Ed Henry Tries to Defend Self Image: Pens Exclusive Article on CNN.com

Apparently, he got the notion from Wolf Blitzer at the Gridiron dinner. See? That's what you get for skipping it, Obama!

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"But on Tuesday night, as I sat in the front row nervously reviewing my hypothetical questions written out in longhand (decidedly old school), I kept thinking back to a conversation I had with Wolf Blitzer Saturday night at the Gridiron dinner.He said that when he was CNN's Senior White House correspondent, he liked following up on a question the president had ducked earlier in the newser."

*snip*

" The pressure was on now because the president had called on me. Someone handed me a microphone, millions were watching, and it's scary to think about changing topic in a split second because you might get flustered and screw up.But it's fun to gamble and like any good quarterback (though I was never athletic enough to actually play the position), I decided to call an audible. "

"But it's in moments like that we sometimes find out what's really on a president's mind. In this case, he's not happy about the scrutiny on AIG. So he did slap me down a bit.Anderson Cooper said later half-jokingly that yours truly was "nursing his wounds." Even more comical to me was the flood of e-mail I got from Democratic and Republican sources.Invariably, my Democratic friends tweaked along the lines of "how'd you like the smackdown" because they were pleased the president pushed back.
But my Republican friends hailed me by saying essentially, "Thanks for doing your job -- he never answered the question."So the exchange was a great political Rorschach: Each party saw their own talking points in the reflection of the back-and-forth."

"What do I think? I've got no hard feelings toward the president and I assume he feels the same, but I can't worry about that. I was doing my job -- and he was doing his."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/25/henry.obama/index.html

blog or do you mean somewhere else?

From Wonkette's..

"That article makes me miss Jeff Gannon."

Every one that I have read, save one promoting Ross Perot, are smacking Ed Henry around further.

guess I'll go over there. I'm surprised with the way cnn tries to manipulate the news. Yay!

"First, I'm not a fan of most of what Washington's doing to bail out boats that should be left to sink; I generally believe in the free market. But I think the President's response was, if anything, too kind to you.":D

need to know, ed henry.

Thanks for Wonkette's schooling, Jefferson~

He has "egg on his face". I forget why they said that? :shrug:

Oh, I just had to go look this saying up....



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http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/egg+on+your+face.html


Idiom Definitions for 'Egg on your face'

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If someone has egg on their face, they are made to look foolish or embarrassed.

Arrogance and a very poor listener....one who prefers to hear themselves talk all the time..............Such characteristics can turn into domestic violence if things in life go unpredictable.

My opinion of cource.

Journalists report news. They NEVER NEVER EVER want to MAKE news.

it! In the words of Fred Sanford...Big Dummy!

"Nat: Ed, I think you're an idiot. Where were you when Bush was taking us into war? Where were the hard questions? Thousands of lives lost and billions spent, and no one asked the tough questions. I'd have more trust in you .."

"Jon: You news guys can be so sad and whiney. It's all about you in the end. Mr. Henry got caugh asking a question that had "I got ya" in the tone of his query. Now he wants to blame the President for being a big meany to"

"Janice meter: Puuleeeze, Ed Henry--take your 15 minutes and get out of the way. I think Obama was taken aback by the stupidity and tone of your question. You asked a dumb question belligerently. So President Obama let it g .."

"Megan: C'mon Ed...you weren't 'doing your job'...you were trying to embarrass the President. And thanx from the GOP? Please...You guys whine and snivel about the President and his cabinet working harder and then whine and snivel about you guys not 'seeing' them. Grow up."

I did take notice ed henry was frantic in full whine mode.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x288517

that's just me.

They ought to give him a spotlight and a portable mirror so he can admire himself as he asks questions.

"Ed Henry I watched your mannerism each time you have ased President Obama a question in every forum you ask with a sense of arrogance and I think God that President Obama showed American he is not a watererd down, ******* yes boy, he can stand up when needed to."

It made me laugh.

You know, I thought maybe they were in denial over at CNN about what a tool Obama made Ed Henry look like. But, he felt the need to write a whole explanation? Methinks this was some CNN suits calling on Ed Henry to do damage control.

Two big idiots who sound idiotic together

lick you wounds and own up to that fact that Obama smacked you down.

Seems like the media as a whole want to denigrade the office in general and President Obama in particular. He's not getting the respect that he deserves and this after 8 years of the media falling all over themselves in the failed attempt to make idiot Bush look better than he had any right to look. President Obama should have said to Kroft when asked if he was punch-drunk, "Excuse me?"

To me it looks like President Obama hasn't gotten even a day's worth of a honeymoon from the press OR his Democratic congress. I'm so disappointed, but have faith that he will ignore these idiots and continue on the course for which we sent him to the Oval Office. Obama rocks!

OMG...I am just dying reading this at Wonkette.

...and/or anti-CNN.

People are simply not buying into CNN's attempts to steer the conversation.

Your fallback, the traditional "the media always has the last word" - won't help you one lick here.

I just read his twitter page, he is an even bigger loser than I imagined.

Or do you have to follow him?

Though his "tweets" (twits?) are so stupid, I'm sure he has many followers who have told him this.

http://twitter.com/edhenrycnn

Quote from Ed Henry's Article "But it’s fun to gamble and like any good quarterback (though I was never athletic enough to actually play the position), I decided to call an audible.

Wonkette Comment A psychologist could explain some of the things going on in that sentence very well.

'if yer 'splainin', yer losin'!'

Quel suprise!

What a total, utter embarrassment to his profession. Jennings, even Russert, would be rolling in their graves to read this self-important POS sissy fit. How lame.