Bitter Barack Obama (SoA) gets testy, arrogant and infantile on NBC

check out MidNightRiderMMI on youtube - he also owns NBC/Universal

also says in the full NBC interview that Glenn Beck stirs up racists...basically says "Restoring Honor" rally was about racists gathering...like a giant KKK rally


President Barack Obama dismissed a recent poll showing that a third of Americans don't know he's a Christian -- and blamed an online campaign of misinformation by his conservative enemies for perpetuating the myth that he's a Muslim.

Obama, speaking with NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams on Sunday afternoon, was equally dismissive of conservative talk show host Glenn Beck -- saying he didn't watch the Fox host's Saturday rally in Washington but wasn't surprised that Beck was able to "stir up" people during uncertain economic times.

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Williams, sitting under a tent in a rain-soaked New Orleans, where the First Family commemorated the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, asked Obama why so many people were uncertain about something so fundamental as his faith.

"I can't spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead," quipped Obama, who took a deep breath to gather his thoughts when asked if the poll reflected his inability to communicate with voters.

"The facts are the facts. We went through some of this during the campaign — there is a mechanism, a network of misinformation that in a new media era can get churned out there constantly," said a visibly annoyed Obama, referring to "birthers," who have waged a guerrilla campaign questioning either the existence or the validity of his Hawaiian birth certificate.

"I will always put my money on the American people, and I'm not going to be worried too much about what rumors are floating around there."

A stunning 18 percent of Americans identify Obama as Muslim, according to a Pew poll released earlier this month. Only a third identified Obama, who speaks passionately about his faith in his autobiography, as Christian.

Obama, who just returned from a long vacation on Martha's Vineyard said he didn't watch Glenn Beck's massive rally at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, adding that he was focused on the long-term, not on the "Nightly News."

"It's not surprising that someone like a Mr. Beck is able to stir up a certain portion of [the American people]. ... That's been true throughout our history," he said.

Obama doubled down on his support for a mosque and community center planned for a site two blocks north of ground zero in lower Manhattan -- and denied reports that he tried to back away from backing the controversial project.

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[BRUCEBAUM45]

Wow I'm shocked that the liberal NBC would ask Obama such a question.

[psx57831]

He ended winning cause of media malpractice lol

[HNK222]

Rightwingers think they can redefine what you see with your own eyes and you'll mindlessly agree.

We had 8 disasterous years of Bush - the epitome of an amoral, self-centered, narcissist who arrogantly called himself "The Decider" and boasted of having "been to war" despite being a draftdoger

Pres Obama is a lot of things, but claiming he's "testy, arrogant, and infantile" (the defintion of conservative douchebags like Bush, Cheney, Gingrich, etc.), self-evidently does not describe him.

[memadmax69]

I remember this interview....

It made the hair on the back of my neck stand up....

[OriginalJoseyWales]

how was he testy ? how was he arrogant or infantile ? With this kind of prejudice most people would get testy - he did well to stay cool. Go Obama !

[luvitluvitbaby]

@SDupe44 I don't think it's about hidden agendas. It'smore about winning and POWER with both parties. The GOP seized on an opportunity to stoke the fear and anxiety many whites felt when Obama was elected by painting him as some far left-wing black nationalist Islamic thug infiltrating the White House. They have managed to whip their base into such a frenzy they can't think straight. The Democrats paint the GOP as beholden to the 1% and in favor of a Plutocracy. Now let the games begin!