UPDATED: Obama Watching Self on HBO Misreported; Gibbs Misquoted

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UPDATE: Fox News misreported Gibbs' press gaggle comments. He did not claim President watched HBO special on election night.

During the 10AM ET hour of America’s Newsroom on Fox News Channel, fill-in co-host Martha Maccallum told viewers what President Obama watched on election night while Democrats suffered big losses in New Jersey and Virginia: “Robert Gibbs said, well, he was actually watching, you know, the HBO special about his year-long campaign and how it all went.”

On Tuesday night the White House had worked to downplay the Democratic gubernatorial defeats by claiming the President did not watch the election returns. Apparently Gibbs thought it would look better if the commander in chief was watching a self-indulgent fawning documentary about himself. Interestingly, Obama apparently previewed the HBO special a few days earlier, as Gibbs himself explained to the blog Talking Points Memo: “White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says Obama has already seen ‘By the People’...Gibbs told TPMDC Obama’s review: ‘Thumbs up!’”

On FNC, Maccallum noted: “...we know that Michelle and the girls went to the Miley Cyrus concert last night... So he’s all alone in that big house, right? Nothing to do but sit back and watch – reminisce about the long campaign and watch HBO and the special.” The HBO documentary, ‘By the People,’ debuted on Tuesday, in commemoration of the one year anniversary of Obama’s election.


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Surprised?...don't be.

Surprised?...don't be.

Diagnostic criteria

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fourth edition, DSM IV-TR, a widely used manual for diagnosing mental disorders, defines narcissistic personality disorder:A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by five (or more) of the following:

  1. has a grandiose sense of self-importance
  2. is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty or ideal love (megalomania)
  3. believes they are "special" and can only be understood by, or should associate with, people (or institutions) who are also "special" or of high status
  4. requires excessive admiration
  5. has a sense of entitlement
  6. is interpersonally exploitative
  7. lacks empathy
  8. is often envious of others or believes others are envious of him or her
  9. shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes
  10. (extra credit) like Nero, watched himself on t.v. while his party was burning 

...the man in the Whitehouse scores a perfect 10!  Surprised?

v

...an error was made in 2008

LMAO

I wonder if the Presstitutes actually know if they just handed SNL their next skit about their savior?

Maybe instead of "Global-Warming" bills we should start looking seriously at "Ego-Containment" legislation

This is

wonderful...thanks for the thought you put into it...it is really funny and sadly true.

Obama is the same guy that

Obama is the same guy that refused to go on SNL before the election.

McCain and Sarah Palin did.  Of course, they do not have fragile egos like CBOTUS.

 

 


خال

Is it even possible...

to wank off to YOURSELF?

Nevermind. 

→ Barry says

"When all else fails"

ACORN - creating or saving votes since 1970 

Damn

You BEAT me to it!!

Wonder if he simultaneously smoked two cigarettes afterwards?

"Damn, you were good."

"So were you."

Maureen is a fool

Maureen Dowd takes issue with Rush Limbaugh for calling Obama  narcissistic, self-centerd and egotistical on the day after he ignores election results to watch a television special about himself? Umm, Umm, Umm. Nothing emotionally disturbed about that is there?

Not only that, ptson, but he

Not only that, ptson, but he had apparently already seen the documentary! He likely tivo'd it so he could watch it over and over ad nauseum and maybe put it on an ipod as a gift for some foreign dignitary or head of state.

OMG, I can just picture the

OMG, I can just picture the president taping his own picture to the back of the 1st lady's head.

OMG, your own bad self!

Thanks a bunch, Mike. I was trying to only throw up in my mouth a little bit, but now I'm going to have to call COIT. I hope they have special pricing in place if I mention your name.

Truly, this LOTUS is the

Truly, this LOTUS is the most narcissistic President to ever have occupied the White House.  I wonder how long it takes him to get ready in the morning and have they taken down most of the mirrors in the White House to keep him from stopping all the time to admire himself?

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

the masses won't care

As long as Barack hands out some free cash and Michelle looks good in some designer dress, all will be well.

Well,

you have it 50% right Candance.

LOL DDM... ...and we know

LOL DDM...

