Obama names 110 White House visitors

MSNBC ^ | October 30, 2009 | Bill Dedman

[KarenMarie]

The White House on Friday released a small list of visitors to the White House since President Barack Obama took office in January, including lobbyists, business executives, activists and celebrities.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33556933/ns/politics-white_house/

[KarenMarie]

I searched and did not find this posted already. Sorry if it is a repost.

[MAD-AS-HELL]

there is a reason why it’s a partial list. This admin claim to be transparent is a joke and why the media has not hit him over the head with this lie is beyond me. Oh wait, it’s this media that knew he was lying during the campaign and covered for him as they are still doing now. Where is QUeef Ogerman complaining about how Obama just says things to make people feel good but never actually does what he says he is going to do?

[BallyBill]

Adolph Hitler was on the list, bit wasn't that Adolph Hitler.

[quantim]

Was the visitor predator or the alien? Get them mixed up...

[KarenMarie]

Like her looking in the mirror.

[Minn]

Adolph Hitler was on the list, bit wasn't that Adolph Hitler.

The whole thing of the blockbuster names, that turn out to be other people of the same name, smacks of a childish prank and arrogance.

Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers? Oh, two tourists that signed up for a white house tour or delivered fertilizer. That's so funny; especially since the pre-election right-wing notion that Obama likes to associate with and empower radical nut-cases has been proven to be just a paranoid fantasy.

[scrabblehack]

I recall President Reagan saying he met about 50 people a day — shouldn’t the number be in the thousands?

[The_Media_never_lie]

Then who were the Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers look alikes?

[etradervic]

Here is a picture of his guests:

[Red Steel]

Jeremiah Wright and William Ayers? Oh, two tourists that signed up for a white house tour or delivered fertilizer. That's so funny; especially since the pre-election right-wing notion that Obama likes to associate with and empower radical nut-cases has been proven to be just a paranoid fantasy

Naaw they were there at the White House for ice cream and cookies with the Muppets.

And so was George Soros the DemRat finance minister for subversive organizations, and Angela Davis former Communist party Vice President candidate and radical black activist who was once on the FBI's most wanted list.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/disclosures/visitor-records

[stubernx98]

This is a joke right? Michael Moore visited 6 times, John Edwards 5 times, Ayers 2 times, Soros 6 times, Paul Krugman 1 time, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates??.

Serena Williams - hmmm

I guess Al gore couldn't make the list. But he is on the front cover of the Costco mag - guess I will start going to Sams Club.

[b4its2late]

shouldn’t the number be in the thousands?

Probably, but I guess what is reported is what counts!

[SERKIT]

How about a list of donors (not made-up names, but real names - foreign and domestic) of Slim Shady’s campaign contributors that racked up $750M+ for the 2008 war chest?

[Red Steel]

The source comes right from the White House’s official website as I posted the link to it in number 10.

[stylin19a]

William Ayers is on the list twice. The WH claims the name William Ayers is a “false-positive” i.e .. not the “real” William Ayers.

However, this William Ayers (Middle initial A, not C)
made the appointment 1/27/2009 4:14:43PM and got in at 1/27/2009 4:30:00PM and stayed until 1/27/2009 11:59:00PM.

6 Days after inauguration, a William Ayers makes an appointment and gets in 15 minutes later ? and stayed 7 hours @ the OEOB(really the EEOB) ? not bad for a “false-positive”.

[Freedom2specul8]

Bookmarked

[CaliGirl-R]

“I recall President Reagan saying he met about 50 people a day — shouldn’t the number be in the thousands?”

He’s hardly ever at the Whitehouse, he’s always on the road!

[KarenMarie]

” ...OEOB(really the EEOB) ... “

What is that short for?
Thanks

[AStack75]

“The whole thing of the blockbuster names, that turn out to be other people of the same name, smacks of a childish prank and arrogance.”

I was thinking the exact same thing. If you are only releasing 110 names out of tens of thousands, why release these specific names? Seems like the WH is just playing game and probably is hoping Fox News sees it and causes a stir about it so then the WH can come back at them to make Fox looks foolish.

[Eroteme]

The whole thing of the blockbuster names, that turn out to be other people of the same name, smacks of a childish prank and arrogance.

Yep. Too clever by half. Stick a thumb in America's eye, and at the same time, claim you're "transparent." But I really think there's serious purpose to this beyond prank. If you know you can't expunge the name William Ayers from the visitor logs, next best thing is to create a shell game with same-named others. Then, any time the WH is questioned, Robert Gibbs just wisecracks his way out of it with the cover they've laid, and the press gratefully accepts the escape hatch.

There's no reason in the world to include WH tour groups in this list except to mine it for like-names.