We are doubling up today on our 1,000 Words feature with these photos, forwarded by Brooks Kraft, from President Obama’s recent visit to Texas A&M University:
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Michelle Obama proves she still has the moves in this photo from our White House Photo Blog:
“Fraudulent Press Activity”: The Fake U.S. Chamber Press Conference
It would have been hard to script this better. Eric Wohlschlegel, who actually works at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, had to break up a fake chamber press conference today, organized by a group that was not the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
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The National Press Club was not …
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Earlier this week, the President invited members of Congress to join him and some of his cabinet on the White House basketball court. This photo, from our White House Photo Blog, reminds me of what I’ve always heard about the basketball games in the House gym: No one ever passes.
CORRECTED, UPDATED — Cable News Irony Alert: CNN, Fox and The Disappearing General Audience
CORRECTION: Ahh, the pitfalls of technology. In the post below, I wrote about an ad that kept running Sunday morning on CNN, which I watched in the background as I scribbled away at my office. Several times, I heard an ad for Anderson Cooper’s show that included a woman’s voice talking about being a “lifelong Democrat” and watching …
Barack Obama On David Letterman: The Top Ten Funny Parts
It took more than an hour. And since you don’t want to spend an hour reading a blog post, here are the Top Ten Funny Things That Happened When The President Of The United States Did Letterman.
10. During the opening monologue, Dave praised the diligence of the Secret Service. “They even checked under my hairpiece. Security is tighter …
1,000 Words: Senior Class Picture
I found this one on the White House Flickr page:
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Obama’s “Jackass” Remark: The President Gets No Slack
TMZ.com has acquired audio of President Obama calling Kanye West a “jackass” before an interview with CNBC. Though the exchange was off the record, it was reported via Twitter by ABC News, which later apologized. It’s actually a fun listen, in part because as soon as Obama utters the word “jackass,” he knows he has opened himself up, and …
Teddy’s Letter
After the jump, the text of Teddy Kennedy’s letter that President Obama cited in the speech. Also, Obama will host a group of bipartisan Senate centrists tomorrow — including, Michael Scherer reports from the Hill, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson — at the White House to talk about health care.
GOP Response
After the jump is the text of Rep. Charles Boustany’s GOP response to the President’s speech. Republican leaders said they didn’t want a big name to deliver this rebuttal – thus the relatively unknown Boustany, who hails from Louisiana and happens to be a heart surgeon. Also, wonder what some GOP members were waving during the …
Obama’s Remarks
Read along after the jump. Members named: John Dingell, John McCain, Ted Kennedy, Orrin Hatch and Chuck Grassley.
A Story And A Photo: The Death Of One Marine In Afghanistan
Three journalists for the Associated Press present when grenade explosion took off the leg of a Marine, Cpl. Joshua “Bernie” Bernard, in Afghanistan on August 14, in the middle of the deadliest month in that country for U.S. forces since 2001. They wrote a story about it, and published a photo of it. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is …