White House nixes
Posted on 09/03/2013 9:02:30 AM PDT by don-o
Even as President Obama prepares to commit an act of war in Syria, the White House has scaled back the public questioning it will tolerate about what the president is doing, holding only one televised briefing in the past seven days to justify the president’s position to the American people.
Has anyone seen this man? Has anyone seen this man?
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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has all but disappeared, briefing reporters in any forum – televised or not – only once since holding an off-camera “gaggle” aboard Air Force One August 10. Instead, he’s left the job to Principal Deputy White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest.
But even Earnest has been partially in hiding. The White House Press Secretary – or sometimes his deputy – generally goes before the cameras on weekdays when the president is in Washington. But there was no briefing last Wednesday or Friday, and none is schedule for today. Carney briefed last Tuesday and Earnest appeared at the podium of Thursday.
It’s not clear why the self-proclaimed “openness White House” has shut down regular public briefings. Press secretaries, who are prepped by experts from throughout the government, are supposed to be able to hold forth on sensitive issues. Americans are losing a chance to watch the press try to hold the White House accountable, and the White House is missing an opportunity to explain Obama’s shifting positions on Syria.
White House nixes
he is going thru transition like Bradley Manning. Jay will become Jennifer Carney. News at 11.
This Syria bs is all to distract us from the Amnesty bill that is coming up. Get us thinking about this BS while they pass the amnesty bill behind our backs.
call Congress . tell them no immigration related bill from the House. Focus people
I hope if we ever get a conservative in office again, he/she invokes the obammy rules often. Don’t feel like any more press conferences? obammy rule.
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