The AP swings and misses twice last night

I admit it annoyed me, that the President called on these media hacks by name, in what I felt was a far too familiar and friendly manner.

Those hacks are not at all worthy of such a familiar (and even respectful) address from President Obama.

I don't remember it being thay way... all the President has to do is point at whomever he is calling upon to ask him a question: he does not need to address them by name, because who really gives a chit who they are, it's not about them anyway, is it?

They're not worthy of being personally identified by name, by the President... I mean, what if that male hustler (the one the Bush administration planted into the White House Press Corps) were still there: would we have to have him also addressed by name by the President, and therefore subject all of us, the many millions of American People (and people of the world) to such a familiarity with that guy?

And which ones in that Press Corps today, are in truth male hustlers and porn stars?

It's an undeserved respect from the President, and it's also an unwelcomed familiarity (I say) to us also, the American People. I don't want to hear the President say their names, because they're nothing but media hacks anyway (there are exceptions I'm sure: perhaps Helen Thomas).

The moment the President did that, I thought it was wrong and unnecessary, and I hope he puts an end to it.

Overexposed? A truly stupid comment from a vacuous baritone. Talking heads rate their effectiveness by their exposure on the small screen. Presidents are rated by their grasp of the issues and their willingness to tackle them. Obama is doing exactly what he should be doing during these difficult and ever-changing times -- he is methodically confronting every challenge and informing us, the American people, of what he is doing and why.

The more I see Obama in action, the more firm my confidence grows in his ability to clean up the mess that twenty years of deregulation and eight years of George W. Bush's brand of Republican government left us with.

That's what it's all about, Anderson Cooper, get used to it.