Feb 2, Matt Lauer interview with President Barack Obama

[rhackin]

4:41 -- Well, it's been 3 years and it's not done. So I'll expect you'll live up to that promise, Mr. Obama.

[rhackin]

2:59 -- O REALLY?

[Blitzem2787]

@armyveteran101st HAHAHAHA eat your words.

[Jiannamarie1]

Obama you are handsome man with a nice smile..

[krausza]

Guantanamo's still open. He said he would close it within a year. He didn't. Barack Obama is a liar.

[flygangsta99]

i wanted to see if he said ass on the today show;p

[180hotshot]

Thumbs up if the Kick Ass song brought you here.

[MrAfilao]

What is Geithner doing as secretary of treasury?

If Obama really cares should start by firing that crook then prosecuting him

[MrAfilao]

Mention a business run by goverment that is profitable ---> NONE

What is this guy doing messing up with assets and businesses, that's not goverment function, this is not supposed to work like a comunist or socialist country with a centralized economy. And I said not suposed because this is already F***ng socialism

[DarkLegoSlayer]

I remember there was a spoof whaere Matt Lauer asks Barack Obama about his blackberry and President Obama said he left it somewhere else and you can here a blackberry ringing and Barack Obama smiles.

[championjdg]

i notice that a lot of people who push for obama say we had capitalism run amuck. but i hate to tell you this but it wasnt. it was interventism. know your facts. plus socalism doesnt work. if you dont believe me look at our country right now. you have 50% of the people pay for the other 50% of the people. lol, he is at the start at of his administer. he has be in office for over yr. what the hell? wake up people, obama is making it worse.

[No1Rides4Free]

oh LOOK ! It's our socialist president and his NUMBER 1 LIB COCKSUCKER matt lauer.

[MinuteXify]

wow, so much shit going on. but matt was def. being a jackass, asking serious questions like shit..give obama a break. i am sure that obama has done more for our people than that asshole bush, who can't talk, speak or write. LMAO! Even a five year old can read better than him. Shameless bitch is Bush!

[EdgeNicx]

I think Obama enjoy getting to talk about the real issues and what his plans are - instead of having to address the Fox (et. al.) propaganda. :)

[TyphoidExcel]

@MinuteXify if bush was in office right now instead of obama he would be impeached

obama gets a pass on everything he does

people would be in an uproar by the way obamas handling the oil spill if bush was doing that

[writersblock26]

@TyphoidExcel Obama is hardly getting a pass on anything he is doing (and he hasn't for a while now). In fact, in some quarters, he's being blamed for almost everything, even political minutiae. I don't necessarily feel bad for him since he IS the president, but let's not pretend that nobody's asking him hard questions.

[blah114a]

I did not think Matt Lauer was gay.. but if you look at 7:31, you might notice... Obama's cum is on Lauer's chin.. Matt blew him before the interview... it was a dream of his.. the women from the today show were not available to do that beforehand..

[TeeaToxicated]

matt lauer can suck it!

[tomkr200]

Matt Lauer - What a sleazy scumbag - He's a joke. Look at any of the interviews with any Republicans on Youtube, then look at his interviews with Obama or any other Democrat. The Democratic National Committee has him on their payroll. He hammers Palin after his perverted man Letterman talks about her 14 y/o daughter being molested at a Yankees game, and worships the feet Polisi walks on. This clown would be a perfect propaganda pitch man for the Soviets or Iran.

[teltelamont]

I noticed the same thing!

[erfansvideos]

Hey Matt, go f*** yourself...you don't know our president

[clairebreedlove26]

ObamaObamaObamaObama

[umoron1]

Lauer is a pussy. He has his head so far up Obamies ass he can tell what Obie had for dinner.If he were led to a cliff, like a sheep he would jump.

[ladymagnoliaa]

yes yes!! kick the FDE's ass!!

[BlackRadical001]

he just said hes gona uphold the constitution im gona hold him to that

[Sensarmy300]

Regardless of your political orientation you have to respect the way the Obama carries himself.

[alwaysright5]

Are kidding? Obama is the most unqualified presidents ever elected, even worse than Jimmy Carter. Obama is definitely WAY OVER HIS IGNORANT MARXIST HEAD!!!!

[Sensarmy300]

lol ignorant Marxist head? I don' t think you even know what marxism is. My man you got to get your head out of your ass and stop looking at the world through the window of fox news.

