Obama continues to dodge press, play games

It's been eight weeks and counting since President Obama took a question from the White House press corps, but that doesn't mean he's staying out of the spotlight.

Yesterday, I noted how Obama had no trouble making time to sit down for interviews with celebrity gossip groups like People and Entertainment Tonight. Well, today the tour of softball interviews continues with the president refusing to answer any serious questions.

In an interview with 93.3 KOB.FM, the President of the United States responded to some tough questions from the pop music station, including:

If you had a super power, what would it be?

"This sounds — it's kind of a weird super power, but if I had something that I could immediately wish for, I would love to be able to speak any language. Now that's a weird super power — it might not come in handy to rescue folks from a burning building. But I've always wished that whatever country I've went to, whenever I've met somebody who spoke a different language that I could right away speak their language. I'm a big believe in making connections with people.

"But If it's like an Avengers super power, then I think the whole flying thing is pretty good...Yeah, you can't beat just swooping around. That looks like it'd be fun."

What's your favorite song to work out to?

"My iPod has a bunch of different stuff. I've got a bunch of old school, a lot of R&B, Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Marvin Gaye, but I've also got a bunch of contemporary stuff: Jay-Z, Beyonce, you know, Nas. You name it, I've got it. I will say right now that if I'm really trying to get my heart rate up, "Crazy In Love" is a pretty good song to work out to."

"Oh, 'Crazy In Love'?!  I love that song!  I think I'll vote for this guy!!" says no one, ever.

Is the campaign bus comfortable?

"It is."

But the most substantive and honest answer of the day may have come in responding to this hard-hitting question: "If we were to visit Chicago, what place would you recommend to get some really good soul food?"

"First of all, there's a great place on the West side called MacArthur's, it's sort of a family restaurant and you name it, you got it. Fried chicken, greens, cornbread, black eyed peas. There are probably three different types of hot sauce sitting on the table. You can't go wrong there. But when you come to Chicago, you've got to try all sorts of stuff. You've got Al's Italian Beef, you've got deep dish pizza — gotta check that out. You probably need to get a hot dog at Wrigley field. I know I'm a White Sox fan, but it's a nice place to watch a ball game. So don't worry, you will not lose weight if you come to Chicago."

Just, wow.  Is this what "restoring honor and dignity" to the White House looks like?

After the fluff fest, one of the hosts was particularly proud of the interview.  It seems not everyone has lost their reverence for the man-child-in-chief:

"I just flirted with the President of the United States of America," the co-host of the show says after President Obama hangs up. White House correspondents, meanwhile, are begging for a suggestive glance from across the room.

Here's the audio:

h/t Politico