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Blue on blue: Helen Thomas hammers Gibbs on Obama’s phony town hall
Hot Air ^ | June 30, 2009 | ALLAHPUNDIT

Posted on 07/01/2009 12:09:06 PM PDT by RobinMasters

Phony, that is, in the sense that the White House knows in advance the questions that’ll be asked, which makes the questioners de facto plants of the most transparent administration evah. I have no big problem with The One putting on a pageant — that’s standard presidential stagecraft in a television age — but I do have a problem with the NYT taking care to note the “orchestration” when Bush pulled this while neglecting to mention it this time.

It’s in keeping with the media’s narratives about Dubya and Obama, though, the former shifty and stupid and therefore dependent on softballs, the latter “open” and ingenious and no longer required to prove his ability to handle tough questions.

Also, and needless to say, while Thomas’s and Chip Reid’s effort is appreciated, O doesn’t need to shut out the press in order to “control” it. That’s what Rahm’s mad manipulation skillz are for, and what Rahm (and Axelrod) can’t control, old-fashioned liberal bias can be trusted to take care of. As lefty rag Vanity Fair admitted early last month:

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhopress; bhotownhalls; helenthomas; totus
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To: erkyl

I love Helen in this bit - ‘I don’t have to email my question....I can ask it here...’ HAHAHAH!


21 posted on 07/01/2009 12:30:32 PM PDT by BossLady ("WE are the origin of all coming evil" ~~ Carl Jung~~)
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To: RobinMasters

Well, I have no smarty pants comments about Helen today; she earned her paycheck. The WH press corp will never wake up to the fact that kissing Obama’s rear end is a smelly thing, but could it be they’ll tire of Mr. “I know nothing” Gibbs?


22 posted on 07/01/2009 12:31:05 PM PDT by cblue55
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To: Red Badger
Gibbs is the perfect “Useful Idiot”..................

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Yes he is.

23 posted on 07/01/2009 12:33:26 PM PDT by dragonblustar ("... and if you disagree with me, then you sir, are worse than Hitler!" - Greg Gutfeld)
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To: Jeff Gordon
Obama and Gibbs will soon realize: It's not nice to try and fool Mother Thomas - or keep her or others in the Press Corps out of the mix. Obama, Gibbs and Rahm might have a modicum of success at first with their goal to control the Press...but it will wear thin and then they will have to watch out.

I keep repeating the saying, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." Anyone who is so narcissistic as to want to control everything will soon fail. And Obama will fail very badly and very publicly , it is just a matter of time.

24 posted on 07/01/2009 12:34:22 PM PDT by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: RobinMasters

OK, I just gotta’ ask: what happened to Helen Thomas? She actually questioned the veracity of the White House screening and pre-selecting questions that zero will answer in his faux “town hall meeting”. Moment of lucidity, or does she think Bush is still the prez?


25 posted on 07/01/2009 12:35:34 PM PDT by jeffc (They're coming to take me away! Ha-ha, hey-hey, ho-ho!)
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To: RobinMasters

Are light bulbs turning on? Dare to dream.


26 posted on 07/01/2009 12:36:16 PM PDT by trtdenver
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To: Gandalf_The_Gray

That’s exactly why he’s so “useful”...............


27 posted on 07/01/2009 12:38:22 PM PDT by Red Badger (Inquiring minds want to know, but American Idol minds could care less...)
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To: livius

HT does NOT suffer fools gladly....................of either party........


28 posted on 07/01/2009 12:39:36 PM PDT by Red Badger (Inquiring minds want to know, but American Idol minds could care less...)
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To: livius; erkyl

I wouldn’t give Ms. Thomas too much credit. The only reason she’s playing offense in this game is because the romance is over, the press is feeling used, and Helen Thomas isn’t getting what she wants.

Welcome to the club, Helen.


29 posted on 07/01/2009 12:41:47 PM PDT by This Just In
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To: RobinMasters
Hopefully this will give the others in the Press the er, er, spine to start asking questions about this administration.
30 posted on 07/01/2009 12:42:37 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: RobinMasters
Okay, who is she and what has she done with Helen Thomas? Call the FBI. If it is Helen Thomas, call an ambulance, the poor woman has suffered a stroke. Without proper medical attention, she could suffer irrevocable brain damage. Two choices: Helen Thomas has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom or she has had a stroke, an aneurysm burst or a brain tumor.
31 posted on 07/01/2009 12:52:33 PM PDT by Constitutions Grandchild
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To: RobinMasters

The questions have to be pre-selected. Otherwise the teleprompter won’t have the answers...

hh


32 posted on 07/01/2009 12:57:03 PM PDT by hoosier hick (Note to RINOs: We need a choice, not an echo....Barry Goldwater)
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To: Red Badger

Don’t forget: he is also very convincing when he looks confused, babbles incoherently, and mumbles. The guy is talented (or MAYBE he really is that way...)

hh


33 posted on 07/01/2009 12:58:54 PM PDT by hoosier hick (Note to RINOs: We need a choice, not an echo....Barry Goldwater)
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To: RobinMasters

I heard her and the CBS guy today on Rush. This has to be the oddest story of the day. Can it be that helen Thomas actually goes after Obama? Just wow...


34 posted on 07/01/2009 1:00:52 PM PDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
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To: hoosier hick

I doubt very seriously that he’s acting. He enjoys his perks of the job and will not deviate from the scripted message one iota. The press be damned. They asked for “change”.................


35 posted on 07/01/2009 1:01:44 PM PDT by Red Badger (Inquiring minds want to know, but American Idol minds could care less...)
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To: This Just In
The only reason she’s playing offense in this game is because the romance is over, the press is feeling used, and Helen Thomas isn’t getting what she wants.

Well, good. I think Helen Thomas is a died-in-the-wool liberal, but I think she is first and foremost a journalist, and the good ones are very protective of their constitutional protection. This tide could turn if they keep playing this ridiculous game.

Also, didn't anyone else find it funny that Gibbs never 'admitted' to understanding the problem? He kept telling them to wait until you hear the questions to decide if they're fair. Chip and HT both tried to point out that wasn't the point--that it was the orchestration of it that made it wrong. He fumbles around, fumbles around, and never really gets it. What a tool.

36 posted on 07/01/2009 1:09:51 PM PDT by erkyl (We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office --Aesop (~550 BC))
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To: RobinMasters

Wow. Wonder if Thomas will still have “house slave” status at the next TOTUS press conference?


37 posted on 07/01/2009 1:10:25 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: erkyl

He also had that high pitched mocking laugh and no one in the room was laughing with him. He never answered one question. He just kept talking over them like well trained libs do.


38 posted on 07/01/2009 1:24:10 PM PDT by dandiegirl
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To: RobinMasters

Helen Thomas and Chip Reid nailed the White House mouthpiece to the wall, for over 3 minutes. I sat in awe. Perhaps America isn’t done yet......


39 posted on 07/01/2009 1:28:33 PM PDT by ScreamingFist
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To: Bean Counter

That’s awesome.


40 posted on 07/01/2009 1:29:02 PM PDT by ichabod1 (I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet (GOP Poet))
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