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Kroft to Obama: Are you punch-drunk (Obama jokes about "gallows humor")
Politico ^ | March 22, 2009 | Craig Gordon

Posted on 03/22/2009 4:20:01 PM PDT by RDTF

President Barack Obama said he believes the global financial system remains at risk of implosion with the failure of Citigroup or AIG, touching off “an even more destructive recession and potentially depression.”

His remarks came in a “60 Minutes” interview in which he was pressed by an incredulous Steve Kroft for laughing and chuckling several times while discussing the perilous state of the world’s economy.

“You're sitting here. And you're— you are laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems. Are people going to look at this and say, "I mean, he's sitting there just making jokes about money—” How do you deal with— I mean: explain. . .” Kroft asks at one point.

“Are you punch drunk?” Kroft says.

“No, no. There's gotta be a little gallows humor to get you through the day,” Obama says, with a laugh.

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To: gargoyle

“I never thought I’d say this, but Hillary Clinton would have been a Godsend as POTUS.”

Even Bill Clinton looks like Teddy Roosevelt compared to this vapid socialist clown. A blue dog Dem friend of mine said the other day that he wished Dubya was back.


201 posted on 03/22/2009 5:44:58 PM PDT by TxAnn56
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To: JoanVarga

I think it’s Mark Steyn tommorrow, I could be wrong.


202 posted on 03/22/2009 5:45:34 PM PDT by Ben A. Lurkin
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To: JoanVarga

Rush out tomorrow, Mark Steyn is in.


203 posted on 03/22/2009 5:46:12 PM PDT by mojo114
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To: Carley

Watching anything on CBS makes me vomit.


204 posted on 03/22/2009 5:46:33 PM PDT by Yorlik803 ( Freedom- 07-04-1776-11-06-2008. RIP)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I tried to imagine GWB or even Clinton laughing about a bad economy and folks losing their jobs. Couldn’t.

Clinton at least had enough political sense to bite his lip...and of course, GWB is easily 20 times the man that Obama is - and I’m not even a big GWB fan!


205 posted on 03/22/2009 5:47:20 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (Obama - Making Jimmy Carter look like a giant!)
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206 posted on 03/22/2009 5:48:18 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: RDTF

Is the MSM turning on the Indokenyan Messiah? Miracles never cease!


207 posted on 03/22/2009 5:48:25 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Ezekiel; romanesq; cricket
He has the cockiness of someone who knows he has the backing of powerful handlers, secret power cabals, and puppetmasters. The cocky young VP who has just been given the keys to the firm's beach condo.


208 posted on 03/22/2009 5:48:59 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: RDTF

Nero fiddles while Rome burns
Obama laughs while the US is in freefall :(
Bet he didn’t have TOTUS with him cause TOTUS would have known better!


209 posted on 03/22/2009 5:49:18 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Wonder if our founding fathers would even recognize the USA?!)
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To: bushwon
Speaking of TOTUS, he's on Facebook...I was just reading his Wall—hysterical! He currently has over 600 friends.
210 posted on 03/22/2009 5:50:33 PM PDT by Miss Didi ( "After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
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To: ari-freedom

GOD BLESS STEVE KROPF!!!! DID ZERO HAVE STEVE ARRESTED YET??
Yet is the operative word! ZERO wii attempt to destroy STEVE for the Assault of calling ZERO punch drunk! Its AMAZING that it wasn’t censored from the telecast! CBS must be getting pretty sick of ZERO to let this air!:-)


211 posted on 03/22/2009 5:50:49 PM PDT by True Republican Patriot (GOD BLESS AMERICA and Our Great President George W. Bush)
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To: RDTF

Looking forward to the You-Tube on this—anyone posted it yet?


212 posted on 03/22/2009 5:51:07 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Wonder if our founding fathers would even recognize the USA?!)
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To: TornadoAlley3

My initial reaction to the transcript: virtually all of the dashes (representing pauses, stammers and/or verbal miscues) are found in sections spoken by the punch-drunk leader.

Perhaps the Teleprompter of the United States (TOTUS) took the day off and left Barry to fend for himself?


213 posted on 03/22/2009 5:51:10 PM PDT by Skywarner (The U.S. Armed Forces... Producers of FREEDOM for over 200 years!!)
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity

First he was abandoned by his father, and then he was abandoned at the age of 10 by his mother, who had more important things to do with her life.

Then he was given a Stalinist mentor, who was also a known child molester. (That doesn’t speak terribly well for his grandfather, either.)

think it is very likely that Frank Marshal Davis molested Obama’s mother earlier, and then molested Obama. We don’t know that, although there are a couple of hints in that direction—but just take a close look at Obama’s poem “Pop,” which is clearly about one of his youthful evenings with Frank Marshall Davis.

You could feel sorry for the abusive way Obama was brought up, but the White House is not the right place for a severely troubled person to work out his mental problems.


214 posted on 03/22/2009 5:51:58 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: RDTF

Obama does not know his elbow from his @$$. sitting there chuckling like 5 yr old dumas... someone with fiber and strength he is not. He’s a punk from Chicago.


215 posted on 03/22/2009 5:53:15 PM PDT by Ancient Drive (will)
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To: Miss Didi

Yeah, I saw it—wish I’d thot of it—how clever & likely very profitable from the numerous hits the site will get ;)


216 posted on 03/22/2009 5:54:31 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Wonder if our founding fathers would even recognize the USA?!)
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To: bushwon

Nero fiddles while Rome burns
0bama giggles while America burns


217 posted on 03/22/2009 5:54:37 PM PDT by Carling ("We've lost two people in my family because you dickheads won't cut trees down," - Warwick Spooner)
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To: bushwon

Found it — Kroft Obama sort by DATES on YouTube


218 posted on 03/22/2009 5:55:29 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (Wonder if our founding fathers would even recognize the USA?!)
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To: gargoyle

If Hillary made a principled stand..let’s say, resigning out of principle, she’d could very well become the de facto leader of the Democrat party and set up well for 2010. HELL, anyone who steps up will have a head start. This is a freaking trainwreck.


219 posted on 03/22/2009 5:55:45 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
this is one serious nutjob.

Well...as we all know, "Liberalism is a mental disorder"

220 posted on 03/22/2009 5:56:17 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (RATs...nothing more than Bald Haired Hippies!)
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