Hi gang,
This is my first diary and I'll keep it relatively short. In going over some of Scotty-boy's press briefings over the last two weeks, I've noticed some interesting (disturbing?) questions coming from the floor. When you take a look at it closely, it's not a lot different than what Gannon/Guckert brought to the table during his esteemed tenure in the Corps.
First, this one from July 11 (emphasis mine):
"Q: One follow-up. Considering the widespread interest and the absolutely frantic Democrat reaction to Karl Rove's excellent speech to conservatives last month, does the President hope that Karl will give a lot more speeches?"
"Excellent" speech?
Then there are these two from yesterday, both from the same reporter (again, emphasis mine):
"Q: Scott, U.S. News and World Report has just published what it identified as, quote, Mike McCurry, former Clinton spokesman, expressing sympathy for you about what the Media Research Center headlined as "reporters in full scold mode" on July the 11th, including your plea, "if you'll let me finish" -- and NBC's response, "no, you're not finishing, you're not saying anything." And my question -- first of two -- has anyone from these three networks -- NBC, ABC, CBS -- apologized to you for this behavior?"
and...
"Q: A New York Daily News columnist, Michael Goodwin called this, in his words, "hostile hectoring" that revealed much of the mainstream press for what it has become, the opposition party. "Forget fairness, or even the pretense of it, bias has now slopped over into blatant opposition, providing comfort food to ideological comrades," end of quote. Do you disagree with The New York Times -- New York Daily News on this?
Obviously, since we're not there, we don't know the tone of the questions (I haven't seen the video on any of this), so it's impossible to tell who the questioner is or how serious he/she is -- but regardless, does this kind of stuff sound like Gannon Part II?