Irritated Obama Lectures Chicago Reporter: ‘Don’t Waste Your Question’

"Do you have another question?"

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December 16, 2008 at 8:32 pm - CNN
Dateline: Chicago, IL
Zippy tha pinhead   December 16th, 2008 - 8:42 pm

Reporter should have retorted “alright then, why are you such a condescending a$$?”

sigh   December 16th, 2008 - 8:52 pm

This exchange makes me shudder. There is a lot of hidden arrogance here, and I wonder if people are going to pick up on it. Obama’s wording indicates that he believes he is in control of what the paper will print, and that he will let them know what to print at a time of his choosing. He also betrayed his belief that it was within his ability to allow the State Legislature to deal with this situation as they see fit.

I can’t wait until this guy gets his Civilian Police Force!

John   December 16th, 2008 - 8:52 pm

…or better “So let’s talk about your British Citizenship at birth!”.

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"CHANGE" We Refuse To Define   December 16th, 2008 - 8:59 pm

Obama Administration will = CHANGE WE REFUSE TO DEFINE!

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Anonymous   December 16th, 2008 - 9:08 pm

…that’s because Obama knows the noose is tightening around his neck. He still nervous because he hasn’t gotten away from the birth certificate issue.

http://theobamafile.com/ObamaLatest.htm

Impeachment now, why wait?   December 16th, 2008 - 9:08 pm

Ah, such a humble, even tempered gentleman…eager to serve his fellow Americans in true Lincolnian style.

DanielTUSA   December 16th, 2008 - 9:12 pm

It would only be fair that all reporters questions be submitted before the press conference so as not to embarass the president elect. Better yet Obama should tell the reporters what questions to ask. I’m sure most of them would be happy to oblige. If the press doesn’t get onboard, he will do just like Bill Clinton did, have one a year.

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Tank   December 16th, 2008 - 9:22 pm

obama is NOT the medias friend. They bought his cr#p for 2 years and believed it, now that they got him elected they are no longer useful. Suck it up MSM, you brought it on yourselves.

Kevin   December 16th, 2008 - 9:25 pm

Interesting that the new camelot is looking frayed already. Obama beginning to turn reporters back into journalists is a good sign though.

I agree with sigh, the arrogance was obvious, he is a control freak.

claspur   December 16th, 2008 - 9:27 pm

Yeah…. this guy is going to be Big Trouble to this nation.

That aside… this morning I was listening to WLSam Chicago, and the host said to his co-host if he hadn’t already heard that Obama was doing an Abe Lincoln to DC by train, either out of Springfield or Chicago, with a stop-over in Delaware to pick-up Joe Biden to get sworn-in.
The host wasn’t joking either.
What a pompus boob….already pizzing-off the Secret Service.

Jimbo   December 16th, 2008 - 9:28 pm

God what a bunch of pathetic sore losers on this site. Absolutely pathetic!

Cool, calm, collected...   December 16th, 2008 - 9:29 pm

Yeah, it does seem a little LATE for Press to be “asking tough questions,” now that the election is over.

Still, Rahm (and possibly Obama) at least APPEAR to be rather “in the thick of things” in this nasty Blagoneavitch thing… and it will ALL come out, probably sooner rather than later.

Obama is going to have to learn how to express leadership with less testiness, or his “persona” of being a calm, cool, agent of change could be tainted to the detriment of the country. The United States already has ENOUGH problems without a bunch of scandal and suspicion surrounding the Presidency.

European-American   December 16th, 2008 - 9:44 pm

Mr. Jim Bo. This is a thread on a conservative website. If you are looking for the “weiners’ site, head on over to http://www.comradesunite.org or some other site that holds your views.

Dogbert   December 16th, 2008 - 10:02 pm

No questions for you!!!

Next!

JaMark   December 16th, 2008 - 10:03 pm

WHO DARES CHALLENGE THE ALL POWERFUL OZ!!!

