US President Barack Obama gestures as he listens to the public while speaking at the Asheville Regional Airport in Fletcher, North Carolina, on October 17, 2011 during the first day of his three-day American Jobs Act bus tour to discuss jobs and the economy. Obama's tour comes as Republicans and several moderate Democrats remain roadblocks to passing his $447 billion jobs plan in the Senate.Credit: AFP/Getty Images
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After several news outlets turned down invitations to off-the-record meetings with Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss the DOJ snooping scandal, the spokesman of the national Democratic Party actually turned the blame on them:
POTUS asked AG to review how leak investigations are done but some in the media refuse to meet with him. Kind of forfeits your right gripe.
— Brad Woodhouse (@woodhouseb) May 29, 2013
The twittersphere predictably took offense:
@woodhouseb So you forfeit your right to complain about the AG spying on you if you refuse to meet with him secretly? That's America now?
— Sunny (@sunnyright) May 29, 2013
.@woodhouseb wow it's hard to believe americans are cynical about politics with people like you around
— Andy Levy (@andylevy) May 29, 2013
"Obviously Nixon wants to fix the problems in the White House. Woodward & Bernstein? Not helping." @woodhouseb @ron_fournier #ObamaScandals
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) May 30, 2013
FYI: In DC "off the record" means "in secret." Team Obama want media to promise secrecy to AG who spied on them. #IronyAlert
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) May 29, 2013
Politico's Dylan Byers was left in disbelief (although it's not enough to stop his bosses from agreeing on Holder's terms):
@woodhouseb Jesus, Brad.
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) May 29, 2013
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