Jay Carney Then And Now
by Big Dog on Aug 11, 2011 at 11:13 Political
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney did his best to sweep away criticism of Obama and his family going on vacation. He did this in response to a question by Jake Tapper asking why Obama was going on vacation when he vowed not to rest until the jobs issue is resolved:
[…]It is also, as I think anyone who has covered in the past, either in this administration or others, there is no such thing as a presidential vacation. The Presidency travels with you. He will be in constant communication and get regular briefings from his national security team as well as his economic team[…] Real Clear Politics
No one would begrudge our leader time off. It is a hard job and everyone recognizes that no president, in this administration or any other, is really off. These guys are really working and it is just wrong to say otherwise. What reporter or other American would question a president’s vacation time or say that there is a problem with president’s going on vacation?
Why, Jay Carney would.
Back in July, when they were planning what the President should do during his month-long vacation (as part of their effort to persuade the public that he wasn’t actually on vacation in the generally accepted sense of what vacation means — i.e., having fun and not working), the image-makers hit upon a clever idea. Every week, they decided, they would send the President somewhere outside Texas for a day or a day and a half to hold an event of some kind in which he would mix with “real Americans.” Time
So we should not begrudge Obama time off and to suggest he is vacationing (in the generally accepted sense of what vacation means) people should not criticize Obama because, as everyone knows, a president is never on vacation.
Except when the president is Bush and Carney is the reporter. Then it is a sin for a president to go on vacation and the photo-ops are just PR moves to make people think that he is not on vacation in the generally accepted meaning of the term.
Obama at Martha’s Vineyard is a working vacation and he is not really off. Bush at Crawford going out on photo-ops is a vacation and not real work.
See what a difference there is when it is a Democrat instead of a Republican?
All presidents work hard (though one might question what they are actually working at) and if they take time off, so be it. I think they and all members of Congress should stay in DC and solve our problems. They can take time off when they have actually earned it. However, all leaders take time off whether we like it or not or whether we think the time is appropriate or not.
The problem is, when Bush did it he was a lazy sloth who was really on vacation. When Obama does it he is not really on vacation because he still goes through presidential responsibilities while on his vacation. As if he is the only one and Bush never did the same.
One other thing; Carney goes on to say Obama is not out of reach and is not far from home. You know, he can respond on a moment’s notice.
So why did it take so long when the underwear bomber struck while Obama was on vacation?
How about we have the same standard?
Ole’ Jay was put in a tough spot by Tapper. Jay had to defend Obama for doing what he criticized Bush.
I love it when this comes back on them. They should call Carney the Press Sucks-retary and Tapper should be renamed Trapper…
Cave Canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
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Tags: Bush, jake tapper, jay carney, Obama, vacation
In a blatant electioneering propaganda coup, the WH has given Hollywood the rights and access to the bin Laden raid and killing.
Now, the prez and his staff said that no photos would be released, but they are allowing Hollywood to make a movie, to be released in OCTOBER 2012- do you think that is a bit of propaganda we could do without?
Will the actor who plays Obama have an “S” emblazoned on his chest?
And don’t you think that if a single photo might set off the powderkeg that is Jihadi Islam, what will a whole movie do?
So where is Cindy Sheehan now days? No vacation is the same without that putrid swill dogging the front gate.
And BTW, what happened to the dog Kennedy gave Barry? Is it true it slept in Mrs. Robinson’s room? Did they turn it into Kal-Bee with vegetables?
Carter! That is sooooo funny! Where is Sin-D-cup Shee-han? I actually know! On the Ugly-farm!
@ Blake,
They have lied to us so much I think even they are having a hard time keeping it all straight. I’ve noticed their stories are like the weather: If you don’t like the weather we’re having now, wait awhile and it will change! The Osami Bin Laden story has done that several times, and I don’t think we’ve heard the last revision yet.
Now as for Obama’s vacations, I certainly would not begrudge the man that, not with all the other things he’s done that I really have a problem with. But hey, we should just cut him some slack because a guy worth 10+ Billion has a tremendous amount on his plate to worry about, and effectively running the Presidency is probably way down on the list of priorities. Don’t ask me where he got that kind of money… You have to look it up for yourself.
Well, where he got that money was kickbacks from Soros, Gore, And anyone who thought they might benefit from all of his job- killing legislation, the green regs, the stopping of drilling.
What bugs me is the “transparent” way he thumbs his nose at whatever is legal, moral, or Constitutional, and I am quite frankly astonished that he is still above ground.
There are some people in this land who WILL take the shot, if pushed far enough, and the funny thing is that now, they would be just as likely to come from the fringe left as from anywhere else.
As far as Carney goes, it just proves that the lefties all have no moral center- for them that would be inconvenient- then they would actually have to say what they mean, and mean what they say.