If this unusual News Conference exchange holds any kind of foreshadowing ... perhaps other Reporters will take the hint? They ALL do hold microphones, afterall.
Boehner calls anti-tax crusader Norquist 'some random person'
CNN Congressional Producer Deirdre Walsh -- Nov 3, 2011
Washington (CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner downplayed the influence of Washington's most notable anti-tax crusader, calling Grover Norquist "some random person" at his weekly press conference Thursday.
Asked about Norquist, who heads the powerful Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) group, Boehner said, "it's not often I'm asked about some random person in America and what I think."
When pressed again about Norquist's sway over the House GOP, the speaker said he was focused squarely on creating jobs, not talking "about somebody's personality." But Boehner stressed the GOP stance on taxes, saying "our conference is opposed to tax hikes because we believe that tax hikes will hurt our economy and put Americans out of work."
Who was that "random" reporter, that dared to speak the unmentionable Name 'Grover Norquist' ...
A reporter ... No, a Journalist who dared to challenge the Speaker of the House about his unspoken allegiance to this infamous anti-tax crusader?
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This seismic ground-shifting, into the basest of GOP's motives, was not lost on Lawrence O'Donnell.
In the Last Word that evening, Lawrence observes an apparent crack in the Grover Norquist Dam -- calling it perhaps, the most significant news of the year. History may show this was the beginning of the end of the Era of Norquist's Stranglehold on Government ...
Boehner rewrites Norquist as a 'random person' [NBC 11-03-2011]
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Way to go Luke Russert! -- for daring to ask such a direct question,
and then daring again, to ask those tough followup questions too.
If only we had more Journalists like you, ready to punch through their paper-thin facades ...
If only we had more Journalists like you Luke Russert, ready to ask those tough Questions ... ready to expect -- and to even demand -- some honest Answers ...
Perhaps the Reporter glitterati-class could learn a few things, from those who have the most to lose ...
Scholastic News Kid Reporters Interview the President (2/7):
The Economy and Struggling Families
http://youtu.be/...
Scholastic News Kid Reporters Interview the President (3/7):
Challenges Facing America's Youth
http://youtu.be/...
If only we had more honest Leaders, ready to follow-up and act on their "tough answers" ...
If only ... can not come soon enough. Those answers CANNOT wait for the Next Generation, to solve.
Those Answers are needed now. In this Generation.
Our fame-flirting Reporters should not leave the Job of Journalism to others -- to those who have the most to lose. Our intrepid Reporters should demand those honest answers NOW.
Like Luke Russert did. It's their Job. It's their duty. America, and everyday Americans are desperate for such Journalistic Leadership -- NOW.
The Future is happening ... as we speak ...