Jon Stewart slipped unnoticed into the White House in the midst of the October 2011 budget fight, summoned to an Oval Office coffee with President Barack Obama that he jokingly told his escort felt like being called into the principal’s office.Read more here.
In February 2014, Obama again requested Stewart make the trip from Manhattan to the White House, this time for a mid-morning visit hours before the president would go before television cameras to warn Russia that “there will be costs” if it made any further military intervention in Ukraine.
Showing posts with label Talking points. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Talking points. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Called into the principal's office
Darren Samuelson writes at Politico about how Obama and his staff "took unusual steps to "cultivate" Daily Show comic Jon Stewart.
Saturday, May 03, 2014
Oops! A journalist practices journalism!
From the White House, not the C.I.A.! Why was this email not turned over to the Congress? Why were you holding back this information? Why did it take a court case for you to release this White House memo? Why was it classified? You're not going to correct the record?
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