After eight years of Bush administration secrecy, it’s remarkable to read how an architect of President Obama’s success in winning the election presents a public lecture at the National Press Club where the media is excluded.
Duh!
Well, take a look this fascinating story in today’s Washington Post by Dana Milbank: The Audacity of Audaciousness. “It takes a certain amount of nerve to have an event at the National Press Club and then ban the press from covering it,” he writes launching the tale of how Obama campaign David Plouffe, was booked for the press club speech, sponsored by media group Politico and Georgetown University.
The Post points out that Plouffe went to Azerbaijan this past weekend to give a speech, “The Power of Democracy,” where –you got it — reporters were told to leave before he began speaking.
It gets even better. Reporter Milbank showed up at the Press Club wearing a sandwich board with the message ”unPLOUFFEable.” He gave out notebooks and pens, asking attendees to take notes. The result? You can read most of what Plouff said.
If you go to the story, don’t miss the Washington Sketch on-line discussion between readers and Milbank. Entertaining and witty.
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