’60 Minutes’ interview causes headache for White House
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’60 Minutes’ interview causes headache for White House September 24, 2012
FOX
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President Obama, in agreeing to a lengthy interview with "60 Minutes," may have created his own "bump in the road."
The president was facing heavy criticism from Republicans Monday for, in the course of that interview, referring to Middle East unrest as "bumps in the road," conceding "mistakes" in campaign ads and appearing to dismiss concern about Iran's nuclear program as "noise."
Romney's campaign seized on all three of those comments, and by Monday afternoon was hammering the president for the Middle East remark -- perhaps in a bid to return the favor after Democrats kept Romney against the wall last week defending his hidden-camera remarks on the "47 percent" of Americans who don't pay taxes. In the CBS interview, Obama said supporting the Arab Spring was the "right thing" to do but acknowledged there would be "bumps in the road" in the process.
"These are no bumps in the road. These are human lives," Romney retorted at a campaign stop in Colorado. On ABC News, Romney also said: "I can't imagine saying something like the assassination of ambassadors is a bump in the road."
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was hit with a string of questions at Monday's briefing about the "60 Minutes" interview. The most aggressive accusation by the Romney campaign merited the most aggressive response from Carney.
The accusation about Obama's Middle East comments, Carney said Monday, is "both desperate and offensive."
He rejected the idea that the president was minimizing the recent violence -- in which four Americans were killed in the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi and others have been killed in the course of raging protests across a number of countries.
"The president was referring to the transformations in the region," Carney said. "There is a certain rather desperate attempt to grasp at words and phrases here to find political advantage and, in this case, that's profoundly offensive."
That wasn't the only line Carney had to carefully explain Monday.
Romney's campaign had also criticized the president for his comments on Israel.
Asked about whether he feels pressure regarding Iran from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama said in the interview: "When it comes to our national security decisions, any pressure that I feel is simply to do what's right for the American people. And I am going to block out any noise that's out there."
He went on to refer to Israel as "one of our closest allies in the region."
Israel is typically referred to as America's closest ally in the region -- not just one of several.
Carney clarified Monday at the briefing that "you've heard the president say numerous times that Israel is our closest ally in the region." He said that bond is "unshakable."
As for the comment on the "noise" surrounding Iran's nuclear program, Carney again said Obama was making clear that his commitment to Israel "is as strong as ever and unbreakable in nature."
The Obama team was also taking heat Monday for Obama's suggestion that sometimes the campaign ads go "overboard" and contain "mistakes"
Obama argued that the "vigorous debate" helps better define each candidate's vision.
But Romney spokesman Ryan Williams said "the Obama campaign and its allies have repeatedly shown a reckless disregard for the truth -- all while claiming to be concerned with 'the facts.' Tonight, even President Obama himself admitted his campaign has gone 'overboard' and made mistakes."[/quote]
Source: [url]http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/24/60-minutes-interview-causes-headache-for-white-house[/url]
Obama is going to win Glaber nothing you can do about it.
Gotta admit, Obama seemed pretty off in this one. The events in the Middle East could be a powder keg waiting to explode.
[QUOTE=King Tiger;37790644]Obama is going to win Glaber nothing you can do about it.[/QUOTE]
how can you be so sure? I mean even carter had positive pols when going against Regan until election day.
[quote]But Romney spokesman Ryan Williams said "the Obama campaign and its allies have repeatedly shown a reckless disregard for the truth -- all while claiming to be concerned with 'the facts.'[/quote]
Burst out in frustrated laughter at this part. There's just so much irony...
[editline]25th September 2012[/editline]
[b]SO MUCH IRONY[/b]
Glaber thread, fox news a source? really?
[QUOTE=DrBreen;37790889]Glaber thread, fox news a source? really?[/QUOTE]
was there any doubt?
[sp] no there wasn't.[/sp]
[QUOTE=DrBreen;37790889]Glaber thread, fox news a source? really?[/QUOTE]
He's the only one that thinks Fox is "Fair and balanced".
glaber do you dream of being cuddled by bill o'reilly
[QUOTE=JDER14;37790647]Gotta admit, Obama seemed pretty off in this one. The events in the Middle East could be a powder keg waiting to explode.[/QUOTE]
I also agree.
Obama certainly thinks everything is fine and dandy, I mean he apologized for free speech, the muslims get that, right?
Also, I mean really, you have time for everything else but to meet with the PM of Israel? Stupid.
[quote=a dumbass]"the Obama campaign and its allies have repeatedly shown a reckless disregard for the truth -- all while claiming to be concerned with 'the facts."[/quote]
Thats real rich coming from a campaign based on flip-flopping and a "news" channel based on deceit and spins.
I think Glaber is panicking because he knows Obama is going to win. Why else do you think he is making so many threads lately.
[QUOTE=LunchboxOfDoom;37790763]Burst out in frustrated laughter at this part. There's just so much irony...
[editline]25th September 2012[/editline]
[b]SO MUCH IRONY[/b][/QUOTE]It's not even funny. Republican (politicians) are usually projecting their own moral failings directly onto their opponents. It's much easier that way.
[QUOTE=Zanfall;37791290]Thats real rich coming from a campaign based on flip-flopping and a "news" channel based on deceit and spins.
