Carney: We’re Not Hiding That Obama Is Engaged In “Some Campaign Activities,” We’re Just Blocking The Press From Covering It…
I wonder if Carney realizes he’s doing more harm than good with answers like this?
Q And just one final question. Any reason why you kept cameras away from the President visiting his campaign reelection headquarters?
MR. CARNEY: It was an OTR. I think it was a brief — a brief drop-by.
Q You guys love when we cover OTRs at delis, at barbeque restaurants.
MR. CARNEY: I think this was —
Q Campaign reelection headquarters, that’s not —
MR. CARNEY: — on the fly and brief. The President was very gratified to have the opportunity. I think it underscores the point I’ve been trying to make from here in answer to questions about the President’s reelection campaign, which is that he is here in Washington focused on doing his job as President. He is —
Q So you weren’t concerned that pictures of this would make it look otherwise?
MR. CARNEY: Well, no. I mean, look, he obviously had campaign events last night in Chicago that you all covered. I mean, we’re not hiding the fact that he is engaged in some campaign activities. But as a —
Q A little bit. You try to minimize it.
MR. CARNEY: Mark, I try and tell you — give you the facts, which is, the fact is, the President’s reelection campaign isn’t across the river in Rosslyn, isn’t in Washington. It’s in Chicago, halfway across the country. And that reflects the President —
Q And Chuck’s point is that if he makes a rare visit to his campaign headquarters —
MR. CARNEY: Well, look, we can debate campaign access. We made clear that he went there. We made clear that he — you guys come into his — pools come into his — when he speaks at these campaign events and will continue to do so.
We release, the campaign releases information about its campaign goals. And we’re not — we’re obviously — there is a robust effort underway, based in Chicago, to ensure that this President is reelected so that he can continue to take action to help the American economy grow, to help it create jobs, to protect the middle class and protect the country as a matter of national security. So we’re not at all shy about that.
Q Can I follow up on Chuck’s question?
MR. CARNEY: Let me move around. Julia.
Thanks to RCP for the transcript.
Posted by ZIP on Thursday, January 12, 2012, at 10:33 pm | 
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Transparency at his highest.
obama can and will do anything he wants and will get away with it. Same with the wife.
Can a man be a twit?
And if any of the press that attended the party squeals on us?
Yeah….then they’re permanently OFF the guest list!
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Obviously, Obama thinks transparency is telling the public what he wants them to know when he wants them to know it, and hiding the rest.
Someone needs to send him a dictionary…
I just saw the new Rick Perry ad. It’s excellent!
Screw conventional thinking. I’m going to vote for Rick Perry in the Florida primaries.
I don’t think he knows. He’s like Obama, as dumb as a bag of rocks and so full of himself that he’s willing to believe his own bullshit
The pimp slides and glides while the press bashes ANY con-
servative message from the GOP contenders. It’s open ridicule
for anyone voicing serious criticism of The Won. When
Bam-Daddy and Mooch slide into their canary yellow, zebra
upholstered ’69 Caddy El Dorado on election nite, the press
and pundits will ooh and aah about the significance of the
retro scene…..”It’s cool again to be black, dress like the
Apollo elites, and exit in a gigantic pimp-boat….This couple
has hit the JACKPOT…and , whether whites realize it, or not,
they has been BAM-BOOZLED!….and WE LOVE IT!”
Carney!? oh.. that felt horrible,
feel a little ill..
maybe it’s my glasses..
I thought this was the CELINE thread
The Kenyan governed for about 15 minutes and then went back to campaign mode and turned the government over to Nancy and Harry. He and the wookie then began the “movin’ on up” lifestyle of Kobe beef, million dollar vacations and screw the taxpayers. Their natural base is the 47% who pay no taxes or get money from the government. God I hate this regime.
The media is already blocking the real news about the obamas parties and FAST & FURIOUS nothing new for the media and carney ether
I would love to hear how Gibbs would try to spin things now, if he were still speaker. He’d probably be so mad, he’d punch a reporter, or two.. Would it make Lame SM? Sure it would. Though the reporters would be called racists, Tea Party members, etc, etc.. and so on..
Yet, this was to be, “The Most Tranparent Admin,” ever! He was even given an award over that in a secret meeting.. Remember that?
He’s always campaigning — on taxpayers’ funds! [Why isn't there an investigation to stop it? He does it because he knows he can get away with it...]
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They used to call Fran Tarkenton the “Scrambler”, move over Fran.
We all see right through the transparency…..
when president dimbulb talked about transparency, he was referring to the list of achievements he’d be able to hold up after four years- so far, I ain’t seein’ nothing he’s achieved…
At least positively achieved.
what a scoamf. A halfwitted, jugeared, soros puppet, scoamf. With a laughably awful “wife”.
Jeez, this guy sucks.
As far as “vile” groups are concerned, one need look no further than a blog wherein the term “SCOAMF” is used in reference to the President of the United States. There’s this FoxNewsPundit-induced haze that has Republicans thinking that the whole country thinks Obama is a complete failure.
@Grass Mud Horsey, Retarded ass racist fuck!
@DanlBoone:
Naw. It’s the Rachel Maddow thread, actually.