Idiots on Breitbart   December 16th, 2008 - 10:05 pm

Alright you boobs, if you would listen to anything other than the crazy voices in your heads you would ‘hear’ Obama say that he is not discussing this because he is waiting for Fitzgerald to green light him on this. He is waiting to see exactly what the transcript says before he comments. Also, I’m certain you morons don’t know anything about how politics work so I’ll clue you in…of course Obama’s people had input about who his replacemement should be, that’s how it works you want to fill your spot with someone who is like minded and will promote your agenda for you. There is nothing illegal or disingenuious about that, its how politics works.
You people certainly have your nerve talking about scandel after the Bush/Cheney administration.

demdicks   December 16th, 2008 - 10:06 pm

F%^K the “,ainstream” media, I hope they all get aids, and F&^K libtards like jimbo, too. You got your “cake” now go eat it.

Tank   December 16th, 2008 - 10:09 pm

Yea! what demdicks said!

To European-American   December 16th, 2008 - 10:17 pm

Jimbo is on this site and has every right to be. I agree with him and I personally write on this site to help inform ignorant people. I don’t want to go to a liberal site because I do not consider myself to be a liberal just intelligent.

This country has spent the last 8 years exercising power without principles and now Obama has to try and clean up the crappy mess. Cheney in as much as admitted today that he was aware and condoned the waterboarding. This not only a war crime but it is immoral. We as a country have allowed it because we were afraid and those of us who were not afraid were too lazy to demand that our government behave in a decent and moral way.

Bill   December 16th, 2008 - 10:18 pm

What, no free press now???

Tank   December 16th, 2008 - 10:20 pm

To European-American said: ” I personally write on this site to help inform ignorant people”

Please spare us poor illiterates your condesending thoughts. It’s just too much for our spotty grey matter to absorb at the moment.

Not 4 Obama   December 16th, 2008 - 10:24 pm

Uhhhh Jimbo and your “intelligent” liberal “European-American” friend. Obama your messiah is a total idiot, if not outright thug in sheep garb. You libtards are just too blind to see it because you hate W so much. Give Obama a chance. He will reveal himself to you koolade drikers really soon . . . . .

Lalo   December 16th, 2008 - 10:26 pm

This may be the worst performance from a President or President-elect I have witnessed in my 66 years as a citizen. It is easy to see that this man disdains those outside his inner circle and lies about many who reside therein. God help us all!

To all:   December 16th, 2008 - 10:38 pm

1st to Lalo: If this is the worse performance from a President or President-elect you have witnessed then you must have been in a coma for the past 8 years.
2nd to calm cool and collected: Obama was not being testy just matter of fact, these reporters are idiots to waste their questions on those he has said numerous times he will not answer.

Move on folks, nothing to see here.

pwn   December 16th, 2008 - 10:48 pm

So you think that Obama should answer only the questions he is comfortable answering? Do you really think W could get away with such a childish standard? You might want to reread your post, you seem to be tossing the entire “free press” out the window.

lucy ricardo   December 16th, 2008 - 10:52 pm

JIMBO; get off this site if you don’t like the truth. BO is just plain inexperienced. A community organizer isn’t a President. No matter how you want to believe. You must believe this cr.. about ” change” ….please, the stupid put him in office. I mean STUPID

lucy   December 16th, 2008 - 10:52 pm

Folks: a year ago this arrogant nobody named Obama lashed out at a reporter when the reporter asked a question about BO’s ears. BO told the reporter: ” you’re on notice” and pointed his finger at the reporter…. what an arrogant a hole. Wait, wait until this inexperienced punk gets in the White House, you ” aint” seen nothing yet!. Bush might not be the best spokesman, but at least he’s not as arrogant as Obama. Guess what Berry, this will catch up with you. You can’t change whom it is you are.Your true colors will show…RED WHITE AND A HOLE

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Liberals are Mad   December 16th, 2008 - 11:37 pm

Wake up call -

Dr. Rossiter, a noted phychologist, says liberals are clinicaly mad and the liberal agenda preys on weakness and feelings of inferiority in the population by:

creating and reinforcing perceptions of victimization
satisfying infantile claims to entitlement, indulgence and compensation
augmenting primitive feelings of envy
rejecting the sovereignty of the individual, subordinating him to the will of the government.