...and we know which half that is.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

But of course

Of course. Why didn't I think of that? In fact I'm sure he recorded it so he can put it onto the iPods along with the complete collection of his speeches that he presents with great fanfare to foreign heads of state.

Do you think Gibby made any calls to HBO to correct them on anything, or would the White House already have had an viewing for editing?

predictable

well we've all heard a famous talk radio host claim that the current POTUS is hugely egotistical, narcissistic-- this is just the latest evidence for that-- putting self interest ahead of the nation's--

He's the narcissist in

He's the narcissist in chief. Long article but worth it....  here are a few snippets:

"The narcissist:

* Feels grandiose and self-important...
* Requires excessive admiration...
* Feels entitled. ...
* Behaves arrogantly and haughtily....

Obama ...
- Feels that he is above the law, incl. and especially his own laws.
- Talks about himself in the 3rd person singluar or uses the regal "we" and craves to be the exclsuive center of attention...
- (Has) a messianic-cosmic vision of himself..."

Re Narcissism

Another good one:

Narcissistic Rage in the White House: http://www.americanthinker.com

"I fear two things with Obama. One is if the GOP fails to elect a House majority in 2010 to keep Obama within the bounds of sanity. A GOP majority is essential for the safety of the country and the world. But even if Obama is defeated in 2012, he will just turn into an angrier version of Al Gore and Jimmy Carter. He will haunt the political future of this country as long as he is alive, because that famished ego never gets enough. Malignant narcissism often gets worse over time."

Malignant Narcissism

I disagree.  "Malignant Narcissism" can and does get better.  Just check track #12 on Snakes and Arrows, Rush's 2007 studio album.

:-) 

"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)

Sadly,

Slick, you're absolutely right.  If he does lose in '12, he'll be all over the State Run Media, every day, second-guessing and telling all who listen how he'd do it, better and faster, than his replacement.  Hell, I'm sure that he'll end up with a nationally syndicated show on all of the alphabet networks a day after he gets dragged out of the Oval Office by the Secret Service.   

And, I thought Gibbsy told us that Chairman 0 was going to be watching the Bulls BBall game on TV, that was the reason he wasn't going to watch the returns.  Which is it, Gibbsy?  HBO or the Bulls?  

This is not a little creepy

-Dave

Our elected representatives have failed us.  

All I can say is...

Holy shitballs!

PAC

That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends,it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and toinstitute new government...

He loves himself!!!

Now we know why he is on TV so much, so
he can record it and watch it over and over. This man loves himself
so much I'm amazed he ever got married to someone else.

I wouldn't be surprised if this happens
every morning as he gets ready:

Obama "Mirror, Mirror on the wall
whose the most powerful of them all?”

Mirror “Well of course you are my
wonderful master”

Sarah Palin better watch if some
haggard looking person offers her an apple over the next few years.

You notice...

...he married someone nowhere near as "handsome" as he... :-)

I'm betting

That she buys obama masks by the case because he slobbers on the one she wears to bed at night.

 

http://gjresult.com

 

"Cerebral"?

Last night it's t.v. Tonight it's his Wednesday party. Tomorrow the gym. Sunday the golf course. This guy's the most "cerebral" president we've ever had ---I guess they mean all the time he spends "thinking" about himself and "pondering" how great he is.

Seriously, this guy can't even lead his own party. Think about it. His party is out there losing elections and he's not even watching. He's viewing a video about HIMSELF! How sick is that!

NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"

Iceberg? What iceberg?

On Tuesday night the White House had worked to downplay the Democratic
gubernatorial defeats by claiming the President did not watch the
election returns.

Kinda like going to the ballroom of the Titanic and listening to the band play?

good one

good one

Capitol Steps

Just like Robert Gibberish claimed BHO was "unaware" of the 9/12 march on Washington. I wonder what his level of awareness will be tomorrow when thousands gather on the steps of the Capitol. Perhaps Gibberish will claim he was "unaware" of the call sent out by Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann.  

Massage Anyone?

Several White House staffers reported seeing Chris Matthews wandering the hallways in a sleek, silky robe and pink puffy slippers. Carry a tray of massage oils, a silly grin on his face. Mumbling something about "...my name is Monica..."

aHa you could have the new

aHa you could have the new hit sequel to a  Christmas Carol with Monica and Obama..  or send it to Dr Suess to pen...lol..

