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NYT: White House advisors totally surprised by Obama-Clinton press conference
Hot Air ^ | DECEMBER 10, 2010 | ALLAHPUNDIT

Posted on 12/10/2010 6:46:45 PM PST by RobinMasters

Oh, I’ll bet they were. Say what you will about Axe, Gibbsy, and the rest of the crew, but I’d like to think they have the basic political common sense to avoid photo ops where the president has to skip out after a minute or two to go eat gingerbread cookies.

I’d like to think The One had the same basic political common sense, but … we learn something new every day, don’t we?

The leader of the free world and the ex-leader wandered a deserted hallway, past the offices of the senior advisers, only to discover the door to the press corps briefing room locked.

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: baghdadbobgibbs; bombandbomber; clinton; failedpresidency; handoff; obama; savingobama; savingpvtobama; wikileaks
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To: ROTB
How did he ever make it through the debates with McCain?

Because he only had to debate McCain.

Barry probably ran to the safety of Michelle's party because he didn't understand --or care -- what Bill was talking about!

341 posted on 12/12/2010 6:56:08 AM PST by lonestar
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To: lonestar
I really think that Obama is unfit for the Presidency and he could care less about doing anything but ruining this country.He is only play acting with the republicans because he has to.I think MO and BO mirror Rev. Wright and Farrakhan. He is so desperate to have someone speak for him he called slick willy the impeached president in which Obama cannot stand.

There is no logical excuse for this even if he cannot stand Clinton. He has no class. He is unfit.


342 posted on 12/12/2010 8:07:08 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: FTJM

343 posted on 12/12/2010 8:23:13 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: ForGod'sSake

My pleasure. Fingers crossed!


344 posted on 12/12/2010 8:51:11 AM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: Amos the Prophet
Sarah is already as popular as Davey Crockett. She will be remembered as a quintessential American leader. Expect her bust to be added to Mt. McKinley.

I knew that Sarah was cut from the same cloth as the Framers the moment I first laid eyes on her. So did the left, which is why they collectively soiled their pants the night of her acceptance speech in 2008.

I'm not the first person to notice that there's something nearly supernatural about the confluence of events surrounding Sarah Palin's emergence on the national stage. That this extraordinary person has seemingly appeared from nowhere, right at the moment of our nation's greatest peril, is something of a 'sign' for many people (including me).

I don't simply believe that Sarah Palin has a "great future in politics". I believe that in a very real sense, that she is the future of US politics.

345 posted on 12/12/2010 9:11:56 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier
I don't simply believe that Sarah Palin has a "great future in politics". I believe that in a very real sense, that she is the future of US politics.

Amazing statement.
I also believe you are part of that "perfect confluence" with the B2FUL way you write about her!

346 posted on 12/12/2010 9:25:51 AM PST by b9 (P rinciple A uthenticity L eadership I ntegrity N ational pride)
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To: b9
I also believe you are part of that "perfect confluence" with the B2FUL way you write about her!

Well, thank you, B. I appreciate you saying that.

In my view, I'm just a reporter, who's simply relating the events unfolding before me. In my humble observation, we're witnessing the emergence of an historic figure, who will one day stand large in our nation's collective memory.

I know that sounds overblown to some people, but I'm afraid that it's the plain and simple truth. I just feel fortunate that my vision is unclouded enough that I see it now. A great many Americans won't see it until much, much later, but in time, they will see it.

347 posted on 12/12/2010 9:45:28 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

You are absolutely right, Windflier!

Her detractors (like Rove and Scarborough) have no idea what is in store...


348 posted on 12/12/2010 10:28:04 AM PST by t-dude (Sarah causes banal and vituperous evil snarks to shriek in horror!)
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To: t-dude
Her detractors (like Rove and Scarborough) have no idea what is in store...

They're hard-hearted people, who've long ago compromised whatever principled convictions they once had. They've become narrow-minded, and blinded to the greater stream of history that's carrying them along.

They're a cynical bunch, who no longer believe in the basic ideals of this country. The game is all that matters to them, now.

In one sense, I pity them, but they've effectively taken on the color of the enemy, which means that we must treat them accordingly.

349 posted on 12/12/2010 11:06:27 AM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: RobinMasters

Slick Willy should have done an “Alexander Haig” - “I’m in control now.”

At the same time, a press conference was underway in the White House. CBS reporter Lesley Stahl asked deputy press secretary Larry Speakes who was running the government, to which Speakes responded, “I cannot answer that question at this time.” Upon hearing Speakes’ remark, Haig scribbled out a note which was passed to Speakes, ordering him to leave the dais immediately. Moments later, Haig himself entered the briefing room, where he made the following controversial statement:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_assassination_attempt

Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the president, the vice president and the secretary of state, in that order, and should the president decide he wants to transfer the helm to the vice president, he will do so. As of now, I am in control here, in the White House, pending the return of the vice president and in close touch with him. If something came up, I would check with him, of course.[28]


350 posted on 12/12/2010 1:38:21 PM PST by AlanGreenSpam (Obama: The First 'American IDOL' President - sponsored by Chicago NeoCom Thugs)
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To: Revolting cat!
Happens - if you hear any good stuff, let me know.

:)

351 posted on 12/12/2010 3:07:11 PM PST by GOPJ (Sharpton wants Limbaugh off the air- if you don't hate liberals yet, you're not paying attention.)
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To: True Republican Patriot

Not likely. He doesn’t know about FR.