“When the modern liberal mind whines about imaginary victims, rages against imaginary villains and seeks above all else to run the lives of persons competent to run their own lives, the neurosis of the liberal mind becomes painfully obvious.”

The rest of the story at http://tinyurl.com/2qwp7v

The way i see it   December 16th, 2008 - 11:53 pm

I used to fear an Obama Presidency, but after his press conferences I am less afraid. He really seems to be overmatched for the job.But the truth is that also a danger to our security. I think he really has very little charisma. The press also kept telling us what a strapping rugged good looking man he was, but sadly to those who can think for themselves, he looks like a skinny homely dude that sells shoes.

N O Waff   December 16th, 2008 - 11:58 pm

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Yep   December 17th, 2008 - 12:06 am

Yep, he’s edging closer and closer to “I have been advised by my legal counsel to take the 5th…”

He’s just practicing now with the low level paparazzi.

Actually   December 17th, 2008 - 12:13 am

BY MICHAEL SNEED Sun-Times Columnist

Sneed hears rumbles President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, is reportedly on 21 different taped conversations by the feds — dealing with his boss’ vacant Senate seat!

WHOOPS!!!!!

THE PRISSY PRESIDENT   December 17th, 2008 - 1:02 am

Is the president elect on the rag again?

What a sissy boy he is.

Go take a Midol, for God’s sake!

ILonaE   December 17th, 2008 - 1:05 am

If anyone thinks BarryO is not commenting because Fitzgerald told him to stand down – you are drinking some serious Kool Aide. Having living in Chicago – the corruption is ‘In Your Face’.

BarryO – clearly showed his narcissistic – ego when he tells the reporter that his question isn’t acceptable – come up with another one.

Rahm is the one to watch. And if Blogo decides to plea bargain – get ready – he’ll only do it if he has a bigger fish to trade……….

Children's Aid   December 17th, 2008 - 1:29 am

Obama is an ugly fri__en two year old!

His daddy didn’t leave him on the street because he liked him.

Theresa   December 17th, 2008 - 1:37 am

Uh….I…. uh…. have already…uh…..talked to people who think I might get caught up in this…uhhhhh…investigations and ah.. we, we have determined that I uh…. cannot comment.

njrazd   December 17th, 2008 - 2:28 am

OMG…someone get that man a teleprompter, stat!

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RogerCfromSD   December 17th, 2008 - 5:50 am

To believe, as some of the lesser intelligent visitors to this site have posted, that Obama will be “cleaning” anything up is laughable.

The man is as dirty as they come. Rahm is going down, and then what will Obambi doing?

Listen to his wife?

Mesndblues   December 17th, 2008 - 6:16 am

hmmmmm….I don’t recall the first “Messiah” treating his fellow men as insulent children..”JOHN!…John….”

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steve   December 17th, 2008 - 7:24 am

How dare you waste one of your three wishes, oh, I mean questions.

CommonSense   December 17th, 2008 - 7:38 am

Ok, so enough with these distractions – I need my mortgage paid and a tank of gas…..
“Where’s my Check?”
“Your President Elect is an Illegal Alien”
LOL!

Sundowner   December 17th, 2008 - 7:39 am

The morons from the left never fail to amuse. Just shows how fringe they’ve become and how partisan everything they “stand” for is in relation to Bush or the republican party. Yet the whole time they’re too freaking stupid to see just how badly they’re being led around by the nose by the messiah and the Clintonistas, but then at least it’s not Bush… lol

*shakes head*

vice   December 17th, 2008 - 9:20 am

W….T….F
Obama hasn’t EVEN provided a valid vault Birth certificate yet….
The courts really need to look into that
because the certificates can be issued to foriegn born individuals and illegal aliens.

which AREN’T natural born citizen’s
that and Obama already admitted in being a british citizen.

Natural born citizen excludes duel citizenship…
they made it so the USA would never be controlled by foriegn power. ….You would think this would got quadruple for anyone of british origns ….why do you think we fought a war with the English some 200 years ago for our independence?????

Liberals are f-ing RE-TARD-ED!

