Posted on 01/23/2009 6:18:19 AM PST by Sopater
WASHINGTON -- President Obama paid a surprise visit to members of the White House press corps Thursday evening when he walked through their working area of the West Wing, but he quickly became agitated when he was confronted with a question by one of the journalists.
According to reports, when the Politico's Jonathan Martin asked the president about his nominee for deputy secretary of defense, William Lynn, Obama refused to answer, saying he was not there to take questions.
"I came down here to visit. I didn't come down here -- this is what happens. I can't end up visiting you guys and shaking hands if I am going to grilled every time I come down here," the president said.
Pressed further by the Politico reporter about his Pentagon nominee, Obama turned more serious, putting his hand on the reporter's shoulder and staring him in the eye.
"All right, come on" he said, with obvious irritation in his voice. "We will be having a press conference, at which time you can feel free to [ask] questions. Right now, I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself to you guys -- that's all I was trying to do," Politico.com reported.
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“has a complete mental breakdown in front of the press..and THEY set him up for it.”
Oh yeah, it will happen but not before it gets really nasty. O thinks he can play the press like a violin but he doesn’t have a clue as to what real back stabbing is. He probably thinks reporters and anchor people get their jobs and advance by being nice people.
Then he only succeeds in continuing to silence the press about making him accountable for anything he does. I was kind of refreshed to see that some of the press was actually going to DO THEIR JOBS and make him answer some questions. Journalists are not at the White House camped out trying to be pals with the President. It’s not Romper Room. They’re there to get a story. I respected that reporter for pressing for a story. The press’ job is to be a watchdog for us regarding the government. They failed miserably during the election. Let them do that job now, so maybe we can have a public outcry against some of his bad decisions. If he succeeds at intimidating them every time they try to expose him, then we’re doomed.
If 0bama's an "alpha male" and "great manager, " what's that make Stalin?
This reminds me of the MASH episode about incubators, where General Mitchell is in a press conference...
“This is a press conference! The last thing I’m going to do is answer a lot of questions.”
"No scoop for you!"
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You seem to argue on my side by saying the "let's all be friends" approach is a loopy leftist approach. It's not exclusively looks and stares and intimidation that is involved. That's just one part of the aggressive rather than passive-aggressive style. It keeps people on point and on their toes and makes them more effective workers. The other style breeds "who cares" slackers.
People like this only think they are leaders. But they are really empty suits. If they can’t deal with their employees or citizens in an open forem, then they are only figure heads over their heads.
Sooner or later, Zero and his thugs will have to deal with the questions.
This is the steel in his spine that Biden warned us about?
The immature man-child in him has come out before, and it will come out again. The boy can’t hep hisself.
The purpose of the visit was for Obama to get his narcissistic fix.
Downtown they call that an “Eye F*ck”.
This isn’t about not dealing with their employees or citizens in an open forum. It’s about the leader deciding when the forum is open for that sort of thing and when it is not and not being apologetic about it. You wouldn’t barge in on your Dad having a conversation with a colleague wanting to talk to him about going out to play baseball with you. No, you’d wait your turn. You’d wait for when Dad made it clear that it was time for you to ask what you wanted. That’s what went on here. Obama wanted to shoot the breeze with these guys. There are other scheduled times for talking business and the press knows this. Obama refused to let them set the agenda. He is the leader. He sets the agenda. Period.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
go defend him somewhere else. the guy is a shallow sham who has never answered ANY questions, let alone been asked many. then when he gets asked a pertinent question, you defend his obstinance?? egad.
oh and, change your nic.
A mere blip
The press will rollover for him like they did Clinton
Brit Hume got canned when he tried to ask Bubba a direct question
If the left wing press kissed Clinton’s butt what makes anybody here think they will be hard on Obama
My guess is that the reporter had no “legal standing” to ask any questions
No, we would end up with the Speaker of the House.....Nancy Pelosi.
Yikes!!!!!
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