President Obama’s amusement over the economic crisis gripping our nation left Steve Croft puzzled in the 60 Minutes interview that aired tonight.
President Barack Obama said he believes the global financial system remains at risk of implosion with the failure of Citigroup or AIG, touching off “an even more destructive recession and potentially depression.”
His remarks came in a “60 Minutes” interview in which he was pressed by an incredulous Steve Kroft for laughing and chuckling several times while discussing the perilous state of the world’s economy.
“You’re sitting here. And you’re- you are laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems. Are people going to look at this and say, ‘I mean, he’s sitting there just making jokes about money-’ How do you deal with- I mean: explain. . .” Kroft asks at one point.
“Are you punch-drunk?” Kroft says.
“No, no. There’s gotta be a little gallows humor to get you through the day,” Obama says, with a laugh. Read full transcript.
Alrighty then, I’ll keep that gallows humor in mind the next time I look at my 401k statement. Hilarious!
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i wonder if he knows how to fiddle.
That way he’ll have something to do as “Rome” burns.
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he’s just proving that he is in no way ready to handle such a serious job.
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Laura – Methinks Obama is too elite to play a fiddle. Or even listen to a fiddle player. But what do I know, I like that hick from Alaska.
Russell – I’m starting to wonder if he can walk and chew gum at the same time.
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I’m putting his photo in the personal dictionary I’m buildling. He has numerous entried, but definitely has to show up under “dweeb”. That’s what we would have called him at my high school, and since he apparently never progressed beyond that point “dweeb” fits.
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