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Title: Jake Tapper Grills Jay Carney: We Know Obama Attends Fundraisers, What Is He Doing To Create Jobs?
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URL Source: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/jake-tap ... at-is-he-doing-to-create-jobs/
Published: Aug 4, 2011
Author: Matt Schneider
Post Date: 2011-08-04 21:33:41 by smokestack
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Views: 19415
Comments: 29
With stocks plunging on Wall Street, tensions were rising in today’s White House press briefing as ABC’s Jake Tapper relentlessly demanded Press Secretary Jay Carney explain exactly what it is that President Obama is doing to help create new jobs. When Carney suggested Obama is urging Congress to pass legislation, Tapper got agitated and responded, “so the same stuff he was doing a couple months ago, calling on Congress to pass things?” Critics of Obama will no doubt applaud Tapper’s efforts here, yet even supporters of the President can’t fault Tapper for forcefully demanding answers. Some of Tapper’s remarks that left Carney a bit uncomfortable: “Well, what is the president doing? We know that he went to . . . fundraisers last night. What is he doing today? . . . [He stood up there and told] Congress about all the stuff that needs to be done to help create jobs and that needs to take place and then he flew off to Chicago. . . . Has he called Mitch McConnell? Has he called John Boehner? . . . Other than calling on Congress to pass things you’ve been calling on Congress to pass for months, what is he doing to help the economy?” Carney tried his best to explain that Obama has many meetings scheduled and supports bipartisan legislation, yet with an economy seemingly very much stalled (or worse), it’s likely Carney’s job will get even more difficult as more White House reporters follow Tapper’s lead and demand answers.
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#3. To: smokestack, skip intro and go directly to democrat talking points (#0)
Boy - rats are leaving the sinking Obama ship. First it was skippy-doo. Now it's Jake Tapper. Can some of the rest of the establish-media be far behind? It's amazing what a 512 drop in the stock market will do.
Are you watching the Asian markets going into the drink tonight?
I'm not. How bad is it?
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It's bad. I hope this link works...
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#4. To: Get Outta Dodge! (#3)
#5. To: Fred Mertz (#4)
Are you watching the Asian markets going into the drink tonight?
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