So, the President Had a Press Conference

Posted by Melissa McEwan at Friday, December 19, 2014
Earlier today, President Obama had his end-of-the-year press conference, and here is something interesting that happened:

screen cap of tweet authored by Joy Reid reading: 'So every reporter called on in the #ObamaPresser was a woman. Every single one.'
screen cap of tweet authored by Joy Reid reading: 'Male reporters shouting questions as the president says 'mahalo' and leaves. #ObamaPresser'

LOL. Awesome.

I suppose a cynical person might suggest the President did this as a stunt so people would talk about his calling on only female reporters instead of on the content of his responses to those reporters. But I am not that cynical person. Not today.

Speaking of the content of the presser, all of which is on-topic for this thread, I'll update with a link to the transcript of the presser, once a complete transcript becomes available. If you happen across one in the meantime, drop it into comments!

UPDATE: Still no complete transcript, but here is a good summary of the presser. (Video may autoplay at link.)
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