stupidest question from the press conference

[shugah]

no, it wasn't about the steroid baseball guy (although that was totally out of place and a little weird).

i can't remember who it was, but he asked (paraphrased): and how will the consumers know when the economy is better?

WTF?

probably they will know when they HAVE JOBS!

[Thrill]

1. No. I thought it was the lady who said Consumer spending is what got us in this mess.

I said to myself WTF?

[shugah]

2. i thought that was from chuck todd?

but whoever said it - you're right, that was another WTF followed by head scratching - just how stupid do these people think we are?

[BeyondGeography]

21. Yeah, it was Todd

Embarassing.

[Aviation Pro]

3. And the President swiftly showed that question.....

...the back of his hand.

[Duer 157099]

4. No, it was the one about the Biden quote

definitely

(and it was Chuck Todd who said that consumer spending caused the crisis - DOH!)

[Parker CA]

8. I agree, Major Garrett from Fuxed news asked that question about the Biden quote re: 30% chance

that they would fail.

Total garbage, taken out of context. But, as usual, Obama spun it into a great answer and shut him the F up.

[Duer 157099]

10. I wished Obama had just said "oh, you'd better ask Joe"

"Next?"

[Jennicut]

12. LOL...Faux news fails once again.

[shugah]

13. aw, c'mon! that was classic!

"i have this quote and i have absolutely no idea what it is about, what the context of it is, or what it is referring to, i don't even know what my question is."

[mythyc]

16. chuck todd can go fuck himself.

lame-ass attempt to stir controversy. President Obama corrected that b.s. statement with ease

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

20. Yeah, that was just plain asinine.

I'm glad Obama laughed at him.

Todd's question, although retarded, was actually something that was likely on the minds of a lot of people at least. I don't think many people really understood the difference between what Obama's advocating and what Bush was pushing (SPEND SPEND SPEND!! Feh with the bills...)

[ecstatic]

25. Do you think he hurt Biden's feelings with that response

about not remembering what Biden said... "not surprisingly?" lol

[Dr.Phool]

5. Who was the asshole who asked the steroid question?

My jaw just kinda dropped when I heard it.

Obama should have said, I have a lot more important things to worry about than that.

Fucking moran. I think he was from the WP.

[Xipe Totec]

6. Truthfully, Obama did not answer the question asked

He answered how the government would know if the economy is better.

The question was: how will the consumers know when the economy is better?

The answer could have been so simple:

Consumers will check their wallets, and there will be money there.

[sandnsea]

9. When they have a job

and can get a loan. I thought the answer was crystal clear.

[Xipe Totec]

14. It wasn't to me

The answer went on and on and on.

If it wasn't crystal clear to me, then it wasn't crystal clear to many.

Sorry, I like the man, and he has a good plan.

But he needs to sell it to people at a 4th grade reading level.

[sandnsea]

15. He sold it on a 10th grade reading level

If it's over your head, read more. If the people never see what smart is, then they never know how high their standards ought to be. I am sick of living in a country full of 40 year old 4th graders.

[joeglow3]

23. So, since I have a job and can get a loan, the economy is great?

It is a good question and your response is completely wrong. Part of the problem is people losing their jobs. Another big part of the problem is people with jobs NOT spending, due to concerns about the economy. You need to think in a bit more of a macro approach.

[sandnsea]

26. They aren't spending because they can't get credit

The ones who can afford to spend out of their paychecks, still are. Otherwise, there would be no commerce AT ALL. The part of the economy that has fallen is the credit part, people who have been supplementing their income with credit cards and the housing bubble.

Didn't hear that on the nooze? Yes, well, I know that because I've seen what people in my small town are doing. The ones who were spending a year ago and have stopped because their credit is maxed and their mortgage is maxed.

When the unemployment rate goes down - AND people can get loans again, that's when we'll be out of the woods. Not macro enough for you? Well the poster did ask for it to be put in 4th grade terms.

[vaberella]

28. I thought he answered it over and over and over again. The economy would be moving

and people could buy and spend....loosening credit market and also job building, creating and maintaining.

[CakeGrrl]

7. Jake Tapper asked that...about what measures will consumers see to know whether

the Obama administration's plans are successful.

I actually thought that was kind of a softball; the first thing I thought was "Jobs, DUH!", so I was sure Obama would say something like that, but with his usual tact. ;-)

[shugah]

22. President Obama did show great restraint

i know i would have replied with something smart-ass ;-)

[Clio the Leo]

11. I didn't mind that one. NT

[emilyg]

17. I didn't mind.

[MadBadger]

18. I thought that was a good question. The worst was Chuck Todd

Blaming the recession on the consumers.

[Ocracoker16]

24. That was especially dumb since Obama explained the recession in his opening remarks

[Jennicut]

19. I don't know what was worse, Major Garret's or the guy who asked the baseball

question.

[DevonRex]

27. I loved how Obama smiled about Joe. Everybody kind of chuckled about it.

But then I also love it when Joe kind of goes off script and says whatever pops into his head. That's one reason I think they make a great team. Their thought processes are different and kind of complement each other.

Heck, I can't remember * chuckling over something Cheney* said, ever. And I don't remember Cheney ever saying anything that made us smile instead of wanting to hide in our basements in case of nuclear holocaust.

[Jennicut]

29. LOL. Cheney made me cringe in fear. Joe makes me smile and laugh.

Obama was funny, "I don't know what he was talking about." Joe goes off script but at least he is trying to give honest assessments of things. Obama is a bit more controlled.