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Obama Calls On Only Women Reporters At Year-End Presser

by Sahil Kapur

12.19.14 | 2:44 pm

President Barack Obama smiles during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemp... President Barack Obama smiles during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 19, 2014. The president claimed an array of successes in 2014, citing lower unemployment, a rising number of Americans covered by health insurance, and an historic diplomatic opening with Cuba. He also touts his own executive action and a Chinese agreement to combat global warming. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais ) MORE LESS

President Barack Obama took questions from only women reporters at his year-end press conference on Friday — eight of them.

The first question went to Carrie Budoff Brown of Politico. The next seven went to female reporters from Bloomberg BNA, The Associated Press, McClatchy, Reuters, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and American Urban Radio Networks.

The news conference lasted for about an hour.

Reporters who asked questions today during Obama’s final press conference of 2014. pic.twitter.com/YwHB2RVBzx

— Chris Moody (@moody) December 19, 2014

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mrcurmudgeon says:

December 19, 2014

Oh no. This has inadvertently caused my penis to fall off. THANKS OBAMA!
emilianoelmexicano says:

December 19, 2014

Whether by design or by the fact that FOX has converted all DC male journalists into ChuckToddClones…

Fantastic!
callmeeric says:

December 19, 2014

Obama steals Romney’s full-women-binder!!!
fargo116 says:

December 19, 2014

This can only mean ONE thing: A vote to repeal Obamacare, immediately!

BENGHAZI!

And Waterboarding is NOT torture, either!
counter_coulter says:

December 19, 2014

Considering one of the questions I heard a “serious” male reporter shout out concerned Obama’s New Year’s resolution, I think he was right to only call on women.

Edit: Another asked if he was going to smoke a cigar…and they wonder why they didn’t get called on?

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