Why can’t Obama provide adequate proof of such a simple thing…. Only reason he couldn’t, would be because it doesn’t exist.

Airiwck   December 17th, 2008 - 9:45 am

Let’s see if I understand this correctly. Mr. Obama prefaces his statement by noting that the prosecutor has requested that he NOT comment on the ongoing investigation at this time. The dim bulb of a reporter persists and he then cuts him off.

Is there a problem here?

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Yep   December 17th, 2008 - 10:08 am

Yep, he’s edging closer and closer to “I have been advised by my legal counsel to take the 5th…”

He’s just practicing now with the low level paparazzi.

Also, Rahm’s going down…either under the bus, or to a cell.

To Airwick   December 17th, 2008 - 10:12 am

Airwick said: “Let’s see if I understand this correctly.”

Ha! That’ll be the day…

Maybe you’ll get that for Christmas. (If you even celebrate Christmas.)

To Airwick   December 17th, 2008 - 10:13 am

Then there’s the old saying…

You can fool some of the people some of the time,
but you can fool Airwick ALL of the time.

Sean R.   December 17th, 2008 - 10:13 am

Jimbo and European-American, you two sore losers need to go to either DemoncatUnderground, moveon.org, Daily KOOKS or Huffington Post since you two morons don’t like it here when us mature adults exercise our 1st Amendment rights. And Jimbo, continue to ride the short bus you retarded putz!

As for Obama, no Obama, you wasted that reporters question by not answering it. This friggin guy (Obama) was acting like a damn dictator when he said that to that reporter.

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder!!!!

look at the details   December 17th, 2008 - 10:19 am

Oh yeah, there’s gonna be ‘change’ all right…

Get use to it folks, that ‘kind’ of big money makes arrogant politicians tyrannical.
Can see this being enforced by his civilian foot soldiers against anyone who speaks out against ‘dear leader’.

Airwick   December 17th, 2008 - 10:29 am

To to Airwick,
Seems to me that old “W” and that Dick, Cheney fooled you “all of the time”, too! Not only that, but they continue to fool you. Torture anyone?

What part of “the prosecutor has asked me not to comment” seems to give you the most problem? I realize that your education may be limited, but that statement seems to be pretty uncomplicated.

Ali Sina   December 17th, 2008 - 10:33 am

What Will The Future Bring Under Obama?

http://www.faithfreedom.org/Articles/obama/future.html

To Airwick   December 17th, 2008 - 10:52 am

Like I said coward…

“…but you can fool Airwick ALL of the time.”

I say that because you clearly believe Obama when he says “the prosecutor has asked me not to comment”.

I’m sure you took as gospel one of our previous (impeached) president’s words when he said “I did not have sex with that woman…”

You poor thing…you are soooo lost.

To Airwick   December 17th, 2008 - 10:59 am

Like I said coward…

“…but you can fool Airwick ALL of the time.”

I say that because you clearly believe Obama when he says “the prosecutor has asked me not to comment”.

I’m sure you took as gospel one of our previous (impeached) president’s words when he said “I did not have s&x with that woman…”

You poor thing…you are soooo lost.

Airwick   December 17th, 2008 - 11:21 am

To to Airwick,
Coward? What has this got to do with bravery or does your lack of intellect require you to throw out insults when you can’t effectively argue a point?

I realize that logic is a field that you may difficult to comprehend, but for Mr. Obama to make a statement like, “the prosecutor has asked me not to comment”, and for it NOT to be true would be absurd on his part. Even someone of your limited reasoning ability has to see THAT!

Or don’t you think that Mr. Fitzgerald watches the news?

To Airwick   December 17th, 2008 - 11:44 am

See, there you go. You are completely oblivious to the big picture.

Maybe coward WAS the wrong word (I doubt it though). You’re more sheep than anything else. Baaa baaa…

smooth move   December 17th, 2008 - 11:50 am

The noose grows ever tighter. This is the answer Obama refused to give the rebuffed Chicago reporter.

-December 17, 2008 BY NATASHA KORECKI AND FRAN SPIELMAN Staff Reporters

“President-elect Barack Obama’s incoming chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, was pushing for Obama’s successor just days after the Nov. 4 election, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times.

