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[Clio the Leo]

No doubt a GOOD time will be had by all! :)

Hope Miss Helen doesn't miss this one. Heh.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/briefing-press-secretary-robert-gibbs-0

[Clio the Leo]

1. PINK tie! We gotta PINK tie....

.... oh, he's GEARED for battle. :)

[Clio the Leo]

2. lol and Helen IS there!

:popcorn:

[Clio the Leo]

3. "not an across the board ax"....

.... but will cut programs that the President feels aren't as important, investing in programs that are.

[muffin1]

4. No, thanks.

I think I'll pull out my own teeth sans novocaine. I'm fairly certain it'll be less painful.

[Jennicut]

5. It will be entertaining, today, ahead of the SOTU.

[Clio the Leo]

6. apparently some programs are "duplicative"

... and its those duplicative programs that are being cut "programs that have outlived their intended use."

[Cha]

9. Some on DU will still find

a way to attack attack attack over duplicative.

[Jennicut]

18. Yes, I am sure they will.

This sounds like little more then Al Gore's ReGo. There was waste that needed to be cut then too.

[Clio the Leo]

7. Will effect less than 1% of spending over the next 10 years. NT

[Clio the Leo]

8. "some thought we were crazy last year to cut defense spending..."

"now that program no longer lives" (and no one cares)

[Clio the Leo]

10. the plan to do this began before he left for Christmas. NT

[Clio the Leo]

11. "WH does not believe the over all macroeconomic effect would effect the recovery" NT

[Clio the Leo]

12. Miss Helen basically asks why this doesn't apply to defense spending....

.... Gibbs says they've already cut spending. (see above)

[DURHAM D]

16. It looks like she has fallen asleep now.

[Clio the Leo]

17. she always does that....

.... just resting her eyes I think. ;)

[DURHAM D]

21. Even if she is asleep she is sharper than

all of the press corp put together.

[Clio the Leo]

24. which isn't saying much. NT

[Cha]

22. Did she forget like

everyone else who's complaining about this?

[Clio the Leo]

13. Chip asks why this doesn't apply to Medicare/Medicaid....

.... Gibbs smilingly says, "in case you haven't noticed, the President has been trying to cut back on health care spending for quite some time." (paraphrased)

[Clio the Leo]

14. lol Chip says "this is a loser politically because liberals are infuriated." NT

[Cha]

19. Is chip sticking up

for libbies?

It's so touching what a mediawhore he is.

[Clio the Leo]

15. Chip asks "is the President worried his legacy could be dead..."

or he might have said "debt" .... whatever he said, Gibbs laughed and said, "no."

[Cha]

20. Muchas Gracias for all your

steno work, Clio. Very enlightening!

[Clio the Leo]

23. missed a bunch....

... got a phone call.

lol funny actually, got a text message from a friend of mine who isn't text savy TRYING to say, "what are you doing?" .... she's a good Democrat but no more interested in politics than most people. Her text read, "what qrqp" which I THOUGHT meant "what crap!" meaning she was as upset about the freeze as everyone else. But I was surprised she even knew about it (and she didn't really, she just cant text. lol )

[Cha]

25. That's funny..I knew it had

to be something to help our economy..they're serious in our Government now.