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**dWSOj26H** · 07-17-2008, 01:35 AM

It is a delicate balance. Bascially the press secretary is a press agent of sorts, someone who gets the white house message out, and takes care of the press room logistics. He is not policy formulator. The most important think you can ask is that he be credible with the white house press, and not hold back on the truth, and I think he accomplished that. I am not aware of any instance where he was accused of lying. Indeed, in several cases where he misspoke, my recollection is that he went out of his way to correct the record.

It goes without saying that I disagree with his politics. But I thought he did a good job, certainly better than his Bush predecessors and successor.

07-17-2008, 01:35 AM	#11
dWSOj26H Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 497 Senior Member	It is a delicate balance. Bascially the press secretary is a press agent of sorts, someone who gets the white house message out, and takes care of the press room logistics. He is not policy formulator. The most important think you can ask is that he be credible with the white house press, and not hold back on the truth, and I think he accomplished that. I am not aware of any instance where he was accused of lying. Indeed, in several cases where he misspoke, my recollection is that he went out of his way to correct the record. It goes without saying that I disagree with his politics. But I thought he did a good job, certainly better than his Bush predecessors and successor.
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