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October 26th, 2011
04:59 PM ET
Gaggle Notes: West Coast edition![]() On the flight back to Washington D.C. today, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney gaggle with reporters aboard Air Force One and pushed back on a couple of stories in today’s papers. One by McClatchy claimed that President Obama and Vice President Biden hadn’t talked to Iraqi leaders in the months leading up to a troop withdrawal decision. The article itself says that it’s drawn from an embassy report based on postings on the White House website, and Carney called the piece entirely incorrect, saying that the administration does not provide read-outs for every call that’s made from the White House, and thus not every correspondence would appear on the White House website. National Security Staff Spokesman Tommy Vietor is even quoted in the story saying that the article is “totally wrong.” Another push back was on reports that U.S. embassies around the world spent more than $70,000 collectively on Obama’s autobiographies as gifts and for their libraries. Carney referred people to the State Department saying that this was an “embassy by embassy based decision.” “Obviously the White House didn't have anything to do with this,” Carney said. “I think this is an embassy-by-embassy-based decision based on what they think is – in buying books – makes sense for them in terms of advancing American foreign policy interests. I've just seen in some paper that a lot of these embassies have books by Colin Powell, George W. Bush, other – Ronald Reagan, but again in terms of this particular – this story I would refer you to the State Department.” He also pushed back on Rep. Paul Ryan’s speech this morning at the Heritage Foundation, and rolled out what sounded to me at least to be a new line of attack on the GOP argument against raising taxes on the wealthy.
And on criticism that the newly rolled-out student loan and mortgage programs would only help a small sliver of the U.S. population, Carney had this to say:
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obama will say, or do anything to get reelected.
obama is a shameless, self-serving con man ...
the main stream media are his shills ...
and, the American people are his marks !!!
How I wish we could get beyond personal attacks and just address policy!
@steveo; that only occurs periodicly on this blog and only by a few intelligent, well-read, true, honest and long-time studied political watchers. It won't happen with these clowns who've all of a sudden, 3 or 4 years ago decided to go to school against PRES OBAMA; and blast distortions of the truth, name-calling, untruths, half-truths, lies, racism, bigotry, disrespect, and foul language against this President, his wife, family, staff, and not to speak of his ultimate political decisions on EVERY issue!
Point well taken! Liz, I am a Christian above all else! My Bible says to pray for them that have authority over me! I cannot toss out insults on Saturday and then "humbly " pray for him on Sunday! I have ALWAYS though families are off limits! I will say this in all honesty the political tone has dramatically changed since Obama stepped into the scene. That cannot be denied! At the same time opposition is not always racism or hatred. Yes racism does exists in some who oppose! Yet is is not everyone! Sadly Liz, there are those on both sides who are and have engaged in the behaviors you have described. Whether Chelsea Clinton, The Bush girls or the Obama girls and whether the first ladies, FAMILIES, especially the children need to be off limits! It is not a left or right issue. it is a decency issue!
True Steveo; point also well taken...but just so you know, I KNOW full well that it's not about racism with everyone. I'm also a Christian and I know that it took many honest, God-fearing white Americans to get involved in our plight as black Americans to bring some of us to the successes we have achieved. I have thanked them often on this site. I speak to the ones who are still blatantly hardcore, as they continue to cowardly try to hide under the 'white sheets and hoods' of a fake political debate.
They know who they are! They don't fool me with their hate-driven drivel.