[armyveteran101st]

Brilliant reply! };-)

[armyveteran101st]

You really need to stop repeating the talking points you get from Hannity, Savage, and Limbaugh. I'll bet you have no fucking clue of what you're talking about... };-)

[alwaysright5]

@armyvet Go back to your "project" home and collect your welfare check. Yes, I'll pay the taxes for you to continue being a parasite.

[jjfyke01]

"Ignorant Marxist Head!"? That's like a playground insult. How old are you, Mr. Almighty "Bussines" Owner?

[alwaysright5]

jjfy.. To own a "business" you need BALLS and HARD WORK. Something that you and armyvet apparently lack. Now go back to your project home, and wait for your welfare check.

[jjfyke01]

I'm not on welfare but thanks. What is this "bussines" that you allegedly own? It's probably one of those ponzi scams like AdSurfDaily. Or maybe you're like Joe the Unlicensed Plumber - "What if I want to buy a $250,000.00 'bussines' when I, ya know, actually become a plumber."

[lazylikepig]

darn it,

he gonna send 30,000 troops to afganishtan? what did he promised?

w t f

[MooseOfReason]

Yeah, he'll relocate some troops from Iraq to Afghanistan.

Also, there will be residual forces in Iraq.

Didn't you read his Iraq plan on his campaign website?

[davisbcharles]

i think he's a good guy, but i think he's a my way or the highway guy

[Zile77]

The OBVIOUSLY LIBERAL MEDIA is totally biased to Obama and won't criticize him one bit. They're in love with a total lying fool who will ruin the nation and the world very soon if not removed from office. Dummycraps blew it again because they're far too emotional and can't think with their heads!

[Zile77]

Obama is already the worst ever. He hasn't a clue on how to govern. Time for impeachment before he does anymore damage! The American people fell for a big mouth just like they did with Clintoon, who was terrible.

[jeppemuis]

Clinton caused the nation's biggest economic wealth in 35 years, brought together palestines and isrealites and handled fundamentalism in a great way. I hope for your sake, that the days that the moneygrabbing, hypocrite, war-loving republican idiots will stay out of power for a long time. They ruined your country, damaged the face of the whole western so-called free world, and the only ones who profited from it, where themselfes

[alwaysright5]

Clintons success was mainly because the Republican congress ("Contract with America") and the economic boom started by Reagan. Clinton raised taxes which caused a recession whe Bush took office.

[tdsthird]

I'm going to go ahead and throw a huge "lol" at "economic boom started by Regan". As if.

[alwaysright5]

@tdsthird Not only are you ignorant but you want to reamain so. Carter left office with high unemployement high inflation high mortgage loans, Reagan cut the taxes and regulations

two years later the economy boomed for many years. Clinton success was mainly due to tax cuts and welfare reform "forced" by a Republican majority in the House. Read history before you reply again, or I will have to charge you for this education.

[armyveteran101st]

Indiscriminate tax cuts and lack of regulation are the main reasons why we find ourselves in the dire economic situation we face today, bud. "Reaganomics" did nothing but slowly and surely destroy our financial foundations, by dismantling the government and its ability to do its job of regulating and monitoring. Clinton's success came in spite of the useless, obstructionist Republican majority he dealt with. I'm afraid your version of history is twisted and biased. I lived through it, so I know.

[alwaysright5]

@army vet. "indiscriminate tax cuts"? I'll make easy for you. Tax cuts helps companies grow and then companies hire people, people buy things and the economy grows. (Simple isn't it? Even you should understand) Next time wear a helmet.

[armyveteran101st]

Do you know what the word "indiscriminate" means, kid? I doubt it, seeing as to how you can't even utilize the proper grammar to write your crap. Look it up. You might learn something. Tax cuts work as you describe in theory, and under the right conditions when used wisely. Bush did not use tax cuts wisely, or under the right conditions. He employed them "indiscriminately", with the consequences we face today. Go get educated before trying to correct your elders, jackass...

[alwaysright5]

@ armyvet.. Do you own or ever ran a business? If your answer is NO. THEN SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!! I do by the way.

[jjfyke01]

Uh, I think even non-business owners have the freedom of speech. And not all business owners are fucking salt-of-the-earth know-it-alls like yourself. G W was a business owner - A lot of good that guy did us.

I'm sick and tired of people telling me to shut up because I don't agree with them. 1st Amendment, assholes!