What Obama *should* have watched...

Obama should have watched the premiere of the series "V" on ABC. He would have gotten a chuckle about how the aliens want to give humans universal health care, and how the adulation of humans for the Visitors will be the beginning of the end of life as we know it. Then again, maybe he wouldn't have chuckled. 

_________________________________________

"An armed society is a polite society" -- Robert A. Heinlein

I'll give him 7 copies of

I'll give him 7 copies of HIS documentary so he can watch it all 7 days on the boat trip back to Africa .

Forget the election...

While Obama watched an HBO special about himself and the campaign of just one year ago...He still hasn't given the troops in Afghanistan the reinforcements that they requested.

This is all bassackwards. While the administration concentrates on trying to do things that are unconstitutional they neglect the duties that are specifically spelled out in the constitution.

Throw 'da bums out!!!

Before it's too late. 

www.loyaltoliberty.com

Obama loves Obama

Is anyone really surprised?  The president who says I every other word.  Who takes credit for everything he likes and blames someone else for what he doesn't. 

What Obama did yesterday

The movie about himself:  "While Nero fiddled"?

Apologies to all

Another cheap ripped off lyrical reference to reality. Our kids hate it when my wife and I start singing songs that relate to a topical subject. I edited the following to make it gender appropriate. 

OBAMA:
I feel stunning
And entrancing,
Feel like running and dancing for joy,
For I'm loved 
{As} a pretty wonderful boy!

Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

 

 

Franksam Well of course

Franksam

Well of course your kids hate it, but what do they know?  I think it's pretty good, made me laugh.  Unfortunately now I have this "vision" running through my mind, ouch. 

I wonder if they put mirrors on the ceiling in the White House so he can see himself as he struts around with his nose in the air.

What, he's already forgotten?

I've heard of short attention spans but this has to take the cake.  He must have needed a refresher on his pack of lies.

Wait.  If we run that documentary backwards can we get a do-over on 2008?

Obama Porn

 Does anyone really believe Obama was watching this on election night? We all know that HBO sent a "screener" version of the show weeks ago so that the White House could review it. I'm sure Obama has watched it before last night and has it on continuous loop in his bedroom.

Of course, the lamestream media can't bother to ask why Obama is watching a video about himself when decisions need to be made about Afghanistan, the economy, healthcare.  You know Michelle took the girls to Miley Cyrus because she didn't want them to see their father lose.

 

Gotta ask the question again....

.....but can you imagine the howls of derision throughout the MSM if the White House had said Bush 43 had watched a documentary of his re-election campaign the evenings of the 2005, 2006, or 2007 elections?

Baghdad Bob is Back!

Baghdad Bob Gibbs said, "well, he was actually watching, you know, the HBO special about his year-long campaign and how it all went. The Republicans are nowhere near winning in Virginia, Corzine has destroyed the competion in New Jersey. They are not near Baghdad, er DC. Don't believe them.... They said they entered with... tanks in the middle of the capital. They claim that they - I tell you, I... that this speech is too far from the reality. It is a part of this sickness of their plan. There is no an... - no any existence to the American troops, I mean Republican party, or for the troops, er I mean conservative voters, in Baghdad, uh Virginia at all. U.S. forces, I mean voters, learned a lesson last night they will never forget. We slaughtered them and will continue to slaughter them!"

This is great....

That is such a great comparison.  Add to that Don Imus' saying that Baghdad Bob looks like Mrs. Doubtfire and you have the perfect image of that toad.

 Great post thanks...

Jack

"If at age 20 you are a conservative then you have no heart.  If at age 30 you are a liberal then you have no brains."   Sir Winston Churchill

As hard as it is to believe...

that Obama didn't watch the returns last night, there is the possibility that given the choice of watching NJ and VA go down in flames, or watching an adoring HBO special that was all about him, he just may have watched the special, and had aides give him updates on the elections. Who knows for sure...It is tough to believe that he would pass on watching the returns, but this is Obama we are talking about here...That fawning special may just have proved too much for him to resist.  

