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Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts) Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:34 PM Dec 2012

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(ENDED) President Obama Speaks on the Fiscal Cliff (LINK)

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View HERE at the White House.

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(ENDED) President Obama Speaks on the Fiscal Cliff (LINK) (Original Post) Poll_Blind Dec 2012 OP

Audio now live. Still no president yet.nt Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #1

Also live via Youtube at... PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #2

It's too bad we can't embed live YouTube feeds here. Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #3

"Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. The program will begin in 2 minutes" Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #4

Dow and NASDAQ both just simultaneously jumped up big tjwash Dec 2012 #5

Yup! Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #7

Looks like this speech is going to have, uh, a "Supporting Cast"! Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #6

LOL Folks they picked up off of Pennsylvania Avenue? WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2012 #8

Very odd. I...uh...I'm trying to think of the last time there was a... Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #11

Ah, you know, this isn't a press conference at all. There's an "audience". Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #9

Who said it was a press conference? NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #10

You're right- it was a hastily-arranged...uh...something or other? Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #12

Speech, I believe is the word you're looking for. NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #15

I was just caught off guard because the news was "still no news". Poll_Blind Dec 2012 #17

Yah probably. But still there are lots of WH staff and I'm sure NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #18

That was delish malaise Dec 2012 #13

Someone pull that man away from that cliff! randome Dec 2012 #14

It was....uh..."unique"....Yes, that's the right word! PennsylvaniaMatt Dec 2012 #16

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)

1. Audio now live. Still no president yet.nt

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:39 PM

Dec 2012

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PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

2. Also live via Youtube at...

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:40 PM

Dec 2012

http://www.youtube.com/user/whitehouse?v=85snK7MPQPo

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)

3. It's too bad we can't embed live YouTube feeds here.

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:41 PM

Dec 2012

Would make things so much easier.

PB

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)

4. "Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. The program will begin in 2 minutes"

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:42 PM

Dec 2012

Huh?

PB

tjwash

(8,219 posts)

5. Dow and NASDAQ both just simultaneously jumped up big

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:42 PM

Dec 2012

Some word just got out early

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)

7. Yup!

Reply to tjwash (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:46 PM

Dec 2012

PB

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)

6. Looks like this speech is going to have, uh, a "Supporting Cast"!

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:43 PM

Dec 2012

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WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)

8. LOL Folks they picked up off of Pennsylvania Avenue?

Reply to Poll_Blind (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:49 PM

Dec 2012

Guess they're White House and OEOB staffers.

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)

11. Very odd. I...uh...I'm trying to think of the last time there was a...

Reply to WorseBeforeBetter (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:53 PM

Dec 2012

.."spur of the moment" press conference called with an audience and (apparently) no press. And maybe a mic in the audience to pick up laughter and applause.

?

PB

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)

9. Ah, you know, this isn't a press conference at all. There's an "audience".

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:50 PM

Dec 2012

Uh....?

PB

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)

10. Who said it was a press conference?

Reply to Poll_Blind (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:51 PM

Dec 2012

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)

12. You're right- it was a hastily-arranged...uh...something or other?

Reply to NYC Liberal (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:54 PM

Dec 2012

PB

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)

15. Speech, I believe is the word you're looking for.

Reply to Poll_Blind (Reply #12)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:57 PM

Dec 2012

Or remarks. And I would say "hastily arranged" is probably pretty accurate. All this seems to be changing by the hour.

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)

17. I was just caught off guard because the news was "still no news".

Reply to NYC Liberal (Reply #15)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 03:00 PM

Dec 2012

I think somebody called it- the people behind him were just WH staff.

PB

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)

18. Yah probably. But still there are lots of WH staff and I'm sure

Reply to Poll_Blind (Reply #17)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 03:07 PM

Dec 2012

not all of them are making 6 figures and many are middle class.

Anyway I don't know what the point was either but I guess it was just to keep folks updated. Why not a press release? Who knows.

malaise

(269,022 posts)

13. That was delish

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:55 PM

Dec 2012

with good humor GObama!!

randome

(34,845 posts)

14. Someone pull that man away from that cliff!

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:56 PM

Dec 2012

PennsylvaniaMatt

(966 posts)

16. It was....uh..."unique"....Yes, that's the right word!

Reply to Poll_Blind (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 02:58 PM

Dec 2012

I would have preferred an Oval Office address in primetime with the President speaking directly to the nation, but I guess and audience with laughter and applause and a relaxed President is fine for New Years Eve

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