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watrwefitinfor

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4. It was a thing of beauty.

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2015, 02:15 PM

Jul 2015

If you can watch a video of the press conf. it is worth watching just to see this. It is hard to explain just how thoroughly he shot the asshole down in so few simple, commonsense words.

The best part was perhaps Obama's lengthy silence after Garrett's multi-part loaded question. It was a pregnant pause - you could just see that he was finally going to unload on him, and he did it as only he can.

I am still grinning.

Wat

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Obama just called Major Garrett out. What a pleasure to see our President not taking lies and [View all] still_one Jul 2015 OP

Details? nt Cali_Democrat Jul 2015 #1

Garrett was saying the President was "taking pleasure out of the Americans being kept in Iran still_one Jul 2015 #2

He "complimented" Garrett in crafting his question pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #7

+1, then later scolded him and said he should know better in the same sentence. He's a soft authroit uponit7771 Jul 2015 #9

Thanks for that important addition pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #20

It is hard to take the "Fox" out of the correspondent virtualobserver Jul 2015 #3

He should be, but he won't still_one Jul 2015 #6

It was a thing of beauty. watrwefitinfor Jul 2015 #4

It was a stupid ass question. joshcryer Jul 2015 #5

He spent about 5 minutes explained that this deal was ONLY about the nuclear issue, and NOT other still_one Jul 2015 #10

Garret might be slow uponit7771 Jul 2015 #12

I guess still_one Jul 2015 #14

Obama is killing it. joshcryer Jul 2015 #15

+++++++++++++ still_one Jul 2015 #16

Damn straight! nt pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #19

I thought so too.....stupid ass question. a kennedy Jul 2015 #18

That was jerk question of the year by Major Stupid... I've not heard much worse uponit7771 Jul 2015 #8

It was bad, and the President responded beautiful still_one Jul 2015 #11

Demote the bastard to Private Garrett! k&r, nt appal_jack Jul 2015 #21

POTUS made garret look like the side show clown he is. onecaliberal Jul 2015 #13

That was one of the most disgraceful things I have ever seen. chieftain Jul 2015 #17