Posted on 01/30/2011 2:12:16 PM PST by Hojczyk
The Washington A-List was out in force Saturday night at the farewell party for senior adviser David Axelrod, with a roster of guests featuring Cabinet secretaries, big shot journos and – President Obama.
As revolution threatened to sweep Egypt and possibly other allies – with the horrifying prospect of Islamism replacing reliable friends – the president was on view partying with the IN crowd.
The skepticism beyond the Beltway about whether Washington is just one big Love-In certainly gets fed by the sight – as conveyed by the press pool report – of reporters like ABC’s Jake Tapper, NBC’s Chuck Todd, National Journal’s Major Garrett, and John Harwood of CNBC and the New York Times emerging from a bash with the president that was held to toast his chief political fixer and leading spinmeister.
I understand why reporters would do this – other than the admittedly pathetic notion that, gosh, it’s fun to party with the president of the United States! It is pretty good for building sources and getting inside dope. But man, it ain’t easy smacking the White House with tough stories all the time if you’re getting invited to their exclusive parties, now is it?
Also on hand were Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Energy Secretary Steven Chu. The party was at the Washington residence of Linda Douglass, the former hard-hitting ABC reporter who dropped out of journalism to spin the health care bill out of the White House. She’s now a VP at Atlantic Media.
So we have an official with a journalism outfit – Atlantic Media – HOSTING a party for the president and his consigliere.
Mrs. Obama stayed home. Good for her. Maybe she was monitoring the situation in Egypt.
Obomaomet the muslim CARTER is gleefull to see the rise of islamism....coming soon in USA
Some A-List!
Were there any straight guys there?
Being entertained is what Obama does best.
Too cold for golf!
Miss seeing Major Garrett.
Well at least we will have the “A List” to gather this scum up to take the “A Train” out of DC...
“Were there any straight guys there?”
Axelrod?
Err... nevermind.
Too bad it wasn’t Tehran... I’d party.
Our own Caligula in the White House. He parties while the Middle East burns..........
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I’ll be the brave one here and ask the question.
What if this Middle East problem was going on and Bush was at the White House partying like partying is going out of style? What would the media say????? Think we know the answer to that.
Whatever happened to the good old days, when every now and then you pinged to an upbeat thread? Such as, ‘Obama Misreads Teleprompter; Thanks Himself for His Presence’? Nowadays your pings are just tragically dire, and not even that expresses the full degree of anger, frustration and despair they are prone to ignite [before I pray about them, and petition God for intervention].
Whining and moaning aside, thank you very much for all your pings. You keep me abreast of the really serious, must-know news. I appreciate it very, very much.
The best times for terrorists to attack the United States would be during the NCAA basketball or NBA tournaments.
PARTY LIKE IT’S -1999!
(By the way, did sasha win her basketball game and did the refreshment stand serve ice cream?)
Why not party? His side, the radical Islamists are on the march. Bob
I see no reason why he should not party; he is getting what he wanted.
No, party like it’s 1979, the year the American hostages were taken in Iran! Bob
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