‘60 Minutes’ Reporter Doesn’t Press Obama on Misstatements
- Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:13am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Video of the president’s “60 Minutes” comments Sunday that Obamacare was “actually a little more [politically] costly than we had expected” has been making the rounds (below). But what some haven’t noticed are the inaccuracies contained in it. One blog did. But before we show you what it found, can you pick up any?:
Here’s what Gateway Pundit noticed:
- The health care bill was passed before not after the unpopular financial bill.
- Mitt Romney is not currently running for president.
- We’ve never [seen] a bill like this proposed nationally unless you count Hillarycare.
- Obama was pushing the bill for over a year before democrats rammed it through.
- It was the central focus of his first two years in office.
- They didn’t even read the bill.
- Democrats thought it would be more popular by the midterm election.
- His other emergency economic proposals were complete bombs, too.
Reporter Steve Croft didn’t pick up on, or push back regarding, any of the inaccuracies.
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Comments (122)
Okieflyover
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:57amStill waiting for the one Republican to stand up and remind America that the whole reason they had to have the big sit down meeting before they did the whole twisted logic thing to get the Senate to pass it was because they HAD SHUT THE REPUBLICANS OUT OF THE DEBATE AND LOCKED THE CHAMBER DOORS WHEN THE BILL WAS BEING WRITTEN.
Still waiting for one Republican to REMIND AMERICA THAT THEY HAD TO RAM THIS THROUGH EVEN THOUGH IT DOESN’T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL AFTER THE 2012 ELECTIONS AND THAT OBAMA DID THAT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HE WILL NEVER GET RE-ELECTED ONCE PEOPLE SEE THIS HC BILL IN ACTION.
Report Post »Okieflyover
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:54amYou missed one:
- They didn’t realize how many people were going to get their new Healthcare/Benefits packages from their employers before November 2nd and would see how much this new healthcare system would begin to cost them.
- They didn’t think that so many insurance companies would already be doing things like stopping their healthcare plans written just for children. They thought they could get through the Midterms before people would notice how much this bill f’s up the healthcare system.
- They were counting on America being stupid enough to believe adding 30 million people to the government healthcare option and throwing in “free” preventative care and insuring kids until they were 26 on mommy and daddy’s plan would somehow save the government money.
(by the way, does this mean that kids who are 26 with their own kids are going go to really be on Grandma and Grandpa’s insurance plan?)
Report Post »catndahat
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:50amThis is why Obama won’t speak with a real journalist–thankfully he has plenty of faux journalists in the MSM.
Report Post »rstarce
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:48amDid we expect anything different from the liberal presss. I‘m surprised they don’t help him along with his answers in order to put him in the best possible light. Did he make any true statements in that interview?
Report Post »Blame, blame, blame. He isn’t even a poor excuse as a leader of the greatest country in the world, he’s a poor excuse for an everyday God and country loving American. Steve Croft you are pathetic !
WireWizard
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:46amWhere is John Galt?
Report Post »Amerigo Vespucci
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:45amThe best part of this interview is the statement that the former republican governor of Mass. (Romney) is running for president. WE CAN ONLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT HE (ROMNEY) DOES!!!
Report Post »powhatan
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:44amI watched some of it…when I saw that the newsman did not press for actual answers, I turned it off….just a bunch of bunk..ad nauseum…
Report Post »benrush
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:43amHealthcare reform is not only hard, its UN-Constitutional and communist. It doesn’t deserve “cooperation” from ANY QUARTER, republican or not. Good bye Marxist apologist. Good bye UNION monopolists. It’s ironic that Union sympathizers speak out of one side of their mouth against monopolies, and vote out of the other side for a LABOR MONOPOLY.
Speaking of MONOPOLY – why doe private bankers have a monopoly on US Currency which is supposed to be under the oversight of Congress, but even Congress can’t pass a bill to audit the Fed? What stinky carcass is underneath THAT pile?
Report Post »Star Spangled
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:39amSuch a liar ! Now he wants to rewrite history .
Report Post »Bob PA
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:38amIt is to be expected from the double standard left leaning media which ocntinues to support this administration in light of the will of the American people as reflected in elections this year. It can only help, as President Obama and the rest of his regime continue on course. Come 2012, he and his socialistic leaning croonies will be gone if the Conservative Republicans practice their principles and values and block all that would exascerbate the deficit. They must continue to propose repeal of the Healthcare law, the excessive financial regulations, eliminate spending, and modify entitlements, etc. even if vetoed by the WH. The American people have seen the light and will follow through in 2012.
Report Post »Hondaman
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:37amNever in my lifetime (I’m 69 years old), have I ever been so disappointed with a President and the assiciated congress. This man says ONLY says what he HAS to say to satisfy the situation at the moment.
Report Post »George
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:31amIt’s really simple. Drive 60 Minutes ratings further into the dumper by NOT WATCHING.
