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ABC News White House reporter Jake Tapper wrote on Twitter this evening:"Talking to a Vietnam Navy Vet who says Swift Boat veterans now call themselves "River Boat" vets bc of 2004 campaign."Tapper did not explain what about the 2004 campaign--John Kerry or the group that challenged Kerry's Vietnam service record, the Swift Boats Vets and POWs for Truth--have caused them to change how they describe themselves.

TAPPER: GE paid no taxes last year. Given that the CEO of GE is the head of the president's competitiveness and jobs council, I'm wondering if you have any thoughts on their paying no taxes last year. CARNEY: I hope so. But the -- look, I -- Jake, I'll just tell you. TAPPER: Front page of The New York Times. CARNEY: But I -- but I can -- I've read the story. The president has said that he is committed to corporate tax reform. TAPPER: Does it bother him? CARNEY: I haven't spoken to the president about this. TAPPER: Why...

ABC News White House correspondent Jake Tapper wrote on Twitter about 40 minutes ago that the Obama administration is basically clueless as to the ramifications to the United States of the overthrow of the Egyptian government of Hosni Mubarak."Also worth keeping in mind: cant find anyone in O admin who thinks whatever comes next will be better for U.S. interests than Mubarak was"This comes after Obama campaigned for Mubarak's overthrow.

ABC News White House Correspondent Jake Tapper attacked former President George W. Bush over his comments about being called a racist by rapper Kanye West over Hurricane Katrina.Writing on Twitter this afternoon while accompanying Barack Obama on his Asian trip, Tapper wrote a series of comments ripping Bush:President Bush says @KanyWest's comments were "one of the most disgusting moments of my presidency." Really?about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck imagine if in 5 years President Obama said one of the most disgusting moments of his presidency was when Glenn Beck called him racistabout 2 hours ago via TweetDeck the dead body...

ABC News White House correspondent Jake Tapper is spending the Friday night of Halloween weekend fighting off an attack by rabid moonbats angered by ABC's announcement that Big Government publisher Andrew Breitbart would be giving election night analysis on the network.Also appearing on ABC News will be the editor of Breitbart's Big Journalism, Dana Loesch.Tapper has alternated from jocularity, to polite referrals to ABC management, and from resignation to hostility in responding to the barrage of attacks by the moonbats.Tapper has spent the past three hours on Twitter battling the unhinged moonbats: And by the way I suggested that Mork...

During the course of questioning about the Obama administration's attacks on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ABC News White House Correspondent Jake Tapper brought up the issue of Barack Obama refusing to release his long form Hawaii birth certificate in an interview today with senior White House adviser David Axelrod.Axelrod said that Obama's birth certificate "has been available to people."When Tapper followed up by asking if the long form version (aka the original with more information than the shorter publicly released version) has been released, Axelrod ducked the question with this bizarre rejoinder, “the only people who want to keep...

I hate vanities as much as the next person (seriesly), but FNC has been playing this headline all morning:POLL: MORE AMERICANS WRONGLY BELIEVE OBAMA MUSLIMThere is one word which does not belong in the above headline. Any guesses?For those who don't know, here's a flashback to 0's interview with George Stephanopoulis BEFORE the 2008 election.Obama slips up: "My Muslim Faith" Why is this video not played more ... on FNC or anywhere? If it was FNC wouldn't be using the word "wrongly" in the above headline.Honestly, how many of us who aren't Muslim accidentally say "My Muslim Faith..."

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing Importance, unless suspended in their Operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. ---Thomas Jefferson, The United States Declaration of Independence. Oops! So what happened to all that discrimination and violation of civil rights that the Arizona immigration law was supposed to cause? Apparently the federal government decided it was so lacking that they didn't include it in their lawsuit against the Arizona law. Jake Tapper of ABC News notes the distinct lack of a discrimination charge...

Each week brings a new reminder of the mega mistake ABC News is about to make bringing in Christiane Amanpour as the host of “This Week.” Jake Tapper should have been the first choice and is demonstrarting weekly that he is the ideal choice. He keeps the show moving and is equally tough on representatives of both sides of the political spectrum. From a business standpoint, this past Sunday’s Tapper-hosted “This Week” was up 6% over a year ago in the 25-54 demographic all these shows chase. Tapper’s edition also was up a percentage point in overall audience from a...

