Just a couple of days ago I was lamenting the fact that we hadn’t heard much out of Helen Thomas. The 89 year-old reporter has made a name for herself by asking difficult and sometimes off the wall questions of US presidents, but has been awfully quiet lately. Too quiet for my taste. Maybe the media gods are listening, because today, Thomas grilled Robert Gibbs over the president’s blatantly pre-packaged press engagements.
Gibbs, as usual, is flustered and utterly unprepared for a difficult question, probably because he receives so few of them. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a less effective press secretary.
Regardless of his non-answers, after almost two years of relentless softballs, today was a breath of fresh air. It was truly wonderful to see the press corps make a decent stab at asking something worthwhile.
Kudos to Thomas and Co. Please, do yourselves a favor, and keep it up.
-Robert Laurie
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It is so obvious that Obama and Gibbs receive questions before they are asked or give the press corps questions to ask either Gibbs or Obama. If is indeed a breath of fresh air when you a question is asked that the president or Gibbs are not pre prepared to answer. Kudos for Chip Reid too.
My comment is not awaiting moderation. I am proud of Americans, Democrats or Republicans, Independents or Libertarians who speak their mind. We do not have one politician in Washington who represents Americans. We have only those who are running for re election. Congress is a joke and like Obama, will destroy this coutry as we know it