Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Anyone who doesn't think he got what he deserved needs to have their head examined".
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Originally Posted By Mr X Incredible interview. And another point, although I'm sure this won't make it go away any more than any of his other conversations, speeches, etc., Obama is a BRILLIANT guy. No question. Like him, hate him, question his motivations, complain about his leadership skills, too much compromise, not enough compromise, whatever. All legitimate points of view. But to the MORONS who call him stupid, and claim he can't speak intelligently without a TELEPROMPTER...I have only one thing to say. HE'S SMARTER THAN YOU.
Originally Posted By ecdc The teleprompter thing is a sure sign of someone's true motives. If they go for that, you know just how partisan they are and that nothing Obama does will make them happy. He could cure cancer or kill bin Laden and...oh...wait. The teleprompter issue is so transparent because it takes anybody about 5 seconds to realize Obama speaks without one all the time. Pretty sure there were no teleprompters during the 60 Minutes interview. He doesn't get them at press conferences. Or Q&A in town halls. Or debates. So when right-wingers ask, "Why won't he just talk to the American people," I say, "He does, you just can't hear him with your tinfoil hat on."
Originally Posted By Mr X I generally don't use the term, but this truly was RIVETING. Also, the interviewer (I'm not familiar with him too much) didn't seem to pull many punches and definitely asked some hard questions. The President addressed them all head on (sometimes with a simple, one word answer, other times going into great detail). I noticed that the President ignored the question "did you tell Michelle", but later mentioned that he hadn't told his family. Something tells me that he told Michelle. But that's not important, really. Most of the White House had no idea, and the fact there were no leaks was pretty amazing. They all took the job seriously, from start to finish. No doubt.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper The teleprompter stuff is just petty. Imagine how many speeches the President gives in any given week. I don't care how smart you are, it would be nearly impossible to give all of those addresses via rote memory. The teleprompter is a tool and I've got no problem with it. There are times I wish I had a teleprompter.
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >Something tells me that he told Michelle.< I might be naive on the subject having never been married. Isn't that one of those things you should probably tell your wife?
Originally Posted By Mr X First of all, props to Wahoo as he continues his role as "the intelligent conservative" on LP. Secondly to Longhorn, I suppose that would depend on how much HE (as commander) felt that she could be trusted not to leak the info if she had it. Just like all the other folks in his circle. Like I said, somehow I think she probably knew (and I found it interesting that he avoided that question...personally I tell my wife EVERYTHING and I always warn friends who ask me to keep a secret that, YES I'd be happy to but you need to know that I tell my wife everything...but then again I'm no military commander lol). No big deal one way or another, but he DID later say he didn't even tell his family, nor white house advisors, so perhaps he didn't tell his wife after all but perhaps they also have an understanding about such things (skipping the wife question and later saying he didn't mention it to his family are two very different things, really...you can say one while withholding the other as far as a spouse is concerned imho).
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <I noticed that the President ignored the question "did you tell Michelle", but later mentioned that he hadn't told his family.> This also made me wonder if Hillary told Bill. I'm sure those who were in on the news would have been told "don't tell anyone," including spouses, but I wondered if ol' Bill would have gotten an exemption. He's kind of a special case, being a former CIC himself, and having tried to go after bin Laden himself. I can see Hillary telling him, and I can see her not telling him (especially since she's in DC and he's in NY, so any communication would not be face-to-face, which is dicier, security-wise). It just made me wonder.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I'm not much into reality shows...but that is one I might tune in on. What is the relationship between Hillary and Bill really like? Do they really spend that much time together anyway? Though, as far a Presidential wives are concerned I think I'd be more interested in Michelle or even Laura. "Housewives of Pennsylvania Avenue"
Originally Posted By mele Laura and GW could do a sitcom instead. That might be funny. He's more tolerable when he just is a "normal" guy, even though I'm not the sort of person who thinks giving the finger to cameras is all that funny...it could work. ;-)
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <Laura and GW could do a sitcom instead. That might be funny. > Did you ever see "That's My Bush," put out by the South Park guys in 2001? It was the White House-as-bad-sitcom, with all the sitcom cliches, including terrible laugh track, bimbo secretary who gets hoots just by jiggling across the screen, wacky neighbor who just barges in the front door (of the White House!) any time he feels like it... It was an interesting concept that, IMO, ALMOST worked, and was starting to find its way... and then 9/11 happened and it disappeared. (And, BTW, they had the green light to do the identical concept with Gore, had he been President.)
Originally Posted By Labuda ^^ Ahhh, is that why "That's My Bush" disappeared? I was growing to like it more & more then POOF.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>they had the green light to do the identical concept with Gore<< That's My Gore? Gore Show of Shows? I Love Gore? My Mother The Tipper?
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I'll have to find it online. The Nat Geo channel was doing a feature on the Somali Pirates that the Seal Team took out.
Originally Posted By Mr X Oh, you mean the Navy Seals do OTHER stuff besides finding "world's most wanted man"? Wow. What a team, eh????? (I know that comes off as sarcasm, but in all seriousness those guys are freaking AMAZING in their bravery, their dedication, and their professionalism. Few people will ever know)
