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34. Thiessen: White House doesn’t dispute my report on skipped meetings.--White House does AND mocks him
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 07:54 PM
Sep 2012

Thiessen's limp-legged victory lap
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/white-house-doesnt-dispute-my-report-on-skipped-meetings/2012/09/11/349f2292-fc1f-11e1-b153-218509a954e1_blog.html


aaaaaaaaaaaand the White House not only disputes it by MOCKS Theissen


Asked about the article Monday, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the assertion that the president was playing hooky from his presidential daily briefings was "hilarious" :


MR. CARNEY: He gets it every day, okay? The President of the United States gets the presidential daily briefing every day. There is a document that he reads every day when he is not - well, he always reads it every day because he’s a voracious consumer of all of his briefing materials. And when he is physically here, most days he has a meeting in his office, the Oval one - (laughter) - with participants in - his national security team, including obviously Tom Donilon and others. He also has regular meetings with –

Q This is about the physical briefing from whoever is giving it versus the written briefing?

MR. CARNEY: This was a case of - I don't know how far I want to go here, but I believe if you compare our foreign policy record with the one that preceded this one, we’re comfortable with that comparison. And this President is very much steeped in the details of national security issues and the information that as President he received –

Q Do you believe this report was misleading –

MR. CARNEY: I believe the article written about it was amusing.
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/10/white-house-obama-not-skipping-intel-briefings/

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Why can't we get this down to a green level? sinkingfeeling Sep 2012 #1
Because virgins keep sacrificing their hearts, damn it. tavalon Sep 2012 #3
It think it goes down to green each day at sunrise. nt Voice for Peace Sep 2012 #5
lol, along with Cantor? siligut Sep 2012 #11
And Coulter docgee Sep 2012 #16
lol at coffin tomm2thumbs Sep 2012 #2
Me too..brilliant and almost...true. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #15
Same here Auggie Sep 2012 #27
but, but heaven05 Sep 2012 #4
How many kittens did they have to feed him to raise him to Yellow? (nt) ehrnst Sep 2012 #6
Beautiful!!!! valerief Sep 2012 #7
Best. EarlG. Graphic.EVERRR. NinetySix Sep 2012 #8
What NinetySix said!!! tosh Sep 2012 #9
Brilliant, this defines Dick's current existence. siligut Sep 2012 #10
Yellow, just like Cheney himself. L-O-S-E-R. DinahMoeHum Sep 2012 #12
What else could be missing? Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #13
google dancing Israelis 9/11 RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #18
Which level is Simeon Salus Sep 2012 #14
when Cheney Accidentally shot his friend I think it showed God has a sense of humor... sevenseas Sep 2012 #17
Hey, the guy should have known to dress better than that when tclambert Sep 2012 #24
EarlG, how do you keep coming up with these? Brigid Sep 2012 #19
I'll be honest - I do not like it when people say 'Obama killed bin Laden' but...... LynneSin Sep 2012 #20
You know as much as I loath Cheney, at least I have to give him credit for totodeinhere Sep 2012 #21
I just continue to be amazed, EarlG. MADem Sep 2012 #22
Cheney puts me in the mood for Halloween all year long aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #23
Orange should be "in search of a new heart". CanOfWhoopAss Sep 2012 #25
Orange should be in search of *A* heart. Initech Sep 2012 #36
When does this guy face justice? polichick Sep 2012 #26
Mitt was seen soon afterward doing a triple facepalm... tjwash Sep 2012 #28
Hypocrisy to the 10th power. But, guess that's the Rove-esque method. Attack for Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2012 #29
K&R! Perfect! countryjake Sep 2012 #30
Is a vampire in his coffin really a low threat? rateyes Sep 2012 #31
Just Don't Listen elbloggoZY27 Sep 2012 #32
Hillarious!....n/t whathehell Sep 2012 #33
Thiessen: White House doesn’t dispute my report on skipped meetings.--White House does AND mocks him underpants Sep 2012 #34
Why isn't this horse's ass cooling his heels in ADX Florence? 47of74 Sep 2012 #35
War criminal... MrMickeysMom Sep 2012 #37
Severely funny. pa28 Sep 2012 #38
mass-murdering, draft-dodging, born-yellow, will-die-yellow, pissant coward; marasinghe Sep 2012 #39
This one is truly brilliant! Webster Green Sep 2012 #40
Cheney is one ugly human being. Ugly in every sense of the word. His poor family. judesedit Sep 2012 #41
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