Obama Still Avoiding Uncomfortable Questions on Blagojevich
Posted on December 16, 2008
Its fun to watch Obama squirm. I wonder how much worse his stutter would be if crap really hit the fan! Obama really screwed up on his reaction to this entire scandal. It certainly makes me wonder what he is hiding. It amazes me that the media are actually asking tough questions. Well, they aren’t really that tough, just inconvenient for Obama. It doesn’t really matter though, cuz he didn’t answer it anyway.
During today’s press conference, President-elect Baracj Obama brushed off a question from Chicago Tribune reporter John McCormick about the Blagojevich scandal, and what interaction any advisers had with the Illinois governor.
“I don’t want you to waste your question,” Obama said.
McCormick asked another Blago-related question, and Obama said he wouldn’t confirm a report in the Tribune from this weekend. Obama also said that the U.S. attorney’s office asked his team to withhold an internal review until next week.
After a few attempts, the reporter finally followed up by asking who had the better jump shot: Obama or incoming education secretary Arne Duncan?
The interaction with McCormick stood out from previous meetings with the press. And speaking about the exchange on MSNBC shortly after, NBC Washington bureau chief Mark Whitaker said that reporters have not been aggressive enough during Obama’s post-election pressers.
“Our job is to hold him to account,” Whitaker said, adding that he thinks “we’re going to have to get tougher.”
Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter followed up: “We need the Sam Donaldsons of the world.”
Maybe all the questions should be submitted beforehand for the king to approve them. This way people won’t “waste their questions.”
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Considering the questions deal with an item Fitzgerald has asked him not to speak on I can see why he is avoiding them. It would be wiser to go after him on other issues such as his picks some of which are bad or to point out those areas where he is going to continue Bush’s policies such as economics.
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I wonder of Shot Rod will plead innocent by reason of insanity. Poor little Rahmbo. Not too good for the Obamassiah either.
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I agree with Kerwin, but I’d also like to point out that I’ve never seen Obama answer a ‘tough’ question with grace.
Remember that time that somebody had the gall to ask a follow up and he accused them of being a “surrogate for Mccain”
You would think that he’s some sort of elder statesmen who guided us through WW2 or something. He acts as if we have no right to question his authority on anything. I wonder how long he’ll be able to keep that smug look plastered onto his face.
I can understand Obie not wanting to say too much for fear of being implicated in the IL bidness as usual political scene. Jobs to the highest bidder, you know.
I’ve often heard that if you play with crap long enough, you’re bound to get some on you.
So the if he was “raised” in the state with a reputation of crooked politics he SHOULD keep quiet.
Besides, the one can’t seem to recite his name witout a teleprompter!
I don’t really see how he was squirming on it. On the contrary, I think he pretty much matter of factly and calmly dispatched the issue.