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When President Obama speaks, don't interrupt. That's what the president told a Texas reporter after a brief but contentious interview in which he was challenged about his unpopularity in the state. "Let me finish my answers next time we do an interview, all right?" he told WFAA News 8 reporter Brad Watson. During the interview, one of four that Obama held with Texas media in the White House on Monday, the president argued that even though the Lone Star state was historically Republican, his election meant that the politics there was changing. "We lost by a few percentage points in...

Is he a message control freak? See here and decide for yourself. Even Mediaite concedes Obama’s interview style is often so disciplined — and prone to filibuster on even the most basic questions... To be fair, it's hard to really tell how exactly things went down, because the video is heavily edited. Also, Presidents do have to have a firm grip on what they're trying to say. However, to the chagrin of the liberals who support him, Obama ain't God either. What he says can and should be challenged not matter how much of a local yokel the reporter...