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- Feb 12, 2007
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For all of those whose knickers are so twisted over L'Affaire Sherrod that they have given themselves third degree wedgies, here's a telling case of (the lack of) JournoListic and The Obama Administration's Most Ethical & Transparent Beyond Politics As Usual MO:
For just a brief backdrop on this story, Pete Hoekstra voted against the stimulus boondoggle, and rightfully so, but showed up at Obama's campaign speech in Holland, MI July 15 where he touted stimulus money for a Korean-owned battery plant...Hoestra said that he was invited to the event by the company and his constituents (the plant is based in his district). But during the speech, Obama - his typical classless self - called out Hoekstra for showing up.
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The Washington Post's White House reporter Anne Kornblut was there and added this detail on the White House set up:
"Obama welcomed Hoekstra during his opening remarks. At the same moment, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs sent a note to reporters pointing out Hoekstra as a 'great quote opportunity!' in the audience."
It was a coordinated ambush by a classless regime. The worst thing about this episode, another in a string of unpresidential Chicago thuggish chapters for this president, is that we are coming to expect this from him. As if it were all of the sudden normal and commonplace. It's not normal. Except for Obama.
theblogprof: Typical: Obama's ambush on Pete Hoekstra in Michigan was coordinated with the media
For just a brief backdrop on this story, Pete Hoekstra voted against the stimulus boondoggle, and rightfully so, but showed up at Obama's campaign speech in Holland, MI July 15 where he touted stimulus money for a Korean-owned battery plant...Hoestra said that he was invited to the event by the company and his constituents (the plant is based in his district). But during the speech, Obama - his typical classless self - called out Hoekstra for showing up.
...
The Washington Post's White House reporter Anne Kornblut was there and added this detail on the White House set up:
"Obama welcomed Hoekstra during his opening remarks. At the same moment, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs sent a note to reporters pointing out Hoekstra as a 'great quote opportunity!' in the audience."
It was a coordinated ambush by a classless regime. The worst thing about this episode, another in a string of unpresidential Chicago thuggish chapters for this president, is that we are coming to expect this from him. As if it were all of the sudden normal and commonplace. It's not normal. Except for Obama.
theblogprof: Typical: Obama's ambush on Pete Hoekstra in Michigan was coordinated with the media