Log On, Chat With White House Officials

[PaDUer]

This article appeared in our local paper, The Scranton Times, two nites ago. Was anyone aware of this? Honestly, I haven't checked it out as yet, however, this might be interesting if we visit and ask some questions to see if they'd tell the truth!

Log On, Chat With White House Officials
By JENNIFER LOVEN

September 17, 2003, 1:48 AM EDT

WASHINGTON -- Need a recipe to spice up your marriage? Wonder what became of Amy Carter's tree house? Curious to know whether the White House really is haunted?

Just "Ask the White House" -- a 5-month-old effort to connect regular folks directly with top Bush administration officials through live online chat sessions on the White House Web site.

The forums provide another way for the White House to sell and defend President Bush's policies. Responding to questions that voice both skepticism and support, officials supply answers that keep to the administration line on issues ranging from tax cuts and environmental actions to Medicare and judicial nominations.

The exchanges are not without lighter moments.
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On the Net:

"Ask the White House:"http://www.whitehouse.gov/ask/

For entire article--

http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-ask-the-white-house,0,4686799.story?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

[ShaneGR]

1. omg

I wonder how long it would take them to respond to,

"Since the Administration has now admitted that there are no ties between Saddam Hussein and 911, and it has also become clear that there are no WMD in Iraq, will the President now admit that it was a mistake to invade Iraq?"

[FauxNewsBlues]

2. Please let Cheney or McClellan do one

I will ask: How much of Iraq was carved into Halliburton territory at the energy meetings, whose records are about to be released? Can ya give us an inside scoop before the Supreme Court, like every other court has turned Dick down?

[LittleApple81]

3. I haven't participated in one but read the transcript of the one

with the guy in charge of the Faith based initiatives...
The transcript of the questions showed only saccharine sweet, approving questions about the administration's work in this area...
Just yuk.

[Cat Atomic]

4. Mr. Ashcroft, can you see which finger I'm holding up?

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