Today's Qs for O's WH -- 2/5/09

Jake, I see most of the comments here are complimenting you on a fine job. I also would like to say fine job, however I find it very hard to believe when it comes to transperency this administration has zero,nada,zilch. Lets see how long it takes you to get what you ask for. With over 40 lawsuits that have made it to the federal level and five cases conferenced at SCOTUS. With retired Military Officers now filing suit all to get the president to have Hawaii release THE ORIGINAL VAULT BIRTH CERTIFICATE maybe you'll have better luck with your request. If not get in line and file your own suit.

I was so thrilled that somebody finally took on that pompous Gibbs....WTG Jake - don't stop! There is no transparency in this administration!

WTG Jake Tapper!
You are one of a few journalists that still have ethics attached to your profession. Keep it up and we may find out just how "transparent" this administration really is.

After yesterday's interview, I'm not interested in today's. I doubt that's an uncommon sentiment among readers or the viewers, even though contention gets hits and sales in the media.

FINALLY somebody in the media takes on the great messiah Obama.

Wow, since when do we use polls of American people to actually gauge whether policy is correct or not? We didn't use it for our entry into the Iraq War so it's a little disingenuous, Jake, for you to use that data for the stimulus package esp. when recent USA Today/Gallup Poll found that most Americans overwhelmingly want Congress to pass the stimulus bill.

Obama is transparent about how transparent he is.

It is kind of like "no lobbyists will work in my administration... except those that do"

Jake Tapper FINALLY grows a ####when it's a Democrat in office, yet was meek for 8 years under Bush. How surprising.

He already told you he would check and then you say "Just based on listening to the president's rhetoric, I'm sure it's something he'd want to do." After which you lecture him to death to create drama. Must be a slow news day, right Jake?

Thank you, Jake Tapper! For asking the question, for persisting, for giving us some hope that journalism is not prostitution with a college degree. Making public servants comfortable is not journalism in the public's interest: the more uncomfortable they are the better. When they have nothing to feel ashamed about, maybe they'll be able to answer a question straightforwardly.

"why is this blog deleting all comments critical of Tapper? Where is your transparency?

Posted by: Sean | Feb 6, 2009 1:37:06 AM"

Well, let's put this into perspective.

There are more critical comments on Jake's blog than Obama will see his entire term. ;)

Mr Tapper,

Great job! You even made Helen Thomas laugh with one of your follow ups!

Thank you....and so much for transparency.

You rock, Jake. White House press conferences have been content free and dull as dishwater for years, but things are finally looking up!

why is this blog deleting all comments critical of Tapper? Where is your transparency?

Sorry Jake but I watched that whole press conference today and you were pretty darn rude. You were sarcastic to Gibbs, he shot back at you a little. Should have been no big deal. Why are you so thin-skinned?
And the net of this exchange was positively NOTHING.

Sure would have been nice, Jake, if you would have brought such an inquiring spirit to just one of your questions of Barack Obama during the campaign?

"FINALLY a single main stream reporter asked the questions we Americans SCREAM at the TV every day.."

Yes. People really DO scream questions at the teevee. Especially when Gibbs is explaining why he's not going to answer ... anything about anything. "Are you guys going to let him get away with THAT?!" is probably the most frequently-shouted query.

Don't forget Helen Thomas, though :^)

What a rude way to express oneself. Gibbs told Mr. Tapper over and over that he would check and all Tapper did was keep hammering at Gibbs trying to create a confrontational situation. It made Tapper look foolish and I thought it was rather childish.

Thank you for asking great questions, Mr. Tapper.

No matter the party or politicians in charge, people can trust their government if journalists will be serve as equal opportunity watchdog. You sir, are doing just that.

Classic, Jake! GREAT stuff.

golden.

(this reminds me of a very early episode from West Wing, when Josh got his fannie handed to him, filling in for CJ at a presser.)

way to go tapper!