Posted on 10/09/2013 4:26:17 AM PDT by don-o
On more than one occasion, President Obama has quietly met with select members of the media. The off-the-record meetings were notable in that conservative journalists were seldom included.
On Tuesday, the tables were turned somewhat as Obama invited a small number of conservative reporters, columnists and commentators to the White House for a private chat, but is the president looking for an edge in the ongoing budget impasse with Congress?
Ben Shapiro, editor-at-large of Breitbart News, called the meeting “a clear attempt to woo largely establishment conservative commentators who have loudly opposed the GOP’s current government shutdown strategy.”
Those in attendance Tuesday include Charles Krauthammer, a Fox News contributor and Washington Post columnist; Paul Gigot, Wall Street Journal editorial page editor; Robert Costa, the National Review’s Washington editor; syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker; and Washington Examiner columnist Byron York, a source with knowledge of the meeting told Politico.
I am a flunky by all wordly means.
Of all the names listed Ben Shapiro is the only one I’d count as a conservative. And the article does not indicate if he was invited.This article is about Mr. Shapiro's story. AFAIK, he wasn't invited.
Ironically, last night, while my son and I were watching Special Report, I kept incredulously shouting contradictions to Krauthammer's commentary... now completely explained.
We used to really like Krauthammer's commentaries on SR in the past... with a few exceptions. Last night I was stunned at what he was saying. I told my son, 'This is all Washington speak' ... the skewed view of Washington insiders who have lost touch with the hustings [fly-over country.]
SIGH
Thanks for the ping. No big surprises on the list, your cocktail party observation is spot on.
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