"The problem is not that people are taxed too little...the problem is that government spends too much." ~President Ronald Reagan

Man,

I'd hate to have been the low-level staffer that had to deliver the news to Comrade 0 and Axe and Rahmbo.  Bet there were constant replacements as the messengers were reduced to shells of themselves. 

Obama's Hypersensitivity to Criticism

Barack Obama like all 'Narcissistic Megalomaniacs' in history, are devastated by any criticism that normal human beings can handle in stride.

Instead of focusing on the problems of unemployment, the economy and the 'Obama Afghan War', Barack Obama has his entire White House staff attacking Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Fox News.

Nothing is more important to Barack Obama, than stifling any criticism of himself and feeding his Narcissistic appetite with the praise and worship of his followers.

How would Barack and Michelle Obama get through the day, if they didn't have ignorance, stupidity, and hatred for America to feed them?

Barack and Michelle Obama are filled with hatred for America, love death of the weak, devoid of any boundaries of morals or ethics and this is what is most appealing to their followers.

What else would Barack Obama do when he knew that he was facing a defeat in New Jersey after he had heavily invested himself - why feed that Narcissistic appetite by watching a 'Slobberfest' about himself on TV.

Barack Obama will be the victim of self-induced destruction.

Barrack Insane Obama,

Barrack Insane Obama, mmmmmme mmmmmme mmmmmme

Has Obama selected a mosque yet?

Is self-adoration on HBO approved behavior in the koran?  This indecision by Barack has got to be troubling for the Won's relatives, friends and fellow worshippers.

I believe it. I also

I believe it. I also believe it was the second time he'd seen it. Probably has it streaming on his Blackberry as well.

Obama is one of those guys who doesn't open the Visa card bill where he owes thousands, in the belief that if he doesn't look at it, it isn't there.

Didn't he already admit that his debts mounted tohundreds of thousands?

By the way, shouldn't the nauseating lovefest be called BY THE GOVERNMENT, seeing that's his plan.

You know he once had an apartment with a mirror over the bed, and that somewhere there are videos of him in ahem... "intimate relations"...

Obama thinks winning 52.7% of the vote gave him a mandate to turn America into a Euro-trash socialist state.  

Whoops!  I guess he didn't

Whoops!  I guess he didn't watch the HBO special instead of the election coverage after all.  Per Newsbusters corrected report, of course.

No, he most likely watched

No, he most likely watched it but its just Gibbs infered it.  Get your facts right.

You're a little late to the

You're a little late to the party, Dan-O.  There's another thread correcting Fox's misinterpretation of Gibbs's statement.  

Get your facts right. 

→ Drupal

Sorry, I was looking for a hot tub.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Read what I wrote, its

Read what I wrote, its correcting you.  Geesh you zombies no brains.

Mmmm... brains...

.. ga.. ga.. ga.. gaaah....

"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason

Dan, since when is a

Dan, since when is a statement that begins with "He most likely" factual in any way?

Im with Ted on this one NB!

Rush is running with this because he trusts NB. You guys need to verify this stuff! 

"The bureaucracy is growing to meet the needs of the growing bureaucracy"

 

Black Narcissus. One of

Black Narcissus.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

RR GOP, LOL-That sounds like a comic book character

-Dave

Our elected representatives have failed us.  

...or a True Crime

...or a True Crime book.

'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart

The Left and their

The Left and their slobbering little lapdogs in the MSM are frantically trying to back out of this fact now that it's getting lots of traction. So we'll play it by their rules: 

The story of Obama watching a show about himself may be fake, but it's accurate. 

Even though this story may be made up, it's a reflection of what Obama thinks. 

Obama is a racist! 

I'm confused

If Gibbsy SAID that Obama was watching himself on HBO, and FOX reported that, how is it that FOX is accused of "misreporting" once the White House decides that it looks really bad if Obama was sitting at home by himself watching himself on TV?  So did FOX mess up, or did Gibbsy get taken to the woodshed by Rahm Emmanuel?  And BTW, it is not outside the realm of possibility that just because Obama saw a preview showing of "his" documentary, that he didn't watch it again when it was broadcast.  I get the feeling this guy can't get enough of himself - just like Clinton.