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President Obama Endures a Terrorism Press Conference
Washington Free Beacon ^ | 11/16/15 | Blake Seitz

Posted on 11/16/2015 6:14:47 PM PST by markomalley

President Obama suffered through a rotten, awful press conference on Monday, a new Supercut shows.

Obama addressed the world at the G-20 summit in the wake of Friday’s deadly terrorist attack in Paris.

There, the president announced his intention to stay the course on his current policy to contain the Islamic State with sporadic airstrikes. He then responded with increasing testiness as the media subjected that policy to withering scrutiny. Their questions are excerpted below.

 

JEROME CARTILLIER (AFP): The equation has clearly changed. Is it time for your strategy to change?

MARGARET BRENNAN (CBS): A more than year-long bombing campaign in Iraq and in Syria has failed to contain the ambition and the ability of ISIS to launch attacks in the West. Have you underestimated their abilities?

JIM AVILA (ABC): If I could ask you to address your critics who say that your reluctance to enter another Middle East war and your preference of diplomacy over using the military makes the United States weaker and emboldens our enemies?

JIM ACOSTA (CNN): This is an organization that you once described as a JV team, that evolved into a force that is now occupying territory in Iraq and Syria and is now able to use that safe haven to launch attacks in other parts of the world. How is that not underestimating their capabilities? And how is that contained, quite frankly?

RON ALLEN (NBC): ISIS’ capabilities seem to be expanding. … Do you think you really understand this enemy well enough to defeat them and to protect the homeland?



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: obamag20speech; parisjihadattack
A convergence of random acts of journalism?
1 posted on 11/16/2015 6:14:47 PM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Painful news conference. Obama is trying to help the Muslims and doing an increasingly poor job of hiding it.


2 posted on 11/16/2015 6:18:39 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (I support anything which diminishes the Muslim population.)
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To: markomalley

Gotta be bad news for BO when his friends are actually starting to question his motives.


3 posted on 11/16/2015 6:25:06 PM PST by KosmicKitty (Liberals claim to want to hear other views, but then are shocked to discover there are other views)
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To: ClearCase_guy

This press conference was absolutely a terrible performance. Even the Dems are nervous.


4 posted on 11/16/2015 6:27:42 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: markomalley

“President Obama suffered through a rotten, awful press conference on Monday, a new Supercut shows.”

He took a real haircut, did he?


5 posted on 11/16/2015 6:31:12 PM PST by sparklite2 (Islam = all bathwater, no baby.)
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To: markomalley

It almost sounds like some of the “professional” journalists who have facilitated BO’s insanity are starting to wonder.


6 posted on 11/16/2015 7:13:03 PM PST by Calpublican (Republican Party Now Stands for Nothing!!!!!(Except Conniving))
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To: KosmicKitty

That and 25 Governors saying no mo Muzzies. Sucks to be Barkey today. :-)


7 posted on 11/16/2015 7:24:33 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: markomalley

Bttt.


8 posted on 11/16/2015 7:30:33 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: Calpublican

Now that they might be in danger they care enough to ask REAL questions? We know they have been covering his rear for years, now they want answers. Would not be here if they had asked real questions when he was running for the office.


9 posted on 11/16/2015 8:24:53 PM PST by easternsky
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To: markomalley

They should ask him:

“Most Americans now understand that you’re the worst president in history. Oh wait, I’m supposed to ask a question?”


10 posted on 11/16/2015 8:31:21 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: ClearCase_guy

Reporter: You were deliberately late to the momemnt of silence. Why?
Was the pilot of AF1 late? Was the driver of your limo late?
Did you get lost on your way?


11 posted on 11/16/2015 8:39:12 PM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: easternsky

{”Now that they might be in danger they care enough to ask REAL questions”}

Suddenly they see it’s personal. Politics be damned.


12 posted on 11/16/2015 8:55:30 PM PST by Calpublican (Republican Party Now Stands for Nothing!!!!!(Except Conniving))
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To: markomalley
"A convergence of random acts of journalism? "

Oh no, it's still political. The journalistic change is that Hollande is a true socialist...and Hollande is going to war.

The liberal news media is simply choosing between a lame duck who is unpopular at home versus a popular socialist who has global respect.

The news media expects to bully Obama into following Hollande's lead.

13 posted on 11/16/2015 9:00:09 PM PST by Southack (The one thing preppers need from the 1st World? http://tinyurl.com/ktfwljc .)
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To: markomalley

Where were the tough media questions when this guy was running for office? Too many ignored scandals since then to cut even the slightest bit of slack.

The media is complicit in these continuing atrocities & cover-ups. It’s too late in the game for a sudden burst of rational questioning to mean anything.

Notice the kid glove treatment of HildeBeast. They’re just bored with Barry, nothing more.


14 posted on 11/17/2015 6:40:21 AM PST by Moira Davidson
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