Here is video from yesterday of Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher following BP CEO Tony Hayward and asking him if he knows what “the Government can do to you” if they do not comply with requirements being imposed on them. Hayward just ignored him and other reporters’ questions as he walked away from the White House. It is interesting to note that at the end of the video, you can see ABC News’ White House Correspondent Jake Tapper hollering after Hayward, “How’s that relative trickle going?”

TAPPER: Do you -- does the administration have an opinion on those in Wall Street who say that these -- this action you're proposing with derivatives would cost them hundreds of millions, if not a billion, dollars to take those steps? GIBBS: Well, look, again, I think that we have to figure out a way, and the president believes that bringing activities like this out of the dark and into an exchange that's regulated is a commonsense step that prevents the potential for a set of risky decisions to be made that -- that no one but taxpayers bear responsibility...

Some cross-network love for Jake Tapper on Morning Joe today, as MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski expressed respect for ABC’s Jake Tapper, and disappointment that ABC News had not chosen him as permanent host of its Sunday talk show, This Week. Instead of elevating its home-grown talent, ABC has brought in Christiane Amanpour, late of CNN, to fill the vacancy created by George Stephanopoulos’ move to Good Morning America. Joe and Mika made their comments after rolling tape of Tapper asking Bill Clinton, in an interview aired yesterday, whether he should have been considered to fill the impending Supreme...

Jake Tapper gets visit by Chinese official while interviewing a student at Shanghai Town Hall, the official "commanded" them to stop the interview...(Video)

Here is video of an ABC News "Nightline" Interview President Obama did with correspondent Jake Tapper. Tapper asked Obama about the amendment to the House Health Care Bill that would prevent abortions being paid for. Obama said "this is a Health Care Bill, not an abortion bill." Obama also said that visiting Dover to honor the remains of servicemen and women who have been killed in action has a huge impact on him as he considers what to do going forward in Afghanistan. . . . (VIDEO)

NBC's "The Biggest Loser" is at the White House tonight. This is not a joke.

From this morning’s gaggle in White House press secretary Robert Gibbs’ office: Tapper: It’s escaped none of our notice that the White House has decided in the last few weeks to declare one of our sister organizations “not a news organization” and to tell the rest of us not to treat them like a news organization. Can you explain why it’s appropriate for the White House to decide that a news organization is not one – (Crosstalk) Gibbs: Jake, we render, we render an opinion based on some of their coverage and the fairness that, the fairness of that coverage....

Jake Tapper has distinguished himself within the White House press corps as someone consistently willing to pose probing questions to the president and his aides. But on today's Good Morning America, ABC's chief White House correspondent used a particularly unflattering metaphor for Rep. Joe Wilson and his decision to go on Fox News to defend himself. As a clip of Rep. Wilson on last night's Sean Hannity show rolled . . . JAKE TAPPER: Although Wilson apologized to the White House for his lack of civility, he quickly took to the limelight of conservative media like a moth to a...

Jake Tapper, reporting on Twitter a few hours ago:A source close to Jones re: 2002 doc: “Jones didn’t participate in and wasn’t part of this march at all..."..."He spent a very brief time on the board of the magazine War Times.” Says no other connections to Truther movement other than petition. about 3 hours ago from webTapper is referencing the Rense.com document from January 2002.Gateway Pundit broke the news about Rense.com this morning with a report that posited that Jones was an organizer of the 9/11 Truther march listed on the page.This writer took an alternate view that Jones was...

Here is video of Jake Tapper reporting on the future of a "public option" remaining in the Democrats' Health Care bill. The White House has sent out mixed signals over the weekend over whether they view the public option as a must to remain in the bill. But Obama is receiving pressure from Congressional Democrats, as well as other party leaders to keep the public option in the bill. . . . . (Watch Video)

Here is video of ABC's Jake Tapper questioning White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about the use of "Nazi imagery" on both sides in the Government Health Care debate. He specifically mentioned Democrats who have referred to anti-ObamaCare protesters as "brownshirts" and accused them of bringing "Nazi swastikas" to events, despite the fact there is no proof whatsoever to that effect. Tapper also mentioned Rush Limbaugh having compared some of the tactics being used by Obama to the things Hitler did in the 1930's and 1940's. In fairness, Limbaugh had compared some of the propaganda and urging citizens to "snitch"...