What i read from Obama was this:

Bully is not part of this administration, what anyone in the west may say about the current situation in Iran helps very little (unless bumpin' our ego).
Just calm down and wait.

One think i learned from my mistakes, Respect those who have none or little NEED to prove a thing. And Obama just bear that.

Obama needs to be more definite in his statements…quit waffling… quit making it sound as if he'd change his mind if someone with more determination gave him a good argument… He has a bad habit of talking about things rather than being in the moment and experiencing them. It's as if he's not even in his own body.

Here's what he should have said:

<del>Well look,</del> UNFORTUNATELY, we didn’t have international observers on the ground, <del>we can’t say definitively what exactly happened at polling places throughout the country.</del><del> What we know is that a sizeable percentage of the Iranian people themselves, spanning Iranian society,</del> considered this election illegitimate.<del> It’s not an isolated instance, a little grumbling here or there.</del> There [are] significant questions about the legitimacy of the election. <del> And so ultimately,</del>the most important thing for the Iranian government to consider is legitimacy in the eyes of its own people, not in the eyes of the United States. <del>And that’s why </del>I’ve been very clear, <del>ultimately this</del> IT is up to the Iranian people to decide who their leadership is going to be and the structure of their government. <del>What we can do is to </del>WE say unequivocally that there <DEL>are sets of international norms and principles</DEL> WILL BE NO TOLERANCE FOR VIOLENT RESPONSE TO,<DEL> about dealing with </DEL>peaceful dissent,<DEL> that spans cultures, spans borders,</DEL> and what we’ve been seeing over the Internet and what we’ve been seeing in news reports, IS SHAMEFUL<DEL> violates those norms and violates those principles. I think it is not too late for </DEL> I URGE the Iranian government to recognize that there is a peaceful path that will lead to stability and legitimacy and prosperity for the Iranian people. We hope they take it.

Not true, really a blatant lie. The losses may be higher in some places but these days unemployment cuts across all boundaries.

sooooooooooo true!!! i caught that statement. devastating to the press! i loved that he said that!

I thought he answered the question: Before implementing programs that will specifically help the AA community, he wants to make sure they actually work. I find that to be neither blowing AAs off, nor ignoring us. I call it common sense and logic. Quick fixes is a part of the reason why our communities are so screwed up. BTW, when are we going to start making the same demands of our local black politicians?

And let's not act like the AA reporter's (April Ryan) follow up was the only one PBO ignored. He ignored several of them because he already answered their question and their follow ups were redundant.

I taught high school for a c couple of years and I could count on at least two students asking me the same question more than once. The president is similar to a professor for these flaccid brained professionals. They refuse to do their homework, and as a result, the same question is asked over and over again preventing any new dialogue. The president made a profound statment concerning the press, “I don't learn anything from watching cable news”.

Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.