Obama grants Fox News its first question at his press conference.
Obama grants Fox News its first question at his press conference.
During today’s press conference, President-elect Barack Obama called on Fox News to ask a question for the first time since the election. Fox News had not been called on in Obama’s five prior press conferences. Fox’s Wendell Goler began by thanking Obama for calling on him, and then proceeded to ask about the TARP funds and Bill Richardson’s now-removed beard. Obama began by offering a light-hearted take on Richardson’s beard:
I’m going to answer this question about the beard. I think it was a mistake for him to get rid of it. I thought that whole western, rugged look was really working for him. … We’re deeply disappointed with the loss of the beard.
“With respect to TARP,” Obama said, quickly turning the page, “my team has been reviewing very carefully how the TARP program has proceeded.” Obama stressed that one of his first principles is “strong oversight.” Watch it:
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I was hoping that the shut out would have lasted 8 years.
:sigh:
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:14 pmAt least he didn’t ask something totally FauxSnewz-like as in “How does it feel being the first terrorist loving Muslim President-elect?”.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:19 pmJust keeping his enemies closer.
¶ AIO
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:19 pmYeah, count on the idiot from FUX to ask a stupid question (Bill Richardson’s beard)…
Jebus. That’s a burning question, all right. Enquiring minds want to know!!
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 pmI think that it would be counter-productive to shut FoxSnooze out of asking questions at press conferences. If that were to have continued, it would have overtaken the news/commentary on their programs.
Now that Obama has treated FoxSnooze as a legitimate news outlet, they have an obligation to act like a legitamate news outlet. Of course, they won’t do that but, at least, there is now no excuse or justification for their consistently bad behavior and their lack of journalistic standards.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:23 pmNo matter, they’ll be whining about something else by tonight.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:24 pmThis might be a test to see what Faux Noise makes out of the reply. If they spin it rather than reporting it, that might be their last chance. What the hell am I saying? IF they spin it. It’s Faux Noise. Sigh.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:26 pmWell, well. I guess Faux News must be very happy now, since President-elect Obama finally allowed them to ask their stupid question… really, a question about Richardson’s beard? Come on….
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:26 pmI’d have rather seen Richardson as Sec/State…I’ll quit whining about that now.
Valerie Plame as CIA Director!
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:29 pmObama stressed that one of his first principles is “strong oversight.”
I might have to watch Fox News tonight. I’m very interested to find out if the Fox News team is now going to be in favor of “strong oversight.”
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 pmThis marks more press conferences by Obama in 30 days than Bush held in the last year.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 pmThink you’ll hear that on Fox tonight?
I can see the FOX news headlines..
There will be a picture of bin Laden and then a paraphrase from Obama’s answer saying he admired men with beards.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 pmYou just gotta love this guy, wow, a President that cares about the middle class staying in their homes in tough times….
….why can’t he just be President now, George can get measured for his prison outfit and Obama can take over before George harms the country any more.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:37 pmYes, but it will be in the form of a complaint.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:38 pmObama’s got a great sense of humor and I appreciate that. The beard thing is one of the funniest things I’ve heard a president say in a long time.
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Leftside Annie Says:
Yeah, count on the idiot from FUX to ask a stupid question (Bill Richardson’s beard)…
Jebus. That’s a burning question, all right. Enquiring minds want to know!!
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
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Fortunately, Obama seemed to enjoy it.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:39 pm49erDem Says:
Obama’s got a great sense of humor and I appreciate that. The beard thing is one of the funniest things I’ve heard a president say in a long time.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:38 pm
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I’ll assume you mean intentionally funny, as opposed to moronically or ironically funny.
But yeah, Obama does have a good, quick wit. That will be a very refreshing change.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:46 pmYes, I’m talking about intentionally funny. But one of the things that impresses me is that he has this sense of humor, and at the same time, he’s a very serious man.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:01 pmThey couldn’t shutout FOX News forever, unfortunately. (But they can still kick them off the plane…?)
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December 3rd, 2008 at 1:18 pmPreferably after takeoff.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:20 pmHow great is Obama? Seriously, this guy is going to do some good things. Even with (or maybe BECAUSE) of the horrible economic outlook, I’m so excited to see what he does.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:39 pmOK – Faux got its BIG CHANCE to ask a probing and inciteful question and they ask 2:
Are you reviewing the TARP : Duh, well I don’t know. I sure hope someone is.
Where is Bill’s Beard:
No wonder they are the bastion of journalism.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:40 pmGOD, it’s good to see a president capable of light and graceful wit. Bush would have informed the press corps by humiliating him publicly with some insulting and demeaning and stupid nickname designed to prop up his own pathetic mediocrity.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:42 pmMapleStreet Says:
Good point. Fux’s first chance, and they go after Richardson’s beard. Creeping Jeezus, what losers.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:43 pmI looked what Wendell’s background and yes Wendell is educated and has experience in Journalism. Fox News was smart to put him on the list as the others were not real Journalist. Watch Hannity blow a lid and complain as will insane O’Reilly as both are non Journalist.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:54 pmI was struck by how shocked Goler sounded to have been picked.
… we will treat you better than you treated us, but don’t be fooled into thinking that you’ve earned our respect.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:56 pmJust so long as it’s also the last question.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:59 pmI get a kick out of the way he seems to crack himself up.
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:50 pmCome on people. At least Fox gave equal time to both candidates, unlike that piece of crap MSNBC. Seriously, doesn’t it bother any of you that in MSNBC’s prime time line-up they ONLY have liberals? Keith Olbermann’s show is pathetic. He has the same group of liberal yes men: Shuster, Alter, etc. who always nod in agreement with him. It’s embarrassing. Why doesn’t Olby have the balls to actually have someone on the show that he disagrees with? And then those idiotic Special Comments. Dear God, can he sputter “sir!” some more or how about “ember of love” or “hhhhhhorible.” The guy is a cartoon. Getting back to Obama. He absolutely needs Fox on his side. Fox is number one in news, period. Its prime-time market share beats both other cable networks and the traditional networks combined. He needs to make nice with Fox. He needs to act like an adult and not hold a grudge just because he didn’t get the overwhelmingly positive ass-kissing coverage the other networks gave him. Whether you liberal ladies like it or not, Fox gave 50-50 positive coverage to Obama and McCain. They truly were “fair and balanced.”
December 5th, 2008 at 10:20 amHas Barack Obama’s presidency already failed? In normal times, this would be a ludicrous question. But these are not normal times. They are times of great danger. There are a lot of people out there that could use bad credit personal loans to keep their houses. Obama wants to use TARP funds as bad credit personal loans for people that are staring down foreclosure, or at least he wants to give it to their banks on the condition that they also renegotiate terms of the loans. The toxic mortgages with the skyrocketing rates sent the number of foreclosures to the highest levels they had been in decades, if perhaps ever, and relief is needed to keep banks open.
February 20th, 2009 at 2:16 amRead more:http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/02/18/obama-plans-to-help-homeowners-with-bad-credit-and-personal-loans/
Just so long as it’s also the last question. araç sorgulama
March 18th, 2009 at 5:17 am