And when they are distracted and there are worries about them, that spreads. So there is a sense of anxiety in the White House at the moment. |
any time there's a contentious exchange in the White House press room, it makes the press look bad. |
Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and exercised. |
He was unapologetic of the handling of the information and insisted it was appropriate. |
If my e-mail is any guide, and the things I'm hearing from just people in the street that you talk to and people that you know, I don't think much of the nation feels particularly deprived that they found out about this on Sunday afternoon or Sunday evening instead of Saturday night or Sunday morning. |
oblivious, in denial, and dangerous |
These are not small figures in this administration. |
They didn't get it just a little wrong. They got it completely wrong. |
was considerably tongue-in-cheek, and some of the responses have been notably humorless. Lighten up a little bit! |
Well, we got wiped out in Camille, but we rebuild. We love it here. And we'll rebuild again. |
What about this question of advanced knowledge of what was going to happen on September 11? How clear are investigators that some Israeli agents may have known something? |
You can go in there with the idea that you're going to be an aggressive and effective advocate of the policies of the president of the United States, or you can go in there with the attitude that you want to be the honest broker between the news media and the White House. It's a good question as to whether this will work. |
You don't get many scoops out of the White House -- no one does. |