Simmons podcast with President Obama

Doubtful.

 

And I corrected myself, but you harp on the original post. Enjoy the highlight of your day.

 

1. I NEVER said Obama "slips up" under pressure. I think he's always come off as composed and well-spoken, and the access he grants is insightful. But there are many highly-paid people that work for him to ensure that he doesn't screw up in public. But that's all beside the point. Because he's good on camera or coaches his daughter's basketball team or seems comfortable as an "every man" are NOT reasons why anyone should think he is or isn't a good president. Sure, being the president requires you to be good in public, and Obama particularly excels at this, but you're letting yourself be distracted by the smoke and mirrors. When he talks publicly about his political policies, fine. When he talks publicly about sports and his personal life, it means nothing to me beyond human interest.

2. Yes, the interview is meant to be entertaining for ESPN viewers. So that's how you should see it. As entertainment. Not as political substance.

 

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I think Obama is a good president. I also think using this interview as a metonymy of him being a composed president under pressure is more than a bit overboard.

 

Enlightened Manor is now the name of my crib.

 

This thread needed a TelePrompter.

 

Not this interview, the way he handles him self in general.

 

And less mom jeans.

Curse you, Cresote! Curse you!

 

I didn't much care for the President's answer to The Wire question. Not because he picked Omar, but because it seems like he (politically) can't discuss with any eloquence why his favorite television character is a gay, vigilante hitman in a show about America's inevitable decline. If Simmons would have fired back with "Well, if that's the case, how come you can't support a Constitutional Amendment that would have allowed Omar to marry Brandon?" it would have been the greatest Bill Simmons moment of all time.

I'm sort of surprised Republicans don't try to make a bigger issue out of his Wire fandom. I guess it's just proof none of them have every actually sat through more than 10 minutes of the series.

 

What if he'd said Royce?

 

Clinton clearly is a McNulty fan.