It is my opinion that President Obama's selection of news reporters to ask questions in last night's Press Conference was not random and that those selected knew in advance they would be selected and had their questions pre-approved. If so, this is not the first time such a tactic has been used to avoid embarrassing questions for the President; President Clinton used this tactic more than once during the Monica scandal.
The problem, of course, is that the press conference is turned into a political show as opposed to a legitimate inquiry from the press and media as to what is going on in today's world. I think that the answers were somewhat pre-staged and lacking, as opposed to transparent and candid. There was total lack of spontaneity as well as a void of real empathy.
We deserve a better communication from our President. We're to blame for accepting less.
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