Quickies: Obama Calls Out Kanye West & $30 Million Bail Set For Accused Kidnapper

cadyms
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 05:12 pm: [report]

I think if you read the original source material, Obama was somewhere for an interview; during an “off the record” period, he made that comment.  A technician overheard and put it on the net or twitter, and off it went.  I’d say even presidents are allowed to discuss non-earth shaking events during their regular conversations.

Jenbug
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 05:33 pm: [report]

Looks like Obama wants a high five.

Pinky
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 05:39 pm: [report]

It seems to be all Obama all the time 24/7-does the man have a concept of overexposure. He is going to be on Letterman and 5, count them 5 Sunday shows. As of his seven-month in office mark in August, he had done 114 interviews, compared to 37 by former President George W. Bush and 41 by former president Bill Clinton at a similar point in their administrations, according to Martha Joynt Kumar, a political science professor at Towson University in Maryland.

lea322
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 05:49 pm: [report]

@Pinky: I think that’s the point…he wants to be a relevant, consistent part of American lives.

Lilypie
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 05:50 pm: [report]

I actually like him more for it.  He’s human and even the prez deserves a few moments of shooting the poop once in a while.  And he was right.

CaleeKay
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 05:51 pm: [report]

@Pinky - why is overexposure a bad thing? He’s our President.. you act like he shouldn’t be in the spotlight at all..

White Mushroom
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 05:55 pm: [report]

“Sure, that’s what a lot of Americans are saying, Mr. President—but aren’t you supposed to be busy trying to get us health care?” - Oh please. It was a very brief remark he made off the record in response to someone else’s question about it. You act as though he held a press conference about it.

effing hickster
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 06:10 pm: [report]

Being the prez isn’t a 9-to-5 affair with scheduled breaks and a 30-minute lunch. He’s got to work pretty much 24/7 and squeeze a personal life in there somewhere. Hell, even Bush was the most vacation-ing president ever.

Take 5, guys. Smoke ‘em if you’ve got ‘em.

cali_candy
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 06:23 pm: [report]

I agree with cadyms and white mushroom..last time people made a huge fuss about the Prez commenting on Jessica Simpson’s weight and it really was just an off-remark.

Hey at least he’s paying attention to things going on, not completely effin oblivious like our last president. I would rather our leader be in touch and in tune with the times rather than a puppet of some evil overlord.

cali_candy
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 06:25 pm: [report]

speaking of Jessica, I feel bad for her and her dog! It’s sorta cannibalistic that it got eaten by the coyote. I know someone who had his chihuahua get eaten by a mountain lion. Cat eats dog, hah!

AChanceAtHeaven
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 06:27 pm: [report]

Where’s that dirty, dirty shower been?

CaleeKay
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 06:31 pm: [report]

Coyotes are carnivores, its expected if you are in an area of coyotes to keep an eye on your dog. I love that she has a reward if someone can bring her back.. HAHA. Jessica, your dog is dead, period.
I live on a farm, so this is normal to me, heck, i watched our rooster get beat up by an eagle and taken away.
And a coyote is not a cat, its a dog species.

CaleeKay
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 07:14 pm: [report]

@Cali- I kind of misread your post, so disreguard if I don’t make sense, lol but what do you mean by cat eats dog? Lol

_jsw_
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 08:43 pm: [report]

@CaleeKay: It was in reference to a mountain lion eating a chihuahua.

retro chic
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 10:38 pm: [report]

1. I think Obama should get the Zune for best comment as *Commenter*-in-Chief, executing his opinion – speaking the truth about Kanye. *Condemner*-in-Chief is too judgy and belongs to the judicial branch, silly.

2. Dugard kidnapper bail: Oooo. They are *on* the job! Well, sorry, that’s 18 years and $30M too late, unless that $$$ goes to a “loss of life fund” for Jaycee for failing her all that time.

AngelicaT
wrote on September 15 2009 @ 11:23 pm: [report]

LOL.. Kanye Kanye.. He’s quite a character.

Righteous Metal Broad
wrote on September 16 2009 @ 12:25 am: [report]

I’m sick of hearing someone say “Why is Obama ___________ when we are in a healthcare crisis?!”

Excuse me, the the guy is human. He is allowed to do the following:

Sleep
eat
spend time with his wife/family
take a #&@$%
have a casual conversation
comment about Kanye West being a jackass in casual conversaton
(among other things)

back off already, jebus…

bearclover
wrote on September 16 2009 @ 03:24 am: [report]

I thought it was great!  I love a president that will call a spade a spade.  I thought way too much was made out of his fly killing tho- the ninja stuff was pretty funny, but people actually got upset at him for killing a fly?

Michael
wrote on September 16 2009 @ 06:05 am: [report]

“Sure, that’s what a lot of Americans are saying, Mr. President—but aren’t you supposed to be busy trying to get us health care?”

pssst - we all have health care, some of us do not have insurance, but we have access to the care.  And it is against the law to be denied critical treatment.

LostInStars
wrote on September 16 2009 @ 11:37 am: [report]

I too, am a little miffed by the president comment. I’m getting pretty tired of everyone seeing him being a human being and telling him to get back to work. Come ooooon. Maybe we shouldn’t have gotten ourselves into such a mess that we have come to expect someone to shovel the #&@$% from around us 24/7.