We'll see if it really is only temporary. "The briefing room and accompanying press offices are to be torn down starting next week to make way for a complete renovation, with high-tech accessories that may take seven to nine months or more to complete." "Amid paranoia among some reporters that this is Bush's chance to fulfill the dream of many of his predecessors and toss out the press from prime office space, Bush said he looked forward to "having you back here." Snow pledged the press corps will return to new, spiffy digs. "There will indeed be a new press room. It will be right here. It is not going to be in a distant part of town. It will be right here in this very spot," Snow said." "Joe Lockhart, who as a Clinton press secretary dealt with questions about the impeachment proceedings rooted in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, said the briefing room is where the public holds the presidency accountable. "While some days it looks like a third-grade food fight, there's something really important that goes on and the public's right to know is protected right here in this room," he said. " Bush says farewell to press corps. "While journalists have complained for years about the crowded, dirty conditions and the absence -- until actor Tom Hanks stepped in -- of a proper coffee machine, their chief fear is of not being allowed to return nine months from now." "Snow declined to say when reporters would be able to return from their exile in a nearby government building to the White House itself, saying: "The only thing worse than making predictions about diplomacy is construction." The renovation is expected to take nine months." "...actor Tom Hanks, horrified after a tour of the facility, bought the reporters a top-notch espresso machine." "CBS radio reporter Mark Knoller, a White House veteran and the closest thing the press corps has to an official record keeper, recently joked about those anxieties in an e-mail to fellow correspondents. "Now taking bets," he wrote. "We'll be back in the press room by: a) the mid-term elections, B) 'mission accomplished' in Iraq, c) the 2008 elections, d) the next millennium or e) never."" White House press evicted....temporarily?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Godiva @ Aug 2 2006, 07:11 PM) [snapback]296727[/snapback]</div> Your saying that they were kicked out? As in forcibly ejected or are you just trying to make it sound that way as another way of releasing your vitriolic hatred against Bush? Enquiring minds want to know. Wildkow p.s. Wow this gurl has issues. :lol:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Wildkow @ Aug 3 2006, 02:56 AM) [snapback]296828[/snapback]</div> I can see it now... If the White House had not chosen to renovate the Press Room and Godiva found out about the conditions, she'd create a post titled "Bush forces press corps to work in squalor with no air conditioning and rats!"
"Joe Lockhart, who as a Clinton press secretary dealt with questions about the impeachment proceedings rooted in the Monica Lewinsky scandal, said the briefing room is where the public holds the presidency accountable. I love this part of it. Is that egocentric or what - but I did not expect anything different from this bozo - imagine if we realy relied on the press corp - jeez when is Helen Thomas going to fade to black (retire)? This is going to be great watching the liberal moonbats or the NEOLIBS chew on this - they might actually think that a palace coup happened :lol:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(dbermanmd @ Aug 3 2006, 07:46 AM) [snapback]296882[/snapback]</div> She died about 15 years ago, actually it was the same weekend that the movie "Weekend with Bernie" came out. Ever since then, the press corps have been hauling her around, doing the whole hand puppet thing. :lol: :lol: :lol:
