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Ann ComptonWhite House Press Briefing Live Blog [Feb. 4, 2009]Live-blogging the press briefing. Was scheduled to start at 2:30, it's now 2:38. Watching on Fox News Channel. May also through up some Tweets @KenShepherd The archive of official White House press briefings can be found here. 14:45: Still waiting for Gibbs to come out. Fox News has gone to split-screen. 14:52, Gibbs finally underway. 14:54, female reporter notes Judd Gregg connection to Abramoff scandal. 2nd question, is president getting tougher in rhetoric on stimulus? 14:56, same reporter he feels the need to ramp up the rhetoric a bit, why is that? 14:58, male reporter asks if there's any concern the executive pay guideline will backfire, with firms not asking for bailout money b/c of the rules. Also asks if Gibbs can give a "flavor" for what to expect from stimulus negotiations. 15:01, same reporter: Are you worried about it backfiring? 15:02, Ed Henry, CNN with question about president's stance on "buy American" provisions in the stimulus bill. 15:03, Henry asks "what balance" does Obama want "to strike" in buying American and honoring trade commitments. White House Press Briefing Live BlogObama press secretary Robert Gibbs is conducting his second-ever press conference right now. Below you'll find my live-blogging of the questions. I can't promise verbatim rendering of the questions, but should the Obama administration post a full transcript later on, I'll link to that as well. [see related post] I'm watching the video via MSNBC. 13:20 ET: Unid'd female reporter: This morning this event with the bipartisan leaders that the president had... but will there come a point when the president, and democratic leaders in the congress decide to have a vote whether Republicans like it or not? 13:21 ET, same reporter asks follow-up question on bipartisan cooperation 13:22 ET, male reporter asks about economic stimulus plans 13:25: What kind of reassurances can you give on the economic package. And on Pakistan, did the president consult with the Pakistan government on the strike. Gibbs replies that he won't address the airstrikes or other military operations. 13:25, Major Garrett, Fox News Channel: You will never speak of any military operation taken by the United States? Gibbs replies he won't discuss those airstrikes at today's briefing ABC Bizarrely Hypes Non-scandal Over Bush Dinnerware
Veteran ABC reporter Ann Compton worried, "So, why is Laura Bush introducing new Bush china two weeks before they move out?" Compton even featured the Washington Post's Sally Quinn, not identified as a liberal in the report, to bash former President Ronald Reagan's china incident. Compton explained, "Washington veteran Sally Quinn recalls the furor when President Reagan was slashing the federal budget and his wife, Nancy, ordered $200,000 of scarlet china with the presidential seal in gold." LiveBlog: President Bush's July 15 News ConferenceUpdate (13:40 EDT): You can see in bold some of the questions I thought particularly biased. I've clipped Mark Smith's first question about turning the thermostat down and driving less and posted that video on EyeBlast.tv. You can find it embedded at right. [Official White House transcript available here.] 10:17 EDT: President Bush will hold a press conference in a few minutes, I'll be watching and live-blogging questions from the press corps. I'll update the blog post after the fact (assuming President Bush takes questions) with a link to the official White House transcript. If warranted, we may also post video of the most biased questions. 11:09 | President thanks reporters for their time, closes conference. 11:06 | Olivier (sp?): "Is President Karzai correct and do you think the new government in Pakistan is willing to combat terrorism?" 11:02 | Ryan: Do you think it [the economy] changes before you leave office? 10:59 | April Ryan, American Urban Radio Networks: "When in your guestimation will this country see a turnaround on the soft economy?" Also asks about what's happening in Sudan. 10:57 | Compton presses again on oil company question. 10:55 | Ann Compton, ABC Radio: "You never mention oil companies. Are you confident that American oil producers are 10:53 | Smith of AP Radio asks if President Bush sees the "value" of a campaign to push for conservation. 10:52 | Mark Smith, AP Radio: "Mr. President, understanding what you say about energy supplies being tight and the debate over energy, which has gone on for years and will continue long through the campaign and into the next administration -- one thing nobody debates is that if Americans use less energy the current supply/demand equation would improve. Why have you not sort of called on Americans to drive less and to turn down the thermostat?" 10:50 | Roger Runningen, Bloomberg News on a second stimulus: "Is it too late to consider a second one?" LiveBlog: Bush Press Conference on the EconomyPresident Bush is holding a press conference on the U.S. economy. I'll be blogging the questions to the president below. Video of Bush/Raddatz clash here (audio available here). Video of Stolberg and Ryan on recession here (audio here) My bottom line analysis (11:25): The two R's of bias from this Rose Garden presser: Martha Raddatz on Syria and numerous reporters on the dreaded R-word, recession. Of course a recession is two consecutive quarters of NEGATIVE economic growth, and we've yet to see one quarter of negative growth, much less two. But all the same, NY Times's Stolberg made it sound like Q1 numbers on GDP tomorrow will show a recession. The questions below will be posted in reverse chronological order: At Presidential Press Conference, Reporters Push Bush to Agree to Raise Taxes
In the first question at the 10:30am EDT session, the AP's Terry Hunt cited how House “Transportation Committee members are recommending an increase in federal gasoline taxes to pay for repairs. Would you be willing to go along with an increase in gasoline taxes of five cents a gallon or more?” Later, Ann Compton of ABC News reminded Bush it's “been clear you don't want to raise taxes. Can you do justice to the kind of programs the government needs for bridges, for housing, and also continue to spend as much as you do on the war in Iraq?” As for news reports that Bush wishes to cut corporate taxes, Mark Smith of Associated Press radio turned sarcastic: “Do you believe America's corporations are not making enough money these days?” |
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