CNBC Host Says Obama Sullied Office With 'Ass to Kick' Line

[a kennedy]

JUST STFU !!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :grr: :grr: :grr:

Not everybody was pleased with President Obama's uncharacteristic line on the Today Show, spoken in the pre-school hours Tuesday morning, that he wants some "ass to kick" in the Gulf oil crisis.
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Becky Quick, who co-hosts Squawk Box with lead anchor Joe Kernen and co-host Carl Quintanilla, slapped Obama for using unpresidential language in an interview he knew would be aired as children prepared for school.

"If you're the president of the United States and you go on the Today Show which is a morning show, where you're going to have a lot of kids sitting around watching this, I think you choose your words more carefully," said Quick. "Using the A word when you are on the Today Show talking with Matt Lauer, yeah, that disturbs me. But I also think that this is a way of trying to prove that I'm mad, to do exactly what everybody's been pushing me to do, and it doesn't ring true."

Obama has been under pressure in the media and even among his friends, notably film director Spike Lee, to air more passion when addressing the oil crisis. But Quick, who said she likes the president, said he sullied the office on the Today Show.

"When you are the president of the United States, you should speak of the office and there are events and time and places where maybe you get fired up about things. It sounded like he was using this to try and prove that he was mad and I think that's silly," she added.

"You can point to people who say these things all the time, we've used these words, but again, if you're the president of the United States and you are on the Today Show I would expect a different choice of words," she said.

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[spanone]

1. my kids NEVER watched the toady show

[upi402]

2. Thank you for watching

so I don't have to.

:nuke:

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

3. Awwww! She can just blow me...... Ooops, forgot about the kids reading this. nt

[el_bryanto]

4. That's not surprising - in fairness it shouldn't be a surprise that some people would feel this way

Bryant

[A HERETIC I AM]

5. Yes, heaven forbid grownups act like grownups. n/t

[Lost-in-FL]

6. Really?

Please. :eyes:

[Arkana]

7. Yawn.

Who cares what Becky Quick thinks?

More importantly, who the hell is Becky Quick?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

27. The word "ass" is allowed on TV at all times, even during prime time.

Her complaints ring hollow.

[maxsolomon]

8. Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't

:eyes:

[truebrit71]

9. Constant Nonsense Bullshit and Chatter = CNBC...

..I despise that channel..it is on all day long at work...

[Angry Dragon]

10. They would rather have a president admit to torture

invade countries, and rape the country

I have a question: As long as bush says torture is okay, then is it okay for Obama to torture bush to get answers??

[KonaKane]

11. What did they say about GWB sullying the constitution with "just a goddamn piece of paper!"?

My guess, nothing.

[AnArmyVeteran]

12. I wish he would have used stronger language. Kids hear worse all day long.

They need to know their president is a leader. Now, Obama needs to take his ass kicking talk and turn it into action against BP and all corporations that are basically attacking the US.

[Ganja Ninja]

13. So foul the gulf with all the oil you want but ....

don't foul the airwaves with naughty language.

I honestly don't know if I can stand much more of this.

[BrklynLiberal]

14. There is a station called CNBC??????????????

[Bitwit1234]

15. Oh gee and go Fu** yourself was only a friendly salutation

I guess it just depends if you are a democrat or republican as to whether it is improper.

[BrklynLiberal]

17. You know..you have an EXCELLENT point there!! Selective memory is a real gift, I guess.

[Ian David]

16. Major league asshole... cut the shit... sexually molesting Merkel... torture... lying us into war...

... but saying "ass" sullies the office?

[gratuitous]

22. Oh, the list could go on and on

Now, watch this drive . . . won't get fooled again . . . noted in this building . . . mission accomplished . . . etc., etc.

Isn't it cute where they draw their lines? Because they're on the teevee, you almost feel like you should take these jabbering nitwits seriously. Then you realize you're just looking at the media equivalent of the monkey house, where the denizens are just flinging their shit at one another.

[Bolo Boffin]

18. Knew this was going to happen.

Why oh why isn't our President getting mad enough?

President gets mad.

Why oh why is our President getting mad?

Can't win with this crowd.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. It's by design.

It's damned if you do and damned if you don't with the media anymore. If they cannot manufacture some type of outrage then the "news" isn't entertaining enough to market to the masses.

[RadiationTherapy]

19. "The 'A' word" - this person has nothing in common with me.

[redirish28]

21. EXCUSE ME?!?! Let's take a look at W who started who sullied the

office with such GEMS as:


"There's an old west poster that said Wanted Dead or Alive".


"There's no WMD here".... (While looking behind White House chairs)



This is really sick. Right now I'm not the biggest fan of Obama. I think he should have started this "tough" talk once this rig exposion but in no way has his talk sullied the office.

[BeyondGeography]

23. Becky Quick...Who gives a shit?

[EFerrari]

24. Maybe Becky felt personally threatened.

[yella_dawg]

Bring it On!

Precisely which of the kiddies referenced by Becky doesn't spend a fair part of every day hoping for an opportunity to say "ass".

[SemiCharmedQuark]

25. I say they sullied genuine reporting with shows like "Squawk Box"

good lord. Murrow must be rolling over in his grave.

[Cha]

26. Yeah, cause nobody says "kick ass"..

these corporatemediawhores have sullied cnbc even more if that's possible.

[LynneSin]

28. But we'll cheer on Dick Cheney when he tells a US Senator to 'Go Fuck Yourself'

:grr:

[City Lights]

29. But George "major league asshole" Bush and Dick "go fuck yourself" Cheney

brought dignity to their offices. :eyes:

I have no use for the corporate whore media. They consist of major league assholes who can go fuck themselves. :nuke:

[Politicalboi]

30. Did those same "children" hear

Bush say he tortured and would do it again. That's what I thought. Nobody cares about torture.

[arcane1]

31. If only "manufactured outrage" was an exportable good...

our GNP would be the highest of any nation in human history

[EFerrari]

32. Forget that -- Skinner could start playing the stock market!

LOL

[liberalmuse]

33. I guess Truman and LBJ sullied the office a lot...

He's in good company. And CNBC can suck it. Oh wait - they already are.

[Patsy Stone]

34. Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children??

:eyes:

[Posteritatis]

35. I still want to hear a line like "mendacious motherfuckers" at a press briefing someday. (nt)

[JaneQPublic]

36. There's a reason the term "Expletive Deleted" is associated with GOP president.

Remember all the salty language used in the tapes of the Nixon Whitehouse?

It must be really hard work for the right-wing echo chamber to hunt down Obama offenses to feign outrage over, especially when the best they can find are actions that were no big deal when committed earlier by their GOP brethren.

It wasn't too long ago they were gasping and moaning over the fact that Obama takes his burgers with brown mustard but no ketchup. "How Un-American!" They all howled. Never mind that during the 2004 election, they all swore off ketchup as "Un-American" because Kerry's wife was married to a Heinz.