtle in history?
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07/23/2014 11:37:03 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Maybe he watches
his favorite shows on a big screen, so he doesn't watch a TV, technically speaking.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
he always means the opposite - so, he watches a TV and he’s unfocused
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