As far as CNN broads go, Campbell Brown is not nearly as hot as Erica Hill.

And anyway, what kind of parents name their daughter Campbell?

Epsilon: And anyway, what kind of parents name their daughter Campbell?

She's not Soupy Sales kid, is she?

Damn liberal media!

I could never tell if Campbell Brown was a PUMA or a Coulter wanna-be.

I'd probably still hit it like an Iowa republican to a corn lobby. Maybe 2 shots to cover the fact that nothing looks quite like it seems in person.

I heard tonight on NPR that it was actually Robert Gates that wanted the exception, not Obama. Is CNN or NPR correct?

She doesn't understand what transparency is, but boo on Obama for this.

Hmmm, Campbell Brown or Barack Obama. Yeah, that choice is obvious.

Well... Obama does have this one coming. I'll grant.

SkittlesAreYum: I heard tonight on NPR that it was actually Robert Gates that wanted the exception, not Obama. Is CNN or NPR correct?

I'll take NPR over the "Clinton News Network" anyday

Campbell Brown is trying way too hard to to be a tough as nails, no BS reporter in the Edward R Murrow mold, but comes off more as a David Horowitz melamine tainted knock off.

Frankly, it is not working too well, and the discomforting biatchiness from her pregnancy is not helping exactly enhancing her effectiveness.

They should can her, and put John King in her slot. I think he would be much more watchable, and slightly less biatchy.

Isn't she married to a big time right-winger? So even if by chance she wasn't republican, every once in awhile she has a little bit of it in her.

She's kinda hot in that kinky school marm sort of way, you know beneath that exterior she'd be hot as hell and just as freaky.

Given the chance I'd split her like firewood, make her eyes change color.

/bam
/bunk.. heading there.

I know !.

robbiedo: Campbell Brown is trying way too hard to to be a tough as nails, no BS reporter in the Edward R Murrow mold, but comes off more as a David Horowitz melamine tainted knock off.

Frankly, it is not working too well, and the discomforting biatchiness from her pregnancy is not helping exactly enhancing her effectiveness.

They should can her, and put John King in her slot. I think he would be much more watchable, and slightly less biatchy.

Campbell Brown has her problems, but there's a place for her.

gatsome: Isn't she married to a big time right-winger? So even if by chance she wasn't republican, every once in awhile she has a little bit of it in her.

I don't know. I know Andrea Mitchell is. Greenspan.

Lobbyists in DC are like rats in NYC. You can't throw a rock without hitting 2 of them.

/has this lobbyist changed policy?
//didn't think so

Gates told reporters at the Pentagon that:


"People in the transition certainly recognized that it was an issue. And I interviewed Bill Lynn; I was very impressed with his credentials; he came with the highest recommendations of a number of people that I respect a lot. And I asked that an exception be made, because I felt that he could play the role of the deputy in a better manner than anybody else that I saw."

http://undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com/2009/01/gates-asked-obama-for-lobb y ist.php

sloppy shoes: Epsilon: And anyway, what kind of parents name their daughter Campbell?

She's not Soupy Sales kid, is she?

HAHA. You must be old.

/like moi.

Thank you Campbell Brown for reminding us how useless you are.


/Not a huge John King fan either.

That was a tad underwhelming. Also, that's not what the word transparency means.

If I understand correctly, this guy quit as a lobbyist about 10 months ago, and Obama's rules state that no one can work in the White House who was a lobbyist less than a year ago.

So assuming I have everything right, is this technically going back on his word? Yeah. Am I alright with him making an exception for someone Gates thinks will do a very good job? Yeah.

TheApatheticDespot: That was a tad underwhelming. Also, that's not what the word transparency means.

What do you mean?

Gosling: robbiedo: Campbell Brown is trying way too hard to to be a tough as nails, no BS reporter in the Edward R Murrow mold, but comes off more as a David Horowitz melamine tainted knock off.

Frankly, it is not working too well, and the discomforting biatchiness from her pregnancy is not helping exactly enhancing her effectiveness.

They should can her, and put John King in her slot. I think he would be much more watchable, and slightly less biatchy.

Campbell Brown has her problems, but there's a place for her.

Connie Chung was so much better.

He has gone back on his word, and needs to be called out on that. He has been called out, and has explained his reasons why. I think they're pretty good reasons, myself.

RemyDuron: He has gone back on his word, and needs to be called out on that. He has been called out, and has explained his reasons why. I think they're pretty good reasons, myself.

What are you talking about?

Sabyen91: TheApatheticDespot: That was a tad underwhelming. Also, that's not what the word transparency means.

What do you mean?

She said that transparency meant not seeking exceptions to rules which you made. Transparency is being open and communicative, and she never acuses him of not being those.

Sabyen91: RemyDuron: He has gone back on his word, and needs to be called out on that. He has been called out, and has explained his reasons why. I think they're pretty good reasons, myself.

What are you talking about?

Uh, Obama said that he would not hire a lobbyist unless they hadn't been lobbying for at least a year, right? He's hired someone, on the recommendation of gates, who lobbied as recently as last March, right? Since it is not yet March, it seems the man must have lobbied within the year, and is therefore outside the original criteria.

Sabyen91:
What do you mean?

What are you talking about?

Whenever I say that more than once, they send me back to the brain doctor. Your family must love you.

Lenny_da_Hog: Sabyen91:
What do you mean?

What are you talking about?

Whenever I say that more than once, they send me back to the brain doctor. Your family must love you.

I am just surprised at the incredible anti-Obamaism.

You guys really don't get the lobbying thing?

Sabyen91: Lenny_da_Hog: Sabyen91:
What do you mean?

What are you talking about?

