Comments on: The Staged Question And State Run Media

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:22:54 +0000

There are no good old days when it comes to Dems.

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:42:20 +0000

No, personally I think it was incompetence- if it was terror, we would have had some faction take credit. It was just a stupid person not qualified to do their job, in all likelihood.

By: Big Dog

Big Dog — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:00:34 +0000

It was coordinated. Of course the WH will spin it to look good but this does not give the appearance of our much touted free press to the rest of the world. It looks like government runs it.

By: Dukehoopsfan

Dukehoopsfan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:00:14 +0000

This guy almost makes you long for the “good ole days” of (Gulp!) Bubba Clinton.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:36:46 +0000

Speaking of media lap dogs…

BD you live in MD and I am sure you’re aware of the recent Metro accident. Now I don’t want to seem like a “conspiracy nut job” but they are taking a long time to identify the cause of the problem.

Is it possible that the wreck was caused by a cyber-terror attack on the D.C. metro system? The time (afternoon rush hour), severity of the accident, “equipment failure”, and an operator who attempted to but failed to stop the train.

From an article aboutt he wreck:

Officials said Metro trains travel above sensors along the rail that can automatically detect when trains are getting too close to one another. The computerized systems stops them from coming within 1,200 feet of each other, and investigators need to find out why it didn’t work.

“What causes us concern the most is the fact that this was not supposed to happen,” said Jackie Jeter, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 today. “There are safety mechanisms that are on place on the trains to prevent this type of accident. And, for me, as president of the union and as a train operator, I have to wonder why didn’t those safety mechanisms kick in and prevent it.”

Is it possible that we’ve had the first Terrorist attack on American soil and the Obama Administration is covering it up? I hope not, and I’m not prone to conspiracy theories, but something doesn’t feel right about ths accident. There have been others in the past but never this severe, and never such a complete failure of safeguards.

By: Darrel

Darrel — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:11:23 +0000

Updates to your politico link:

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UPDATE: Deputy press secretary Bill Burton responds: “We did reach out to him prior to press conference to tell him that we had been paying attention to what he had been doing on Iran and there was a chance that he’d be called on. And, he ended up asking the toughest question that the President took on Iran. In the absence of an Iranian press corps in Washington, it was an innovative way to get a question directly from an Iranian.”

UPDATE 2: Knoller, again via Twitter: “Huffington Post’s Nico Pitney says the WH called him this morning and invited him to ask his Iran questions at the news conference.”

UPDATE 3: Pitney says the White House reached out about his Iran coverage, but only said it was possible he’d get a question.

By: Katy the mean old lady

Katy the mean old lady — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:33:12 +0000

Best part was not even answering the STAGED question. O tap-dances better than Fred Astaire.

By: Blake

Blake — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:21:33 +0000

First, he was weak on any response to the Iranian situation, then he pretends to “speak” to a staged question from this hack reporter? Oh please- this guy( I can’t really even call him a man) can’t even be presidential without sticking his finger in the air to see which way the wind is blowing.

By: Schatzee

Schatzee — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:39:30 +0000

I know one thing — I am sick of seeing this man on the television interrupting my regularly scheduled broadcasting! If he wanted to be a star perhaps he should have gone to Hollywood instead of DC. Annoying and full of crap – rather watch reruns than this reality show from HE**.