Posted on 02/14/2011 1:27:23 PM PST by goods
Newly installed White House Press Secretary Jay Carney spent his first day on the job officially staying away from the White House briefing room.
Carney, who replaces former Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, decided not to speak to the nation today. The decision surprised and disappointed White House reporters, who presumably will have to wait until Tuesday to get a crack at President Obama’s new spokesman.
Carney has never briefed from the podium, and his first appearance will be a high-stakes, high-pressure affair. Not only does he have no experience under the klieg lights, but he has only been in the business of answering reporters’ questions for two years. He was a journalist himself before going to work as Vice President Biden’s spokesman at the start of the administration
Carney’s avoidance of the briefing room carries some peril for President Obama, who is releasing his budget today. Normally on “budget day,” a briefing by the OMB director and possibly other economic aides is followed by an appearance by the press secretary, who is more adept at “spinning” the all-important document and who can also clean up any mistakes made by his wonkish colleagues. Last year, Gibbs briefed soon after Obama’s economic advisers were finished.
Carney informally took one question during Obama’s trip this morning to the Baltimore area. Asked how it was going, he said, ”Great. So far so good.” And he related a conversation between Obama and a teacher at the school he is visiting.
“I love your enthusiasm,” Obama said, according to Carney. ”I just love what I do,” she replied
When this is all said and done, how long do you think it will be before Carney replaces Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation?
I wonder why a racist like obama insists on having a white press secretary...just wonderin’
No experience.
Sounds like he will fit right in with the rest of Obama’s no accomplishments appointees.
I’d probably get stage fright too if woke up on a Monday morning and realized that my new job was to stand up in front of my former colleagues and tell lie after lie after lie.
Of course we can all be SURE that an Obama representative will be treated VERY unfairly by the media. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
[...first appearance will be a high-stakes, high-pressure affair.]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inDf6-TUq5s
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