WTF is this ? Idiot son hosts a off the record dinner for reporters ?

[steve2470]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBFSP9TTCE.html

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) - President Bush played host to the White House press corps Thursday night for a private off-the-record dinner at his ranch.

The casual affair of fried catfish, potato salad, coleslaw, homemade cheese and chocolate-chip cookies followed a tradition in which Bush and his wife, Laura, have the press covering his annual August vacation out to the their ranch in central Texas as a sort of thank-you.

The event was not held last year because of the busy campaign season. The invitations to the reporters were issued on the condition that they not discuss conversations at the event.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

1. Shmoozing With His Base Again n/t

[Not_Giving_Up]

2. Homemade cheese???

I wasn't aware that he had dairy cows on the Lazy W. If the cheese wasn't made at the Lazy W, then it shouldn't be called homemade!

No way should the entire WH press corp have a dinner with the pretzeldent that they aren't allowed to talk about!

[dweller]

9. *moron milked the bull hisself! ... n/t

[Not_Giving_Up]

15. ...

:rofl:

[whometense]

3. How cozy.

Now about that journalistic objectivity...

[Straight Shooter]

4. Whores and their pimp. n/t

[Fridays Child]

5. No need to give 'em all handjobs, George. They already love you.

[kentuck]

6. Yeah, they can be bought off for a chocolate-chip cookie...

That's why people think so highly of them... They should keep their distance .

[librechik]

31. but but it was a CHEESE and chocolate chip cookie! Which begs the ?

who the hell puts cheese in a chocolate chip cookie?

[napi21]

7. I'd actually like to see the invitation list! I bet it was selective

reporers, and Gregory and Thomas weren't on it!

[K8-EEE]

8. Off The Record Amigos... Stop Covering Anti-War Protesters, Ya Hear?

How's that catfish, pretty good? OK y'all just shut up now, ya hear?

[geckosfeet]

10. Friggin media whore bastards. n/t

[Jamastiene]

11. They are probably all getting their stories straight for the next

4 years. That sort of lock step lying and coddling idiot boy has to be carefully planned to be able to pull it off. For shame. For shame.

[merh]

12. He realized the effects of the "kool aid" has begun to wear off

so he had to gather them together to serve more "kool aid" and lies.

:argh: Hello media whores, you are supposed to be objective! :mad:

[Generic Other]

13. Embedded reporters live it up at the Brown Nose Bar-B-Q

Come and get it!!

[spanone]

14. So they give up their jobs for a day with george...and we wonder why

it leans so far right.

[Donailin]

16. let him continue the way he is

shit like this solidifies his opposition. people aren't so stupid anymore.

[Horse with no Name]

17. Invitations issued

"on the condition that they not discuss conversations at the event"


Ummm okay.:shrug:

[Bozita]

18. "Dinner with the Prez" -- guaranteed pay raise from MSM moguls for all ...

... attendees.

Fair and balanced reporting will follow.

[madokie]

19. Another controlled gathering.

Catfish huh, I wonder if any in that whole cabal knows what good catfish is, my guess is no.

[bpilgrim]

20. did he offer cindy anything to drink?

did any of the M$MWs :shrug:


http://media.globalfreepress.com

peace

peace

[magellan]

21. Sounds like bribery and a conflict of interest to me

Have any elected presidents done this sort of thing?

[Generic Other]

22. The more I think about this the madder it makes me

Will he lay down the law to the press corps? Threaten to deny them access if they cover Cindy? Will the media be told to ignore "Camp Casey" or to turn their attention to promoting the media creation "Fort Qualls"?

Whatever discussions take place at the ranch, the media have an obligation to report to the public. Failing to do so makes them paid propagandists rather than an independent press.

Let the business of the government be conducted in the light of day. Sunshine at Camp Casey!

[magellan]

24. That's the problem, who can say what the result is?

A private dinner for reporters to "thank them"? They're doing their jobs. It's their bosses' responsibility to thank them by giving them a raise if they merit it, not Bush**'s. A reporter who values his credibility -- and that of his news organization -- would politely decline such an offer. I wonder if any did?

Just another example of how BushCo operates. No thought to the ethics or integrity they claim to champion; no thought to how some in this country who still value such things will perceive this as fundamentally wrong, no matter WHO does it.

[windbreeze]

23. So....let me think about this...

Let's see...God talks to him...but didn't God tell him that he isn't supposed to be eating catfish? No Scales...a bottom feeder...scavenger...unclean....but then...I am sure he loves it...suits him...
windbreeze

[Dervill Crow]

26. He can't even get the ten commandments right.

He probably doesn't know those 613 mitzvot even exist. He wouldn't know a mitzvah if it bit him on the butt.

I don't think I'll ever eat catfish or chocolate chip cookies again. My momma could fry up the best catfish in creation, but * with his phony pig farm ranch and phony downhome cowboy act just sully my fond memories of the south, e.g., fireflies, fried foods, iced tea, and sitting on the front porch in the evening.

I just had a revelation. If my mom was alive she would probably say it doesn't matter how much money they have, the whole Bush family is just plain trashy.

Forgive the rambling. It just seems that everything that * does, no matter how earth-shaking or tiny, is designed to make a sane person crazy.

[mnhtnbb]

25. Cheap bastards

Boy, if the media can be bought for some catfish and potato salad, what a sorry state we're in.

[oasis]

27. Tell Chimpy to take his cole slaw and shove it up his ass.

We're not taking any bribes.:nopity:

[wli]

28. He probably said "stop covering Sheehan or I'll assassinate you." n/t

[Not_Giving_Up]

29. What if one of the reporters talks anyway?

Will that reporter disappear?

[gatorboy]

30. Yep! Bolton doing the same. I wonder if it's on our tab..

Not to mention, banning afew not getting with the Bush program.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/ambassador-boltonas-ver_b_6232.html

So John Bolton is having a reception at the U.N. ambassador's private residence in the penthouse at the Waldorf Astoria tonight. The Washington Times, Fox News, and various other conservatives will be represented there, but some of the people who won't be there include Colum Lynch from the Washington Post and Warren Hoge from the New York Times, both of whom cover the U.N. for their respective papers. If you thought the Bush administration’s cowardice about facing anyone not completely on board was confined to Crawford and the campaign trail, think again.

Lynch actually called the mission to the U.N. to confirm that he was not invited, and he was told that, indeed, he was not. I asked Warren Hoge about all this. "I'm not taking it personally. I've never met John Bolton," he told me, "and clearly this will continue through tonight."