Obama redefines confidential

The Bush administration is furious … the Obama camp has egg on its face. Yesterday’s private face to face between the current President and the President elect was supposed to be personal and confidential. President Bush kept his end of the bargain, Obama did not and is backing off.  Video below the fold.

At least we know the Democrats will continue to keep secrets as well as they always have. The rush to occupy the White House will have to wait until January. It would be nice if they respected the office a little more until then.

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Jim Vicevich

Jim is a veteran broadcaster and conservative/libertarian blogger with more than 25 years experience in TV and radio. Jim's was the long-term host of The Jim Vicevich Show on WTIC 1080 in Hartford from 2004 through 2019. Prior to radio, Jim worked as a business and financial reporter for NBC30 - the NBC owned TV station in Hartford - and as business editor at WFSB-TV in Hartford for 14 years while earning six Emmy nominations and three Telly Awards.

7 Comments

  1. Bruce on November 11, 2008 at 3:20 pm

    "It would be nice if they respected the office a little more until then."

    That statement makes it sound like they respected the office at all. Ever. This isn't surprising, in my opinion. The treatment of this President has been absolutely embarrassing all across the board and it looks like it's going to continue right up until the day he moves out. Sad.



  2. Brian Partridge on November 11, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    So, they leaked and they're lying? "…a result of reports which I think were not accurate, I think we've cleared up."

    It's OK to blast the MSM when it's convenient, hmm? They only report falsely when it's about Palin, it appears.

    And then when it's cleared up, the Obama transition team is lying to cover the mistake. But Palin wasn't lying when she set the record straight. Got it… I think.



  3. Dimsdale on November 11, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    I guess I missed whatever Brian saw in this story. "Somebody" leaked information about the Bush/Obama meeting, and the liberal media dutifully reported it, apparently without checking on the veracity of the report. Likewise the story with Palin. In both cases, it was apparent that the initial reports were designed to hurt the conservative subject of the story.

    Fox was reporting on the "reporting" (repeating) of the leaks by WaPo and the NYTimes, the usual leftwing cheerleader culprits in leaks that generally do not seem to be in the best interests of the U.S.

    I don't think comparing the absurd coverage of Palin with this story, or any involving Obama, really help your position, Brian.



  4. Brian Partridge on November 12, 2008 at 1:22 pm

    @Dims My point is that, once the MSM has totally misreported the story, we're supposed to believe Palin when she corrects the record, but not Obama's transition team. Follow?



  5. s1c on November 12, 2008 at 3:34 pm

    I have a prediction – when Bush leaves office there will be no press at Andrews (remember the press showing the Clinton send off including the speech). The next day the press will either not mention Bush or the will imply that he slinked out of town.

    Also, remember the outrage on Bush rescinding executive orders (can I have more arsenic please). Not one commnt will be made about the one rescinding any of the Bush orders.



  6. Bill on November 13, 2008 at 8:23 am

    Once again we are the following the rules and honoring themselves by being men of thier word. But Obama is not trustworthy and I am concerned with his talk to Hammas and other world leaders are not going to trust him when they tell him something important. Do you think Israel is going to tell him anything? No way



  7. Dave in EH on November 13, 2008 at 11:43 am

    Brian: "My point is that, once the MSM has totally misreported the story, we’re supposed to believe Palin when she corrects the record, but not Obama’s transition team. Follow?"

    Too bad the two situations aren't comparable, Brian.

    For starters, the Palin story, iirc, came from a spoof/fake web-blog of someone pretending to be a McCain aide, i.e. a hoax.
    http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jiO_hn-5SfG9hd

    The Obama transition team leaks, on the other hand, would appear to originate with the Obama campaign.

    Keep trying — sooner or later something will stick.



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