Why is the MSM so stupid? They keep on asking Gibbs if Obama has Symptoms of Swine Flu?

[SuperTrouper]

:mad:

[annabanana]

1. very very thick.. Or just taking up time...not sure which. . n/t

[dgibby]

2. I'm watching this now. Unbelievably stupid!

[SuperTrouper]

4. and I think I heard Chuck Todd trying to beat the dead horse again...

:banghead:

[dgibby]

7. I do believe you're right.

Who was that idiot just before him. Some talking head from Faux Snooze?

[MADem]

3. Line up, I'll have him cough in your face, mmmkay?

This is idiotic. I've got it on and I'm listening with half an ear.

Gibbs just told 'em to fuck off (politely). Good.

[ErinBerin84]

5. was the press corps in Mexico with him?

They're probably more concerned about themselves....the press corps routinely only thinks about how things will effect THEM (aka, whining about access, but making THAT the main story instead of what they wanted to cover with said access).

[vaberella]

8. Yeah a good portion of them were. I think Chuckles Todd was there. n/t

[dgibby]

10. Yes, they were.

No one from that trip is symptomatic, as far as I know. Plus, the incubation period is 24-48hrs, so anyone who's been exposed should be showing symptoms by now. Of course, it is possible that people who are exposed won't become ill, but could infect others with whom they come in contact.

[ErinBerin84]

12. yeah, I thought they were there

I can just see them getting really paranoid about it, even though it's not logical.

[vaberella]

6. 9th time...they need to get over themselves. Chuckles particularly. n/t

[SuperTrouper]

9. These people just cannot let go of this Swine flu thing

and also about the plane flying low in NYC... :eyes:

[dgibby]

11. Must be a slow news day.

[SuperTrouper]

14. LOL!! Slow news? Swine flu, Mexico earthquake, EU saying do not travel to Mex-USA

Rep. Lewis and other 4 Reps arrested, Sanjay Gupta saying the swine flu virus is a chimera of bird-human and pig parts? :wow:

[dgibby]

20. OOps! I forgot!

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[ejpoeta]

13. slow news day?

[kestrel91316]

15. I can pretty much guarantee you that our president is taking antivirals as we speak.

They can't be too careful.

[Fleshdancer]

16. It's because of where Obama was and who he met with earlier this month

Obama met with Felipe Solis Olguin who then died several days later of pneumonia. People jumped the gun by thinking he might have died from the swine flu.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/265940,extra-influenza-death-toll-rises-to-81-in-mexico.html

The health minister dismissed speculation in the Mexican media about US President Barack Obama's possible exposure to the virus when he was in Mexico City ten days ago, just after the flu started breaking out there.

Reforma newspaper had reported that Obama had had contact at a museum with a reknown archeologist, Felipe Solis Olguin, who died of a combination of diabetes and pneumonia shortly afterwards.

Cordova Villalobos clarified the man's cause of death, saying the pneumonia was not related to influenza, but rather to a combination of an unnamed pre-existing condition and a sudden onset of pneumonia that was not related to influenza.

[SuperTrouper]

17. Thank you for clarifying this; we should send this to Chuck Todd

and the rest of the MSM clowns.

[Fleshdancer]

19. but that would require Chuck to read

We can give it a shot I guess, but we're not miracle workers! :D

[hedgehog]

18. So THAT'S why he lost the golf game yesterday!

[depakid]

21. Why are they so stupid is like asking why dogs bark