Text of Obama's news conference

AP/CQ Transcriptions ^ | 3/24/09

[Delacon]

OBAMA: Good evening. Now, before I take questions from the correspondents, I want to give everyone who's watching tonight an update on the steps we're taking to move this economy from recession to recovery, and ultimately to prosperity.

Now, it's important to remember that this crisis didn't happen overnight and it didn't result from any one action or decision. It took many years and many failures to lead us here. And it will take many months and many different solutions to lead us out. There are no quick fixes, and there are no silver bullets.

[Delacon]

For reference?

[ronnie raygun]

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[bikerman]

Otherwords bend over America here it comes.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Obammie the Commie:

“Let me start right off by blaming Bush and his failed economic policies, (which I voted for)”

[NormsRevenge]

Is it true that the word ‘Israel’ was not mentioned once when the topic of the Palestinians and the Middle East came up..

[topfile]

What’s really strange is that this was issued 2 hours before the “news conference” started. /s

[Delacon]

You gotta think the questions were.

[NormsRevenge]

I see Israeli once. ;-)

Thanks for posting

[gigster]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...snort...zzzzzzzzzzz.

[4Speed]

Thanks for posting the Bull Sh...T artist’s Volurific press conference details.
The man can’t give a detailed specific answer. You read paragraphs and still don’t know what he said.
When will the words BUSH and “Inherited” dissappear from his pontificating Blame game press Conferences ?
BHO is like Chinese food....you go ...you listen...But you’re Still hungry an hour later.
Inherited 1.3 Trillion deficit is WRONG.
Press corps cannot say the words DRILL or OIL if the Idiot TOTUS says Energy.

[mojitojoe]

blah blah blah uh uh uh er er blah blah blah um um er uh uh uh *talking points* uh uh uh er er *campaign speech* uh uh um um er zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Delacon]

Hey I said “for reference” with a question mark.

[Personal Responsibility]

Thankfully there was a Yankee - Red Sox pre-season game on. Didn’t have to listen to this drivel.

[Delacon]

Now you tell me.

[tallyhoe]

Not without a teleprompter!

[SoldierDad]

BHO is like Chinese food....you go ...you listen...But you’re Still hungry an hour later.

Actually, for me, B. Hussein Obama is like Chinese food . . . I go . . . listen . . . but an hour later I suffer from horrible indigestion for the rest of the night.

[deannadurbin]

I didn’t watch it. Didn’t want to raise my blood pressure. I watched Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck and the Singing Frog on TCM instead. MUCH more entertaining. :)

[skinkinthegrass]

I watched Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck and the Singing Frog on TCM instead. MUCH more entertaining. :)

same here...

"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." - P. J. O'Rourke
"Socialism is great until you run out of someone elses money" Margaret Thatcher
"There are two sets of rules. One set for the rulers and another for the rest of us." —Richard Yancey, former IRS tax collector

[KTM rider]

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain”....oh look what’s Ayers doing there at that keyboard behind that curtain

[proudtobeanamerican1]

Why in the world is the tax savings in our paychecks going to start April 1st? Is that a joke. Why hasn’t anyone brought that up.

Did you hear him say it took a couple extra days to have this little talking to tonight because he likes to know what he is talking about. Is he trying to say it took a few days for him to figure out what he is doing enough to be able to read it off a screen?

My 12 year old asked where his earpiece was that tells him what to say. Thanks to whoever posted the picture of the TV screen he was reading off of. He’s president now, he doesn’t have to hide his ear piece!