Posted on 03/27/2011 1:45:13 PM PDT by maggief
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A statement from the VP's office noted that "It is standard policy for the Vice President's office that a print pooler cover the speaking program at fundraisers. This has been the consistent policy throughout the Administration. At times, these fundraisers are at private homes and 'hold rooms' are provided for pool reporters to wait for the speaking program to commence. A hold room, however, should not be a storage room. This was the unfortunate mistake of an inexperienced staffer and the Vice President's office has made sure it will never happen again."
Biden's office added that in this particular occasion, "half of the hold room was used for storage by the home's owner and the other half was open space. A table and chair were set up for the reporter to allow him to file his story afterwards and work while he waited for the speaking program to begin. It was designated as the hold space because of its close proximity to the event room. The speaking program began approximately one hour after the reporter arrived, which he covered as the pool reporter, and he departed the home as soon as the motorcade left (about 15 mins after the speaking program ended)."
Alexander's note to Powers ended: "Thank you for your patience and flexibility."
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Another journalist comes out of the closet.
Bull s-it the do.
I still fail to see what the VP did wrong here. :)
http://www.snowmasssun.com/article/20110325/FRONTPAGE/110329977/1064&ParentProfile=1039
Biden landed at the Eagle County airport late Thursday, where a motorcade picked him up and drove him to Snowmass Village for what is scheduled to be a low-key family vacation.
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Biden flew to Eagle County from Florida, where he was the headliner in two fundraising events for Sen. Bill Nelson.
What, they should have stuck him somewhere else?
What is considered an appropriate place to stick a reporter?
Only because news of the action became public knowledge.
Imagine Dick Cheney’s staff putting a reporter in a closet and the media response.
If the event was in a high school, would they have stuffed the reporter into a locker?
Did President Bush or Vice President Cheney ever use “hold rooms.” If they did, the press somehow forgot to tell us about it. It was nice of them to be so discreet about this; it certainly saved Dick Cheney from a lot of embarrassment.
Typical commie 'RAT excuse. "Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy".
Biden: “No time for the little people!”
Do you know what would have happened if Cheney had shut a reporter in the closet?
It would have been the lead item on every news service. The NY Slimes would have been running editorials from the womb to the tomb on how secretive and untrustworthy the whole administration was.
For the Dems it’s just a blurb in a blog.
I wonder how the media can stand their dishonestly. I really wonder how their double standard doesn’t choke them, sometimes.
The person locked in the closet was held without will by someone who had no authority to confine anyone. That’s kidnapping.
Isn’t that called kidnapping? But the Obama administration is above the law, so what am I saying?
Me thinks a high power donor who didn’t want to be seen came and went.
If only we could stick Biden’s boss in a closet all will be forgiven
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