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SpartanDem (816 posts) Wed Jul-01-09 04:35 PMOriginal messageHelen Thomas bitches about town hall and HuffPo question Edited on Wed Jul-01-09 04:48 PM by SpartanDemSeriously did anyone have problem with how either of these were run? The fact that Helen, Dana Milbank and Chip Reid didn't like sure doesn't convince me that something wrong happened.Helen Thomas hits White House for lack of transparencyAt the White House presser on Wednesday, several correspondents questioned the way the Oval Office selected questions from the public for today’s virtual town hall.President Barack Obama answered pre-selected questions Wednesday afternoon about health care sent in from emails, Facebook and Twitter. CBS’ Chip Reid and columnist Helen Thomas thought this reflected a lack of transparency at the White House.“It feels like the concept of a town hall, I think, is to have an open public forum. And this sounds like a very tightly controlled audience and list of questions. Why do it that way?†asked Reid.White House press secretary Richard Gibbs deflected the question, but that only raised the ire of Helen Thomas, UPI’s veteran correspondent who has long been at the top of the White House press corps totem pole.Calling reporters the night before, telling them they’re going to be called on — that’s shocking,†Thomas said, referring to an incident last week when Huffington Post blogger Nico Pitney was given advance warning that he would be called on to ask a question on behalf of the Iranian publichttp://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/07/01/helen-thomas-hits-white-house-for-lack-of-transparency
EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-01-09 04:42 PMResponse to Original message5. Except she's right. It's not a real townhall if the whole thing is staged. I remember Bush getting plenty of criticism in this forum for doing exactly the same thing.
OH NO SHE DI'INT!!!
There's a reason why patriotism is considered a conservative value. Watch a Tea Party rally and you'll see people proudly raising the American flag and showing pride in U.S. heroes such as Thomas Jefferson. Watch an OWS rally and you'll see people burning the American flag while showing pride in communist heroes such as Che Guevera. --Bob, from some news site
Sebass1271 (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-01-09 04:42 PMResponse to Original message 8. she has become nauseous What about asking the good questions on health care and bitch about stupid shit like this? so-called "liberals" man, they eat their won ALL THE TIME.. that's why we never succeed
Yes, that's the ticket. Eat your won, man, that way there'll be less of you. She has become nauseous, indeed.