Steve Kroft pushed during the 60 minute interview with Obama. Would have been nice to see these cajones during the primaries.
“You’re sitting here. And you’re— you are laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems. Are people going to look at this and say, ‘I mean, he’s sitting there just making jokes about money—’ How do you deal with— I mean: explain. . .” Kroft asks at one point.
“Are you punch-drunk?” Kroft says.
“No, no. There’s gotta be a little gallows humor to get you through the day,” Obama says, with a laugh.
Shout out to the one, the country is burning and you’re laughing. Who the hell is really running the country? Tim Geithner, the treasury pinata?
Best description of the interview: People are begging for a frickin bone to be thrown here and this fool keeps talking about how fat everyone is.
March 23, 2009 at 2:47 am
barry you already have the job! Stop campaigning, stop bowling, stop interviewing, stop BSing, and get to work.
March 23, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Maybe the idiot thinks this is a replay of groundhog day. He is a moron.
March 23, 2009 at 3:20 am
Punch drunk? No, that would be Kool Aid drunk thank you very much! Along with the rest of the bot followers.
March 23, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Perhaps he should skip the kool aid keggers.
March 23, 2009 at 11:41 am
obama is insulting to the American people and this country. The democrats drunk with power and the people who came up with the nightmare of having him as president should be punished. Why would anyone who amounts to anything want to be a part of his cabinet? I thought bush amounted to nothing…obama takes it even deeper. God help the U.S.A.
March 23, 2009 at 4:02 pm
God give us patience to put up with this clown.
March 23, 2009 at 4:26 pm
No, he is not punch-drunk. he is giddy at the thought of social change. It is no secret academics and those involved with community organization want to create social equality not by raising everyone higher, but by bringing down the wealthy. For many of them, they have a chip on their shoulder. They view wealth as evil–and this includes anyone making comfortable in the eyes of the poorest. They think by bringing down the rich, they will even the playing field so all can get ahead. The problem is, the top 3% of wealth earners shoulder 90% of the taxes (depending on the state/city) so by destroying them you destroy the economy. At that point everyone is equal and must rely upon the government. It’s one way to bring about social equality and change. While everyone will be provided for (minimal), freedom to choose is gone and the freedom to learn from the consequences of your mistakes to make your self better is also removed. For this reason socialism never produces great nations because the fact is pain and discomfort is really weakness leaving the body or society.
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Or, Yes, if punch drunk means you have been hit more than you can rationally take so you laugh as your last-resort defense mechanism. This is a man that is in over his head. Remember, Obama has never run a business, has no prior executive experience, spent most of his life in academia and then as a community organizer where the prevailing philosophy is business has destroyed the life of those in poverty. In short he is in over his head, he is the quintessential political virgin, the 46 year-old political virgin
March 23, 2009 at 5:49 pm
OMG that is a great analogy to the 46 yr old virgin. You are absolutely correct…he is completely out of his league. I don’t understand how much of this stupidity the country is willing to take. Hugo, the clown was right to call him ignorant. If it were not so painfully true, it would be hysterical. This man had no business taking this office.
March 23, 2009 at 6:58 pm
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March 23, 2009 at 8:00 pm
“I don’t understand how much of this stupidity the country is willing to take. “
Stupid is as Stupid does.
The groundswell of opportunists waiting for their free handout grows every second, and those of us who worked or asses off all of our lives to afford some comfort now stand to be what? “Humbled”? (as one particularly moronic Obot stated on another blog)
This is going to continue as long as we all sit back and let it happen. I for one am not content to say “Don’t blame me – I didn’t vote for him”.
Trouble is that nobody with any clout is stepping forward with an organized effort. Even Rick Sanelli has gone underground….
March 24, 2009 at 2:05 am
Well Anthony, I did not vote for the idiot either. You’re right, this is going to continue because few will do anything but sit back and watch.
April 6, 2009 at 9:06 pm
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