Texas messes with the president

Posted at 12:29 PM on April 19, 2011 by Bob Collins (3 Comments)
Filed under: Media

Some people in the media world think a Texas reporter was being too aggressive in an interview with President Obama.

Too much? Some people in the media world think a Texas reporter was being too aggressive in an interview with President Obama. "One gets the sense that Watson seemed more motivated to show his own fearless bravado in the face of the leader of the free world than he was in actually getting any newsworthy responses from Obama," the website, Mediaite, says.

Unfortunately, the station did not provide an unedited version of the interview.

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Comments (3)

I have myriad issues with Obama, but Texas?!?:

Near the bottom:
— Tax expenditures per capita (47th)
— Percent of population 25 and older with a high school diploma (50th)
— Percent of poor people covered by Medicaid (49th)
— Percent of population with employer-based health insurance (48th)
— Per capita spending on mental health (50th)
— Per capita spending on Medicaid (49th)
— Percent of non-elderly women with health insurance (50th)
— Percent of women receiving prenatal care in first trimester (50th)
— Average credit score (49th)
— Workers' compensation coverage (50th)

Near the top:
— Number of executions (1st)
— Public school enrollment (2nd)
— Percent of uninsured children (1st)
— Percent of children living in poverty (4th)
— Percent of population uninsured (1st)
— Percent of population living below poverty (4th)
— Percent of population with food insecurity (2nd)
— Overall birth rate (2nd)
— Amount of carbon dioxide emissions (1st)
— Amount of toxic chemicals released into water (1st)
— Amount of hazardous waste generated (1st)

www.texastribune.org/texas-legislature/texas-legislature/texas-is-on-the-brink-legislative-study-group-says/>

Posted by Jim Shapiro | April 19, 2011 1:13 PM

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Thanks, Jim. that's pretty enlightening.

What did Obama say right at the end?

Posted by Jamie | April 19, 2011 6:05 PM

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He said something about, "...let me finish my answers..."

Especially cheesy was the shot of the interviewer saying, "It was 10 percent." The look on his face was as if he was thinking, "AHA! I just caught you in a lie! You said 'a few' when it was actually '10'!" Not exactly the Jon Kyl 90% vs. 3% moment there.

Posted by Paul J | April 19, 2011 6:22 PM

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