At the end of the day, capitalism rules. One way or another these nitwits will get the message when they have no viewers.
Report Post »Jim Ed
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 4:31pmExactly right when they don’t have any advertisers they will go the way of the Liberal newspapers.
Report Post »Rn mom
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:30amI can tell he’s lying- his lips are moving! That aside; he knew going into the health care reform bill it would cost him politically- just not that much. What did he think would happen when he rammed an unvetted bill through congress? It turns out the American people don’t like being coerced into doing something we truly believe will lower the standard of our living and increase cost.
Report Post »It’s insulting that he finds a way to blame republicans- how could they be on board with what he was doing? No one knew what it was, and to be honest we still don’t.
TattooQ
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:30am60 Minutes asking Obama a tough question would be as likely as a Dodo Bird sighting .
Report Post »ripama
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:27amObama is the master of mistatements because he doesn’t have a firm understanding of any paricular topic. He sounds like a kid trying to fake it through a bookreport.
Report Post »Amerigo Vespucci
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:46amExactly….Well said…
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 1:17pmI saw Obama’s speech that he gave in India on Fox this morning. He sounded like a kid giving his first speech. He kept repeating pretty much the same thing over and over and went on for 35 minutes in what should have been a 10 minute speech. Not very Presidential.
Report Post »REBELWITHACAUSE
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 2:03pm@ RIPAMA – you hit the nail on the head. I sat there and watched the dribble… and I was yelling at the TV (as if they could hear)… what a joke. Obama made me more ashamed of him, and I wanted to slap Kroft… bad journalism across the board. I usually enjoy 60 Minutes, but that interview made me ashamed of them. Why am I so surprised? I have no idea… I keep thinking, ONE day, someone will do the right thing. But it never happens. They’re all sleeping in the same bed together. Pathetic interview! But like they say, pre-approved question/answer list… thing is, I’d NEVER agree, as a REAL journalist, to interview anyone like that. Don’t care who they are!
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:27amIt’s a slobbering love affair……..no surprise here.
Report Post »eteme
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:26am60 mins. of soft hitting journalism…Soft balls and soft hits…
Report Post »TaterSalad
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 4:20pmDoes this story really matter anyhow. 60 minutes, or really 35 minutes after commercials, only has about two dozen viewers these days and they are left wing loons who are “bonged out” anyway!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:24amObama feels comfortable going on 60 Minutes because he knows he’s among donors.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:23am60 Mins didn’t pick up or push back? I’M SHOCKED!!!!! When have they ever done that? They didn‘t pick up on Mike Wallace’s fabrication of Bush either and it was a total lie. They didn‘t care about truth in reporting then and they still don’t care about it – hence, they are irrelevant.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 9:47pmI apologize to Mike Wallace, I meant Dan Rather.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:51amRather violate the first rule of journalism! Verify! He went public for the ratings and he got caught in the liberal lie. Sacrificial lamb. Where were the review lawyers that check every single story before it is aired? They thought they could get away with it by throwing in a grain of truth.
Report Post »HouseNegro
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:23amHard to ask a question with your head stuck in the Presidential orifice. They need to let me ask the questions. Talk about an interview.
Rn mom
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:33amWho would listen to you? as your name suggest your a small minded bigot.
HouseNegro
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:40amNo my name exposes bigots & PC morons.
EP46
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 12:37pmHOUSENEGRO ..I always find your remarks ‘right on’ and entertaining…sometimes I even chuckle out loud.
Croft did not know potus was wrong…simple.
Report Post »HouseNegro
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 3:44pmThanks EP46 some people just don’t get it lol………..
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:46amBoth jackasses were reading from their telepromters. They had no idea what they were saying. Talking robots could have done a better job. No question is ever given to Obama that has not been previewed. Watch his “news confrences”, he has a list of which reporters to call on as their questions were presubmitted and answers formatted and telepromtered.
Report Post »I quit watching 60 seconds years ago when I realized they were lying to us and were part of the liberal whitewash.
HoneyCrisp
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:22amFear of the Enemies List?
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 9:21amMore like, just another Lib pretending to be a reporter.
Report Post »FrankSpeak
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:21amAre we suprised?
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 9:11amNo. Or if anyone is, they have been in denial for the last two years.
Report Post »meisterschaft
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 3:21pmI just can’t believe these people are still in the tank for this poser! oh yea…thats right, these people can’t think for themselves, they have to have a communists, socialist, Maoist, ect to lead them. These people will still be thanking him as he leads them into the gas chanber….sad…sad…sad…just sad.
Report Post »TakeBackAmerica
Posted on November 10, 2010 at 8:53amhey snowleopard, is there any story on the blaze you don’t comment on? What do you do all day besides the blaze? Just saying
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:20amIs that a surprise to anyone. the MSM and the progressives are still trying to sell it.
