Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder "I hope they put someone in who can nail the liberal press corp and their slew of biased questions." Which, of course, is the exact opposite of what a press secretary should do. A press secretary is supposed to answer questions and essentially serve as a P.R. rep for the Administration. Smooth things over, as it were. A press secretary who manages to have a good working relationship wiht the press is worth his/her weight in gold. Having a confrontational one is is an idiotic move for any Admistration, especially this one.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Wasn't Gannon a plant in the press corps with press access he probably shouldn't have had?
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gannon" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J eff_Gannon</a>
Originally Posted By Beaumandy Jeff Gannon was also smeared on left wingf sites for being gay or some other nonsense. Why focus on one guy whey the pres corp all voted for Kerry and continue to ask stupid questions? We can't have a conservative ask any questions? After all, the liberal media acts like plants for the democrats. They deserve to be slapped around and confronted. Helen Thomas style question that deserves the total smackdown.. " Uhhhhh.... Since this war is illegal and was for oil, how do you explain the people getting killed in Iraq? "
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF So, basically what you are saying is, "The liberals can do it, why can't we?"
Originally Posted By Beaumandy Why should the press corp be allowed to go unchallenged and be totally unfair and biased? The presidents poll numbers always go up when he fights back and since he is in the last few years in politics it would be nice to unleash on these idiots when they ask stupid, partisan questions. Ask a stupid question, get nailed hard and embaressed. That should be the new policy against the David Gregory types out there. I hear Tony Snow is a possibility. He might be a good chaice.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy <<So, basically what you are saying is, "The liberals can do it, why can't we?">> Not really. I'm saying to whine about ONE guy when you have dozens of liberals in the press is pretty lame... don't ya think? Gannon was gay. But he was a conservative so the ever so tolerant left smeared him for that also.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF >>Why should the press corp be allowed to go unchallenged and be totally unfair and biased?<< Exactly. And that's why things turned out the way they did for Mr. Gannon. Of course, having a past as a call boy didn't help, either.
Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder A press secretary who manages to have a good working relationship with the press is worth his/her weight in gold. Having a confrontational one is an idiotic move for any Admistration, especially this one.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF >>Not really. I'm saying to whine about ONE guy when you have dozens of liberals in the press is pretty lame... don't ya think?<< That's why we have you here.
Originally Posted By Beaumandy The press corp treats a democrat one way and a republican another way. Since they are a bunch of libs themselves they are going to be hostile to the likes of Bush no matter what. Since this is the reality and being nice to them gets you nowhere, you might as well fire back at them and put them in their place every single time they ask a stupid question. The people who voted for Bush, which is the majority of voters would love it. Well, the voters who voted for Bush who havn't turned into liberals spouting Michael Moore conspiracy theories.
Originally Posted By gadzuux Gannon wasn't a member of any recognized "press" at all. He was a shill who's sole purpose was to lob softball questions that the PS wanted to answer. It was laughable. And yes, he was (and may still be for all I know) a 'for hire' gay escort, with nude pics now flashed all over the internet - and a bit pudgy too. Thing is, he never had a press card, and had to be signed into the white house each and every time - over three hundred times in total. And yet the secret service never discovered who he was. Or more likely, they knew exactly who he was and were told to permit him entry.
