Obama saw incorrect report of Supreme Court decision on TV

President Obama had a brief scare this morning.

When he first heard the Supreme Court's decision on Thursday, he thought his landmark health care legislation had been struck down.

Watching cable news coverage just outside the Oval Office, advisors said he had a quizzical look on his face reading TV captions that said the individual mandate had been invalidated.

Mr. Obama quickly got the correct report on the 5-4 ruling to uphold the mandate from his White House Counsel. Kathy Ruemmler gave the president two thumbs up and told him- that despite cable news reports- his landmark legislation had been upheld.

Watch CBS News' special report in the video to the left.

The president's advisers said there was a period of "cognitive dissonance" between what aired on cable TV and information Ruemmler received from a White House lawyer at the Supreme Court.

Relieved, Mr. Obama hugged Ruemmler and congratulated White House advisers.

The president learned of the Court's ruling at the same time as the general public, at the moment when decisions were released, and had no prior or insider information on the ruling.

[ABunker]

The story doesn't say what hole he was on when he got the news. This ruling guarantees a Romney blowout in November and then we will never have to see this America-hating Maxists ugly face again.

[BuckeyeChuck]

Why would you expect any thing accurate from Fox and lies!

[ABunker]

Hey wing-nut, the Commie News Network had it wrong as well.

Fox is the ONLY place that reports the truth about about our dictator and his destruction of the USA.

[CWOODS8178]

ITS NOW UP TO THE MEDIA TO EXPLAIN THE HUGE GOOD OUTCOME OF THIS LAW, REPUBLICAN LIES ALMOST DERAILED
THIS GREAT LAW ,THANK GOD FOR THIS HEALTH CARE LAW.

[hhandyman]

So was it the Fox Network, Beck or Limbaugh commentary that he was watching to see what happened?? ghee as Right as they try to be they cant even screw up the edit job on a sound bite that would sting as badly as that... BTW if you read the enforcement part of that Mandate you'd see that the teeth were pulled on the IRS when it comes to their part of the deal and the failure to buy health insurance tax.. so all you cheapskates that make millions and live on pennies by cutting as many corners as you can dodging debts owed and putting off as many things till tomorrow as you can it does eventually get here and that day you will call today and it will sting more than a few bucks for insurance.