neo-neocon:
They’re excellent questions, and in a way somewhat obvious. So why doesn’t the media ask them?
Krauthammer notes that Obama’s actions [in exceeding his constitutional authority] serve as precedents for future presidents, which raises a question I wish our corrupt media would ask him:
Do you, President Obama, endorse and support a Republican President’s assertion of the same powers you assert? Do you suggest that other presidents follow[ing] you follow your model of presidential power?
Would you support a Tea Party president writing the immigration law himself as well?
Now, you might say that the reason why the MSM doesn’t ask Obama all of this is obvious: the media is on the left. But not everyone in media is on the left. There are a few people either on the right or somewhat in the middle (or who at least seem relatively fair, whatever their politics) who attend presidential press conferences and have asked a couple of hard-hitting queries in the past. Jake Tapper comes to mind, although looking at the one-on-one interview he did with President Obama in January of 2014, he seems to me to be softballing it lately.
What happened? Why doesn’t he ask these fairly obvious questions? Is he afraid he’ll lose access, is that the threat? Or is he intimidated by things like the James Rosen incident? In other words, is it that 95% of the press remains firmly placed in Obama’s pocket, and the other 5% is frightened, and 100% of them are worried about being shunned on the cocktail party circuit?
At any rate, my guess as to what Obama’s answers would be if by some miracle he were to be asked Ace’s questions is some version of the following:
Please don’t hold your breath waiting for BHO to get a tough question, much less answer it.
Get a grip. All questions to POTUS are pre-screened and pre-approved.
All persons asking him questions are likewise screened in advance.
That is why no hard questions are ever asked.
Would he write a hard question for himself?
Do not be ridiculous.