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Obama: Don't Ask Me No Questions
weeklystandard.com - 1/2/2009
Obama: Don't Ask Me No Questions
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Just for fun, a brief year in review of Obama's legendary new openness and transparency with the press corps:

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Open for Questions -- Response (video)
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youtube.com - 1/9/2009
Open for Questions -- Response (video)
— youtube.com — Incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs responds to the questions you voted on and said you most wanted to hear. (more) Open for Questions -- Response (video)

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change.gov - 12/29/2008
The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Open for Questions
— change.gov — Ask your questions using the tool below. We'll close this round of open for questions and put together our responses in the New Year. (more) The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Open for Questions

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Obama: Don't Ask Me No Questions (video)
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Obama: Don't Ask Me No Questions (video)
— youtube.com — A brief year in review of Obama's tiffs with press members who dare to ask tough questions. Feel the transparency. (more) Obama: Don't Ask Me No Questions (video)

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Heart-ache video: The media’s unrequited love for Obama
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... They compliment him. They send him flowers. They make time for the little things, like asking him how his day was. Most of all, they listen . But all he wants is his waffle. Behold the agony of the jilted admirer, lovestruck even in the teeth of rejection. Exit question: Is the media the ultimate beta male? Click the image to watch. [image]

OBAMA: A year of transparency and access….
Instapundit — OBAMA: A year of transparency and access.

Openness and transparency - Obama style
Sister Toldjah — A look back … Let’s not forget some other dodge and weave maneuvers on any number of issues related to his record by Team Obama during the course of the 2008 campaign. A sign of things to come? (Via MKH) Related/Flashback: 7/31/08 - Eight watchdog groups find McCain more transparent about campaign donations than Obama

Mary Katharine Ham’s Yearly Review of Barack Obama’s Openness and Transparency With the Press
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... A brief year in review of Obama’s tiffs with press members who dare to ask tough questions. Feel the transparency. Hilarious. Flap loves “The One” and “My Waffle.” Technorati Tags: Barack Obama Bookmark/Search this ...

Obama Responds to World Issues
Blue Star Chronicles — ... My Cotillion sister, Mary Katherine Ham, compiled a summary of Obama’s ‘openness and transparency’ with the press corp over the last year. You know. Like one of those ‘the year in review’ kind of videos. I found it at another Cotillion sisters website, ...

The Morning Scramble - 1/5/2009
No Runny Eggs — I have to thank Mary Katharine Ham for today’s song… Click here to view the embedded video. Oh, heck with it; I may as well include the first HamNation mash-up of 2009 just because I can (and should)… Click here to view the embedded video. Before I get to the meat of the Scramble, Jessi Olson would like you to remember a friend of hers who made the ultimate sacrifice a year ago today, PFC Jason Lemke. Rick Moran wonders whether the Mad Mullahs are in trouble. ...

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