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White House Briefing: Gibbs Torpedoes British Press on Abuse Photos
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAt today's White House Press Briefing, Robert Gibbs was asked about reports that detainee abuse photos contained images of rape and sexual abuse. He denied the report, taking a big swing at the British press in the process: ...
At War with The Daily Show Over 'Don't Ask/Don't Tell'
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyAt Friday's White House Press Briefing, I asked Press Secretary Robert Gibbs what I thought was an excellent question, and one which has garnered considerable attention from the blogosphere. Over the weekend, I found myself the recipient of heaps of gratitude from the LGBTQ community, a sad statement on the status of mainstream advocacy for gay equality.I also found myself the target of a rather dismissive accusation from Comedy Central's Indecision Forever, who thought that this question had a too-familiar ring to it:I wondering if you could describe the difference between the President's ...
Did 'Daily Show' Steal Don't Ask Don't Tell Bit From Me?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyThe short answer is "no," but it's a nice entree´ into another distracting brouhaha, in which the messenger eclipses the message.In this case, a question that I intended to ask at Wednesday's White House Press Briefing, and which I began writing an article about Thursday morning, was remarkably similar to a bit that was on The Daily Show Thursday night. I held that article up so I could try to get that question in at Friday's briefing, which I did:Imagine my surprise, then, when Comedy Central's Indecision Forever website accused me of lifting my question from Stewart? (They have since ...
President Obama Exercises Authority on Detainee Photos but Not Gay Soldiers
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyI had been planning to write this anyway, but after seeing Lee Stranahan's video "Segregation" I wanted to wait to see if I could get a comment from the White House on this first. ...
Challenging Release of Detainee Photos Was President Obama's Idea
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyToday's White House Press Briefing (transcript) was a frustrating affair, despite the cellphone-induced levity. Almost every question had to do with the President's plan to block the release of 44 detainee-abuse photos. This meant a lot of time spent listening to Press Secretary Robert Gibbs repeat himself, as a lot of the questions were repetitious.There were two things that I found especially interesting when considered together, the first being that the President made this decision, not under pressure from anyone else, but on his own:Q And did the President come up with this idea of a ...
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