So much for the promised Obama transparency. The White House tried (and failed) yesterday to manipulate the Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court spin from behind the Wizard of Oz's curtain.Howard Kurtz Wash Post: Less than an hour after President Obama announced his Supreme Court nominee yesterday, two "senior administration officials" began holding forth for reporters on the virtues of Sonia Sotomayor. Several journalists in the Roosevelt Room briefing protested, saying there was no reason the officials couldn't speak on the record. One of the briefers, senior adviser David Axelrod, would be making a similar case on Fox News, CNN, MSNBC and PBS within hours. But Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stood his ground: No names could be attached. The effort to buttress the appeals court judge's nomination from behind a curtain of anonymity highlights the administration's determination to frame the narrative, even as cable news pundits and bloggers were alternately praising and criticizing Sotomayor.
So if it is a good pick, why hide under the covers? Another example of a lack of proper parts for teabagging.
ReplyDeleteIt's a Nah, Nah Nah, Nah Nah, Nah pick. Hey, Republicans or anyone else, this is the pick. Live with it.You tried to stop it the last time now we're shoving it down your throat and you'll like it.
ReplyDeleteIgnore the man behind the current.
ReplyDeleteRemember once Judge Bork was a shoe in too.
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