Obama Teaches A Lesson To The Press

Score one for Obama against the lazy traditional media yesterday. He was sick and tired of the media directing the narrative of his campaign and struck back in their faces. When a young girl asked him about education, he gave an honest and sincere question to her. The next moment he told the press to take notes from her.

From the Chicago Tribune:

Summed up, he went on, the narrative says that "I can deliver a pretty good speech" but that it's all rhetoric and no detail.

Not true, said Obama.

"I have the most specific plan about how to get out of Iraq of any candidate," Obama said, also mentioning his proposals regarding education, health care and energy. Plus, he pointed out, he has written two books "that give more insight into how I think and feel" about important issues.

"The problem isn't that the information's not out there," Obama told reporters.

"You've been reporting on how I look in a swimsuit," he said, a reference to the recent publication of pictures of him on a Hawaiian beach and subsequent commentary about it.

The media just doesn't get it. They are the ones who look for fluff and forget substance. This shit happens all the time and it is getting old. Maybe if they would do some investigative reporting you might find out Obama is more than just a guy in a bathing suit that attended a madrassa church on Chicago's South Side.

As he left the room, Obama paused to answer the question of a teenage student who attended the press conference. She asked about education.

Obama answered her, then pointed to the reporters leaning in to listen.

"Take some notes, guys," he said. "That's how you do it."

The children our are hope for the future indeed.