Presidential Response to Ed Henry: 'Why Did You Wait to Speak Out on AIG?'

[Hissyspit]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, The President of the United States.

President Barack Obama's press conference - March 24, 2009: The President responds to a question from CNN's Ed Henry.

Ed Henry was the correspondent in the incident when Robert Novak, in an interview segment with James Carville, walked off the set. He is also the reporter who was told by WH spokesperson Tony Snow, when pressing Snow about Bush's Iraq plans, to "zip it."

[classof56]

1. Love me some President Obama!!

That's all.:toast:

[ecstatic]

7. I've replayed the clip 4 times so far and have laughed each time

LOL. I'm usually not this easily amused.

[Tiggeroshii]

2. Nice comeback on that one

And good point. It wasn't a week, right? A couple weeks, not much you can blame too much for him.

[Deja Q]

3. The fact President Obama could articulate that response proves two things:

1. Bush is a nimrod
2. Bush is a nimrod

So good, it had to be said twice. :D

[BlancheSplanchnik]

18. ...

:rofl: !!

[AzNick]

21. And they never asked Bush why he waited in that classroom

Does anyone remember any reporter asking Bush why he sat on his ass with that stupid look on his face after the first plane hit?

[AllyCat]

31. Where was this press when * was in office?

I don't have a problem with them actually asking real questions, but it is amazing that now that we have a guy who can actually accomplish something (and does), they keep trying to be "journalists". Bush got no questions of any value and these corporate idiots are complicit in his crimes.

[TankLV]

35. Common - we KNEW this was going to happen as soon as a DEMOCRAT was in office...

Once, god forbid, another repuke occupies that office on stolen votes, or a supreme decision, we also know that these MEDIA WHORES will revert back to "see no evil", "hear no evil", "speak no evil" mode...

and, of course, don't forget, obama has had now more press conferences than bush* did in his entire term - at least it seems that way...don't forget for a second bush*s "statesments" WITYOUT TAKING ANY QUESTIONS format...

[rambler_american]

55. MSM didn't ask * tough questions because

a) they knew he couldn't answer them
b) he gave them all nicknames and they hoped he might offer to have a beer with them
c) it was well known that if anyone asked * a tough question they would never again be called on.
d) only shills like Jimmy/Jeff got called on.
e) all of the above

[AllyCat]

63. Okay with multiple choice it has to always be the case to be the correct answer

Right?

[letmesaythis]

46. And they never asked Bush why he waited in that classroom

Good question. Where were all of their sorry asses then.
Including Eddie Henry

[goclark]

66. We need to go back and see what questions they asked

Remember the earpiece that was so apparent in the Kerry - Bush debates?
Where was 'Lil Eddie then?

And that Pet Goat?

And the Mission Not Accomplished?

And Cheney's little Annie Oakley experience?

And "greeting us with Open Arms in Iraq."

And those fake WMD?

:puke:

[yellerpup]

4. That was a tasty snap back!

Bush didn't have to think about what to say (as IF he could actually express himself) because he'd already had his lie all planned. K&R! Great moment, Mr. President! :patriot:

[burning rain]

14. To be fair, Bush did often have a different approach.

With time he developed the ability to give very stupid knee-jerk answers to unexpected questions.

[yellerpup]

34. You hit it.

It took him TIME even to be stupid! I miss him so much....NOT!

[Brucie Kibbutz]

53. no kidding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRidam_UwTQ

[go west young man]

41. Plus Bush was most likely trying to remember what Karl Rove

was feeding him through his ear piece all the time.

[yellerpup]

44. Karl Rove, the guy who Bush thinks is brilliant.

And he is if you go by the G (sockpuppet president)WB dictionary in which "unprincipled slime" is defined as "brilliant."

[ecstatic]

5. LOL! Love it! The facial expression was perfect! nt

[mix]

13. Obama was waiting for it

he saw it coming the moment the guy opened his mouth

[pipi_k]

40. OMG that's almost the best part!!!!

the facial expression!


Something like, "I'm not George W Bush, so don't even think of a verbal sparring match with ME, little boy"


:rofl:

[napi21]

6. I think that was that Chicago Left Hook I keep hearing about!

Gotta say, that was my FAVORITE response of the night!

[20score]

8. Too cool!

[Kaleko]

9. Hey, that should make a great t-shirt:

"I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak."

[ckimmy57]

51. Great idea

put that little sentence right below President Obama's pic on the front of a shirt and on the back put Bush's pic with the 3 monkeys....you know the ones, no see, no hear, no SPEAK....on second thought forget that one....won't be putting a Bush mug on my body.

[ihavenobias]

10. Great quote.

K & R

[ginnyinWI]

11. best line of the evening. n/t

[mix]

12. wicked

i particularly like that very subtle, alright? at the end

[Canuckistanian]

15. Yowza!

That's how you deal with snotty CNN reporters!