Emanuel privately urged Gov. Blagojevich’s administration to appoint Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett, and the Sun-Times learned Tuesday that he also pressed that it be done by a certain deadline.”

Airwick   December 17th, 2008 - 11:52 am

Sheeesh! Well I guess being a lamb is better than being a coward…although I still fail to see the connection.

OK…what IS the big picture? How does lying about Mr. Fitzgerald telling him to refrain from discussing the ongoing investigation help Mr. Obama? If the prosecutor did NOT say that to Mr. Obama wouldn’t he have revealed that fact by now? Lying to or about a Federal prosecutor is never a good idea…just ask Scooter!

To Airwick   December 17th, 2008 - 12:00 pm

Run on back to your flock and nibble some grass…lamb.

smooth move   December 17th, 2008 - 12:08 pm

Tighter and tighter.

Neighbor believes family didn’t live at address in newspaper announcement – Worldnetdaily 12/17/2008, Jerome R. Corsi

“A private investigator has released to WND an affidavit that casts doubt on whether Barack Obama’s family lived at the address listed in the published notice of his birth in 1961.

Jorge Baro was hired by WND to investigate issues related to Obama’s birth amid allegations the Democrat does not meet the Constitution’s requirement that a president be a “natural born citizen.”

Baro’s affidavit documents an interview his staff conducted with Beatrice Arakaki, who has lived at 6075 Kalanianaole Highway in Honolulu since before Obama was born.”

To SMOOTH MOVE   December 17th, 2008 - 4:08 pm

SMOOTH MOVE wrote: “The noose grows ever tighter. This is the answer Obama refused to give the rebuffed Chicago reporter.
-December 17, 2008 BY NATASHA KORECKI AND FRAN SPIELMAN Staff Reporters
“President-elect Barack Obama’s incoming chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, was pushing for Obama’s successor just days after the Nov. 4 election, sources told the Chicago Sun-Times.
Emanuel privately urged Gov. Blagojevich’s administration to appoint Obama confidante Valerie Jarrett, and the Sun-Times learned Tuesday that he also pressed that it be done by a certain deadline.”

Yes, this is starting to look rather …uh… if not suspicious, at least murky. BUT unless Blago or someone can PROVE that Obama or his team PROMISED TO “PAY” BLAGO SOMETHING FOR APOINTING VALERIE JARRETT, where is the “crime”??

And by the way, am not an Obama fan, didn’t vote for him, and don’t want to see Jarrett take the Senate seat. Obama’s already appointed TOO MANY inexperienced “cronies,” like that illiterate Secy of Education and, Good Grief!!!, *HOW* can that Janet Napolitano POSSIBLY BE SCARY ENOUGH TO REPLACE MICHAEL JERKOFF?!?!?!!?!? (Oh, maybe she’s got a bit of Mafioso background that will help SCARE OFF TERRORISTS!?)

And by the way, is Obama’s administration going to have *ANY* WHITE EUROPEAN-DESCENDED FOLKS???!!!! (Hillary & Biden don’t count!) What is this: a Presidential administration or A “RAINBOW COALITION” he is putting together?? (And if ANY of the notorious *JACKSON CLAN* (from Rev. Jesse to Michael to LaToya) get appointed, we’re moving to … uh… New Zealand!! LOL.

:-)

Hark the Herald   December 17th, 2008 - 8:52 pm

Obama ducks questions like Bush does shoes.

(Quoting from someone else.)

singularity   December 17th, 2008 - 10:31 pm

Texas Darlin website reveals Obama’s home telephone number in Chicago is also listed as the number for the “Party of Socialism and Liberation”

http://www.texasdarlin.wordpress.com/
http://www.pslweb.org/site/PageServer?pagename=contactus
(nice image of Che at the PSL site)

Think the reporter should’ve asked about that?

ROTTEN   December 18th, 2008 - 4:25 am

Why don’t they just call it CROOK county instead of COOK county?

Why doesn’t the rest of Illinois SECEDE from that rotten area??

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