Obama speaks in shorthand

[Forever_frost]

White House press secretary Jay Carney tells the press corps that President Obama's attack on the Supreme Court was misunderstood because he was speaking in "shorthand" since he is a former professor of law.

Henry: The president is a former constitutional law professor. One of his professors is Laurence Tribe. He now says, in his words, the president “obviously misspoke earlier this week”, quote “he didn’t say what he meant and having said that in order to avoid misleading anyone, he had to clarify it.” I thought yesterday you were saying repeatedly that he did not misspeak. What do you make of the president’s former law professor saying he did?

Carney: The premise of your question suggests that the president of the United States in the comments he made Monday, did not believe in the constitutionality of legislation, which is a preposterous premise and I know you don’t believe that.

Henry: Except this is from Laurence Tribe, who knows a lot more than you and I about constitutional law.

Carney: What I acknowledged yesterday is that speaking on Monday the president was not clearly understood by some people because he is a law professor, he spoke in shorthand.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/04/05/carney_obama_not_understood_because_he_spoke_in_shorthand_since_he_is_a_law_professor.html

[Vertnut]

I wish someone would slap the shit out of that guy. If they did, all that would be left is his suit. 3 1/2 years of smoke and mirrors is about enough.

[Forever_frost]

I've never heard that excuse. Wonder if it would have held up under Bush.

"You don't understand what he meant because he's so brilliant he speaks in shorthand."

[Vertnut]

They just think we're all stupid enough to believe that BS.

[futant]

They just think we're all stupid enough to believe that BS.

wrong . his voters are though. never seen better proof ever in politics than this circus act going around and around .
His arrogance is amazing , and hopefully his downfall.

[Jester]

wish he would accidently trip into a noose

[Vertnut]

wrong . his voters are though. never seen better proof ever in politics than this circus act going around and around .
His arrogance is amazing , and hopefully his downfall.

There aren't enough of "his voters" anymore. He's hoping the masses buy into that crap. It's his only hope.

[Geor!]

He's such a fucking asshole, that guy. He was answering a question for a CBS reporter, talks shit about the question, then points to the FOX presidential reporter and says that "the guys sitting in that chair" are the ones to turn this into a big deal.

[Trip McNeely]

I don't know whos the bigger pussy, this guy or former Press Secretary Gibbs. Its a toss up.

[Gargamel]

I wish someone would slap the shit out of that guy. If they did, all that would be left is his suit. 3 1/2 years of smoke and mirrors is about enough.

While I may agree, my absolute lack of faith in the voting public leads me to believe we will be seeing another 4 years of this douche...

[dee]

What's the difference if his remarks were in shorthand or not?

[CJ]

Apparently Shorthand is another term for being wrong.

[forbes]

just a question. shorthand is used in courts to get a written statement of the proceedings, testimonies etc right? so when they convert it over into long hand it should still have the meaning correct?

[71chevellejohn]

just a question. shorthand is used in courts to get a written statement of the proceedings, testimonies etc right? so when they convert it over into long hand it should still have the meaning correct?

That was my understanding. Maybe "presidential Shorthand" is different.

[Vertnut]

That was my understanding. Maybe "presidential Shorthand" is different.

More like "incompetent shorthand". Only other incompetent people understand what he says.