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"Orchestrated" When Bush Did It
JustOneMinute —
... : At the Northern Virginia Community College, about 200 people in the studio audience have taken their seats. The president will take questions from them, as well as from people who submitted their queries through the White House’s official Facebook, You Tube and Twitter pages. I guess "staged" was meant to represent hear-hitting reporting that gives us a look behind the curtain. Let's cut to the WaPo : In the highly stage-managed event, questions for Obama came from a live audience selected by the White House and the college, and from Internet questions chosen by the ...
Obama Holds Health-Care Forum in Virginia
The Hollywood Liberal —
Obama Holds Health-Care Forum in Virginia President Obama offered a wonkish defense of his embattled health-care reform effort during an hour-long town hall meeting in Northern Virginia yesterday that featured seven questions, including one sent via Twitter and several from a handpicked audience of supporters. [image] Recriminations Over Sarah Palin Mask Deeper GOP Troubles On the same day Republicans surrendered a symbolically significant seat in the Senate, the Sarah Palin wars erupted again inside the party. Leaks followed by trash-talking followed by recriminations. [image] [image] Bauer, Sanford’s Lieutenant Governor in South Carolina, Draws ...
Obamateurism of the Day
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... on health care yesterday, before the event began. Robert Gibbs couldn’t contain his incredulousness, repeatedly replying that the press should wait to judge the event, and that he was absolutely positive that the questions for Barack Obama would contain dissent from his policies. The Washington Post report on the “town-hall event” shows how clumsily Obama faked it: In the stage-managed event, questions for Obama came from a live audience selected by the White House and the college, and from Internet questions chosen by the administration’s new-media team. Of the seven ...
What a Coincidence!
Ace of Spades HQ —
What a Coincidence! Buried in the story about Obama's Health-Care forum is this : The president called randomly on three audience members. All turned out to be members of groups with close ties to his administration: the Service Employees International Union, Health Care for America Now, and Organizing for America, which is a part of the Democratic National Committee. White House officials said that was a coincidence. Out of an audience of 200, the president just happens to choose three who are part of organizations working to pass his health care legislation. Troll ...
Obama scripts town-hall meeting on health care. What would Bush say?
Top of the Ticket —
... This morning, the Washington Post is reporting that "of the seven questions the president answered, four were selected by his staff from videos submitted to the White House Web site or from those responding to a request for 'tweets.' " And the three audience members he called on randomly? The Post says "all turned out to be members of groups with close ties to his administration: the Service Employees International Union, Health Care for America Now, and Organizing for America, which is a part of the Democratic National Committee." ...
Town Hall Take 2: Once Again... All of the Audience Members Called On By Obama Were Supporters
Gateway Pundit —
Figures. All of the audience members called on by Obama at his Virginia town hall meeting were supporters. The Weekly Standard reported on this from The Washington Post: "The president called randomly on three audience members. All turned out to be members of groups with close ties to his administration: the Service Employees International Union, Health Care for America Now, and Organizing for America, which is a part of the Democratic National Committee. White House officials said that was a coincidence." This wasn't the ...
Everything you need to know about President Obama's latest "town hall" meeting
Wizbang —
... came when the President hugged 53 year old Debby Smith, after she tearfully described how difficult it has been for her to get treatment for a recently-discovered tumor. All in all, it was yet another Obama White House stage production, complete with pre-screened questions and an audience hand-picked from groups generally considered to be supportive of the President's political agenda. From The Washington Post . The president called randomly on three audience members. All turned out to be members of groups with close ties to his administration: the Service Employees ...
Getting the Political Experience
Just Politics..? Daily Feed —
... When I read this story it reminded me as to how getting the attention of a politician is sort of like getting the attention of a prostitute in that if the money is there the love will be, too. But what about after? Is that escort still calling Elliot Spritzer? ...
ObamaCare: The grassroots are always greener
Patterico's Pontifications —
... with Organizing for America (OFA), the Democratic National Committee-run vestiges of President Obama’s campaign. The astroturf has been on public display at events like Pres. Obama’s healthcare town hall meeting in Northern Virginia, where all of the live questions came from members of SEIU, HCAN, and OFA. Heading into the August recess, the White House and the Congressional Democratic Leadership are ...
ObamaCare: The grassroots are always greener
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... with Organizing for America (OFA), the Democratic National Committee-run vestiges of President Obama’s campaign. The astroturf has been on public display at events like Pres. Obama’s healthcare town hall meeting in Northern Virginia, where all of the live questions came from members of SEIU, HCAN, and OFA. Heading into the August recess, the White House and the Congressional Democratic Leadership are ...
