Obamas get personal on '60 Minutes'
Updated at 10:10 p.m. PST with video of the interview.
In their first interview since the presidential election, President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, talk with 60 Minutes about the enormity of the moment when he was first declared the winner of the presidential election.
"I am not sure it has sunk in," the president-elect says during the hour-long interview with the CBS TV news magazine.
They discuss the entire experience and how their lives have changed, as well as the challenges faced by the man who will be the 44th president of the United States. "We've got a lot of work to do," he says. "There are a lot of big problems."
A father's promise: In this clip from the interview, Obama speaks with Steve Kroft about a special promise he made two years ago to his young daughters regarding getting a dog, his relationship with his mother-in-law, and the possibility of a college football playoff system.
Obama and the presidency: In this segment, Obama speaks about his thoughts and goals as our nation's next commander-in-chief, specifically discussing the economic crisis, his plans for the military, and his Cabinet.
"The challenges that we are confronting are enormous and they are multiple. And so there are times during the course of a given day where you think: 'Where do I start in terms of moving--moving things forward?'"
He also spokes to the housing crisis in the United States.
"We have not focused on foreclosures and what's happening to homeowners as much as I would like," he says. "One thing I'm determined is that if we don't have a clear, focused program for homeowners by the time I take office, we will after I take office."
The personal transition: In this clip, the Obamas reflect on how they will soon be the youngest first family to move into the White House since the Kennedys nearly 50 years ago. Kroft speaks with the couple about their personal transition.
President-elect Obama also reflects on the pressure associated with being the first African-American president of the United States:
"There was a sense of emotion that I could see in people's faces and--in my mother-in-law's face. You know, I mean, you--you think about Michelle's mom, who grew up--on the west and south sides of Chicago. Who worked so hard to help Michelle get to where she is, her brother to--be successful. She was sitting next to me, actually, as we were watching returns. And she's like my grandmother was, sort of a no-fuss type of person. And suddenly she just kind of reached out and she started holding my hand, you know. Kind of squeezing it. And you had this sense of, well, what's she thinking? For a black woman who grew up in the '50s, you know, in a segregated Chicago, to watch her daughter become first lady of the United States. I think there was that sense across the country. And not unique to African-Americans."
Also, I like Barack Obama, which is why I go to CNN or Fox to read about him. Not CNet.
Idiots.
What in the world does this have to do with technical news?
Time to boycott the sponsers of this garbage, say goodbye to CNET and get my technical news from sites that actually provide real technical news rather than promoting their political agenda... So long..
You have no credibility when you spout such nonsense.
If this doesn't take the cake... Now wait, the cake is a lie.
And ad that's ad sponsored. Seriously, think about this. And ad that is ad sponsored. Someone paid Cnet to have their ad run before an ad for 60 minutes. Get is? Ad time was purchased during an ad.
Someone just shoot me now...
The fact that this web site is owned by the company that is selling the ad space for the show they are promoting does seem a little gratuitous.
I will say that I've noticed an increase in the non-technical political articles on news.com. Wired.com has always been more of an activist site with political commentary which is why I generally avoid them.
alleyinsider.com has quite a few political articles but they tie the stories to technology. For example, there is an article on their current page entitled, "Six Signs Barack Obama Has A CrackBerry Problem". Clearly some of the writers either have a lot of free time on their hands or a schoolgirl crush on the President Elect or both. But, at least the story related to technology.
If Cnet keeps reaching outside the technology arena with stories like the one on Prop 8 and promotes non-technology related political events like interviews on their parent company's network of any political figure I will stop visiting their web site. Just ask wired.com.
And on a related note ... Greta Van Sustren did a great series of post-election interviews with Sarah Palin. The videos, from Greta's program called On The Record, are hosted on the Fox News video site:
http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html
Normally I would be reluctant to post such political info. But not any more ... in today's new world, the liberals have taken a deep breath, sat up straight, and have let go of their burden of sarcasm, cynicism, and anger that was a barrier between them and their friends and loved ones. In fact, they will probably thank me.
;-)
Ever hear of SPELL CHECK.
CNet is not political, it if for Tech news. Why not mention the spotless family that has run Chicago for two generations now (Daley) and it ties with "families" in The City. Oh, wait, I forgot, this is not political, it it Technology related.
Obama's first post-election interviews is news...that might be of interest to any reader, including those who are tech focused.
The source is CBS 60 Minutes, and CNET is part of CBS...so we do like to promote CBS exclusive news content when it makes sense. If McCain had won the election and 60 Minutes got the exclusive interview, we would have promoted that segment.
We hear you...and now back to regular programming.
- by P_F_M November 17, 2008 9:13 AM PST
- I agree CNET has lost their focus. I have enough sources for general news and would never consider CNET in that catagory anyway.
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