[mrbarber]

16. Well said..

and completely true.

[stlsaxman]

17. when he said that I jumped out of my chair and punched the sky!

whooo-hooooo!!!!

:bounce:

[BlancheSplanchnik]

19. great line, great delivery

:loveya:

god it's nice to see our President shooting down these damned media idiots

[tomm2thumbs]

20. LMAO the more I see it, the more I love it

These sort of Lou Dobbs reporters are desperate to throw any ratings his way and that was probably not the way they had in mind. LOL

[rpannier]

22. Good answer. Short and to the point.

[tavalon]

23. He's actually doing his job, but that said:

Smack-down!

[DFW]

24. Give the guy a break

It has been EIGHT YEARS since we had a President who knew what he was talking about
before he speaks. Most members of the press have probably forgotten what that was like,
and the newer correspondents have never experienced the phenomenon first hand.

[Jawja]

25. But I don't remember so-called "journalists"

pressing George W. Bush with a followup like that, either.

[zipplewrath]

36. Bush didn't allow it

Obama is comfortable enough to allow a short "follow up" in the sense of allowing a guy to express that he felt he hadn't gotten a complete answer. The person better be careful though because if Obama tried to do him a favor and skip the stupid part, he's only gonna be nice once.

And the other good line from the evening was "if it gets to my desk, it means it's one of the hard problems". This along with his conclusion about persistence sets up his administration very well. He won this race because he set good foundations and then worked them persistently. No, he did not "take out" Clinton with "one punch". But he did beat her, and he did so starting in '04 with a ground breaking, and ground laying speech. Then he made a foundation building policy speech about the war in Iraq. Then he built long and deep roots in the caucus states and leveraged his ability in Iowa to connect with individual voters. He avoided serious trouble with a "teaching moment" on the Rev. Wright fiasco. He undercut McCain with a serious and steady trip through Iraq and Afghanistan, finishing off with a tremendous speech in Berlin. This guy kills you with persistent competence. You could see it in the conference last night as he connected various questions together in his responses to each reporter. He's going to repeat, expand, reinforce, and move forward while you're still listening. He took down Jindal and he wasn't even there. He trivialized Rush, and by extension the entire GOP in one swift move. They are down to criticizing his choice in clothes, his teleprompter use, and his wife. And I fully suspect he will soon have Bayh and the Bluedogs on the run as well.

If there is a concern is it whether, when it comes to his policy, he's really right. If it's about competence, he's got that answered.

[slay]

27. LOL!

Sad, true, and funny at the same time. Very nice. :)

(Not that I'd ever excuse Henry for being a fuckin tool.. heh)

[slay]

26. "I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak. All right?"

BAM! Implies dickhead Ed doesn't know what he's talkin bout before he opens his yapper (proven somewhat true over time) while also scoring a point in Obama's column - so he gets a 2-fer! Nice. Obama: 1 -- Henry: -1. Ouch. Negative numbers in your column are not good Ed.

Dude, this is your chance to ask the president a question on live tv in primetime and that was the best you could come up with? Typical GOP attack style bullshit (not saying he's GOP but is their style) to try and fire up emotion while not covering ANYTHING having to do with policy. Glad Obama shot that down - like a marksman! A real beauty to watch. :)

[disndat]

37. I guess I am in the minority here

and I am one of those who thinks Obama can walk on water, but I loved the question and follow up, even though Henry was asking it for a different, in-your-face, reason.

[MrModerate]

28. Not to mention CNN's overreaction and mischaracterization of Obama's response as . . .

"Testy."

More like sardonic, in my book. And he didn't even have to preface his remark with "Unlike the previous incumbent . . ." -- but the whole world heard it anyway.

[FailureToCommunicate]

30. You're so right. CNN people wouldn't know "sardonic" if it came in and kicked

over their expensive studio cameras and mooned them!

[TankLV]

38. The full court press by CNN & the other MEDIA WHORES is on in full force last night & this morning..

This is aparently THE "scandal" this AM - and an example of Obama's "unacceptable" behavior...

priceless - just priceless...

the crybabies are whining and huffing and hawwing in full screech mode...!!!

[MrModerate]

58. These guys spend their journalistic credibility . . .

Like Bush spent our national credibility.

And, I expect, with similar results. Most of which were disastrous. Who will be hurt the most if the MSM implodes completely?

[DWilliamsamh]

29. When I saw this at like 3 in the morning.....

I work 7PM to 7AM, and we have CNN on in a room of 4 or 5 guys. We get busy and don't always hear every thing the first second or even third time through. So It was about three in the morning when I heard this, and since I pretty much tune out the chattering class, it was as if I was hearing it live.