Report Post »TheSlugbuddies Dotcom
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:19amThis is amazing to us…how did Obama find the interview location without his looky book?
Report Post »HKS
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:18amThat’s why he is on 60 minutes.
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:26amDittos on that one.
Report Post »Lesterp
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:30amIt has been so long since I’ve watched 60 minutes I could not remember the interviewers name, that should sum it up for me,
Report Post »justsayin
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:37amSorry to hijack the comment chain, but was the following already posted here at the Blaze?
http://rightnetwork.com/links/980191347
Our enlightened friend at MSDNC says the Constitution doesn’t have a preamble.
Report Post »john seven eighteen
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:40amThey (60 Minutes) sure advertised it like it was the most telling, hard-hitting interview of all time. I’m disgusted at what that program has turned into.
Report Post »TMACK
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:46amCan‘t wait to see Matt Lauer’s interview with President Bush…suppose he’s gonna lob softballs at W? Not a chance.
Media hypocrisy at its best.
Report Post »EyebrowsLaMana
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 8:47amYea, he’s not even a real reporter..
Report Post »5
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 9:01amGOD doesn’t make mistakes.
I thought you knew that?
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 9:10amInterviews with Mr Obama simply mean that each question has been pre-approved ahead of time, and the answers are known of already. At one time the sixty minutes show was indeed cutting edge, but now their clock has totally wound down and simply stopped working.
Report Post »H2OBoardem
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:06amThis interview was as hardball as a marshmellow. You’ll never see this guy of Fox, a network with multiple times the viewshhip of any of the MSM news channels.
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:50am@JUSTSAYING that’s absolutely hilarious. Not only is she wrong in saying that the Constitution doesn’t have a preamble, but she compounds it by saying “that’s the Declaration of Independence”, which of course DOES NOT have a preamble. The Declaration of Independence does not have sections you idiotic bimbo. It’s a single page document.
Keep up the good work socialists. Keep showing people how ignorant and uninformed you are.
Report Post »MsMonsoon
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 12:00pm60 Minutes is almost on a par with Stewart and Colbert.
It would be almost laughable if it weren‘t so dangerous and Americans weren’t in the cross-hairs of obama and his czar’s adgenda.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 12:22pmJUSTSAYIN, that was a crackup, thank you!
Report Post »Awakened One
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 12:39pm‘Justsayin’, thanks for that link. That is indeed special. It’s great when these self absorbed elitists demonstrate their arrogance with such incredible ignorance. I wonder if she has ever in her life actually looked at the Constitution or the Declaration of Independence?
On the bright side, she does her best to act intelligent.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 1:54pmand from Drudgereport.com we have todays shocking (not) slip of the tongue from Obama
There was an odd little moment with Spice Jet founder Bhupendra Kansagra when President Obama spoke to CEOs Saturday in Mumbai.
MR. KANSAGRA: Thank you. Welcome, Mr. President, to India. As a fellow Kenyan, I’m very proud to see that you have made –
THE PRESIDENT: Made something of myself. (Laughter.)
MR. KANSAGRA: — India as the focus of your drive for exports out of the U.S.
Obviously the president is not a Kenyan. One supposes Mr. Kansagra meant “of Kenyan ancestry” or something.
- Jake Tapper
Report Post »mimitweetin
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 1:56pmIf I remember correctly, didn’t Anita Dunn say the White House Controlled the media? Just saying.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 2:34pmActually six previous president tried to pass universal healthcare: Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, and Clinton. What we got was a way watered down version of what Nixon proposed and what Romney has in Massachusetts.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 2:35pmThis was as bad as Palin being interviewed by Hannity!
Report Post »meisterschaft
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 3:23pmHey….what ever happened to the media keeping the government in check, instead of the government keeping media in check?
WOW…this is serious, and we need to demand that our media outlets change!
Report Post »A1955Rosie
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 4:05pmNo kidding. THE TEENS IN INDIA HAD HARDER QUESTIONS!!!!!!! Maybe we should hire them? They probably know more about America than I own teens coming from this flunkie gov. run education system.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on November 8, 2010 at 6:10pmDah, CBS is a left wing proganda tool for the Democrats. Only a moron would watch 60 minutes or any news on a leftwing network.
http://www.youtube.com/culturewarriors
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 9:41amAny one else remember having to memorize the preamble in 7th grade? They do not even read it now. How many people even have a copy of the constitution? How many have ever read any of the Federalist Papers? How many have actually read a history book not written by rewrite history liberals? People had better educate themselves to true history and not the liberal spin and then start checking your childrens text books. I have started teaching history to my grand children. Often I get, but that is not what my teacher says. My answer, let her talk to me. I am careful to provide multiple sources for every thing I teach. Like Beck says and I do. Don’t take my word for it research it your self.
Report Post »citizenx
Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:26amblah blah blah
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