President Obama is kicking ass and taking names in this presser

[steve2470]

He is confident. He is addressing any conceivable concern about the Iran deal.

I'm glad to see him doing this. God knows, the RW and the Republican Party will trot anything out
to defeat this deal.

[TlalocW]

1. So what's the next step?

Some sort of congressional approval?

TlalocW

[still_one]

2. He is great, and he is not only setting the press corp straight, but putting them in their place

[msrizzo]

16. About time! Wish I could be watching live. nt

[livetohike]

3. Yes he is! Enjoying this! n/t

[a kennedy]

4. Loved the take down of Major Garrett

[Spazito]

5. LOL, me too!

Garrett was taken to the woodshed and soundly thrashed verbally speaking.

It was awesome!

[Fred Sanders]

17. Sound verbal thrashing, and well deserved it was. The baby cries of corporate water-carrier Garrett will be epic.

Also deserving a well deserved verbal thrashing are AIPAC network CNN and Racist Catholic network Fox.

"Obama Scolds Reporters Over Detained Americans", is the CNN chyron and theme today...no time for actually looking at the details of the agreement...186 pages will not fit into a chyron.

I am not making that up.

CNN is Fox without the blatant racism.

[Android3.14]

18. "Catholic network Fox"?

You must be on drugs.

[Fred Sanders]

20. And you must be Full Ignore #38. Bye.

[Spazito]

21. CNN is trying so hard to compete with Fox...

the rabid right wing won't turn to pale imitators, they go right to the racist source. I remember back in the days of Ted Turner ownership when CNN had credibility, no longer.

[MoonRiver]

15. That was classic!

[NightWatcher]

6. Next time I want him to stroll out with a Louisville Slugger on his shoulder...

"Who's got questions?"

[pinboy3niner]

8. !!!

[LittleGirl]

19. LOL, I love that! eom

[madokie]

30. You got it

and start swinging it at the first chance he gets

[pinboy3niner]

7. Helicopter waiting, Josh anxious, delays departure to invite MORE questions

Smashing!

[joshcryer]

11. Loved that part.

He really took that press corps straight on!

[joshcryer]

9. He's shaping US policy forever.

The sanctions as a solution approach has clearly failed for half a century.

[Hekate]

10. Enjoyable as all get-out

[procon]

12. If you missed it, like I did, C-SPAN has the video.

Watch it now.


http://www.c-span.org/video/?327122-1/president-obama-news-conference-iran-nuclear-deal

[pinboy3niner]

14. A masterful job by the President in explaining the deal and shooting down criticism

Well worth watching the whole thing. I'm planning to watch it AGAIN!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

26. Ooo, thanks!

[frazzled]

13. This is what a president looks like

Fully in command of all the facts and considerations, able to articulate them clearly and firmly, yet without threats or rancor. And on a subject that is 180 degrees removed from what he had to talk about in detail yesterday (race and criminal justice).

He sets a standard of presidential command and demeanor that all the candidates for the next shot at that position need to study. Because when people look at the candidates and ask if they seem "presidential," this is the kind of thing they will be thinking about.

I realize that nuclear disarmament has been a significant interest of Obama's since he was in college, but I was still impressed with his command of the details of both the science of nuclear weaponry and the complexities of this agreement.

[erronis]

22. Agree - this is what a great president looks like. Can't imagine any one of the clowns in this role.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

31. Yes!

(my favorite gif)

[Cha]

35. Perfect gif, Blanche! Mahalo~

[BlancheSplanchnik]

36. Hi Cha!

[Cha]

37. Aloha!

[BeyondGeography]

33. It's hard work

Like his predecessor said.

Thank you, Frazzled. These are the qualities that got many of us excited years ago about the idea of a President Obama. Plus you knew he would never, ever do anything personally embarrassing. He's a great human being in many ways that are perfectly suited to the job.

[Tarheel_Dem]

23. I loved it! I sometimes wonder if he could just ignore Garrett and others like him? n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. Shows the world what he has to put up with at home.

[Tarheel_Dem]

25. I guess you're right. n/t

[Flo Mingo]

28. What? And miss a chance to take him to the woodshed coast to coast?

Methinks the President was prepared for Major Garrett.

[Tarheel_Dem]

29. You might be right. He knew it was coming, and probably knew it would be an a**hole like MG.

So he was "prepared for Major Garrett".

[randys1]

27. Just think about comparing him to W...or Romney, how many dead in ME if Romney prez?

a million

2 million

10 million?



His accomplishment here and the way he is handling the haters like the reporter, pisses teaparty off

No scandals, more effective than most 10 prez's combined, etc

drives

them

nuts

[panader0]

32. Wow! I just watched the link to the speech. An hour well spent.

I love this guy, so intelligent, like a teacher in a class of little kids.

[Cha]

34. Hey aloha, mahalo, steve!