Obama in New York: Forget Putin. GOP candidates ‘can’t handle a bunch of CNBC moderators.’

[BeyondGeography]

NEW YORK -- President Obama on Monday gleefully mocked the Republican presidential candidates who have called him weak on the world stage, suggesting the would-be tough guys "can't handle a bunch of CNBC moderators."

"Let me tell you, if you can’t handle those guys then I don’t think the Chinese and the Russians are going to be too worried about it," Obama said during an Democratic fundraiser at the Richard Rodgers Theater in Manhattan, drawing laughter and applause from a crowd of more than 1,300 supporters.

In some of his most barbed comments to date about the 2016 race, Obama appeared to relish poking fun at his rivals over their performance last week during a GOP debate broadcast on the cable network. Several of the candidates complained about the questions posed by the moderators and have demanded that the Republican National Committee and networks abide by a set of changes to debate rules in the future.

Obama arrived at the theater after a performance of the musical "Hamilton," loosely based on the life of former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton. Though he bemoaned not be able to see the show again -- noting that he and first lady Michelle Obama love the musical -- Obama delivered a version of his campaign stump speech with a particularly showy flourish...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/11/02/obama-pleads-with-democrats-for-a-sense-of-urgency-in-2016/

[AZ Progressive]

1. Just as I thought, the Republicans are a bunch of whiny babies that can't handle hardballs like...

the ones that Anderson Cooper threw at the Democrats in the last Democratic candidate debate, lest real tough issues that a president has to deal with.

[PufPuf23]

3. I like that POTUS Obama laughs at the GOP.

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The GOP is a freaking embarrassment for the USA.

[Yallow]

10. A Total Embarassment

And they are insane to boot!

[spooky3]

12. and he is spot on with the criticism, even though it's funny.

[BootinUp]

2. That was the quart of blood technique

that Eddie Murphy spoke about.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Awwww, Obama lands a punch and it gave you a boo-boo

[1000words]

6. ...

[BeyondGeography]

8. ...

[NuclearDem]

13. Take that Obama! You sure got pun--

Oh crap, that sunk faster than bear shit in the Volga!

[hay rick]

7. Where is Chuck Barris when you need him?

It was funny/embarrassing when they started. Now it's just embarrassing.

[Thinkingabout]

9. I thought this morning as I heard Joe Scarborough whining about the terrible treatment the GOP

Candidates received in the debates. It was not as bad for them as Obama's best week of the least amount of hate given by RWers, furthermore, if they can't handle hate for a few hours, WTH are they going to do with four years of hate. Wimps.

[closeupready]

11. Oh, that's why Midtown was such a mess tonite.

[SoapBox]

14. Hilarious.

I love that he said it...and it should be reported over and over.

[former9thward]

15. It is no wonder that Obama wants people to forget about Putin.

Putin is dominating Obama in Syria.

[BeyondGeography]

16. Putin's wondering today how a Russian airliner just fell out of the sky

Here, this one's for you; the sound of Democrats having fun at the expense of Republicans (they didn't let their Vlad love get in the way of a good time):

[ohheckyeah]

17. LOL

That's great.

[Demeter]

18. Because OBAMA (and his surrogates Clinton and Kerry)

is doing so well on the international global politics/diplomacy scene that US surrogates are being bombed to extinction in the Middle East and the Eurozone is backing and filling and turning away from US embargoes and sanctions as fast as they can back-peddle.

On the other hand, the CIA has sufficient heroin to drown the world, again...

[BeyondGeography]

19. Another O-sux killjoy post that has absolutely nothing to do with a well-aimed barb at the GOP

Embarrassing.

[Demeter]

20. Reality has a well-known LIBERAL bias

Those that cannot handle either reality or liberality are very sad people indeed, relying on mood-altering drugs to creep through a miserable life...

[Nitram]

21. The problem with the GOP field is that they are used to being coddled by the RW media

Then it turns out the real world isn't so kind. Not much fun outside the RW bubble.