[alwaysright5]

@jjfyke... You can say all you want, but unless you have ran or owned a bussines, you do not know REAL economics. Only a moron parasite would say that high taxes and socialism are "good" for bussines.

[armyveteran101st]

Get the fuck out of here with that anti-American bullshit, you brain-dead little schmuck! WTF can you really know about anything at your age? Go take some lessons in Civics and then come back, ok?

[jjfyke01]

George W ran a business and he didn't know what the fuck was going on. There are guys on Wall Street who have lost $200 billion in a year handing out bonuses.

How did you get your own "bussines" when you can't even spell business, you fucking moron? You're the parasite, sucking off people who are stupid enough to buy what your ignorant ass is selling.

[armyveteran101st]

WTF does that have to do with anything? We're talking Macro-Economics here, dumbo. Do you think running a business makes you an unimpeachable authority on Economics? It is corrupt business people who have led us to this sad state of affairs in large measure. Most business people I have ever known belong in this category, more concerned about dollars and cents than about the well-being of our country and their fellow citizens. I wouldn't be bragging about being one of those if I were you...

[armyveteran101st]

Clinton's success took place in spite of the useless, obstructionist Gingrich crowd, because he was right, and they were dead wrong. Reagan took advantage of measures implemented late in President Carter's term, and took credit for them. He was a fantastic foreign policy guy, but a nefarious domestic policy catastrophe. Clinton handed Bush a booming economy, a world at peace, and a very high level of prosperity, and Bush did his best to fuck all that up, with great results. Get real!!

[riora]

Clintoon?? Bush is the one who fucked up our country both of them senior and his dumb ass son who started a war. So THE BUSHES are the WORST father and son and they FUCKED UP this country.

[alwaysright5]

You are also ignorant and stupid, read the reply to tdthird.

[armyveteran101st]

Bush 41 was spectacularly better than Bush 43, though. Bush 41 handled foreign policy with brilliant skill, but he did fuck up the economy, and that's why President Clinton won in 1992. Please don't compare 41 to 43! That's very unfair and demeaning to the 41st President! };-)

[runman1271]

You need to get over your "Blame a Bush" condition. This is now an Obama problem. You can continue to point fingers, but remember Obama as president is now in charge and will be blamed or congratulated based on how he does.

The Economy has fallen lower since he has been in office, and since the dems have been in charge. It is a liberal democrats problem now, and that makes me smile.

Change and Hope... Nope

Obama's a Dope

[armyveteran101st]

Like I said, you're nothing but a retarded idiot.

[runman1271]

You need to get over your "Blame a Bush" condition.

You have bushphobia.

Get over it.

Bullsh@it you can believe in.

change and Hope...Nope

Obama's a Dope

[TupacNasbigem]

kick rocks bitch

[makepeacenotwar0505]

If you think that you can do any better, please step it up Zile77.

[armyveteran101st]

Obama's done more good for this country in two weeks than Bush did in 8 years. Get your head out of your ass!

[runman1271]

What has Obama done? Nothing. Do you consider nothing a good result.

Are troops leaving Iraq, gitmo closed? Obama promised that on his first day.

VP Biden: patriotism is paying taxes, Obama's cabnet doesn't pay their taxes, therefore unpatriotic.

Obama said he had a stimulus plan ready before he was elected. Where is his plan?

Obama is flopping around like a fish out of water. Obama actually makes bush look intelligent and Obama is an idiot.

Change and Hope... Nope

Obama's a Dope!

[armyveteran101st]

Don't be an idiot. The man has been in office for 14 days. He's President, not a magician that can make things happen instantaneously with a magic wand. Gitmo will take months to get solved, and Iraq won't be done and over with before the next 18 months are out, no matter how fast they try to shut operations down. Republicans are blocking the Stimulus Plan, in case you haven't noticed. I think you're either 12 years old, or a fucking idiot with a grudge, or a racist piece of shit. Which is it?

[TupacNasbigem]

I think he is all of the above man, he even says the economy has gotten worst since President Obama has been in office,for only 14 days! and the reason the economy is still getting worst is a result of how bad bush made it,that's why even after he is out of office it's still declining, but i have faith in Obama i think they should stop expecting the guy to rub a lamb and tell his Genie to make everything perfect,he's not god, but i can tell he's trying,they should really give him a break.

