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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neeka who wrote (105870)	6/3/2011 11:28:47 AM
From: chartseer	Respond to of 224749

Didn't michelle say barry is a bastard! Well maybe not in those exact words but she did say it. citizen chartseer

To: Neeka who wrote (105870)	6/3/2011 12:33:49 PM
From: lorne	5 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

Stifled: Question about Obama getting snubbed Press secretary doesn't allow inquiry about Walesa's decision May 31, 2011 wnd.com The White House press secretary, Jay Carney, today declined to allow a question about a public snubbing President Obama took in Europe. Les Kinsolving, WND's correspondent at the White House, and the second-most senior reporter on the beat, had wanted to ask about a decision by former Polish president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa to decline a meeting with Obama. At the first daily news briefing since Obama's return from Europe, Carney allowed NPR to ask eight questions, NBC 6, the Wall Street Journal 5 and ABC, CNN, CBS Radio and the New York Times four each. But Kinsolving was refused permission to ask. He had wanted to ask, "London's Daily Mail reported: Embarrassing snub for Obama, as Polish hero Walesa skips meeting for biblical festival." "Does the president regard this as a snub or not?" he had prepared to ask. The newspaper report said Walesa had been invited by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski to meet with political figures – and Obama – in Warsaw. Walesa, according to the report, "snubbed" the invitation. "It's difficult to tell journalists what you'd like to say to the president of a superpower. This time I won't tell him, I won't meet him, it doesn't suit me," Walesa said, according to the report. The report said Walesa said he preferred to travel to Italy for a biblical festival, "and that he had no interest in a meeting that would amount to little more than a photo-op." A second question prepared by Kinsolving involved an evaluation of Carney's performance by former White House