Posted on 04/01/2017 6:23:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Former White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said his old boss, former President Barack Obama, is worried about a lack of progress in Washington D.C.
"[He's] viewing it from a distance, where he's writing a book, but I think that he's genuinely concerned," Earnest said on MSNBC on Friday.
Earnest said Obama sees the White House and the federal government as "as an institution that could be used to advance the interest of the American public," and a lack of forward movement is a concern, "not just for the former president of the United States but Americans of both parties across the country."
With regards to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes — who has been accused of colluding with the White House on matters related to the committee's investigation of the Trump campaign and Russia — Earnest said the current administration should be disturbed by how that meeting has been perceived.
"For the White House, I do think they have to be concerned because it looks like they're trying to launder this information through the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Community — again to try to exonerate or at least defend the tweets of the president of the United States," Earnest said.
"What's problematic for the American people is that you have senior intelligence officials on the National Security Council that are not pouring over intelligence reports trying to figure out how to keep the country safe — they're poring over intelligence reports trying to figure out how they can defend an ultimately defenseless tweet that included a baseless accusation from the president of the United States," Earnest added.
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> sees ... the federal government as “as an institution that could be used to advance the interest of the American public,”
And that’s the problem with Ds and too many Rs. The federal government’s job is to stay out of the way and do as little as possible and allow us to advance our own interests.
Different people have different interests and the federal government can only treat us all the same. Some want money and have little leisure. Some want leisure and do as little work as possible (in school and beyond). And all sorts of other combinations of those plus many different interests. Trying to force us all to be the same or achieve the same things cannot work except for those who have the same interests the government is forcing.
Obama never was an American.
Rush said that Obama is at an all male retreat with 50 other guys on some island. I suspect that the only thing concerning him is what you mentioned.
...noticed he set this up after his romp in the surf with the guy from Virgin Airways
I remember when the democrat press went to spokespeople for former president GWBush for his opinions about the new obama administration.
Is Joshie's master still hiding out?
This FRAUD should be arrested the minute he sets foot back in this country.
So, Earnest remains the press secretary.
Everyone knows the best place to write a book and avoid writer’s block is a tropical destination with no standing extradition agreement.
Did he bring Bill Ayers to Fiji??? How can he be working on a book without Bill AYers??? Well there’s always online collaboration, I suppose.... Dropbox is very useful.
Ah, so that is how it works. I can even remember the DC people mentioning to Chauncey Gardiner that ghost writers were available to him if he intended to write a book.
Earnest said Obama sees the White House and the federal government as “as an institution that could be used to advance the interest of the American public,” The interest of the American public was advanced when Obama left office.
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