[armyveteran101st]

Of course! I don't know if you saw that moron's page, but you could tell right away that he's one of these hillbilly fucking gun-waving rednecks that couldn't find a coherent sentence with two hands and a flashlight. I can't help but get pissed-off by idiots of that magnitude. As you said, President Obama does not have a genie in a bottle, or a magic wand. It's going to take a very, very long time and an awful lot of work to fix the problems Bush created. Thanks for being rational, my friend!

[TupacNasbigem]

lol i won't even take a look at his page someone like that is not even worth the time, I'm just praying that President Obama will make a change were going to need a miracle but god is not sleeping

[MinuteXify]

@armyveteran101st true! a men!

[MinuteXify]

@armyveteran101st A men!

[TheDougass]

@armyveteran101st LOL how does enacting/expanding George Bush's policies doing good for this country?? Get YOUR head out of YOUR ass

[armyveteran101st]

@TheDougass Obama hasn't "enacted or expanded" any of Bush's policies. He has modified the ones that were worth modifying, and he has rejected and invalidated many of the bad ones, like the ban on stem-cell research, for example. You're only 21 and a Ron Paul zombie, so you've got no business telling me what to do, buddy. You ought to know that Ron Paul is a joke, his policy pronouncements are completely laughable and out-of-place in today's America, and he's a space cadet generally speaking.

[TheDougass]

@armyveteran101st I am extremely disappointed with his performance thus far. One of the major focuses of the Obama campaign was that he would pull out of Iraq which he didn't do when he took office, he promised to close down Guantanamo Bay he didn't, he said he would repeal the "Patriot Act" he didn't and actually expanded on the authority in the bill to make it permanent, he said that the United States would no longer torture (advanced interrogation techniques) we still torture to this day---->

[TheDougass]

@armyveteran101st he advocated for transparency in government and I still have yet to see a significant change from the Bush years, he said he would begin to diminish the power of the executive branch by repealing Bush's executive orders, he failed to repeal such orders and now has the authority to ASSASSINATE anyone including American citizens, he's dramatically increased the drone bombings in Pakistan, expanded the bombings into Yemen, ------->

[TheDougass]

@armyveteran101st began an illegal war in Libya under a U.N. resolution in which we were assured that it was a "humanitarian" mission and it would be quick...A 100 DAYS LATER were still involved bombing universities and civilian infrastructure (wether accidental or intentional it has been done), and he promised to keep the public informed (I'm aware this falls under transparency) of any bill that benefits corporations ------------->

[TheDougass]

@armyveteran101st and how our tax dollars are being spent and promised this would be a "lobbyist free" administration and it isn't among so many other things. So I do not see a dramatic difference between Obama's and Bush's Administrations and in my opinion both are very poor Presidents. As for Ron Paul, yes I am an avid supporter of the majority of his policies and all I can say is to research him if you feel that way or ask me about his policies and I'll do my best to answer them for you.

[armyveteran101st]

@TheDougass I know all I need to know about Ron Paul, and I actually think that Obama has been a very effective, thoughtful, and level-headed President so far, (everything that Bush was not), so we're going to have to agree to disagree.

[TheDougass]

@armyveteran101st Fair enough

[BigWheelHawaii]

@armyveteran101st ,,,,

Well, well, two years down the road, and I guess that big boom you

just heard was,,, your head popping out of YOUR ass...

[armyveteran101st]

@BigWheelHawaii Really? I stand by my statement of two years ago, now more than ever. Would you care to have a conversation as to why I feel that way, or are you just all hat and no cattle?

[missladydiva]

Why does this man has to dress up to have an interview in HIS HOUSE?!?!

[stacylaw]

I think Bush and Obama are two good, back-to-back presidents. Clinton was a schemer and, all the guys before him were "old guard" politicians. History will judge that the nation is not stupid, and did elect two good presidents. Bush renovated the 1930's security policies, and brought us back to security; Obama will renovate the 1930's financial system and bring us back to prosperity.

[armyveteran101st]

To put Bush Jr. at the same level with Clinton and Obama equates to the rape of all that is good. Bush sank our country in the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression, started a completely unnecessary war of choice in Iraq, and committed crimes against the U.S. Constitution. He alienated almost all of our allies and earned us the world's enmity, was hostile to science, culture, and progress, and did his best to destroy and nullify the Bill of Rights. You've got to be kidding!

