Some Reporter Asked Laura Bush An Inscrutable Question
Friday, October 12th, 2007
There are so many events at the White House. Why, just the other day a local high-school band played for the First Lady. And WTOP political commentator Mark Plotkin was on the scene! He asked Laura Bush a weird question and was promptly escorted away from the White House, which he was already leaving, or something. See if you can make any sense of it. MORE »
There are so many events at the White House. Why, just the other day a local high-school band played for the First Lady. And WTOP political commentator Mark Plotkin was on the scene! He asked Laura Bush a weird question and was promptly escorted away from the White House, which he was already leaving, or something. See if you can make any sense of it. MORE »









Oh, honestly, Tony…
The Hadley Memo revealed that some people in the White House consider Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki useless at best and actively damaging to our effort at worst. So, naturally, reporters were very excited about the three-way dinner and meeting (or “trilateral,” in tool-speak) scheduled for tonight with Bush, Maliki, and the King of Jordan. Then Dan Bartlett broke everyone’s heart by announcing that, for no particular reason, Maliki would not be meeting with Bush nor even eating with them.
Any excuse to use
FishbowlDC’s Patrick Gavin took a trip to the White House Press Corp’s new temporary digs across the street from the White House. What he found may shock you. 
Bush just broke into the last press briefing in the Brady room — used the “we felt your pain” line. He’s got nothing prepared, and can’t name the former Press Secretaries he’s surrounded by. He looked uncomfortable. Now, jokes.