Semi-liveblogging Obama's town hall
I'm watching the live town hall. Not impressed with these answers. Shorter answer on why we can't have single payer health insurance. The insurance industry is too big and powerful to fight. We can't cut them out of the deal.
On legalizing marijuana, one of the most popular questions, he mocked the respondents, implying they were just stoned hippies and just said flat out no, he doesn't think legalizing a multibillion dollar underground industry will help grow the economy. Translation: Prohibitionists' lobbies are too powerful to fight. Gah.
So far the questions are much better than the answers. Which is an improvement over the presser the other night. So there's that...
Update: Answer on military procurement pretty good. Shorter: We're not going to just hand over money to Halliburton and the other big contractors anymore. Maybe give smaller contractors a chance to bid. Be interesting to see if that comes true.
Gives some strokes to the importance of nurses in medicine. Nice. They are under-rated and over looked way too often.
Education: Getting rid of inept teachers not going to play well with the teachers' unions.
Obama lucks out. Last Q from a young guy about pre-exiting conditions coverage. Plays right into his current narrative.
The one thing that stands out on the whole meeting is that Obama plays better when he's answering person to person in the room. He wins over the crowd with his charm. Well except for the guy who didn't get his Q on air. Obama talking to him privately as the meeting ends. He looks pissed.
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On legalizing marijuana, one of the most popular questions, he mocked the respondents, implying they were just stoned hippies and just said flat out no, he doesn't think legalizing a multibillion dollar underground industry will help grow the economy. Translation: Prohibitionists' lobbies are too powerful to fight. Gah.
So far the questions are much better than the answers. Which is an improvement over the presser the other night. So there's that...
Update: Answer on military procurement pretty good. Shorter: We're not going to just hand over money to Halliburton and the other big contractors anymore. Maybe give smaller contractors a chance to bid. Be interesting to see if that comes true.
Gives some strokes to the importance of nurses in medicine. Nice. They are under-rated and over looked way too often.
Education: Getting rid of inept teachers not going to play well with the teachers' unions.
Obama lucks out. Last Q from a young guy about pre-exiting conditions coverage. Plays right into his current narrative.
The one thing that stands out on the whole meeting is that Obama plays better when he's answering person to person in the room. He wins over the crowd with his charm. Well except for the guy who didn't get his Q on air. Obama talking to him privately as the meeting ends. He looks pissed.
[More posts daily at The Detroit News]
Labels: Media, President Obama
posted by Libby Spencer at 12:23 PM
5 Comments:
I prefer someone who concentrates on what can be done rather than to "stand on principles" like the other guys.
Principles, of course, are what we call the ideas that don't work.
Anyway, so much for the "far left Liberal" bullshit - the crap about being the "most Liberal Senator ever. He's a pragmatist and somehow I believe he knows that announcing big plans at a time like this is counterproductive and only gives the opposition time to plan and propagandize.
I could never believe that so many people bought into the most liberal ever thing. For me, he was the best we could hope for under the circumstances. I just hope this is all strategic and not a signal that he's going to cave completely. I have to keep reminding myself how much worse it would be with McCain and Palin...
You know what happens to Messiahs. He's too smart to try to be one.
I think he's the most intelligent president in my lifetime and I put a great deal of hope in intelligence.
I'm with you on that point Fogg. And really, I don't see much choice but to hope for the best.
Hey sunflower. I've been saying the same thing for years.
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