Obama scolds reporter for Iran question: 'You should know better'

[nightflight]

President Obama was clearly annoyed by the tone of a reporter's question when he asked if the president was "content" with the Iran nuclear deal that left four Americans languishing in Iranian jails.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/15/media/obama-major-garrett-you-should-know-better/

Silly reporter; don't question El Presidente!

 

[TerranceL]

How dare you question your leadership!

 

[AvilaSurfer]

You could hear the trepidation in his voice when he called Garrett's name. And then of course he was snarky. Real class.

 

[nightflight]

I guess the Iran four aren't as important as Bowe Bergdahl.

 

[PapaZoom]

I guess the Iran four aren't as important as Bowe Bergdahl.

Excellent observation. Well said.

 

[wing2000]

....the reporters 38 second question....and it's crude implication....is non-sense.

 

[TerranceL]

....the reporters 38 second question....and it's crude implication....is non-sense.

Wow a reporter asked a 38 second question... whew! I bet that strained ole Obamas brain there didn't it! Or perhaps the constitutional scholar didn't care about question length just the fact that the question pointed out he was more interested in his legacy than getting four americans out of an iranian prison.

38 seconds.... I don't know who he withstood such vigorous questioning. I'm shocked.

 

[wing2000]

Wow a reporter asked a 38 second question... whew! I bet that strained ole Obamas brain there didn't it! Or perhaps the constitutional scholar didn't care about question length just the fact that the question pointed out he was more interested in his legacy than getting four americans out of an iranian prison.

38 seconds.... I don't know who he withstood such vigorous questioning. I'm shocked.

The reporter could have simply asked - Is is right for the US Government to negotiate with a country who holds US hostages? And let us thinking people decide....but no, like so many so-called reporters these days, he was incapable of asking a precise question.

 

[nightflight]

....the reporters 38 second question....and it's crude implication....is non-sense.

Yet when a reporter threw a shoe at Bush the media and its progressive fan base were beside themselves with joy.

 

[wing2000]

Yet when a reporter threw a shoe at Bush the media and its progressive fan base were beside themselves with joy.

...I laughed along with Bush

 

[nightflight]

The reporter could have simply asked - Is is right for the US Government to negotiate with a country who holds US hostages? And let us thinking people decide....but no, like so many so-called reporters these days, he was incapable of asking a precise question.

Also unlike so many reporters these days, he didn't slobber before the great O.

 

[rambot]

It makes me laugh that Conservatives on this site speak with more deference towards Obama than all but maybe one or two of the Democrats on this site.

That is a stupidly worded question that no Conservative would be happy with the answer anyways. My true thoughts on the question would end up with too much mouth washing, so I'll leave it at that.

 

[brewmama]

I guess the Iran four aren't as important as Bowe Bergdahl.

Or the Iranian prisoners Iran demanded and got...

"But Messrs. Obama and John F. Kerry’s nuclear deal has also left Pastor Saeed Abedini and three other Americans behind to languish in Iranian prisons. I have written extensively on these pages about the plight of American pastor Saeed Abedini, who earlier this month endured his 1,000th day in an Iranian prison. Mr. Obama broke a promise to Pastor Abedini’s family, when he promised to make Pastor Abedini’s release a “top priority.” Instead this American pastor is left to suffer continued beatings and torture in one of the world’s worst prisons simply because he is a devout Christian believer. Interestingly, on June 29, 2015, The Wall Street Journal reported in a front-page article entitled, “Iran Wish List Led To U.S. Talks,” that beginning in late 2009, Iran sought the release of a number of Iranians held in U.S. and British prisons as a precondition to nuclear talks with the United States. In addition, Iran asked the United States to blacklist a number of opposition groups hostile to Iran (which the Obama Administration did), and to increase the number of visas provided to Iranian students wishing to study in the United States. Among the Iranian prisoners sought by the mullahs were two convicted arms smugglers, a retired senior diplomat, and a prominent scientist convicted of illegal exports to Iran...Pastor Abedini and three other Americans remain in Iranian prisons, whereas the former Iranian prisoners are back in their country."
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[TerranceL]

It makes me laugh that Conservatives on this site speak with more deference towards Obama than all but maybe one or two of the Democrats on this site.

I love how the Liberals (if one can broad brush I guess we both can) can't seem to keep their story straight, first it's, "Those horrible conservatives are so vile and mean to the president!" then its, "Those silly conservatives are so oddly deferential to the leader of their country."

Pick one.

That is a stupidly worded question that no Conservative would be happy with the answer anyways. My true thoughts on the question would end up with too much mouth washing, so I'll leave it at that.

Yes no doubt, '"forget" them they are just Americans' would be frowned upon by the site.