Videos- President Obama Interview on Today

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VIDEO: CNN never "interfered with my editorial judgment"

By GottaLaff

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Matt asked LouLou if CNN wanted to secretly "maintain a more liberal stance". Gee, that wasn't biased at all.

For the record, Dobbs says he wouldn't vote for Sarah Palin. I guess he's more mainstream than I thought. Snerk.

VIDEO: Rick Santelli claims he is being threatened by White House, then denies it

By GottaLaff

This morning on the TODAY SHOW Rick Santelli implies the White House threatened him, then denies he said they were threatening after Matt Lauer called him out. Additionally, it seems Santelli is also upset that the White House media corps laughed when Robert Gibbs made a joke at his expense. It appears this man needs to grow up. If you want to play ball with the big boys you have act like a big boy.

No further comment necessary. That covers it.

H/t: awp

VIDEO: President Obama speaks to Matt Lauer

By GottaLaff

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UPDATE: I've added the video, and changed the blog title to reflect that.

Patented, award-winning, internationally acclaimed quick notes:

Pre-game, on his game:

"People think I'm cool... Nobody's cooler than my two girls. They take whatever comes with happiness... steadiness."

On ending the war, will a substantial number of troops be home next year in time for Super Bowl Sunday?

"Yes."

On the economy, how much worse will it get?

"We'll be in for a tough several months... It's gonna take a number of months before we stop falling, and then some time to [work our way back]."

Can you predict a number of Republican votes on the recovery bill?

"No, I can't do that."

You picked a team, right out. The Cardinals were a Cinderella story!

"I love the story... but the [other guys] campaigned for me."

Want to predict today's final score?

"Steelers will eke it out in a close one."

The Blackberry. Can I see it?

"It's like Inspector Gadget, if you touched it, it might blow up... It turns into a car if I have to make a quick getaway."

You have rock star status. But Us Weekly took you off the cover [only Sasha, Malia, and Michelle are featured], replaced by Jessica Simpson!

(President Obama peers at cover) "...who's in a weight battle apparently."

And finally:

"I'd like to give a shout-out out to our troops overseas who are watching this... "

NBC then went to a cutaway shot to some troops who were viewing the interview, who spontaneously broke out in smiles ear to ear.

VIDEO: Inside Comedy Binky Palin's kitchen

By GottaLaff



Part Deux, for yeu and yeu and yeu. This video includes the Harry Potter reference, the "fake" pregnancy, Todd and Piper in the kitchen being a "real American" family, and much, much more! She "l-l-l-loves" opportunities to speak to her public! "L-l-l-loves" 'em!

So many interviews to archive for future reference, so little time.

VIDEO: Comedy Binky Palin speaks, and speaks, and speaks... again.

By GottaLaff



I posted an excerpt of this interview here. Now you get to see the whole thing! Weeee!

When the kitchen interview comes up, I'll post that too, if it's "God's will". Comedy Binky Barbie provides so many Fun Quotes: "Braggin' [McCain] up" comes to mind. Stay tuned for Part 2.

UPDATE via Mudflats, in response to CB's protest about accusations that she banned books:

So, you see, she didn’t ban books…she just tried to fire a librarian who wouldn’t censor them. If someone is offended at the prospect of book banning, the “real” story certainly won’t make them feel any better.

On to Harry Potter. The reference to Palin wanting to ban Harry Potter came from an anonymous email. I got this email 3 or 4 times. There was no source cited, just a long list of “controversial” books that Palin supposedly wanted banned, including not only the first five Harry Potter books (two of which weren’t even written at the time), but Lady Chatterly’s Lover, James and the Giant Peach, and everything by Judy Blume. Not one serious news organization printed this. So when Sarah Palin whines about bad journalism, and the media not living up to their responsibility, and when she says “it was reported,” the reporters she’s talking about are simply people who forward controversial emails without knowing if they’re true.

So what books did she want removed from shelves? One that we know about is the book Pastor, I’m Gay by the Rev. Howard Bess. I had the pleasure of meeting Rev. Bess, and heard the story from his own mouth. It was also reported by David Talbot of Salon.

After she became mayor of Wasilla, according to Bess, Sarah Palin tried to get rid of his book from the local library. Palin now denies that she wanted to censor library books, but Bess insists that his book was on a “hit list” targeted by Palin. “I’m as certain of that as I am that I’m sitting here. This is a small town, we all know each other. People in city government have confirmed to me what Sarah was trying to do.”

What about the other books on Palin’s “hit list”? We may never know, but does it really matter? What if she supported banning some books and not others? The point is, we shouldn’t be banning any of them. Free speech doesn’t work if it’s only the free speech the mayor of Wasilla agrees with. Once you seek to ban one book, you’ve already lost the Constitutional high ground.

Thank you, Mudflats, as always.

VIDEO-- Joe Biden: "Show me. What are you going to do to dig us out of the hole you got us into?"

By GottaLaff

Joe Biden was interviewed by Matt Lauer on the Today show. Here's the video: