***Live Thread For The First Press Briefing****

[cali]

with bonus question:

Will that old fart wingnut Lester what's-his-name, ask Gibbs about Obama's birth certificate- if he's called on that is?

[tekisui]

1. It is Gibbs, right?

I can't watch now, at school.

[cali]

2. It will be Gibbs

Supposed to start in about 5 minutes.

[npincus]

3. do you know which C-SPAN will have it?

[cali]

4. Not if the House is in session

though they may show bits of it during a vote.

[Chiyo-chichi]

5. The old White House web site used to stream press briefings live...

Will the new, cool WH web site?

[Cha]

9. That's a good idea for those

of us who don't get cable but would love to see Robert Gibbs give his press briefings.

I just checked and they don't seem to be setup yet.

[cali]

6. The briefing room is packed to the gills

they're practically hanging from the rafters.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

7. where are you watching this? n/t

.

[cali]

8. Fux had a report from their WH correspondent

ashamed to be watching Fux, but I've been flicking around.

[snooper2]

10. The only life feed I can find..

Is from Fox's POS website :(

[buzzard]

13. Here is the online link.n/t

http://www.blinkotv.com/

[NYC Liberal]

12. "Bush's Final Press Conference: White House Interns Forced To Fill Seats"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/13/bushs-final-press-confere_n_157517.html

The White House had high expectations for yesterday's final, historic news conference. "ONE CORRESPONDENT PER ORGANIZATION," proclaimed the bulletin sent to reporters. "STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR NON-SEAT HOLDERS." But when the appointed hour of 9:15 a.m. arrived, the last two rows in the seven-row briefing room were empty, and a press aide told White House interns to fill those seats.

[Thrill]

11. I know he must be nervous

[Spazito]

14. CNN has a live feed on...

http://www.cnn.com/video/?iref=videoglobal

click on live video

[NYC Liberal]

15. Haha, CNN making fun of Fox for being in the 2nd row

Whoever is from Faux turned beet read.

[cali]

16. here he is

making a statement

[NYC Liberal]

17. Economic Daily Brief - very nice

Treated with the same importance as Intelligence Daily Brief

[cali]

18. The Prez will be receiving a daily economic briefing

in much the same way as he receives a national security briefing.

[Clio the Leo]

19. I'm loving listening to that Alabama accent....

... eventhough it's an _____ing Auburn accent, it's still from Sweet Home either way!

[Clio the Leo]

20. Hey guess what?

Chuck Todd is a twat!!!

(asked if Barack had RE-signed the Executive Orders after he took the Oath again.)

[firedupdem]

22. This asshole is forever on my shit list n/t

[NYC_SKP]

25. LOL!

:rofl: you can't say "twat" on DU, can you??? :silly:

[onefreespiritedchick]

31. Gee, can you imagine if Obama hadn't retook the oath

They need to move on. :puke:

[sohndrsmith]

33. Oh good grief. Chuck! Go home and read the bloody Constitution!!!

ugh.

[Clio the Leo]

38. Man I wish Gibbs had said that to him. NT

[nc4bo]

46. Someone should give them ALL a copy. Test tomorrow at noon.

The media, in my eyes, is just as guilty as gwb. They did nothing while he wiped his arse with our Constitution.

[bdamomma]

55. the media needs to slapped down too.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

102. frankly, I wondered that too.

if their legal advisers said, take the oath again, just to be sure, then why not?

[Parker CA]

21. Chuck Toad is such a dickhead. n/t.

[Parker CA]

24. I'll double dickhead that comment. GIVE. IT. UP. Chuckie.

[Parker CA]

36. Delete

[NYC_SKP]

23. Missed the start. First question went to whom?

Please?

[Clio the Leo]

26. It was a female, but not Helen.

At least I dont think so.

[onefreespiritedchick]

28. First question went to...

Jennifer Loven (AP)

[cali]

27. gad. what idiots

they just can't get off of the insignificant oath issue.

[nc4bo]

29. Chuck is an idiot but he's not alone. Anderson Cooper (and others) behaved like

whiny crybabies regarding lack of media coverage for the 2nd swearing in.

[TeamJordan23]

30. Leave it up to ABC to throw up GOP talking points about Guantanamo. nm

[nc4bo]

32. Surprise! Not. nt

[Bobbie Jo]

34. I love this guy.

What a difference.

[Clio the Leo]

37. Isn't he the best? NT

[Lucian]

35. Chuck Todd was trying to make himself feel relevant.

And he failed.

[Parker CA]

39. Gibbs will have to learn how to move on to the next question much more tactfully.

This one guy right now is totally controlling Gibbs when Gibbs should be owning him.

[firedupdem]

40. This fucker needs to be told to shut the fuck up! He's asked 6

questions in a row!

[nc4bo]

41. Very rude. Belongs in the WH time out corner for the next 3-4 pressers. nt

[Parker CA]

42. Gibbs just needs to become a bit more blunt and just cut into the next question.

[onefreespiritedchick]

50. That was Ed Henry CNN

I was mistaken regarding whatever he said and didn't hear all of his questions, as I am following twitter also.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

58. So, are you saying we won't torture Bin Laden? Not even one teensy electrode? nt.

[hileeopnyn8d]

43. hmm

Would it be wrong of me to say, I don't think he's doing so well? It pains me to say that.

Oh wait, his last answer was perfect. nevermind. I guess he needed a warm-up.

[Parker CA]

44. Definitely needs a warm-up, and some review time with this tape to prepare for the next presser.

[Kahuna]

84. I thought he did great. A big improvement over bush's PS's. nt

[TTUBatfan2008]

45. Obama should be doing this press conference...

After what McClellan has said about how he just "went along" with the President's policies even though he knew they were wrong, I'd rather have the President himself answering these questions and that way there is no blame game later on. Let it all go squarely where it belongs, on his shoulders.

[TeamJordan23]

47. Disagree

The President should be doing more important things than dealing with these clowns who are just trying to makes a story out of nothing. I trust Gibbs and he will do a great job.

[Kahuna]

52. WRONGO!!! This is just a routine daily presser. Nothing special. Plus..

Obama has already given several pressers.

[Bobbie Jo]

48. Helen!

[asdjrocky]

49. About time!

[EFerrari]

71. What did she ask? n/t

[bdamomma]

51. Take responsibility, that is what this stupid media should do too.

and give us the facts only, instead of the snide remarks.

[kirby]

53. Gibbs 'umm', 'umm', 'umms' too much...

BTW, Lester Kinsolving is that guys name who asks the odd questions.

[nc4bo]

54. I rather hear that than a word by word talking point memo.

There's always a good and a bad but Gibbs is handling these monsters really well.

He tries to answer all their questions on-the-fly and as openly as possible.

Hey, I'll take it.

[Parker CA]

57. He needs an assistant with an electrical shocker for each "umm or uhh."

It's a relatively easy thing to fix, but it's definitely quite glaring in this first go-around.

[MadBadger]

61. Is it similar to Obama's?

I'm not watching, but if its like Obama's, then it really wont matter.

[Parker CA]

65. I think he's trying to be very thoughtful, but the result is a ton of "umms and uhhs," I'd

say moreso than Obama, but again, this is something relatively easy to remedy. On the whole, he's doing a great job for the first official presser.

[npincus]

56. I think he's doing well for his first time.

Content, very good. he should (and probably will) work on the "uh"s and "um"s.

[Cha]

72. Robert Gibbs is doing well to stave

off the dormant jackals. Practice will make perfect.

[onefreespiritedchick]

59. Some of these questions

Are ridiculous!

[ShortnFiery]

76. "Why did you only invite FOUR people to the re-swearing ceremony? Why PICs not video?!?"

:wtf: They're acting like spoiled children.

[WyLoochka]

93. I know the answer

to that stupid question. Obama wanted to spare Roberts any further humiliation over his flub by having to appear before these gaping assholes. The guy has real empathy, which is a foreign concept to the "press."

Obama's a much bigger person than I am - I wouldn't have worried about Roberts' feelings. But I don't want to be the President, as I am definitely not qualified in any way.

[Kahuna]

103. Actually, there IS video. MSNBC has been showing it since yesterday.

Stupid jerks.

[TTUBatfan2008]

60. Unbelievable how obsessed they are with the oath crap...

Read the fucking Constitution you idiotic reporters.

[nc4bo]

62. A bunch of rapid foxes. Now asking how can Obama Admin. be considered transparent

with the swearing in. AGAIN! Who is that asshat.

Very disappointing.

Gibbs needs to ask every reporter who questions Obama's transparency where all these questions and accusations were during the past 8 years.

Seriously. Come right back at these assholes.

[BattyDem]

74. I don't understand the obsession with a "transparent" oath

He took the oath in public on the 20th. Everyone saw him do it. He took it again on the 21st. The Chief Justice was there, we all know what the oath is, there are pictures and audio ... what's not transparent about that? They're implying that there's some sort of secrecy going on, but what secret do they believe is being kept? :shrug:

The whole thing is simply ridiculous and I wish Gibbs would nail their asses to the wall!

[bdamomma]

63. Mr. Gibbs is handling these jerks well.

[TTUBatfan2008]

64. LOL now they want Obama to cut the President's salary...

What a pack of vultures.

[BattyDem]

67. WTF was that about?

UNBELIEVABLE!!! :grr:

[hileeopnyn8d]

81. I know

I know right. Did they ask Bush to take a pay-cut?

They also keep asking him the same damn questions. I wish he would just tell them "I believe I've covered that.", but I'm not a very patient person sometimes.

[ShortnFiery]

88. Yet not one of these media whores with feet of clay would DARE ask this of George W. Bush.

Hypocrites. :grr: :puke:

[WinkyDink]

99. Should have replied, "And pensions, too, right?"

[Uzybone]

66. Our media is a disgrace

A total disgrace.

[Parker CA]

69. Complete and utter. Where was this tenacity for the last eight years?

[bdamomma]

73. they are disgraceful and should be held for their incompetencies

for the last 8 years, I do not trust the media.

[harun]

94. They are intolerable. I can't watch them.

[nc4bo]

68. Is there a list available of all these media jerks attending WH pressers? I'd like to know..

I'm feeling a strong urge to write some letters.

[bdamomma]

75. good idea, the media needs an awakening, that we are paying

attention to what and how they are projecting themselves to us.

[Kahuna]

80. I just sent an email to chuck todd at [e-mail]. nt

[nc4bo]

92. He and Helen are the only ones I knew. So he'll be first on my list too, for now. nt

[onefreespiritedchick]

95. Here is a partial list of the WHPC

David Corn

Helen Thomas

Jennifer Loven (AP)

Chip Reid (CBS)

Jake Tapper (ABC)

Chuck Todd (NBC)

Major Garrett (FOX)

Ed Henry (CNN)

Julianna Goldman. (Bloomberg)

Jonathan Weisman (WSJ)

Caren Bohan (Reuters). Assist to Anne Elise Kornblut)

Peter Baker (NY Times)

Oliver Knox of (AFP)

Steve Thomma (McClatchy)

Ken Herman (Cox). assist to Phil Rucker

April Ryan (American Urban Radio)

Jon Ward (Wash Times)

Anne Elise Kornblut (WaPO)

Jeff Zeleny (NYT)

Ed Plante (CBS)

[nc4bo]

98. Thank you onefreespiritedchick! Where did you find this?

And not to sound ungrateful (believe me I'm not) but I want every one of these buggers' names.

[onefreespiritedchick]

105. I found this info on The Fix, calling out according to questions asked

These are the some of the WH correspondents for the new administration.

[Melinda]

100. Dan Froomkin's WH Watch - List of White House Correspondents

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/administration/whbriefing/correspondents.html

[nc4bo]

106. Thanks Melinda! nt

[Melinda]

101. Calimary's FIVE-STAR ACTIVISTS' RESOURCE THREAD for DUers

Needs some updating, but remains the most amazing resource list for DUers (and interested others) of all time...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=106&topic_id=8816

calimary and all those who helped compile this list of information remain DU treasures forever. :)

[bdamomma]

70. Is the honeymoon over????

what the hell is wrong with these reporters. do they agree with rush, that this President should fail?

[ShortnFiery]

77. SOME Media Whores of the Press Corps serve their Corporate Masters not The Country first.

They're VOMIT. :puke:

[Thrill]

86. They are all pissed that they didn't let them record the second Oath

[bdamomma]

78. he handled that well.

just a suggestion our media needs slap from us, or some e-mails, they all need to grow up and stop being so petty.

[ShortnFiery]

82. Excellent advice alyce. I was disgusted with the WH Press Corps but impressed with Robert Gibbs.

Yes, a real class act - Robert Gibbs. :loveya:

[nini]

79. I love all the reactions here

Gibbs needs to learn how to do this or that - he will. This is his FIRST time doing this - cut him some slack.

the media are assholes - big surprise.

The media harping on the stupid shit are making themselves looked like the assholes they are. The majority of Americans are sick of that crap and it'll begin to show in news ratings.

Relax, sit back and enjoy the show. The smart guys are in control and those who need their smack down will get it in due time.

[bdamomma]

83. I hope the smart guys put these stupid guys in their place.

[ShortnFiery]

85. "... media harping on the stupid shit are making themselves look like the assholes they are."

No truer words were ever typed. ;) :hi:

[bdamomma]

87. they are just pissed off because they were not there for the

2nd oath giving.

[graywarrior]

90. Exactly....and they are not going to let that go.

[nini]

96. they're acting like children

If they can't grow up and focus on what we need to then they need to go home and leave the hard stuff to the adults.

I am so sick of this crap and have faith this group will be kept in line by those who are far smarter than they are.

[Bonobo]

104. +1

[nc4bo]

89. Oh sh*t - CNN spin - Will the press be "tough enough" ? and

Also asked to Ed Henry by the redhead - "Is the press going to be soft on the Obama Admin.?"

[ErinBerin84]

91. oh good grief

They really are so goofy sometimes. THEY are the ones who need to prove to themselves that they are above the goofiness, the public has given the media really low approval ratings after the past eight years and they are bitter about it, and try desperately to compensate. They only care what happens to THEM, not what happens to us.

[Cha]

97. The real question and I think Robert Gibbs

will convey this..is--"Will the press be smart enough?"

Obama always said .."not a bigger government or a smaller one but a smarter government"

And, that's what we need from the press. Just because they kept on and on like rottweilers doesn't mean they were smart about it.