ANNOUNCER: Live, from the Mess at the White House, the Executive Broadcasting System presents The EBS Nightly News with Jay Carney. CARNEY: Good evening. On our broadcast tonight: Senator Graham calls for extradition of Koran-burning pastor to Pakistan. EPA mandates
by Steve Grammatico11 Apr 2011, 4:46 PM PST0
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 Garrison Keillor Presents A Prairie Home Companion Special Election Night Poetic Commentary Reverend Jesse Jackson and New York Times Publisher Arthur “Pinch” Sulzberger Invoke the Bard of New England With the Frost There Comes a Thumpin’
by Steve Grammatico4 Apr 2011, 4:47 PM PST0
JIM LEHRER: Good evening. At his regular briefing this afternoon, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney expressed confidence President Obama was closely monitoring yesterday’s invasion of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China. [Carney video clip] Highly-placed administration sources tell
by Steve Grammatico18 Mar 2011, 11:04 AM PST0
The White House Office of the Press Secretary Transcript: President Obama Press Conference East Room 8: 03 p.m. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good evening. I have a brief statement, and then I’ll take a question . . . uh, excuse me.
by Steve Grammatico27 Feb 2011, 11:11 AM PST0
OBAMA: Serendipity. Egypt couldn’t have blown up at a better time. Judge Vinson’s ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act got just a paragraph on A18. ROBERT GIBBS: Damn the Times! It was supposed to be two sentences
by Steve Grammatico6 Feb 2011, 2:21 PM PST0
I am waiting for Ezra Klein to eat a copy of the Constitution and tell us if it’s binding and I am waiting for 60 Minutes to wind down and I am waiting for a presidential debate moderator to crack
by Steve Grammatico5 Jan 2011, 4:00 PM PST0
JOE BIDEN: Man, the wingnuts smoked us in midterms. OBAMA: Yeah, they kicked our butts all right. Hey, I’m craving a cigarette. Anybody got one? BIDEN: A cryin’ shame, Boss. Like you said last week, Boehner’ll drive the budget bus
by Steve Grammatico29 Dec 2010, 1:53 PM PST0
JOE BIDEN: Man, the wingnuts smoked us in midterms. OBAMA: Yeah, they kicked our butts all right. Hey, I’m craving a cigarette. Anybody got one? BIDEN: A cryin’ shame, Boss. Like you said last week, Boehner’ll drive the budget bus
by Steve Grammatico22 Dec 2010, 6:10 PM PST0
**Link Fixed** Washington Times – Off-the-record exchanges and thousands of confidential e-mails dating back almost four years reveal that high-profile journalists have been aiding and advising President Obama since he announced his candidacy in early 2007. Provided by WikiLeaks to
by Steve Grammatico12 Dec 2010, 1:36 PM PST0
Live, from the Situation Room, the Executive Broadcasting System Presents The EBS Evening News with Robert Gibbs GIBBS: Good evening. On our broadcast tonight: When the bow breaks–Saudi King Abdullah issues obeisance dispensation to President Obama for upcoming audience. Tell
by Steve Grammatico26 Nov 2010, 3:00 PM PST0
KATIE COURIC: We’ve never been used this way before. The White House called the other day and gave me a list of 2012 election night analysts acceptable to them. I don’t like it. BRIAN WILLIAMS: Remember when it was collaborative?
by Steve Grammatico15 Nov 2010, 10:30 AM PST0
[klaxon sounds] NANCY PELOSI: Red Alert! Damn! Get to your stations, people. Moving to DEFCON 1–imminent loss of the House. Steny–what’s happening? HOYER: [points to computer screen] Look here, Commander: concession rumors, rising in the blogosphere. We’re shooting them down
by Steve Grammatico31 Oct 2010, 5:49 AM PST0
Sacramento (AP) – In the current edition of The Nation magazine, California Democratic Party chairman John Burton charges Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman and senate hopeful Carly Fiorina behaved badly during the Tehachapi wildfire emergency last summer which destroyed forty
by Steve Grammatico24 Oct 2010, 2:30 PM PST0
Lay, O Lord, a curse on press men, rude and churlish, sad, obsessed men Who persist to query me on matters that they know I must ignore. As I parry, neatly jinking, Tapper stares at me, unblinking; No doubt he
by Steve Grammatico18 Oct 2010, 5:36 PM PST0
Chicago (AP) – Appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former president Bill Clinton spoke publicly for the first time about the 2008 primary campaign, her political ambitions, and their personal relationship. Representatives for
by Steve Grammatico7 Oct 2010, 5:51 AM PST0
[Cabinet Room, White House, January 3, 2011] OBAMA: All right, folks. Let’s begin. After your recess appointments to the Cabinet two weeks ago, I gave you all free rein while I was incommunicado playing golf in Ireland. Tell me what
by Steve Grammatico30 Sep 2010, 10:47 AM PST0
The White House Office of the Press Secretary September 23, 2010 Press Conference by President Obama 8:03 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. I have several announcements. Today, federal marshals delivered George W. Bush to The Hague for his war
by Steve Grammatico23 Sep 2010, 6:11 AM PST0
OBAMA: The party’s hemorrhaging elderly voters over ObamaCare despite Andy Griffith‘s help. And even the Times says the plan’s numbers don’t add up. What now? David? AXELROD: Two tracks, sir. Short term, lure seniors back. We need their votes in
by Steve Grammatico16 Sep 2010, 5:57 AM PST0
REP. CHARLES RANGEL: Good morning, kids. I’m your Uncle Chollie in Washington. I help your Uncle Sam take care of you and your family. Today, I’m here to introduce a very special person. He’ll explain how you–our youngest citizens–can partner
by Steve Grammatico9 Sep 2010, 5:59 AM PST0
Democratic National Committee Minutes, Oval Office Meeting Sept 1, 2010 MEMBERS PRESENT Tim Kaine, Chairman Howard Dean, Chairman Emeritus Idiotis Rep. Dennis Kucinich, DNC mascot Nancy Pelosi, Speaker pro tempore Harry Reid, Majority Leader Senator Charles Schumer Katie Couric, Network
by Steve Grammatico2 Sep 2010, 9:04 AM PST0
GIBBS: Good evening. On our broadcast tonight: Miracle in Detroit–First Sharia law zone in nation records falling crime rates as word of amputations spreads. Voters heard–Congress unanimously passes tern limits bill, setting seasonal daily bag at ten. Gimme shelter–Hovel-ready projects
by Steve Grammatico26 Aug 2010, 5:49 AM PST0
JIM LEHRER: Good evening. President Obama returned to the Gulf Coast for an hour this afternoon to comfort a pelican that lost its mate during the recent unimaginable ecological catastrophe selfishly caused by private enterprise. He also quaffed a quart
by Steve Grammatico19 Aug 2010, 11:02 AM PST0
DAVID AXELROD: The labor picture threatens our control of Congress, sir. That means key initiatives like gutting Defense, forcing the richest 50% to pay their fair share, and passing an immigration bill with an amnesia rider are on the block
by Steve Grammatico12 Aug 2010, 5:18 AM PST0
Washington (AP) – In an interview last night on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 , White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs revealed that President Obama has taped an appearance for the season three premiere of Swamp Loggers, airing in early November.
by Steve Grammatico5 Aug 2010, 6:01 AM PST0
ROBERT GIBBS: The MSM are still holding the line, Mr. President, but the whole MSNBC crew has revolted. DAVID AXELROD: Schultz, Olbermann, Maddow, Matthews–tonight they begin their on-air nude marathon hunger strike, sir. They’ll nibble on Brie and drink nothing
by Steve Grammatico30 Jul 2010, 6:29 AM PST0