Oh looky some media catching up to transparency.

PatPatriot · Jul 2, 2009

Check out the video.Questions about the whitehouse plants about healthcare.

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White House spokesman Robert Gibbs and the Obama administration found the press corps slightly less friendly than they are used to yesterday, when CBS's Chip Reid asked why the questions for Wednesday’s town hall on healthcare were being selected beforehand.

Gibbs tried to dodge the issue, and asked for it to be asked after the town hall meeting in question, but then Helen Thomas became involved, saying, “We have never had that in the White House. I’m amazed that you people … call for openness and transparency.”

Reid and Thomas didn't let up for a second, especially Thomas.

To see the video, of the full exchange, Go Here Now.

Karl Rove opined on Fox News this morning that, to some extent, Gibbs had a point in saying that, since people are free to ask whatever questions they want, the president should be allowed to answer whichever questions he wants.

But Thomas didn't see it that way. After the press conference, she told CNS News that Obama's grip on the media is even greater than that of Richard Nixon.

"Nixon didn’t try to do that. They couldn’t control [the media]. They didn’t try that. What the hell do they think we are, puppets? They’re supposed to stay out of our business. They are our public servants. We pay them. I’m not saying there has never been managed news before, but this is carried to fare-thee-well - for the town halls, for the press conferences. It’s blatant. They don’t give a damn if you know it or not. They ought to be hanging their heads in shame."

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james1961 · Jul 2, 2009

I am shocked that Helen Thomas would question Obama's way of handling this townhall forum considering she hated GWB so much and was kissing Obama's ass during the campagin.

PatPatriot · Jul 2, 2009

I am shocked that Helen Thomas would question Obama's way of handling this townhall forum considering she hated GWB so much and was kissing Obama's ass during the campagin.

I saw somewhere that Obama shit on the media in a joking way about the suck ups to him in the media. And that after someone in the media said they were a little pissed at the remarks.Which just goes to show you even Obama thinks the media are fuckin dopes.

brucefan · Jul 2, 2009

You need the video for this one

The wheels are starting to fall off

When Liberals like Helen Thomas start to speak up, Barry is doomed

The point is the control from here. We have never had that in the White House. And we have had some control but not this control. I mean I'm amazed, I'm amazed at you people who call for openness and transparency and have controlled..." veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas said Wednesday.

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Zip · Jul 3, 2009

I love the way the media complains about transparency when they did everything they could to get Obama elected.

I am sure that if [when] Obama's policies go south they will step up and take their rightful amount of blame for his presidency

kingcapper+ · Jul 3, 2009

the media honeymoon for Barry is slowly coming to an end. i predict Gibbs gets canned by the end of the year when he starts to take tougher questions and gives horridly vague answers.

Dave007inVegas · Jul 3, 2009

By Sam Youngman Posted: 07/02/09 02:24 PM [ET]

Despite losing almost a half-million jobs in June, the economy is showing signs of recovery, the White House said Thursday.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the president joins the American people in being "impatient for results" as Republicans are howling that Obama's $787 billion stimulus plan has done nothing to halt job losses.

"There's a sense that beginnings of stabilization are taking hold, and hopefully the worst job loss is behind us," Gibbs said, adding the president was "deeply disappointed by the continued job loss" as the national unemployment rate moved up to 9.5 percent.

Gibbs said he "absolutely" believes that number is "definitely headed to 10 percent." "It may not be next month, but I would assume in the next two to three months I think it's quite clear that we'll hit that number," Gibbs said.
The president met with business leaders Thursday afternoon to discuss job creation.

After the meeting, Obama, talking to reporters in the Rose Garden, said the meeting "is a timely discussion on a day of sobering news."

Obama noted that June's job losses were not as bad as those in recent months, and he said he is seeing some positive signs the economy is starting to recover.

"Obviously, this is of little comfort to all those Americans who've lost their jobs," the president said.

Republicans are continuing to double-down on their bet that Obama's stimulus gamble will ultimately fail, saving few jobs at an enormous cost.

In June, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told a group of TV producers that he thought "the economy is just as likely to begin to recover on its own, wholly aside from this, before much of [the stimulus] has an impact."

"So I’m very skeptical that this massive sort of spending binge that we’ve engaged in is going to have much of an impact," McConnell said.

Under intense fire from Republicans who have questioned from the beginning whether the stimulus plan would work, Gibbs said flatly Thursday that "the stimulus plan is working."

:cripwalk:

Dave007inVegas · Jul 3, 2009

Under intense fire from Republicans who have questioned from the beginning whether the stimulus plan would work, Gibbs said flatly Thursday that "the stimulus plan is working." :grandmais

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
U.S. bank regulators closed seven institutions on Thursday, including six banks in Illinois controlled by one family and a small bank in Dallas, bringing the total number of U.S. bank failures to 52 so far this year.

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