Whenever I say that more than once, they send me back to the brain doctor. Your family must love you.

I am just surprised at the incredible anti-Obamaism.

It's not anti-Obama to criticize him occasionally.

Looked to me like Remy had a good point.

Yes, Obama lowered his standards.

Yes, for that he should be questioned, as he was.

And yes, his answer made sense, when questioned.

Did I get that right, RemyDuron, or is it back to the brain doctor for me?

RemyDuron: Sabyen91: Lenny_da_Hog: Sabyen91:
What do you mean?

What are you talking about?

Whenever I say that more than once, they send me back to the brain doctor. Your family must love you.

I am just surprised at the incredible anti-Obamaism.

It's not anti-Obama to criticize him occasionally.

You are criticizing him for denying lobbyists. Right?

Lenny_da_Hog: Looked to me like Remy had a good point.

Yes, Obama lowered his standards.

Yes, for that he should be questioned, as he was.

And yes, his answer made sense, when questioned.

Did I get that right, RemyDuron, or is it back to the brain doctor for me?

How did he lower his standard?

Sabyen91:
How did he lower his standard?

Looks like he missed his one-year standard by a mere 8 weeks, if I heard correctly.

Lenny_da_Hog: Sabyen91:
How did he lower his standard?

Looks like he missed his one-year standard by a mere 8 weeks, if I heard correctly.

I don't understand.

Jesus Farking Tits!

When the Black Socialist thinks that he needs a white boy like this work in Defense, knowing full well what sort of hay will be made from him begging exception, we had better all listen.

It's not like he's trying to stick Al Sharpton's illegitimate son in at Secretary of State or something.

Apik0r0s: Jesus Farking Tits!

When the Black Socialist thinks that he needs a white boy like this work in Defense, knowing full well what sort of hay will be made from him begging exception, we had better all listen.

It's not like he's trying to stick Al Sharpton's illegitimate son in at Secretary of State or something.

It is all about Al Sharpton's illegitimate son...or so I hear. Shhhhhhh...Obama is black...

Sabyen91:
I don't understand.

I'll type slowly.

Bill Lynn. Raytheon lobbyist picked for No. 2 at the Pentagon. After selling Raytheon's services to the Pentagon. Standards say he can't work at the same place he lobbied for 2 years. But he's going to work at the same place he lobbied.

That's what the whole "Ethics Waiver" thing means. There are standards, and this "waiver" thingy means they don't have to meet the standards this one time.

I'm willing to give Brown and Obama both a pass on this.

Yes, Obama went back on his word, but every rule needs an exception. I'm a little dismayed that it was a Bush appointee that got the first exception on request, but Gates being by far the most competent and ethical of Bush's cabinet, I have no real problem with it.

Similarly, Campbell may be trying too hard, and she's married to a Fox News man, but she also despised Sarah Palin and I think she's genuinely trying to be unbiased. Oh, and she's pregnant, so if she gets cranky, it's only to be expected.

Lenny_da_Hog: Sabyen91:
I don't understand.

I'll type slowly.

Bill Lynn. Raytheon lobbyist picked for No. 2 at the Pentagon. After selling Raytheon's services to the Pentagon. Standards say he can't work at the same place he lobbied for 2 years. But he's going to work at the same place he lobbied.

That's what the whole "Ethics Waiver" thing means. There are standards, and this "waiver" thingy means they don't have to meet the standards this one time.

So, he is still lobbying? And he is lobbying the same job?

"Yes, Obama went back on his word, but every rule needs an exception."

Prove it.

(actually, I did hear the radio wrong. He's only been gone from Raytheon since July...)

Either way, the waiver means he can have a say on issues that affect Raytheon -- a massive contractor with its fingers in just about every aspect of defense spending. If the standards Obama set were strictly imposed, Lynn couldn't go to work there.

Lenny_da_Hog: Sabyen91:
I don't understand.

I'll type slowly.

Bill Lynn. Raytheon lobbyist picked for No. 2 at the Pentagon. After selling Raytheon's services to the Pentagon. Standards say he can't work at the same place he lobbied for 2 years. But he's going to work at the same place he lobbied.

That's what the whole "Ethics Waiver" thing means. There are standards, and this "waiver" thingy means they don't have to meet the standards this one time.

You are bullshiatting. Good job, though.

Nicely done sabyen

Lenny_da_Hog: (actually, I did hear the radio wrong. He's only been gone from Raytheon since July...)

Either way, the waiver means he can have a say on issues that affect Raytheon -- a massive contractor with its fingers in just about every aspect of defense spending. If the standards Obama set were strictly imposed, Lynn couldn't go to work there.

What waiver?

Sabyen91: "Yes, Obama went back on his word, but every rule needs an exception."

Prove it.

Google it.

Or follow the yellow brick link.... (new window)

Lenny_da_Hog: (actually, I did hear the radio wrong. He's only been gone from Raytheon since July...)

Either way, the waiver means he can have a say on issues that affect Raytheon -- a massive contractor with its fingers in just about every aspect of defense spending. If the standards Obama set were strictly imposed, Lynn couldn't go to work there.

Noooooo...he just couldn't lobby for what he lobbied for before.

Lenny_da_Hog: Sabyen91: "Yes, Obama went back on his word, but every rule needs an exception."

Prove it.

Google it.

Or follow the yellow brick link.... (new window)

You didn't actually listen to Obamas lobbying rules, did you?

Sabyen91:
You didn't actually listen to Obamas lobbying rules, did you?

Hmmm.... 200 news stories from various news outlets, or Sabyen91... 200 news stories from various news outlets, or Sabyen91....

Damn. It's so hard to know who to trust....