I think Glaber is panicking because he knows Obama is going to win. Why else do you think he is making so many threads lately.[/QUOTE]
When I'm panicking, you'll know it.
glaber, i honestly have to ask you why the fuck you post fox news articles here. regardless of how "fair and balanced" they are, what do you hope to accomplish? converting facepunch into some almighty mitt romney conservative circlejerk?
people here are just not going to see the relevance in random tidbits the conservative media try to perpetuate to respond to liberal attacks. just sayin'
[editline]24th September 2012[/editline]
would you think a conservative forum would bother to care all that much about CNN or MSNBC articles?
Obama hasn't 'flopped' in the middle east. If we wanted peace over there, yeah you could say he's flopped, but those in power don't want peace over there. What's happening over there is exactly what they want to happen. Obama has perpetuated these post 9/11 policies just as he has perpetuated the drug war, not much has changed.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY2DKzastu8[/media]
The way the right likes to spin this like Obama is running the country into the ground because his policies are so different from what we're historically used to is just nonsense.
[QUOTE=>VLN<;37791272]I also agree.
Obama certainly thinks everything is fine and dandy, I mean he apologized for free speech, the muslims get that, right?
Also, I mean really, you have time for everything else but to meet with the PM of Israel? Stupid.[/QUOTE]
He didn't apologize for free speech, he apologized for the international equivalent of having a dumb ass kid. If you cant see the subtlety of having pride in your free speech, but being sorry that someone is so offended that they feel the need to kill people over it, then you might be missing the same type of nuance as the dumb-asses thinking the US is responsible for a video on YouTube.
[QUOTE=Glaber;37791342]When I'm panicking, you'll know it.[/QUOTE][url]http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/[/url]Panicking yet? Obama has dominated Mitt the whole time and if you want a real scare click the "Now-Cast" 4.3% chance of winning lol
[QUOTE=>VLN<;37791272]I also agree.
Obama certainly thinks everything is fine and dandy, I mean he apologized for free speech, the muslims get that, right?
Also, I mean really, you have time for everything else but to meet with the PM of Israel? Stupid.[/QUOTE]
The Israeli PM is a piece of shit that doesn't deserve to meet with Obama. That is a plus for Obama, so bravo on him for having the courage other presidents failed to possess when dealing with Israel.
[QUOTE=King Tiger;37790644]Obama is going to win Glaber nothing you can do about it.[/QUOTE]
Not saying I don't want him to win, but this is nowhere near as set-in-stone as you think.
[QUOTE=King Tiger;37790644]Obama is going to win Glaber nothing you can do about it.[/QUOTE]
Hah! Keep fucking dreaming. After this, Obama already lost. Make some fucking room for Romney, niggas.
[QUOTE=Doneeh;37791520]Hah! Keep fucking dreaming. After this, Obama already lost. Make some fucking room for Romney, niggas.[/QUOTE]
Your account and posts is one of the most convoluting I've seen, I genuinely can't tell whether you're a gimmick or if you're legitimately crazy.
[QUOTE=Starpluck;37791540]Your account and posts is one of the most convoluting I've seen, I genuinely can't tell whether you're a gimmick or if you're legitimately crazy.[/QUOTE]He was being serious at first but now I think Doneeh is just resorting to sarcasm because its easier to to express his views, thats my guess anyway.
[QUOTE=Starpluck;37791540]Your account and posts is one of the most convoluting I've seen, I genuinely can't tell whether you're a gimmick or if you're legitimately crazy.[/QUOTE]
Neither. Liking Romney doesn't make a person crazy or gimmicky. I'd say I'm just as rational as any of you, but that wouldn't actually be saying much.
[QUOTE=Political Gamer;37791580]He was being serious at first but now I think Doneeh is just resorting to sarcasm because its easier to to express his views, thats my guess anyway.[/QUOTE]
It's more of a carefully made mix that requires both parts seriousness and sarcasm, throwing in other ingredients as I go along to try new things and come to new beliefs, so my mind may ascend to a higher understanding of the world around me, which is all I can ask for from posting.
With the conservatives being the party of fundamentalism, they have the same defect as religious fundamentalists; The absurdity makes it nearly impossible to distinguish a parody from the real thing.
Politics are absolute filth. They're all fucking idiots. It's like choosing between a turd sandwich and a giant douche, yeah south park I know, but it doesn't make it any less than my opinion.
[QUOTE=Glaber;37790618]The president was facing heavy criticism from Republicans Monday for ... conceding "mistakes" in campaign ads[/QUOTE]
How is admitting your mistakes a bad thing? Better than flat out ignoring them and pretending they never existed. Rather difficult to learn from a mistake when you can't even acknowledge that you made one.
[QUOTE=Doneeh;37791610]Liking Romney doesn't make a person crazy[/QUOTE]
Yes, yes it does.
I don't think liking Obama makes one crazy, even though I do not like his policies and am more right thinking than most on these forums. I believe that the American people get the government it deserves, because we pick who we want. No matter who wins, it is our fault.
I love when Glaber posts. I get to see the title I gave him and his avatar which I find to be very funny.
[QUOTE=Glaber;37790696]how can you be so sure? I mean even carter had positive pols when going against Regan until election day.[/QUOTE]
Reagan was likable though
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