My immediate thought was (in the President's voice) continuing his statement - "yeah I know you guys haven't been used to that around this house fro the last eight years. But get used to it. That is what the President is supposed to act." Now admittedly, my thoughts are exactly why I am not a politician, but I know President Obama was sending that message, and I LOVED it.

[underpants]

45. I see a little smack down of the press in this.

The way he stated that and the look he gave conveyed, to me at least, that he was telling the press that they need to know what they are talking about before they speak...everyday

[Stargazer09]

32. Now there is a President

I can be proud of!

:patriot:

[eyepaddle]

33. Ed Henry: from now on he'll just be "that guy Obama shut down>"

I haven't checked those Paul Bunyan Axes (IOW giant fucking tools) over at Politico, but are they asking if Ed Henry is punch drunk from that?

[pipi_k]

39. When Ed Henry asked that question the first time

and didn't get an answer, I knew he'd go after it like a starving hyena going after a dead elephant.

When the question came the second time, I sat there and thought...hmmm...I wonder what Obama will say to this....

His reply was nothing short of perfection


And like someone else mentioned in this thread, he didn't even have to say, "Unlike a person in the previous administration..."

We all know the implication was there


I guess the "Press Corps" will be a little more careful from now on about asking snarky questions they wouldn't have DARED to ask Bush.

:7

[goclark]

56. 'Lil Eddie's response this morning was

full of spin.

He was saying, " I asked the question that needed to be asked" and something about Obama not really answering it to his satisfaction.

Who has that idiots quote?

[pipi_k]

59. OMG

Obama didn't answer to his satisfaction????


Poor little mite. He's still suffering from "Dubya Disease" and probably expects all politicians to just spew ridiculous garbage without knowing what the hell they're talking about.

Well, I just hope he didn't go home afterward and yell at his family because he got a virtual kick in the pants on National TV

*snort*
:7

[go west young man]

42. A beautiful double-entendre, perfectly executed, and hit right out of the park.

As someone else said, "why didn't anyone ask Bush why he sat on his ass in that classroom?" Because our press has no backbone and because they were complicit in the Bush/Cheney crimes. Obama's snub at their annual dinner the other night was also very classy. Finally we have a president who actually represents "we the people" and the jackals in the press can't stand it.

[Aviation Pro]

43. That response was as subtle as a sledgehammer....

...but delivered in a velvet pouch. The whores of the MSM are probably beside themselves trying to figure out how to slow the Obama freight train down. Note to whores, your medium is no longer the top dog.

[go west young man]

50. It seems like the media whores goal this past week is to establish

a new "war on terra"... in Mexico. Distract from Obamas policies and fuel racist sentiment. Typical MSM bullshit.

[gfreeman]

47. Oh yes

This was the first time we've seen the "Shut the F*#k up face" since Biden cracked that joke about Chief Justice Roberts. (Thank you JOhn Stewart)
very sweet

[sattahipdeep]

48. Limbaugh declares Ed Henry a “butt boy” -Rush's Achilles Heel

http://mediamatters.org/countyfair/200903030023?show=1

[provis99]

49. Ed Henry: Grade A fool

Wasn't he the guy that had a pack of gum thrown at him by an old lady because he wouldn't stop yapping during McCain's campaign speech in Virginia?

[ckimmy57]

52. Woo hoo

loved that little come back...:woohoo:

[Patsy Stone]

54. And Ed (the weasel) says:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/25/henry.obama/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The most amazing part of the exchange to me is that I didn't go into the East Room intending to ask President Obama about AIG.

After frantic preparation for the prime-time newser with several colleagues, especially lead CNN White House producer Tim McCaughan, I had several provocative questions in my pocket.

But none of them had much to do with the financial crisis because I assumed several of my colleagues would exhaust the topic of AIG before my turn came up.

<snip>

I was heading into this event with the same strategy: make news on something unexpected (I won't tell you which topics I was working on cause it would ruin the surprise for a future presser or interview with the president).

[Cha]

57. Ed Henry was a little frantic whiney ass and

President Obama blew him off without even looking upset.

No way the video shows "Prez Obama was angry".

[pipi_k]

60. I agree

It looked more like Obama was highly amused...


:7

[humbled_opinion]

61. Be Prepared

This is the crap that passes for journalism now a days, I guess. Obama of course was spot on with his reply and he rightfully took Eddie to the woodshed.

My take is; I like when Obama does this. America can actually see that Obama is not a punk as some of his critics would like people to believe. It gives Obama so much more credibility and shows that he cannot be messed with.

[Julius Civitatus]

62. Oh snap! No, he didn't!

LOL

:rofl:

[RoccoR5955]

64. I'm so glad that the adults are in charge now.

So that they can tell the children how it's done!

[susanna]

65. Sweet. Thanks for posting the video! I missed it.