Sean Hannity decided to have disgraced former representative, Mark Foley, on his show to discuss the Anthony Weiner non-sex “scandal”. Foley, who was forced to resign after sending sexually explicit messages to underage congressional pages, told Hannity that it should not be illegal to send such messages to minors (via Think Progress): This is really […]
In the latest shakeup at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Robert Gibbs has announced he will be leaving as White House Press Secretary next month: Gibbs will depart in February, and he plans to become an outside political adviser to President Obama. He will also give private sector speeches, according to the Associated Press. No replacement has […]
Tomorrow the man who defines everything against progressiveness is set to leave the White House: President Obama will give his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, a send-off Friday as Mr. Emanuel officially announces his departure from the West Wing to run for mayor of Chicago, officials familiar with the decision said. The White House press […]
Robert Gibbs gave an interview to The Hill in which he takes some shots at the left: The press secretary dismissed the “professional left” in terms very similar to those used by their opponents on the ideological right, saying, “They will be satisfied when we have Canadian healthcare and we’ve eliminated the Pentagon. That’s not […]
In about 10 minutes the White House will hold a joint press briefing with Robert Gibbs and Thad Allen, in what is probably the start of a much more out front White House when it comes to the spill: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’s briefing, which normally comes in the afternoon, takes place at […]
This guy should resign now: Gov. David A. Paterson personally directed two state employees to contact the woman who had accused his close aide of assaulting her, according to two people with direct knowledge of the governor’s actions. Mr. Paterson instructed his press secretary, Marissa Shorenstein, to ask the woman to publicly describe the episode […]
Well everything except for minor things like trying to pressure Joe Lieberman into it: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs insisted once more that President Obama did everything he could to get a public option through the Senate, even if the administration never talked to Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) about his opposition to the provision. […]
It sounds like Howard Dean really got under the skin of some people: Liberal Sen. Jay Rockefeller denounced Howard Dean’s call for the Senate healthcare bill to be axed as “nonsense and irresponsible.” Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and the White House both fired back at Dean on Wednesday for saying that liberals should kill the Senate bill. […]
I am speechless: While they are calling Ft. Hood a terrorist attack, Dana Perino, George Bush’s press secretary, says “we didn’t have a terrorist attack on our country under the Bush term” and Sean Hannity just lets it go. We had the biggest terrorist attack in history on Bush’s watch. How could Perino and Hannity […]
Since the GOP doesn’t seem to be able to distance themselves from the disaster known as Bush, it looks like they will now embrace them: Former White House press secretary Dana Perino, former Bush counselor Ed Gillespie and former White House deputy press secretary Tony Fratto are among those set to provide words of wisdom […]