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  • Kroft to Obama: Are you punch-drunk (Obama jokes about "gallows humor")

    03/22/2009 4:20:01 PM PDT · by RDTF · 619 replies · 35,700+ views
    Politico ^ | March 22, 2009 | Craig Gordon
    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—”...