"What color are your socks today?" Gibbs asked one member of the
press corps. Then it was on to the reporter "with the snappy blue tie
and hopefully darker socks," as Gibbs described his attire.
Not long after that came a (ignored) question that must have kept C-SPAN
junkies on the edge of their seats: "Does the president support Senator
Akaka's native Hawaiian government reorganization act, creating a
native Hawaiian government within the state of Hawaii?"
There were jokes about cell phones going off — "Is somebody ordering
a pizza?" Gibbs asked — and of equipment being noisily dropped —
"Careful ... this room isn't paid for!" said Gibbs. "This is just a
rental!" But there were no serious questions about what is contained in
Congress' worst-ever piece of legislation, rammed through in the middle
of the night on a party-line vote.
What, for instance, does the president think about Democrats adding
last-minute language that changes rules so parts of their bill may not
be repealed by majority vote in future Congresses? (ignored) - [IBD Editorial]
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