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Jake — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:07:43 +0000

But Politico reporter Jonathan Martin wasn’t there to chat. Martin pressed Obama about the president’s decision to nominate William J. Lynn III, a former defense lobbyist, to deputy defense secretary and about Obama’s pledge to curtail the influence of lobbyists. The exchange turned tense.

“See, this is what happens. I can’t end up visiting with you guys and shaking hands if I’m going to get grilled every time I come down here,” a visibly exasperated Obama said. Martin wouldn’t relent. “I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself to you guys–that’s all I was trying to do,”

the president added. Within an hour, Martin and Politico writer Carrie Budoff Brown reported the exchange on Politico’s website: “OBAMA FLASHES IRRITATION IN PRESS ROOM,” the headline read.

Jake — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:51:58 +0000

adasdaBiden today says he that while he never feels his stutter coming back, “I have never forgotten what it was like and how tough it is for anyone who’s

Sing to me jean!

Jake — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:51:04 +0000

Biden today says he that while he never feels his stutter coming back, “I have never forgotten what it was like and how tough it is for anyone who’s had to face it. Overcoming my stuttering taught me one of the most important lessons in my life—that if you put your mind to something, there’s nothing you can’t do.”

Biden Biden Biden

Jake — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:44:58 +0000

Jake — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:43:44 +0000

Ain’t no thang but a chicken wing. Or whatever.

Ain’t no thing but a chicken wing

Jake — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:27:58 +0000

A week later, when one of Costas’s producers asked if I’d be interested in appearing on Costas NOW, the HBO program, to talk about sports media with Bob and other panelists, I agreed. I had a book to sell, HBO often has smart people on, and Costas

and I, you know, we’re bros now — fist pound, yo. When the hardcover version of God Save the Fan came out, I’d gone on a monthlong media tour, so I had my talking points nailed, stuffed, and mounted. Then Costas called, saying that he’d met everyone who would be on the panel, other than me, so formal introductions were probably in order.

Test 1223

Jake — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 04:03:29 +0000

Heeee

Jake — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:13:13 +0000

As John observed in late 2003, around draft 20 in the typically chaotic revising of an education speech, “We’ve taken the country to war with less hassle than this.”

Jake — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:12:08 +0000

In Austin and in Washington, we wrote speeches together on a single computer, in office conditions that John described as resembling the “back room of a cheap restaurant.” And though the rhetoric of President Bush has been praised for its “high seriousness,” it wasn’t that way in the drafting.

Hiyo the silver

Jake — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 08:10:40 +0000

It was a rare day when Karl Rove, Josh Bolten, Dan Bartlett, or someone else didn’t open the door to see what we were all howling about, or to add to the fun with their own routines and Hill Country antics. Even on the dreariest days—slogging through a tax, education, or Chamber of Commerce speech—Mike and John and I endlessly entertained one another, with all the running jokes and gags you’d expect three guys in a room to develop. Education speeches in particular—with their endlessly complicated programs and slightly puffed-up theories, none of which we could ever explain quite to the satisfaction of our policy people—were always good for a laugh. As John observed in late 2003, around draft 20 in the typically chaotic revising of an education speech, “We’ve taken the country to war with less hassle than this.”