VABills Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Wow, what a witty observation of last nights press conference... It definitely deserves it's own thread too. You can't be expected to waste this gem in any of the other hundred Obama threads. I didn't see a news conference thread. Did you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Helen Thomas. Where's Keith Olberman when you need him Was anyone else stunned by the fact that she is still alive? Guess I haven't seen a Presidential press conference in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Was anyone else stunned by the fact that she is still alive? Guess I haven't seen a Presidential press conference in a while. Why in the name of Allah does she still go to those conferences? Who does she work for these days? The network I was watching listed the name of the questioner and their affiliation. For her it just said "Helen Thomas". And VA...it was a painful listen at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndZoneCrew Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Wow, how many times can one person say ummmm... ummmmm? Maybe he just listened to the Crash Test Dummies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Why not it's what the liberal hacks did for 8 years. What will he do in the coming months. Take a vacation. Three weeks in and he's already going to Camp David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 So the road we're taking here is to overlook the shear clarity and brilliance and honesty and thoroughness of his responses, and instead make fun of him for saying pokistan? Just curious... does anyone here know anyone from Pakistan? The few that I know pronounced is POKystahn, not PACKeestan. So, maybe he's not mispronouncing it as much as we all think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Just curious... does anyone here know anyone from Pakistan? The few that I know pronounced is POKystahn, not PACKeestan. So, maybe he's not mispronouncing it as much as we all think? I work with a lot of Indians. That's pretty much how they say "Pakistan". I think it's less a "correct pronounciation" thing than it is an "Indian accent" thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Why in the name of Allah does she still go to those conferences? Who does she work for these days? The network I was watching listed the name of the questioner and their affiliation. For her it just said "Helen Thomas". And VA...it was a painful listen at times. On NBC it said "Hearst Publishing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramius Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Wow, what a witty observation of last nights press conference... It definitely deserves it's own thread too. You can't be expected to waste this gem in any of the other hundred Obama threads. Cut the dwarf a break. "Ummm" was the only word from the press conference he understood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 On NBC it said "Hearst Publishing". Last I knew, she was unaffiliated, and given a prominent seat as a nod of respect to the "Grand Dame" of the White House Press Corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Why not it's what the liberal hacks did for 8 years. It took Bush to choke on a pretzel, mis-pronounce, nucular, etc.... The messiah is a few short weeks has got people around him who don't pay taxes, although they sure want to raise yours. Knocked himself out getting into a chopper. Tried to open a window. Say's "ummm" a lot. Mispronounced pokiston and tally bomb. What will he do in the coming months. So you respond to what you don't like with what you don't like.....tell me how that one goes...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=94c_1234208737 Video of the "Head Bump" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drnykterstein Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Why not it's what the liberal hacks did for 8 years. It took Bush to choke on a pretzel, mis-pronounce, nucular, etc.... The messiah is a few short weeks has got people around him who don't pay taxes, although they sure want to raise yours. Knocked himself out getting into a chopper. Tried to open a window. Say's "ummm" a lot. Mispronounced pokiston and tally bomb. What will he do in the coming months. http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Mark%...amp;blogId=6233 General David Petraeus also says "pockistan" (32 seconds in) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtCLp7siY7I I also say uhmm a lot. In general it means I'm stopping to think about the words I'm saying before I let them come out of my mouth. You know, uhm, because too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country. You can harp on Obama for the tax thing though. I agree, it's pretty stupid. Actually, Obama would agree with you also on that if you asked him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 http://www.politicalbase.com/profile/Mark%...amp;blogId=6233 General David Petraeus also says "pockistan" (32 seconds in) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtCLp7siY7I I also say uhmm a lot. In general it means I'm stopping to think about the words I'm saying before I let them come out of my mouth. You know, uhm, because too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country. You can harp on Obama for the tax thing though. I agree, it's pretty stupid. Actually, Obama would agree with you also on that if you asked him. I do a lot of talking in front of clients, running design meetings etc... At my last place we had a jar for folks who had client contact. Whenever they started a sentence off with "ummmm" they had to throw a quarter in. Long ago, I learned how not to do that. I am nervous in front of folks, like everyone is. But there are things you can do and it is public speaking 101 to not do that. obviously huge pauses are bad, but things like repeating or rewording the question is a huge gap filler. There are other things that can give you a few second to get you mind around a question. In this case he looks stupid and really shows how bad of a speaker he is without a tele prompter. The questions were canned, notice how he called specific reporters for questions. He knew what they were going to be, and had been preparing since Friday for them. That was just a very poor display of facilitating a press conference. As bad a public speaker I think Bush was, Obama should really limit his adhoc conferences, because he is worse. As far as you saying ummmm when you speak i don't care, you're not the President of the US. he is the talking head for us, and makes us look ignorant or worse stupid when he pulls the kind of crap he did Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingfish Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Why not it's what the liberal hacks did for 8 years. You do realize then that by your own definition this would make you a conservative hack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I do a lot of talking in front of clients, running design meetings etc... At my last place we had a jar for folks who had client contact. Whenever they started a sentence off with "ummmm" they had to throw a quarter in. Long ago, I learned how not to do that. I am nervous in front of folks, like everyone is. But there are things you can do and it is public speaking 101 to not do that. obviously huge pauses are bad, but things like repeating or rewording the question is a huge gap filler. There are other things that can give you a few second to get you mind around a question. In this case he looks stupid and really shows how bad of a speaker he is without a tele prompter. The questions were canned, notice how he called specific reporters for questions. He knew what they were going to be, and had been preparing since Friday for them. That was just a very poor display of facilitating a press conference. As bad a public speaker I think Bush was, Obama should really limit his adhoc conferences, because he is worse. As far as you saying ummmm when you speak i don't care, you're not the President of the US. he is the talking head for us, and makes us look ignorant or worse stupid when he pulls the kind of crap he did Monday. The questions are not canned, at every White House press conference a president has a list of the reporters on the podium that he references to call upon, so that all the prominent television and news agencies are represented. I'd rather have a president that pauses to contemplate the question and form a coherent answer than one that shoots from the mouth without much thought. What next, a critique of his ties? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I'd rather have a president that pauses to contemplate the question and form a coherent answer than one that shoots from the mouth without much thought. What next, a critique of his ties? You are so right. He's got the pauses down pat in his very first presser. By next time he may even work in some coherent answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 You are so right. He's got the pauses down pat in his very first presser. By next time he may even work in some coherent answers. Pay more attention to what he says and not how he says it, and you would here the coherent answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Pay more attention to what he says and not how he says it, and you would here the coherent answers. !@#$ing hypocrite... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Pay more attention to what he says and not how he says it, and you would here the coherent answers. Where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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