“Sayonara Press” would be President Obama’s kind of Sunday talk show.
In his Sunday “Meet the Press” interview with Chuck Todd, the president said he wanted a break from the group to which he once pledged historic transparency and openness. From the transcript:
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CHUCK TODD:
I got to ask, so– so during that vacation, you made the statement on Foley. You went and golfed. Do you– do you want that back?
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
You know, it is always a challenge when you’re supposed to be on vacation. Because you’re followed everywhere. And part of what I’d love is a vacation from–
CHUCK TODD:
Yeah, you want to–
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
–the– the press and– and– because–
CHUCK TODD:
I promise you, 2 1/2 years, I think that happens.
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
Because the possibility of a jarring contrast given the world’s news, is always– there’s always going to be some tough news somewhere– is going to be there.
Troubling: were the president granted his “vacation from the press,” he wouldn’t know what was going on inside his administration.
