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| Texas Reporter Gets Aggressive With Obama |
| 2011-04-19 |
| Video at link. Very much worth watching. A rare look at a reporter doing his job, the old school way. WASHINGTON -- News 8 sat down with President Barack Obama at the White House Monday afternoon to discuss the economy, immigration and his approval rating. The president this week is talking up his deficit reduction plan with town hall meetings in Western states. He met with News 8 for a few minutes to explain why he thinks his plan is better than the deficit reduction plan pushed by Republicans in the House, and why he wants to pitch his plan hard in Texas. The president said his mix of spending cuts and tax increases on the wealthy offer a balanced approach compared to the Republicans who want cuts in spending and taxes. We met the president in the Map Room of the ground level of the White House, where he said his deficit reduction plan is better -- with its higher taxes on the rich coupled with cuts. "We can take a more balanced approach, consistent with what my fiscal commission put forward, which says $2 trillion worth of cuts." But in Texas, the president's plan is a tough sell. "Texas has always been a pretty Republican state, for historic reasons," Obama said. However, the president inferred that his election meant Texas politics was changing. "We lost by a few percentage points in Texas," Obama said. That was followed by a gentle reminder that the figure was closer to 10 percent. Well, lets be truthfull for once. "If what you're telling me is Texas is a conservative state, you're absolutely right," he said. Republican Gov. Rick Perry harshly and frequently criticizes the president over the health care law, EPA regulation on oil and gas industries in Texas and the budget. But the president hinted at hypocrisy by the Texas governor. "Gov. Perry helped balance his budget with about $6 billion worth of federal help -- which he happily took -- and then started blaming the members of Congress who had offered that help," Obama said. Houston Republicans and Democrats suspect the Obama administration skipped Houston to award retired space shuttle orbiters to states that would help in the president's reelection. "That's wrong," the president stated. "That had nothing to do with it; the White House had nothing to do with it. There was a whole commission, a whole process; that's how the decision was made." Anyone can commission a commission to carry out a specific mission. And that is what you did. |
| Posted by:Unairt Hupising1829 |
| #12 Lived in Texas for 14 years, grew to like it. Want to go back, if I can sell my upside-down home in northern Virginia, and retire. Hmmmm... I can't remember... Did W. ever take tough questions? Does a cat got an a$$? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-04-19 22:34 |
| #11 Whimpering and sniveling is Explains the desire to kill oneself |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-04-19 22:24 |
| #10 Obama is a cold, hateful little runt. Posted by Lionel Flinenter3278 2011-04-19 21:57|| Enough of your sycophatic embellishments Lionel. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-04-19 22:23 |
| #9 He would probably cry at Basic Training, if he'd ever had the occasion to enlist, which he would never. Posted by Fi 2011-04-19 22:06|| Whimpering and sniveling is permissible in Taliban training camps. No problems. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-04-19 22:17 |
| #8 Obama is a cold, hateful little runt Yes, he is. He silently memorializes perceived slights or anyone who crossed out of his "serves his purpose" bubble. Years later, he'll get the better of them in the most passive aggressive manner at his disposal. Wasn't there even a "jilted lover" of his, Mr. Jeremiah Wright who got the cold shoulder after years of friendship? |
| Posted by: Fi 2011-04-19 22:14 |
| #7 Runt. He. Pedigree info: "Worst in show" Obama is a intellectual lightweight who buckles under the slightest criticism. He would probably cry at Basic Training, if he'd ever had the occasion to enlist, which he would never. |
| Posted by: Fi 2011-04-19 22:06 |
| #6 Obama is not cut from the cloth of American President's past. He is in the image of the weak, pitiful tyrants who saw free speach, free press, any thing they can not control, as a frightening enemy. Obama is a cold, hateful little runt. |
| Posted by: Lionel Flinenter3278 2011-04-19 21:57 |
| #5 LOL ;] Our Prevaricator-in-Chief is a little thin-skinned, eh? He doesn't do too well without TOTUS. He's accustomed to getting thrown softball questions by the lame stream media--probably is given the questions in advance. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-04-19 21:20 |
| #4 In other news... White House secretary returns bust of Jim Bowie to Austin. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2011-04-19 21:14 |
| #3 How would he cope if a shoe was thrown at him? |
| Posted by: Grunter 2011-04-19 20:00 |
| #2 coward and petulant child. He needs a spanking and returned to his room - in Chicago |
| Posted by: Frank G 2011-04-19 18:04 |
| #1 Now it looks like the reporter is going to be banned from the White House. Now we know that the President of the United States is no more than a measley little man-child. |
| Posted by: Uneregum Bumble6751 2011-04-19 16:42 |