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Newsweek’s response to the Ongoing Clusterfuck is a
fabulous new makeover : Newsweek also plans to lean...
even more heavily on the appeal of big-name writers like Christopher Hitchens, Fareed Zakaria and George Will. Starting in May, articles will be ...
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More Evidence of Obama's Miracle-Working Ability
Ace of Spades HQ —
More Evidence of Obama's Miracle-Working Ability His spokesman, Robert Gibbs, makes Scott McClellan look like a rhetorical genius. Memo to Gibbs: Not a good idea to indicate that a reporter's question is somehow not 'pertinent.' As you can see, Jake Tapper was not amused. Cringe-inducing but awesome video below the fold: (H/t: The Corner )
More Evidence of Obama's Miracle-Working Ability
Slublog —
His spokesman, Robert Gibbs, makes Scott McClellan look like a rhetorical genius.
Memo to Gibbs: Not a good idea to indicate that a reporter's question is somehow not 'pertinent.' As you can see, Jake Tapper was not amused, and I'm pretty sure he almost said a very bad word here.
(H/t: The Corner)
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directorblue.blogspot.com 3/8/2009 — Three comments from Friday's Meltdown post, which described the catastrophic effects of Democratic interference in the banking system, are worth recapping here. First, the brilliance of "Shelly T":Nope. It definitely was George Bushj's fault. It was 90% the Bush administration's fault -- as he ...
Gibbs Won't Rule Out Second Stimulus
huffingtonpost.com 2/17/2009 —
The Obama administration will not "foreclose" the idea of introducing a second stimulus package should the first one prove ineffective. But at this juncture they have no plans for such a legislative maneuver.
From the gaggle aboard Air Force ...
Gibbs vs. Santelli
theneweditor.com 2/21/2009 — The most interesting thing about White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs response to CNBC's Rick Santelli's criticism of the Obama Administration's anti-foreclosure plan was Gibb's assertion that Santelli 'doesn't know what he's talking about.'
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How Close We Came to Total Meltdown
politicalwire.com 2/10/2009 — On C-Span , Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) explained how the Federal Reserve told members of Congress about an electronic run on the banks "to the tune of $550 billion dollars" within "an hour or two."
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More Media Meltdown
meganmcardle.theatlantic.com 4/1/2009 — The Sun-Times group has filed for bankruptcy. I know a lot of journalists these days who are wishing they'd gone into something steady, like moving to Detroit and becoming an autoworkers.
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youtube.com 11/18/2008 — Our Economy is in Turmoil and Jim Martin wants to raise taxes.
Gibbs: White House Email System Is Broken (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com 1/27/2009 — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, during an hour long press conference today, admitted that he is unable send out a "week ahead" memo to the press core because he's having trouble with the White House email system: namely, it's broken.
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Robert Gibbs News - The New York Times
topics.nytimes.com 4/7/2009 — Robert Gibbs, who has worked for Barack Obama since 2004, helping him shape his message, is the White House press secretary. Mr. Gibbs has an intimate familiarity with the president’s thinking. He is also knowledgeable about Congress and speaks ...
Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown ...
guardian.co.uk 1/25/2009 — Alan Greenspan, chairman of US Federal Reserve 1987- 2006 Only a couple of years ago the long-serving chairman of the Fed, a committed free marketeer who had steered the US economy through crises ranging from the 1987 stockmarket collapse through ...
G.M. Pleads for Relief on Taxes —
NYT > Politics 2/2/2009
General Motors, which is borrowing $13.4 billion from the federal government, is pressing Congress to waive a tax liability of as much as $7 billion related to its overhaul plan. >
Geithner in new round of economic revival talks —
Reuters: Politics 2/2/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will meet again on Monday with top regulators and also with the chairman of the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee to discuss how to move ahead with an economic recovery ...
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