Miscellany

1,000 Words: Aggie Edition

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:

“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 …

1,000 Words

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.

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

Brooks Kraft just emailed me this one, and another after the jump (along with Brooks’ explanation of what was happening):

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.

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