352 posted on 12/12/2010 3:10:56 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Revolting cat!

Thats Good News!! But doesn’t the DNC pay attention to the Best Conservative Website on the Internet?


353 posted on 12/12/2010 3:18:12 PM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Greatest President :George W. Bush!!)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Excellent MUST VIEW!! Thank you!!


354 posted on 12/12/2010 3:28:14 PM PST by True Republican Patriot (May GOD Continue to BLESS Our Greatest President :George W. Bush!!)
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To: Windflier

“People who’ve watched the video say that Clinton looks genuinely surprised when Obama says that he has to go. “

When obama first mentions the party at the start, it is clear from clinton’s face that he didn’t expect to hear that at all. Presumably obama was using that initially as a tactic to shut the thing down quickly, but when clinton got the podium, he lost control of it and eventually just wanted out.


355 posted on 12/12/2010 9:11:08 PM PST by WoofDog123
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To: WoofDog123
When obama first mentions the party at the start, it is clear from clinton’s face that he didn’t expect to hear that at all. Presumably obama was using that initially as a tactic to shut the thing down quickly, but when clinton got the podium, he lost control of it and eventually just wanted out.

That's pretty much the general reaction of most posters who took the time to watch the video. Personally, I can't stand to watch either one of these snakes, let alone, both of them at once, so I still haven't seen the video.

The MSM may have quietly ignored the weirdness of this event, but you can bet your last dollar that America's enemies haven't.

356 posted on 12/12/2010 10:11:26 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Mila
I must have missed than poll, maybe it was a poll of welfare recipients. As I remember it, he left a disgraced President and most of America sighed a big collective sigh, finally he's gone and all the scandal and corruption with him.. Even today most people make fun of him, despite what the MSM portrays.

I don't know who you hang out with, but even my democrat associates were embarrassed by the man and happy to see him go, before he brought anymore shame to the party. Politically, he had already lost the congress to the GOP for the first time in over 40 years in 1994 and the senate also. And you add to that all the accusations of sexual assault, the ugliness of the Lewinski scandal, he was a real embarrassment.

George Will spoke for most Americans when he said. “Clinton may not have been the worst President ever, but he was clearly the worst person to ever be President.”

He never amazes me, he's exactly what I expect, a pathetic egomaniac who places himself above everything else in the world, regardless of the consequences, a man consumed by his narcissistic personality and insatiable lust for attention. He's the fat, unathletic kid the other kids made fun of and the girls ignored, who will spend the rest of his life trying to prove he isn't the fat unathletic kid everyone ignored.

What he never will understand is that greatness comes from within, from giving, from thinking of others first. People who are so fiercely focused on self, perpetual takers and users, never amount to anything.

Bill Clinton goes down in history with hardly a mention, except maybe for the perversity of the major scandal in his Presidency. He hopefully will be the only President to shove a cigar up a young women's vagina in the Oval office. That might be remembered for the sure shock value of it all.

357 posted on 12/13/2010 8:35:12 PM PST by Beatthedrum
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To: I still care
I wouldn't be surprised if the Rapist & The PIAPS have the goods on Obambi. Their thug detectives had uncovered the college and earlier school records that Obambi has been keeping out of the public view, at some expense. They may have the documents to prove he's a foreigner, applied for grants as a foreigner, was registered as another nationality when he went to school in Malaysia.

Clinton loved the attention of being President and he was hardly up to the difficulties of it. He partied for 8 years, chased pussy and traveled the world playing the big shot. He looked and sounded good, but he was a fraud also.

He achieved nothing of any significance in 8 years. He takes credit for welfare reform and balancing the budget, but these were GOP initiatives, he signed begrudgingly against the protestations of the upper echelon of the democrat party. He accomplished nothing on the world stage, in fact many would argue that his failed policies in the Middle East actually inflamed the region, after a rather calm period. His failed attempt to rescue American troops in Somalia remains one of the most embarrassing military moments in post-Vietnam era. He couldn't pull the trigger when he had to, he was too afraid it might backfire, so a group of American soldiers are dragged through the streets of Mogadishu. Then the Branch Davidian disaster, as under Bubba’s watch Reno and the AFT burned up all the religious nuts and their little kiddies.

I'm glad we wasn't trying to redesign America, like this current fraud in office now, but Clinton could have tried to do something; maybe social security reform, medicare reform, something that would have made a difference? He was having to good a time being the big shot.

You may be spending too much time listening to the MSM and all this crap about what a great President the Rapist was. Truth is, he was a real failure not only morally, but as an effective leader. He did achieve anything important, anything memorable, besides shoving a cigar up Monica's Boy Howdy.

358 posted on 12/13/2010 9:03:41 PM PST by Beatthedrum
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To: editor-surveyor

Okay, I stand corrected, Joe Biden is a repulsive POS.


359 posted on 12/13/2010 9:06:29 PM PST by Beatthedrum
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To: Beatthedrum
"I don't know who you hang out with, but even my democrat associates were embarrassed by the man and happy to see him go, before he brought anymore shame to the party."

My observation has nothing to do with whom I hang out. His end of office approval rating is easily found if you Google. I stated in my post that his numbers were high in spite of the scandals. While the perception of Clinton as it relates to those polled cannot be easily explained, it would be foolish to deny that there were/are a goodly number of Clinton lovers around and that not everybody has the disdain for him that we do.

360 posted on 12/14/2010 3:09:20 AM PST by Mila
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