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Considering the power, authority, and control he has, and what his job is, he doesn't deserve "a break", nor should he be given one. If he's doing things that make us want to scrutinize him to the nth degree, then so be it, it's his doing. The republicans would have foamed at the mouth, ripped your arms off, and beaten you to death with them if you suggested anyone give Clinton "a break". The point is, regardless of who it is, the President of the United States of America doesn't "get a break".

I just think it's funny how the same wheels (and I mean this for both sides) spin the same way, no matter the topic. The typical bush-kissers call it bullshit posturing, and the bush-haters hail anyone who they think knocked him down a peg, or supposedly called him out on something.

Regardless of the "reporter trying to make a name for herself", as the righties here say... if the quotes are accurate, then some of his personal banter was flatly rude and disrespectful, and there's no context in which they could appear otherwise.

And, if the lefties are correct in that the president is constantly coddled by the press, then i say whose fault is that? It's the fault of the press as a whole. There's only so much control the president can have if no one plays their little games of "no more interviews if you hardball the president". People need to step it up a little.