Barack Obama got pretty testy with a guy who wanted to get a picture with him today. He accused the guy of just wanting the picture so he could sell it on Ebay. That may be true, but Barack’s reaction to the guy shows that Barack is having trouble keeping up his personable facade. It also so he’s got a temper.
Oh - Barack’s people came out and said that the guy wanted the photo to sell on Ebay AFTER the video of the exchange became public.
Whatever. You just KNOW that if this had been John McCain it would have been played every five minutes on the news with the introduction that its an example of how McCain can’t control his temper. In fact, this is an example of a much worse temper tantrum than the video they showed repeatedly of John McCain supposedly losing his temper.
The media really thinks we are stupid and that they can decide who will be president by bombarding us with their own spin on the candidates and the news. We only get to see the candidates as they really are periodically through little snippets like this.
Tsk, tsk Barack. Watch your temper or you might get a reputation for being out of control.
h/t Politico
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:23 am
I gotta ask here: Where is the “loss of temper” in this video? I thought he handled the harrassment well. He seemed calm and in control. BTW, I am absolutely NOT a BO fan. He is inexperienced and has MANY faults; he is NOT my choice for president; but in all fairness this video does not show BO negatively. If there was fault here, it was in his security personnel who should have cut this guy off more effectively. If this video is supposed to make one like BO less, it did not have that effect on me.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:27 pm
If he can’t stand the attention maybe he should get out of the limelight. If Hillary Clinton was to treat someone like this everyone in the world would be talking about it. I wonder why it is alright to call a white guy “Bubba” When will he be held to the same scrutiny as everyone else. Not one person questions “Bubba” being said to the white guy, no one considers that racist because he is black, but of course Bubba used by most educated men is considered an insult. Now I know that there will be no questions to Obama, but this is one that makes me think that sitting in that church all of those years may have something to do with calling the white guy BUBBA, that would not be considered guilt by association, that would be bigotry, like a white person calling a black person anything remotely disrespectful. When will people start questioning who he really is?
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Ditto. Can you imagine what Bill Clinton would’ve done to the guy?
May 28th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
He didn’t lose his temper, and this was nowhere near a tantrum. Wow, this site is reaching hard to find some anti-Obama videos.
May 28th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
If you want to attack the President, do it on policy differences. This is small-minded and weak and reflects much more poorly on the individual who posted it than on the President. Can we PLEASE have a civilized and respectful discussion of issues in this country instead of this kind of silliness. Turn off CNN and Fox, spend some time with C-Span, do some real research, and offer some policy alternatives instead of going after the person. (For the record, my comments here are nearly identical to ones I wrote to a Bush basher.)