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Cid_B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-11 07:30 AM
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Does the President usually take open questions on natl. TV?
Kinda surprised to see the President taking open questions from the media on a national(international) stage.

Question isn't Obama specific but the guy sitting in the office.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-11 07:32 AM
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1. They're called press conferences
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-11 07:32 AM
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2. Intelligent questions during a joint interview from their press...Hope the
US press takes note.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-11 07:36 AM
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3. I would have paid good money to see Bush face something like "the Prime Minister's Questions"
He would have exploded, right there on camera.
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IndyPragmatist Donating Member (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-11 07:52 AM
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6. Meh, he would have just ignored the question and recited talking points...
Just like the Brits do. Every once in a while you get something great from the questions, but most of the time the questions are ignored and they just continue to recite what they intended to.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-11 07:37 AM
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4. This one does because he's not afraid of the truth
can't say that for the bush the lesser ahole pResident we just had.
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-25-11 07:51 AM
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5. Whatever.
When in the UK do as we do. Neither Pres O or Cameron would've know the questions in advance. That's how it should be. Superficially most of your equivalent situations are a joke.
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