[onerpone]

Barack Obama is a complete and utter failure, i made a big mistake by voting for him. Its going to be a very long 4 years

[carljohnson3456]

lol Letting 245 prisoners go is going to keep the American people "safer". Take the risk, Obama! Maybe Al-Qaeda will say, "Hey guys, we were wrong about America!"

Riiight. I understand his intentions, and I understand what's he trying to do... but that's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard.

[alwaysright5]

Anyone who voted for this ignorant marxist piece of shit (Obama) is either ignorant, stupid, or both.

[flickingback]

Haim Cohen, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Israel stated: "The bitter irony of fate decreed that the same biological and racist argument extended by the Nazis, and which inspired the inflammatory laws of Nuremberg, serve as the basis for the official definition of Jewishness in the bosom of the state of Israel" (quoted in Joseph Badi, Fundamental Laws of the State of Israel NY, 1960, P.156)

[allie12194]

i like Bush, i thought he was a fair president. I understand, and accept that Obama is our new president, so i ask that we all act mature and support him. :) :) :)

[countess1900]

OMG, Matt Lauer actually sounded like a reporter. Did his research and asked questions. Unlike most cable news "talking heads" who structure 5 minutes questions to appease their viewer base and to influence opinion according to "some agenda".

Nice work Mr. Lauer.

[punishobama]

just a little jerk

[LATiger0090]

I miss Bush already!

[sidiggy1]

Really? What about him do you miss?

[chunkybutt420]

he prolly misses the corruption and defiance of the constitution

[chipkline]

Lauer looks more presidential than Obama. What a disgrace.

[sidiggy1]

How so?

[sweetb201]

So even on superbowl sunday you gotta wear a suit...Bush always looked presidential but damn sure didn't act presidential and obviously didn't make him a great president....If Obama does right by the American ppl (hoping he does) does it really matter what he's wearing?

[simpleservant1983]

hes a nood

[chuckcomplete212]

No one was more casual than President Bush. A suit does not make a scholar.

I have never seen such craziness. I guess it's eleven or twelve days now. The abnormal fear is unreal and scary. Calm down!

[rockingout1018]

Matt and obama.....sounds more like a liberal tea party.

[StrwberryCoff]

"We've had a dysfunctional political system for a while now." Yet he offers no change. The Constitution clearly lays out the houses relationship to the office of the presidency. If he doesn't have what done in three years? Fix an inherently broken system without making any actual policies change? This man is concerned with democracy while our constitutional republic is falling!

[americium14703]

why are people looking so closely to what he is wearing than what he is saying.

[sojiro856]

Obama is a celebrity?

[jobrien2001]

err... huh... blah blah blah.

Interview Ron Paul,  someone who knows the solution to the problems please.

[klimaxxx06]

Obama is at HIS residence..getting ready to watch the Superbowl and hosting a party...this is what we need a REAL person going to work for us..not a shiny suit!

[pimadave]

This is the downfall of America. Casual attire looks like drinking buddies with Roger from "whats happening" and a sissyboy with a mancrush.

[RealTime88]

Good job Matt. Good interview, fair questions, honest answers. I think the other journlists need to be that good when they interview him. Steve Kroft at CBS did a good job too.

[garycalgary]

this is exactly what i was looking for.

[AdamIntellectual7]

I love you Barack...casual shirt and all...you deserve a break, you have done more right things in ten days than the past administration in eight years.

[AdamIntellectual7]

I will ditto that!

[sojiro856]

I don't know about that. It may look right, but it could be steps toward a big problem.

[3keane]

I think Obama looks fine-perfectly appropriate for the Superbowl.

[clairebreedlove26]

he does

[JeremyStacy6]

put a tie and coat on, your the president of the united states. If your on national tv talking about our countries economic problems look professional.

[jpickles]

You have a point there. It looks different from other past presidents having Obama dressed up all casual like that. I don't know if it is good or not, but I do agree that it's best to start off his term sticking to a traditional look. Policies though are a different matter.

[funkyfly75]

He was interviewed right before his superbowl party, goodness. Calm down.

[Constipole]

this aired live hours before the superbowl, he was taking a small break to watch the game with his family, friends, and guests. The mood was relaxed.

[utubesucks2003]

So why don't you start enforcing the banks to abide by certain conditions, by first opening transparency and information on exactly where the first bailout money went, Mr. President.

[syvonne]

Thank you for posting. I missed this portion of the interview =)