Left wing writers/columnists/commentators have “off-the-record” lunch with Obama

Via Fishbowl DC:
Politico reports that CNN’s David Gergen, WaPo’s Chris Cillizza, Newsweek’s Jon Meacham and Howard Fineman, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Cynthia Tucker, Politico’s Mike Allen, NPR/Fox’s Mara Liasson, TPM’s Josh Marshall and NYT’s David Brooks, Andy Rosenthal, and Gail Collins joined the President, David Axelrod, Anita Dunn, Bill Burton and Robert Gibbs for an off-the-record [...]

No, the WH war on Fox News is not over

The Chi-Trib’s Swamp blog reports on something many of us predicted at the time of the so-called “truce” made between Fox News and the Obama admin: That it was a TINO (Truce In Name Only). Peter Nicholas writes (via Memeorandum):
At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House [...]

More videos uncovered showing school kids being coached to praise Obama

11 – count ‘em – 11 more videos found.
“Elementary epidemic” indeed!
Prior/Related:

School district confirms Obama “praise” activity was sanctioned
Yes, Obama DID preach healthcare reform at Wakefield High
Creeptastic: Elementary school shows Obama “pledge” video to students
Teacher bullies student over her parents’ support for John McCain

Obama’s “inspiring” former “spiritual mentor” strikes again

Not that there was ever any doubt about it in the minds of people who weren’t mesmerized by Barry Oh!’s eloquence and the MSM’s fawning coverage of him last year, but if this doesn’t prove Rev. Jeremiah Wright is a radical leftist America-hating pastor I don’t know what does.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say [...]

VIDEO: Major Garrett grills Robert Fibbs on WH Recovery Act claims

What mainstream media journalism is supposed to be all about (it’s about 2 and a half to 3 minutes into this clip):

Considering that grilling, it’s no wonder the WH has declared war on Fox. It’s not just their opinion show hosts questioning them, it’s their ace mainstream media journalists as well (gasp!). [...]

You know it’s getting bad when CBS turns on you

The Obama administration’s BS spin on “jobs created/saved” has gotten so bad that even Katie Couric has called them out on it.
I’m savoring this “truth in mainstream (liberal) media journalism” moment. I know it won’t last long. But in the event that it did, I wonder how long it would take before the [...]

So, no more “speaking truth to power”? Fox and WH reach “truce”

Ahem (via Raw Story):
A very reliable source tells FishbowlDC that Fox News SVP Michael Clemente met with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs this morning and reached what some are calling a “truce.”
Clemente then met with the FNC Washington bureau and encouraged staff to remain “fair and balanced.”
WH spox Robert Fibbs, er, Gibbs has probably [...]

The politics of perks – Obama WH style

More from the land of HopeNChange, via the Washington Times (h/t: JWF):
During his first nine months in office, President Obama has quietly rewarded scores of top Democratic donors with VIP access to the White House, private briefings with administration advisers and invitations to important speeches and town-hall meetings.
High-dollar fundraisers have been promised access to [...]

Exceptionally rude Dem Congressman gets praised by the ‘paragon of civility’

The Politico reports:
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) is drawing criticism from his congressional colleagues, but President Obama offered him some warm words at a Miami fundraiser for the Democratic congressional campaign committees last night.
Obama, in introducing the members of Congress in attendance, called Grayson – along with Florida Reps. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Kendrick Meek – as [...]

Obama plays more golf than Bush – where’s the outrage?

The Politico reports (via Memeorandum):
President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he’s already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.
CBS’ Mark Knoller — an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related — wrote on his Twitter feed that, “Today [...]