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To: koan who wrote (39951)

3/13/2013 12:03:40 PM

From: longnshort

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Obama: Hey, I Had Nothing to Do With Stopping White House Tours

Posted by Jammie on Mar 13, 2013 at 8:11 am

The next time this tool takes responsibility will be the first. Then the media will hail it as historic! For all the buck-passing from this schmuck, this may be the most pathetic bit yet. It’s your sequester and you live in the White House, but you have nothing to do with childishly cutting off tours to punish people?

Please.

President Obama said his administration was looking at ways to resume White House tours for school groups.

“This was not a decision that went up to the White House,” noted Obama in an ABC News interview aired on Wednesday, saying the directive came from the Secret Service.

Looking for ways to resume tours? OK, how about announcing tours will resume and apologize for being a dick? Would that be asking too much?
“What I’m asking them is: are there ways for example for us to accommodate school groups who may have traveled here with some bake sales. Can we make sure that kids potentially can still come to tour,” Obama added.

Yes, you can make sure. You’re the president, for crying out loud. Walk out today and announce tours will resume. How fucking difficult is this?
White House press secretary Jay Carney said the decision to suspend tours was “very unfortunate,” but laid the blame on Congress for failing to reach an accord to prevent the automatic spending cuts.

Funny, but I haven’t seen any stories about tours of Congress being cut off, so how is Congress responsibly for Obama’s temper tantrum that’s so badly blown up in his face?

To: koan who wrote (39951)	3/14/2013 1:39:51 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 85487

Low-Rated MSNBC Hack ‘Special Ed’ Schultz Jettisoned to Saturday Graveyard Slot Posted by Jammie on Mar 14, 2013 at 7:53 am He apparently kept a straight face announcing the “good” news: One of MSNBC’s most important and lucrative time slots, 8 p.m., is about to get a new host. But MSNBC won’t name the person quite yet. The existing 8 p.m. host, Ed Schultz, surprised his viewers on Wednesday night by saying that Thursday night’s edition of “The Ed Show” would be his last. In April he will take a new weekend shift from 5 to 7 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. “MSNBC will be expanding its weekend programming, and this opens a big opportunity for ‘The Ed Show’ and my brand,” Mr. Schultz said at the end of his nightly news talk show, which is known for having a focus on labor issues and the working class in the United States. He asserted that he had raised his hand for the assignment “for a number of personal and professional reasons.” Among them, he said: “I want to get out with the people and tell their stories.” Of course anyone wants to expand their brand moving from a coveted prime-time slot to a mid-afternoon Saturday slot. Such a no-brainer we can’t figure out why he took so long to make the move. MSNBC, meanwhile, is looking to expand their own brand by subtly moving left: At the same time, the channel has also been trying to add more progressive talk shows and nonpartisan newscasts on the weekends, as evidenced by Mr. Hayes’ program and a like-minded one by Melissa Harris-Perry, a Tulane University professor. Late last year MSNBC quietly extended its live programming up until 5 p.m. on the weekends. With Mr. Schultz, it will edge closer to the prime time hours that are now occupied by documentaries like “Lockup,” a series about prisons. The move was so quiet nobody even noticed. Forward!