Lets see...an elected official who leads a public life and asks for your votes and a person who expresses individual opinions on a forum on the internet....

of course there is no difference !

ptownrob--- How are Donna2's remarks personal attacks? Is Obama on this forum? I wish he was, maybe he would learn something.

:coolsmiley: You go girl. LOL

Wow!!!
 

Have you forgotten that this is THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA where all presidents have press conferences.

Just a reminder to a statement in a post earlier on this page
 

suggesting "...the American people elected this guy 'overwhelmingly'..."

Not true. He won by a couple of percentage points. Yes a win is a win even if by one point....but PLEASE...."overwhelmingly".

Hence the ONLY true re-statement would be.....he won the election(that time).

His loss in the next election will be by significantly more than a 2 % margin....and he has earned that based on promises not kept.

btk

Thank- you for bringing that up. I had to chuckle when I read that.

A press conference might "introduce topics outside of where Obama wants to take his message".

Exactly! Isn't it important that a President speak on all topics, not just those in his "comfort zone"?

You would think Obama would be bowing down, like he does to all our enemies, to the media. The media got him elected.

Simple
 

Obama would very much like to have press conferences every day, but his managers are afraid of what he would say so they will not let him.

Obama when speaking adlib always speaks from the heart. His sincere responses go like this: "Yes it is time to level the playing field, we need to share the wealth and stop the private sector from doing what it wants to do".

When on his own he speaks about sincere belief in and his love for socialism.

That is why his comments are all scripted ahead of time and he does not answer questions unless they are pre-planned and the answers rehearsed.

Well said Cashman. His handlers are petrified of unscripted questions. When told his buddy got arrested in Massachusetts, he quickly said that the police acted "stupidly". And of course his impromptu statement to Joe the Plumber about "spreading the wealth".

You guys are going to have a field day with this one. But in the interest of letting the truth out...

I found this on a website for "The American presidency Project" at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/news_conferences.php

It defaults to 2009 but shows something that one can't help but notice.

You see a huge list of foreign news conferences. Ones that are listed simply as "The President's News Conference" (and don't have something after it explaining the wher or 'with whom' that seem to go with the foreign ones) number a total of 5 (just noticed one was listed as being in Pittsburgh), possibly 6 as one is listed with the Iraqi President but doesn't say where. Overall he missed the entire month of May 2009. There's plenty of other interesting stuff there.

However, for 2010, I see 4 news conferences listed. Looking at the transcripts for the 4/13/10 entry, I see plenty of questions asked. In fact, for all the news conferences (2/9, 3/30, 4/8 & 4/13) I looked at the transcripts and see that questions were asked.

So what's with the escalating count of days without a news conference?

I cant speak for anyone else, but for me.....the "press conferences" you cite were pretty specific event driven conferences or with visiting heads of state.

My problem is not having the traditional press conference which is open to ANY subject and nothing is off limits.

This President controls what he speaks about....I read, albeit briefly, the conferences you cite and found them to be pretty specific in subject matter !

I might add that it is not simply on this forum where it is noticed nor are his remarks (snide) as they may be about the press and HIS interpetation of what is right and wrong and WHO is right and wrong. The most recent I have read...

Obama Works the Refs

http://reason.com/blog/2010/05/10/obama-works-the-refs

I will be last one to defend the press, but I still believe in my heart he is controlling everything and continues to be totally condescending to anyone who does not agree with HIM

Just to keep up with the latest on this front...


"Will Barack Obama go an entire year without holding a formal news conference? He's getting close: The president's last full-scale session with the press was on July 22, 2009, which was 307 days ago.

When Obama last held a big news conference, there had not yet been terrorist attacks at Fort Hood, Detroit, and Times Square. Scott Brown was an unknown Massachusetts state senator. There was no national health care bill, much less national health care law. Tiger Woods appeared to be a model family man.

A lot can happen in 307 days, which is far longer than George W. Bush or Bill Clinton ever went between news conferences.

In its defense, the White House says Obama answers a lot of questions from reporters, just not in the traditional news-conference setting. In fact, the president does a lot of one-on-one interviews, frequently with sympathetic reporters. But even in terms of brief question-and-answer sessions with the White House press corps, he has still done fewer than Bush or Clinton."

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/po...-94783304.html


Now I realize that those of you who routinely forgive and make excuses for this President, this is a non issue. I see this as a HUGE issue since this President more than any other campaigned on, promised, etc the transparency, etc. I will give him this...he said he would be different...I suppose this is the one area where he will keep that promise and ignor the public. We know that in all other areas where he promised that he has lied and is more hard core politics than any other President.

We shall see when he faces the press...does not sound very close !


Of course perhaps my expectations are too high for the press also...

"Obama crimes? The national press sleeps"

"Then why won't the White House say who spoke to Rep. Sestak and what was discussed? Here is why: Offering a federal job in exchange for a political favor is a federal crime"

http://www.unionleader.com/article.a...e-87aebe07bc96

Now I am not accusing anyone of anything but the silence of the WH, maybe call it evading, is suspicious, and if you didnt know it, this is NOT THE FIRST time they have been accused of this kind of thing as pointed out in the article.

AND NOW....

Gibbs, the press secy calls reporters into a room yesterday and admonishs them for asking too many questions about the oil spill !!!

http://www.breitbart.tv/reporter-rev...-bp-questions/

To borrow from a thread begun by VK....."Does this bother you at all" ?

Gee, what about the April 13, 2010 press conference?

Is there something wrong with the following transcript:

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=87760