Yawn. So what? On Jan 14, 9:19 am, "florida mike !" <[email protected]> wrote: > White House interns forced to fill seats at Bush’s last press > conference to make the room seem less > empty.»http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/13/milbank-bush-press/ > When the White House announced President Bush’s final press > conference > yesterday, it sent a bulletin to reporters declaring “one > correspondent per organization” and “standing room only for non-seat > holders.” But as the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank points out, not > enough reporters attended for the presser to make it “standing room > only”: > > Further complicating his last-minute legacy rehabilitation: Nobody > seems to be paying attention. The White House had high expectations > for yesterday’s final, historic news conference. “ONE CORRESPONDENT > PER ORGANIZATION,” proclaimed the bulletin sent to reporters. > “STANDING ROOM ONLY FOR NON-SEAT HOLDERS.” But when the appointed > hour > of 9:15 a.m. arrived, the last two rows in the seven-row briefing > room > were empty, and a press aide told White House interns to fill those > seats. > > UpdateSteve Benen notes for context that "the rows aren't especially > big -- the briefing room isn't exactly a movie theater. If memory > serves there are seven rows of seven seats. Two empty rows in the > back > suggests only 35 reporters showed up." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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