President Obama is holding a news conference now. Link

[cali]

http://www.c-span.org/Events/Pres-Obama-Holds-Post-Election-News-Conference/10737435798-1/

[BeyondGeography]

1. Opening remarks confined to budget

First question: Petraeus, omg are we safe?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

2. Asshole Jessica Yellin from CNN dredging up old news as if

she doesn't know what happened and shilling for the gop in the process.

And she gets a followup... why the hell is she promoting the republicants loophole deductions reform over allowing the TEMPORARY tax cuts to expire?

[Liberalynn]

3. Has mentioned "entitlement reform."

Twice in regards to the fiscal cliff. I am sorry that makes me nervous. My opinion only, not asking anyone to agree or disagree with me. Just stating my own opinion.

I do applaud, however, his standing firm on raising taxes on the wealthy

[satxdem]

5. Question?

Just a question, when he did ACA did he cut benefits from medicare recipients? I thought he actually expanded them and cut cost from providers, etc. Also doesn't the ACA expand medicaid, I'm not sure why he would do that, just to cut their benefits? Not trying to be rude, just trying to see if my understanding is wrong.

[Liberalynn]

31. I understand you are just asking

but respectfully this has nothing to do in my opinion with the Affordable Care Act. Yes I understand the President did not cut benefits in that act. I never said he did. I am a Democrat, and I stood up against people who said he did.


In my view, this is a seperate issue. It is about whether benefits will be cut now to balance the deficit in the General Fund. I just want the President to come out and say this directly to the American people: "There will be no benefit cuts to Social Secuirty/and or Medicare" recipients. In some cases this is their sole source of income and we will not jeapordize their security or take away benefits they earned and were promised to them to help pay for a deficit(caused by tax cuts, corporate welfare, and unpaid for wars), they did not create." What woud be the harm if he were to make this statement?

The President keeps talking about making things clear and giving people certainty, well this would give me certainty. That's all I am asking for. I am not critizing him, I voted for him twice now, I am just asking for clarity and assurance.

Again JMHO not saying anyone has to agree or disagree.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Todd: I get to ask two totally unrelated questions

[kjackson227]

6. Chuck Todd is a POS...

the reporters before him were very respectful, but he goes right in commenting without respectfully addressing the president. AND, he then disrespectfully interrupts him...

I'm going to complain about him to MSNBC right now.

[nc4bo]

7. +1 what a repugnant ass he is! Very disrespectful! nm

[RepublicansRZombies]

16. "I'm going to complain about him to MSNBC right now." good idea!

It's time for the Pundit Shame Campaign

[Whisp]

21. was he the one Obama talked so sternly too

about UN Rice, and that Benghazi stuff? He had that same disgusted look as to Romney during the debate, about how offensive some can be about this subject.

I was making lunch and missed that part but really liked how he was kicking someone up their republican ass, hard.

[kjackson227]

26. No, I think that was Ed Henry?

Sorry, I'm not sure because I was busy complaining to MSNBC about the POS known as Chuck Todd.

[nc4bo]

25. Yep - just fired off a complaint myself. nm

[nc4bo]

8. POTUS is pissed about Graham and McCain's "watergate" style hearings on Benghazi. Good! nm

[one_voice]

9. Yes he is...

told them bring the fight to me--paraphrasing. Good!

[ChisolmTrailDem]

11. To attack Sec Rice is "Outrageous". eom

[patrice]

10. Fucking AWESOME! He's ANGRY about their attack on Susan Rice!!

[patrice]

14. Counter point: April Glaspie, link:

http://wais.stanford.edu/Iraq/iraq_andambassaprilglaspie22303.html

[Liberalynn]

32. That was admirable.

Made me very proud of him.

[ellisonz]

12. Obama putting these swine in their place on Benghazi. n/t

[patrice]

18. & STUPID fucks wanting him to stand up there and talk about LEGAL activities. = WowDUMB!!!

So completely clueless or they don't care. Asking PO about an FBI investigation is ignorant. That's what everyone wants, right, a LEGAL investigation? Well there's nothing about legal matters that is good to talk about in public, other than just to keep us informed about it's most general, meaningless, traits and he doesn't speculate for our entertainment.

[ellisonz]

22. No one has ever accused this current crop of media stooges of asking anything but dumb questions.

And that's why they don't get answers, which they then get mad about, and the poutrage flows

[quinnox]

13. Ed Henry double teaming on Todds question

Ed Henry's question obviously FOX news biased and based and very unfair.

[one_voice]

15. I didn't catch the asshole reporter's name...

that asked the president to address the families of the victims (Benghazi) right then. WTF?!? Asshole! President said uh..fuck you no...well not really..but he put him in his place.

[alp227]

20. I think it was Ed Henry, the ex-CNN WH correspondent now with Fox Boobs.

[Whisp]

24. that fucking sleaze Henry, did he ask about the thousands Bush killed by lieing his way

into Iraq back in the day?

gawd I hate these people, so low down and dishonest I really don't know how they can walk around upright.

[Brother Buzz]

19. What's with those drapes?

Are those the drapes Ann ordered and had delivered?

[patrice]

23. So workmanly on EACH and every issue. Proudness here!!!

[patrice]

27. What was that last question that PO said it'd be a horrible precedent to try to answer it there.

You have to call an end to your meetings, or they DO go on forever, not a good precedent.

[closeupready]

29. Something about his proposed $1.6B tax hike.

I heard him ask something about "1.6", so I'm certain that was the question.

[patrice]

33. Whatever. He better have his arithmetic, whatever it is. nt

[closeupready]

28. Thank you so much, Cali.

K&R

[nc4bo]

30. Any one catch the return fire response of Graham Tamron & Co. are referring to?

Calling it matching the very strong words POTUS had in response to having Benghazi hearings.

Something close to Graham saying he does indeed hold POTUS responsible, etc.