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CBS, Helen Thomas Challenge Gibbs On "Controlled" Town Hall Meeting
CBS, Helen Thomas Challenge Gibbs On "Controlled" Town Hall Meeting
CBS' Chip Reid and Helen Thomas double teamed Robert Gibbs today at the daily press briefing on the "tightly controlled" town hall meeting President Obama will hold on health care. Gibbs kept saying lets have this discussion AFTER the meeting. Helen Thomas accused the White House of "controlling ...
Helen Thomas: Not Even Nixon Tried to Control the Media Like Obama
cnsnews.com — (CNSNews.com) - Following a testy exchange during today s briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs,... veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President ... (more) Helen Thomas: Not Even Nixon Tried to Control the Media ...
Blue on blue: Helen Thomas hammers Gibbs on Obama’s phony town hall
Blue on blue: Helen Thomas hammers Gibbs on Obama’s phony town hall
hotair.com — 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 . [...] Read the rest » (more) Blue on blue: Helen Thomas hammers Gibbs on Obama’s ...
Rep. King Doesn't Back Down On Jackson To CBS 2 HD
Rep. King Doesn't Back Down On Jackson To CBS 2 HD
wcbstv.com — MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (CBS) ― Over the weekend, Long Island Congressman Peter King posted what is often... called "a rant" on YouTube -- sounding off. In this case, about what he called the media glorification of Michael Jackson. CBS 2 HD sat down with ... (more) Rep. King Doesn't Back Down On Jackson To CBS 2 HD
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  • bfeisty1 bfeisty1
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    Way to go Helen!!!It's about time people started waking-up to the fact that Obama isn't a Democrat. He is so far to the left of Whatever that he's frightening.  IHe is out to destroy our Republic.  Nothing else makes sense.  When we voted for change. most of us didn't mean for him to destroy our Republic!  We wanted improvements made in our system.We didn't vote for government control of business, nationalization of banks, horrible health care, high taxes for all-not just the rich, weakening of our National defense, and Czars who answer to only him!!If this keeps up, one day we will  have a totalitarian dictator with Czars and no Legislative, Executive or Judicial Branches.  I know our present government isn't perfect but it's a hell of a lot better that Socialism, Communism, or Whateverism.  Go Helen and Go Chip and Go Press!!!!! 
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Carol Platt Liebau: Called on It -- For Once
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Remarkably, Helen Thomas (yes, Helen Thomas!) and CBS's Chip Reid called Robert Gibbs on the format of the administration's preplanned "town hall meeting" about health care ( video here ). Although Gibbs dances, dodges and pretends not to understand what they mean, their point is obvious: Taking pre-screened, hand-selected questions does not make for a transparent, open exchange of ideas between the public and the president that town halls supposedly promote. If the Democrats are right in believing that President Obama is the genius we've all been told he is -- and the ...

Blue on blue: Helen Thomas hammers Gibbs on Obama’s phony town hall
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... the power and they are the subject. These people in this White House are in greater control of the media than any administration before them. Frankly, with ABC holding infomercials for Obama in prime time, it seems almost petty to get exercised about a phony town hall. Exit question: How seriously should we take concerns that Obama’s not facing enough tough questions when voiced by a woman known to wonder why the White House considers Iran a threat? Click the image to watch. [image]

Evil Eyes, Helen Thomas and Osama our Savior? Politics Dailies - July 1
Politics Daily — ... Senate, Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman's got your back. "The only chance we have as a country right now is for Osama Bin Laden to deploy and detonate a major weapon in the United States." In that case, I'm going to hope for having no chance at all. So it WASN'T mortgage-backed securities or sub-prime lending. The economy is the fault of divorce, gays and abortion. Helen Thomas and other members of the media accuse the White House of controlling the media. And for your viewing pleasure, SarahPac.org ...

RCP: CBS, Helen Thomas Challenge Gibbs On "Controlled" Town Hall Meeting
Hyscience — ... An interesting exchange (video) that appears to indicate a developing frustration among the media over the phony town hall meetings in which the White House knows in advance the questions that will be asked. ...

Our celebrity President and his staged “town hall” meetings
Sister Toldjah — ... with Obama. With one exception: Believe it or not, Helen Thomas gave Robert Gibbs hell about it today at the daily WH presser (watch the video here). Wonders never will cease. ...

Helen Thomas slams Obama's pathetic town hall
COUNTERCOLUMN: All Your Bias Are Belong to Us"If I've lost Helen Thomas, I've lost Dingbat-America."

Early Morning Swim
Firedoglake — Sounds like a whackjob to me. But...but...Helen Thomas is a liberal with BDS. White House says questions were legit. Sign of the times. Another awesome benchmark for W. Where are the jobs going to come from? The WaPost let the crazy near a computer again. Jesse Huckabee? Hehindeedy. Share

Helen Thomas Browbeats Robert Gibbs Over Transparency
Pirate's Cove — ... tidbit regarding that heart touching moment where President Barry hugged a person who was completely ah, er, unknown and independent Debby Smith, of Appalachia, Va., is a volunteer for Organizing for America, Obama’s political operation within the Democratic National Committee. She obtained her ticket through the White House. And she just happened to be called on among ALL the people there. Sure. Video of the Robert Gibbs smackdown available at Real Clear Politics. ...

Helen Thomas Browbeats Robert Gibbs Over Transparency
Right Wing News — ... finds an interesting tidbit regarding that heart touching moment where President Barry hugged a person who was completely ah, er, unknown and independent Debby Smith, of Appalachia, Va., is a volunteer for Organizing for America, Obama's political operation within the Democratic National Committee. She obtained her ticket through the White House. And she just happened to be called on among ALL the people there. Sure. Video of the Robert Gibbs smackdown available at Real Clear Politics .

Emergency: Democrat Health Care, By The Numbers
Doug Ross @ Journal — 0 : The number of unrehearsed, unscripted questions asked of President Obama during his "Town Hall" on health care reform. [image] 13 : The number of teeth that British veteran Ian Boynton pulled out himself with pliers " because he couldn't find an NHS (National Health Service) dentist ... [he] could not afford to go private for treatment so instead took the drastic action to remove 13 of his teeth that were giving him severe pain." 14 : The percentage of all patients in Britain who wait more than one (1) year to receive treatment ...

Statist health care, by the numbers
Hot Air » Top Picks — Statist health care, by the numbers posted at 4:22 pm on July 7, 2009 by directorblue Share on Facebook | printer-friendly 0 : The number of unrehearsed, unscripted questions asked of President Obama during his “Town Hall” on health care reform. [image] 13 : The number of teeth that British veteran Ian Boynton pulled out himself with pliers “ because he couldn’t find an NHS (National Health Service) dentist … [he] could not afford to go private for treatment so instead took the drastic action to remove 13 of his teeth that were giving him ...

Democrat Health Care By The Numbers
Doug Ross @ Journal — [image] 0 : The number of unrehearsed, unscripted questions asked of President Obama during his "Town Hall" on health care reform. 13 : The number of teeth that British veteran Ian Boynton pulled out himself with pliers " because he couldn't find an NHS (National Health Service) dentist ... [he] could not afford to go private for treatment so instead took the drastic action to remove 13 of his teeth that were giving him severe pain." 14 : The percentage of all patients in Britain who wait more than one (1) year to receive treatment ...

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