Open? Transparent?

[HenryBHough]

Regime Obama.

The most open regime in American history?

The most transparent regime in American history?

Ummmmm......"Experts" from The New York Times, USA Today and even the darling network of the left, CBS, don't seem to think so!

USA Today 8217 s Susan Page Obama administration most 8216 dangerous 8217 to media in history - The Washington Post

Excerpts in italic below:

At some point, a compendium of condemnations against the Obama administration’s record of media transparency (actually, opacity) must be assembled. Notable quotations in this vein come from former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson, who said, “It is the most secretive White House that I have ever been involved in covering”; New York Times reporter James Risen, who said, “I think Obama hates the press”; and CBS News’s Bob Schieffer, who said, “This administration exercises more control than George W. Bush’s did, and his before that.”


USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page has added a sharper edge to this set of knives. Speaking Saturday at a White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) seminar, Page called the current White House not only “more restrictive” but also “more dangerous” to the press than any other in history, a clear reference to the Obama administration’s leak investigations and its naming of Fox News’s James Rosen as a possible “co-conspirator” in a violation of the Espionage Act.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Third thread on this.

Y'all are on a roll.

 

[Decus]

Regime Obama.

The most open regime in American history?

The most transparent regime in American history?

Ummmmm......"Experts" from The New York Times, USA Today and even the darling network of the left, CBS, don't seem to think so!

USA Today 8217 s Susan Page Obama administration most 8216 dangerous 8217 to media in history - The Washington Post

Excerpts in italic below:

At some point, a compendium of condemnations against the Obama administration’s record of media transparency (actually, opacity) must be assembled. Notable quotations in this vein come from former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson, who said, “It is the most secretive White House that I have ever been involved in covering”; New York Times reporter James Risen, who said, “I think Obama hates the press”; and CBS News’s Bob Schieffer, who said, “This administration exercises more control than George W. Bush’s did, and his before that.”


USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page has added a sharper edge to this set of knives. Speaking Saturday at a White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) seminar, Page called the current White House not only “more restrictive” but also “more dangerous” to the press than any other in history, a clear reference to the Obama administration’s leak investigations and its naming of Fox News’s James Rosen as a possible “co-conspirator” in a violation of the Espionage Act.

Transparency is just the tip of the iceberg that we owe Obama so much for. You should also mention his Nobel PEACE Prize and that he is ohh so great. Even if you don't believe me here are Obama's own words:

" As you said yourself, Steve, you know, I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R. and Lincoln — just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history."

Did Obama say he ranked in the top four presidents - The Washington Post

As far as transparency is concerned I'm exhausted from reading each bill posted on the White House web site. You know... the promise he made to allow five days of public comment before he signed any bill - "Sunlight before signing" was the name given to it.

The Obameter Allow five days of public comment before signing bills PolitiFact

Can things get any better than this?

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