Post by danceswithdogs on Aug 17, 2012 17:13:50 GMT -5
LOL....gotta love it. Obama now has put handlers in charge of Ol' Joe to monitor and proof-read what he says, plus delayed release of any comments he makes to make sure he does not wander off the plantation anymore. Can you imagine if this had been Bush-Chaney? The Left would be having hissy fits! 
Yep, one heartbeat away from the most powerful position in the world.....
Vice President Biden's handlers appear to be going to new lengths to keep their boss' antics and open-to-interpretation quips from spiraling out of control in the 24-hour news cycle.
The close attention to the vice president's style and coverage comes after Biden set off a round of campaign crossfire over his comment that Republicans want to put people "back in chains." Pressed anew on whether President Obama might consider dropping his No. 2 in favor of, say, Hillary Clinton, the White House is standing by the vice president.
Press Secretary Jay Carney said that decision was made "a long, long time ago" -- which could explain why media coverage of Biden has been so tightly regulated lately, as aides try to prevent an off-the-cuff moment from dominating the day.
Fox News was told that during the vice president's last campaign swing through Virginia, the one that included the infamous "chains" remark, Biden's office tried to edit pool reports that a small group of journalists put together for the rest of the media.
On two occasions, Biden's office tried to massage some of the information that was in these reports before they were emailed to a wider group of White House reporters.
Democrats who spoke to Fox News tried to downplay the claim and suggest it didn't happen.
But it tracks with other examples of a cautious approach to publicizing Biden, whose predilection for going off-script with asides, sometimes endearing and sometimes disastrous, is well-known.
On the White House website, for example, transcripts of Biden's remarks are largely absent. The White House has not posted a Biden speech -- though he's given plenty -- since mid-June.
The White House also reportedly prohibited reporters from writing about a recent Biden conference call until the call was over. A White House spokesman told Politico last month that the Biden quotes were embargoed until the end of the call to allow "journalists to hear the entirety of the vice president's remarks and get the benefit of having their questions answered -- before trying to condense a 30-minute conference call about a 20-page NEC report into ... 140 characters."
Oh my
Yep, one heartbeat away from the most powerful position in the world.....
Vice President Biden's handlers appear to be going to new lengths to keep their boss' antics and open-to-interpretation quips from spiraling out of control in the 24-hour news cycle.
The close attention to the vice president's style and coverage comes after Biden set off a round of campaign crossfire over his comment that Republicans want to put people "back in chains." Pressed anew on whether President Obama might consider dropping his No. 2 in favor of, say, Hillary Clinton, the White House is standing by the vice president.
Press Secretary Jay Carney said that decision was made "a long, long time ago" -- which could explain why media coverage of Biden has been so tightly regulated lately, as aides try to prevent an off-the-cuff moment from dominating the day.
Fox News was told that during the vice president's last campaign swing through Virginia, the one that included the infamous "chains" remark, Biden's office tried to edit pool reports that a small group of journalists put together for the rest of the media.
On two occasions, Biden's office tried to massage some of the information that was in these reports before they were emailed to a wider group of White House reporters.
Democrats who spoke to Fox News tried to downplay the claim and suggest it didn't happen.
But it tracks with other examples of a cautious approach to publicizing Biden, whose predilection for going off-script with asides, sometimes endearing and sometimes disastrous, is well-known.
On the White House website, for example, transcripts of Biden's remarks are largely absent. The White House has not posted a Biden speech -- though he's given plenty -- since mid-June.
The White House also reportedly prohibited reporters from writing about a recent Biden conference call until the call was over. A White House spokesman told Politico last month that the Biden quotes were embargoed until the end of the call to allow "journalists to hear the entirety of the vice president's remarks and get the benefit of having their questions answered -- before trying to condense a 30-minute conference call about a 20-page NEC report into ... 140 characters."
Oh my
