Comments on: The Return of the Senior White House Officials http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: All Things Beautiful http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-12844 All Things Beautiful Wed, 15 Feb 2006 19:32:25 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/#comment-12844 <strong>Another Black Eye For The MSM</strong> In the absence of any pressing news these days -- other than Iran's nuclear weapons development crisis, the election of Hamas terrorists in Palestine, ongoing worldwide Muslim riots and killing in reaction to a cartoon, Al Gore's near sedition while ... Another Black Eye For The MSM

In the absence of any pressing news these days — other than Iran’s nuclear weapons development crisis, the election of Hamas terrorists in Palestine, ongoing worldwide Muslim riots and killing in reaction to a cartoon, Al Gore’s near sedition while …

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-12825 peter Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:41:46 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/#comment-12825 There are plenty of outrageous things Cheney has done, faux and vrai. I think that delaying the release of the story (presumably to avoid the Sunday morning news shows) is fairly low on the list, but the ham-fisted response makes things look worse than they should. Regarding the White House press corps: do you think that Clinton got better treatment from the press than Bush? There are plenty of outrageous things Cheney has done, faux and vrai. I think that delaying the release of the story (presumably to avoid the Sunday morning news shows) is fairly low on the list, but the ham-fisted response makes things look worse than they should.

Regarding the White House press corps: do you think that Clinton got better treatment from the press than Bush?

]]> By: Clint http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-12824 Clint Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:05:55 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/#comment-12824 TMS- You give the press corps far too much credit. An instantaneous, clear and unequivocal disclosure (which, as 'cb' says, is basically what we had!!) would have changed exactly one thing: the minor details of the faux outrage du jour. I share your impression of the White House Press Pool. Yesterday Scott McClellan chided a reporter that he was trying to make it "all about you" -- the Press corps should be careful what they wish for. TMS-

You give the press corps far too much credit.

An instantaneous, clear and unequivocal disclosure (which, as ‘cb’ says, is basically what we had!!) would have changed exactly one thing: the minor details of the faux outrage du jour.

I share your impression of the White House Press Pool. Yesterday Scott McClellan chided a reporter that he was trying to make it “all about you” — the Press corps should be careful what they wish for.

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-12823 peter Wed, 15 Feb 2006 14:59:20 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/#comment-12823 An interesting juxtaposition of questions: "when’s the last time you saw a good piece on what’s going in with the attempts to form a government in Iraq? How’s that plan to put UN peacekeepers into Darfur going? What are we going to do about our increasing indebtedness to China?" The answers: 1) What's going on with the government in Iraq is this week marked the Shiite-led appointment of the prime minister, who has extensive ties with Tehran (so this is what 2250 Americans died for -- so Iran can extend its influence in the Middle East?) 2) As far as I can tell, nothing is going on 3) Ditto: it gets worse with every treasury auction So while the Cheney shooting incident may be a diversion, the "real news" isn't much better for the Bush administration -- An interesting juxtaposition of questions:

“when’s the last time you saw a good piece on what’s going in with the attempts to form a government in Iraq? How’s that plan to put UN peacekeepers into Darfur going? What are we going to do about our increasing indebtedness to China?”

The answers:

1) What’s going on with the government in Iraq is this week marked the Shiite-led appointment of the prime minister, who has extensive ties with Tehran (so this is what 2250 Americans died for — so Iran can extend its influence in the Middle East?)
2) As far as I can tell, nothing is going on
3) Ditto: it gets worse with every treasury auction

So while the Cheney shooting incident may be a diversion, the “real news” isn’t much better for the Bush administration –

]]> By: too many steves http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-12818 too many steves Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:44:03 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/#comment-12818 The whole thing could have been avoided, for sure, by a clear and unequivocal disclosure. Personally I don't really care. The bigger story for me is the hyperventilating huff that the White House Press Pool have fomented into. Is it me or do they sound like a whiny, wounded bunch of windbags who are offended that they weren't told the story first? The whole thing could have been avoided, for sure, by a clear and unequivocal disclosure. Personally I don’t really care.

The bigger story for me is the hyperventilating huff that the White House Press Pool have fomented into. Is it me or do they sound like a whiny, wounded bunch of windbags who are offended that they weren’t told the story first?

]]> By: relish http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-12817 relish Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:31:49 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/#comment-12817 Somehow, I have the feeling that if Cheney had been the one shot, this story would be over by now...how sad is that? Somehow, I have the feeling that if Cheney had been the one shot, this story would be over by now…how sad is that?

]]> By: The Moderate Voice http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-12814 The Moderate Voice Wed, 15 Feb 2006 07:25:28 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/#comment-12814 <strong>Former GOP White House Press Secretaries And PR Experts Blast Cheney Shooting Handling</strong> Vice President Dick Cheney and the White House are now coming under intense criticism from several prominent former Republican White House press secretaries and public relations experts for the way the press and public learned that Cheney had accident... Former GOP White House Press Secretaries And PR Experts Blast Cheney Shooting Handling

Vice President Dick Cheney and the White House are now coming under intense criticism from several prominent former Republican White House press secretaries and public relations experts for the way the press and public learned that Cheney had accident…

]]> By: cb http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/comment-page-1/#comment-12813 cb Wed, 15 Feb 2006 05:14:30 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/14/the-return-of-the-senior-white-house-officials/#comment-12813 For the nature of this incident, and its impact with respect to anything of any importance, "breaking" the story within 18 hours IS "immediate". "Political liability"? Please... in Moonbat-land, maybe. For the nature of this incident, and its impact with respect to anything of any importance, “breaking” the story within 18 hours IS “immediate”.

“Political liability”? Please… in Moonbat-land, maybe.

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