Good Grief: Obama Finally Accepts His Anti-Secrecy Award. . . In Secret. . .
He never ceases to amaze me.
(POLITICO) — President Obama finally and quietly accepted his “transparency” award from the open government community this week — in a closed, undisclosed meeting at the White House on Monday.
The secret presentation happened almost two weeks after the White House inexplicably postponed the ceremony, which was expected to be open to the press pool.
This time, Obama met quietly in the Oval Office with Gary Bass of OMB Watch, Tom Blanton of the National Security Archive, Danielle Brian of the Project on Government Oversight, Lucy Dalglish of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and Patrice McDermott of OpenTheGovernment.org, without disclosing the meeting on his public schedule or letting photographers or print reporters into the room.
Just hours before the White House put off the original event, White House press secretary Jay Carney was defiant in his defense of Obama’s transparency record against criticism that it might have been premature.
“This president has demonstrated a commitment to transparency and openness that is greater than any administration has shown in the past, and he’s been committed to that since he ran for President and he’s taken a significant number of measures to demonstrate that,” Carney said in a testy exchange with Fox News reporter Wendell Goler on March 16.
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“This president has demonstrated a commitment to transparency and openness that is greater than any administration has shown in the past, and he’s been committed to that since he ran for President and he’s taken a significant number of measures to demonstrate that,” Carney said in a testy exchange with Fox News reporter Wendell Goler on March 16.”
Apparently, a mental disorder is one of the qualifications to work in the Obongo administration.
Alice in Wonderland… Up is Down, Down is Up……
BO’s committed alright…..certifiable.
Oh of course, it`s Wednesday – party time at the White House.
Yeah right – like they`d need an excuse to get drunk on the tax payers dime.
Worst.President.Ever
FLUSH this turd!
I don’t think that word means what you think it does.
Transparency
trans·par·en·cy (trns-pârn-s, -pr-)
n. pl. trans·par·en·cies
1. A transparent object, especially a photographic slide that is viewed by light shining through it from behind or by projection.
2. also trans·par·ence (-pârns, -pr-) The quality or state of being transparent.
Here this is what obama’s administration really is. Give him an award for this.. might be the first time ever for him to get an award based on truth and he is so deserving of this one.
Non Transparency.
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Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hazy; darkened
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I am so OVER this moron. Send him back to Kenya, to the brother in the “Hut, Sweet, Hut.”
“This president has demonstrated a commitment to transparency and openness that is greater than any administration has shown in the past”
Good thing his name isn’t Pinochio. His nose would be 100 ft long by now.
Transparency? So where’s your Kenyan water-boy’s BC, and college transcripts Clown Carney? He’s got a good name that Carney doesn’t he? Isn’t the definition of a carnival employee a “carney” ? Its spelled differently. So what?
Apply a little Chomsky linguistics and you get a new word. Isn’t that fun?
Creepy behind the curtain shot, just for tingles.
Transparent as mud……
Are these groups self-appointed watchdogs or lapdogs? I get confused sometimes.
He goes in the White house a different way every time. Because he don’t have any sense.
Top headline at FoxNews.com right now:
“President Obama has signed a secret presidential finding authorizing covert operations in Libya, a U.S. official told Fox News”
Guess they couldnt give him the pussy of the year award in March
I was looking for the current definition of IRONY and it said look at ObowMao.
WTF?
Toliet paper has more transparency than this asshole.
One has to wonder how they can speak with so much shit in their mouths!
Wow – and the hits just a keep on comin’, don’t they?
“This president has demonstrated a commitment to transparency and openness that is greater than any administration has shown in the past, and he’s been committed to that since he ran for President and he’s taken a significant number of measures to demonstrate that,” Carney said in a testy exchange with Fox News reporter Wendell Goler on March 16.”
BJ Carney can really pile it on, can he. Man, it’s like we’re living in The Twilight Zone with Obama.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/30/us-libya-usa-order-idUSTRE72T6H220110330
The most transparent administration, huh?
Not the first time he was too embarrassed to accept an award in public. Indeed the first award, mere months after entering office, was awarded to him by a group of black owned newspapers.
That too was done in secret! No reporters allowed, for an award FROM THE NEWSPAPERS!!! The irony is overwhelming!
BTW: NNPA – the black newspaper organization – seems to be to be racist in and of itself. Why organize around race? If we keep dividing ourselves according to color, when does it end? All black people on that site – group photo of interns – all black. Racism is racism no matter the color.
the commie sob shud be taken out back and horsewhipped.
We have a saying in arab…if these curtains are a sign of openness that is one creepy dude.
I wouldn’t mind this if ANYONE ELSE was eligible for pre-emptive awards.
Shit, if the bar is stuff I’ve talked about doing but haven’t gotten around to yet I’m gonna be on the red carpet for months.
This award is all about “Secret Transparency“