WH press briefing on NOW! C-SPAN 1 McClellan is there. n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

[Stephanie]

1. reports for the cube rats, please

thanks

[paineinthearse]

13. All WH press briefings are streamed live

Go to www.whitehouse.gov, click on "news".

[Stephanie]

23. i can't stream from here, which is why I asked for reports

which is a customary request here at DU - I am aware of the WH site - thanks

[NewJeffCT]

24. I can't stream, either

So, please, reports

[MissB]

2. Thank you!

The briefings are almost entertaining again.

[MissB]

3. *snicker* Scotty said "relationships"

A reporter just said "some are saying". :evilgrin:

[Nite Owl]

6. What's with the

not mentioning Gannon's name. Just tuned in and it seems like eveything is 'it', the reporter.

[MissB]

15. I think he is afraid of saying Gannon's name and the word

"relationship" in the same sentence. Some people say......

:evilgrin:

[underpants]

4. How about a LINK huh?

http://www.whitehouse.gov/#

[CottonBear]

12. C-SPAN LINK

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS

Scotty looks nervous. Black woman reporter just asked about how things had changed at the WH re: reporters and WH. Now talking about Syria, connecting dots, troops in Lebanon, meeting in Egypt, ask VP about that...now asked about Syria's support for terrorists...

[H2O Man]

22. Yes, he did !

He looked more than a little nervous, didn't he? And got a bit snotty to a few people asking questions!

[Alpharetta]

5. Scotty said "gets to the bottom"

heh hehe

[tridim]

16. Haha.. Best scotty quote ever!

Arghhhh.. Pat Robertson is on live now. Gak!

[paineinthearse]

7. "* wants to get to the bottom of the investigation"

I always suspected * was a closet bottom.

[Norquist Nemesis]

8. Yeah...right. Just like he did with Plamedrop. n/t

[Stephanie]

11. talking about Gannon? did the reporters start off asking abt Mangate?

details please!

[CottonBear]

19. Yeah. Did they ask? I missed the first part. n/t

[Spike from MN]

31. So * is a closet bottom...

and Gannon was a "top" man. Looks like they were made for each other. Hmmm..."some people say" that *'s whole opposition to gay marriage came about because he asked Gannon to marry him but Gannon turned him down. That really pissed * off. If he couldn't marry Gannon, he would see that no one could and thus he set out to ban gay marriages. It's all making sense now... ;)

[Be Brave]

9. Scottie not really answering questions.

Brushing off reporters left and right.

[verdalaven]

10. He encouraged the reporters

to report exactly what was said in the Press Room, exactly what Pres said -- on edit, they were discussing the axis of evil? I only caught part of the end of the question.

[hootinholler]

26. Who was the reporter who introduced the term...

Quadrangle of evil?

-Hoot

[Darknyte7]

14. Well that was a wasted 7 minutes...

Why did I bother?

[CottonBear]

17. Argghhhh! Pat Robertson on C-Span 1 now. n/t

[gardenista]

18. HA!!!! Did you notice the shit-eating grins on the faces of some of

the reporters after Scotty left the room!?

Guys, I think this is going to be very entertaining.

Get yerselfs some transfat-free popcorn and enjoy the show!

[Stephanie]

20. please recap the PC - somebody tell us what was said

thanks!

[gardenista]

27. My attempt at a recap. I only tuned in after it started.

First, there was a black female reporter asking if there had been any changes to the way the WH deals with the press corps. (Don't know the lead-in Q).

Scotty said that there were no changes that he was aware of. He then cut her off, and she piped in again, asking about investigations.

Scotty said that they were going to "get to the bottom of this", and that the "President is interested in getting to the BOTTOM of this".

He then moved on to a reporter asking about Syria, and whether it was a member of the "axis of evil", and Scotty admonished the reporter not to read between the line, and to report exactly what the WH tells him. No lie.

Then there were Qs about Venezuela.

Scotty was terse and cut people off, acting like a little W up there. He obviously could not *wait* to get out of the room!

It was beautiful, and the most important thing I saw took place *after* the PC.

That was when the cameras were on some of the reporters who weren't given a chance to ask Q's. They had huge grins and smirks on their faces and were looking at each other and rolling their eyes.

I think they know he's going down with Gannon. If you know what I mean.

[Stephanie]

29. LOL! Thanks!

I hope the reporters DO get to the bottom of this! And if Scotty goes down, so be it!

[SpiralHawk]

34. Get to the "bottom"

Is that a subliminable message ?

Frankly, I cannot handle this truth.

Drawing the Curtain of Mercy over my imagination.

[Connie_Corleone]

21. Yeah, I saw that!

That's why the briefing was so short. No questions about Gannon

[Vickers]

25. Scotty looks like he isn't getting enough sleep

Too many late-night "military websites" methinks...

:spank:

[Spazito]

28. I loved when one reporter used the 'some people say' meme

on simple Scottie, it was delicious. It is normally only used when questioning dems, bet Scottie wasn't too pleased, lol.

[MissB]

30. And he wasn't smart enough to shut that down like Dean did (nt)

[hootinholler]

32. What was the question that got the response...

The WH is encouraging any with information to come forward? Was that re Plame?

-Hoot

[gardenista]

33. I missed that, too. Was it re: Plame, or Gannon, or both?

And you know that's WH code for STFU!

[hootinholler]

36. STFU? I thought it implied...

'In accordance with your non-disclosure agreement and loyalty oaf'

-Hoot

[gardenista]

38. Oh yeah, you're right. Gotta get my terminology straight! nt

[Walt Starr]

35. I'm still saying Scottie resigns on Monday

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3111944

[MissB]

37. Friday

ala Friday news dump.

[Walt Starr]

39. Nope, they know the bloggers are onto the news dump ruse

It'll be next Monday because they'll want it to come off as "ain't no thang" right after a weekend of playing up the Syria threat on the Sunday Whorefests.