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God I love Obama.
Kroft is accusing Obama of filerbusting when Kroft won't shut the fuck up.
Kroft acting like O'Reilly.
still_one
(92,187 posts)Etraker
(59 posts)Not even a pretense of no bias.
72DejaVu
(1,545 posts)Tough questioning is fine, but interrupting and talking over the President of the United States is way over the line.
a kennedy
(29,655 posts)reporter..... he was just rude, and almost condescending. Ugh.
3catwoman3
(23,975 posts)...call this kind of boorishness "Chaffetzing." That is exactly what he did to Cecile Richards. I wanted to smack him right in his smug little face. I feel the same way about Kroft and Billo.
Peregrine Took
(7,413 posts)60 Minutes is such a sh*tty show. I never watch it - no one I know does.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)Not that I care. I just like him any more.
Fla Dem
(23,656 posts)She should have been fired, instead she was suspended and is back at work on 60 Minutes.
mucifer
(23,539 posts)You would think it would be the other way around.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)Just my opinion, of course.
goldent
(1,582 posts)When you are interviewing an experienced politician you have to very pushy or you will get talked all over. His questions were very pointed, but he gave the president plenty of opportunity to answer, and for that reason I think it was fair. Plus a number of the questions in the 2nd party were softballs (Trump, Hillary emails, Biden)
He accused Obama of filerbusting which was stupid as hell. Kroft was guilty of it..not Obama.
goldent
(1,582 posts)I thought it was a fairly tough interview (the first part anyhow), and I thought the President was effective in making his points. I imagine the President was pretty pleased with it, and would be happy to do another Kroft interview (apparently he had previously been interviewed by Kroft). I don't think the President wants an interview that is all softball questions.
fadedrose
(10,044 posts)I was set back when he said that he could win a 3rd term if he were able to run. I know I'd vote for him, but there are so many complaints - he hasn't won the wars yet, he hasn't sent in a couple hundred thousand boots on the ground, folks don't like his TPP, but he's proud of his accomplishments. There have been many, starting with the miracle of winning = a black man. Wow.
Next miracle was Lilly Ledbetter and equal pay, and all kinds of unheard of things, Cuba, the Pope, The North Pole, a Prison, Immigration executive order, gay rights, female rights, good lord the things he's done. The best speeches you or I will ever hear, delivered just the right homey yet eloquent way. I can never hear the word "stuff" again without thinking of him.
Kroft is a butthole. I wish he'd had somebody else as host. I hope he finds the time to visit a humble tv station female, our Rachel.
Oh well, going to bed..