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A brief year in review of Obama's tiffs with press members who dare to ask tough questions. Feel the transparency.
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Obama: Don't Ask Me No Questions
Weekly Standard Blog —
Just for fun, a brief year in review of Obama's legendary new openness and transparency with the press corps:
Dudes! I Just Like Totally Answered Eight Questions.
The Sundries Shack —
Yet we know everything there is to know about Sarah Palin’s tanning bed.
Enjoy watching this video of Barack Obama taking slow pitch softball batting practice and getting miffed that they...
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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)
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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.”
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Obama Responds to World Issues
Blue Star Chronicles —
Barack Obama loves the cameras, when he has a prepared speech. This whole question and answer thing is another story. The video below is proof of his accessibility to the media over the past year.
Barack Obama has held almost daily press conferences since his {cringe} election. He walks out to stand behind his podium that proudly proclaims ...
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