"I didn't know you were the spokesman for Romney"

[boxman15]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/13/obama-ed-henry_n_1009331.html

Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry experienced a tense moment with President Obama during a Thursday press conference. The President held a joint press conference with Lee Myung-Bak, President of South Korea. Ed Henry had the first question of the conference and asked Obama if he considered the alleged Iranian assassination plot to be "an act of war."

Henry decided to quote a Mitt Romney statement from last week when asking for the President's plans to address Iran's alleged terror plot. Henry asked the President "what specific steps will you take to hold Iran accountable? Especially when Mitt Romney charged last week, quote, 'If you do not want America to be the strongest nation on Earth, I am not your President. You have that president today.'"

Obama paused and answered, "Well I did not know you were the spokesman for Romney," and smiled down at Henry.

Henry discussed the exchange with Megyn Kelly on her show and defended his decision to quote Mitt Romney in his question. “I was trying to put it in the broader context of not just Mitt Romney, but there are a lot of Republicans out there who would charge that this president leads from behind," he said. "...Instead, he decided to go after me a little bit."

Henry has clashed repeatedly with Obama's spokesman, Jay Carney.

Gotta love Faux.

[JaneQPublic]

1. It's good Henry switched from CNN to Fox.

His self-proclaimed role of asking the questions all Republicans wanted to hear really played hell with CNN's stated role as the "independent" news source.

[jenmito]

2. I loved that response. Ed Henry left CNN (Faux-lite) for the real Faux. I'm

not surprised.

[AtomicKitten]

3. Excellent pushback from the president.

:patriot:

[WI_DEM]

4. When Romney gives that smart ass response in a debate next year...

Obama just needs to say that he is the president who got Bin-Ladden and how many other al-kaida leaders?

[Pirate Smile]

5. I saw on Twitter that Greta is having Ed and I can't remember who else on to discuss the President's

press "relations". Waahhhhh!:cry:

[blueclown]

6. It's not Ed Henry's job to bring this pathetic RW meme to a presidential press conference.

Well, maybe it is his job, certainly as a Fox News commentator, but it is certainly not his job as an impartial member of the press.

[Cali_Democrat]

7. Ed Henry is a snotty little shit.

[asjr]

8. . . . and always has been. The first

time I ever saw him I thought he was a smartass.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Even The South Korean President Laughed At Henry (Ed)

Never trust a man with two first names.

[msanthrope]

10. "Leads from behind?" What an odd commentary on the President. nt