messaging? or is it about the fact that he s still isn t doing the things that he could do to counter this crisis? and that the press doesn t seem to pay much attention to. let me read you, elliss, something that ap wrote. ron fournier, the bureau chief wrote about the gulf oil spill. nobody led, not the president of the united states, not the chief executive of bp, not congress, federal agencies or local elected officials. are they just now figuring that out? wait, no ass in the question. jon: no ass. i like when you talk dirty like that. listen, when it comes to symbols in pr, tone matters. and the tone was wrong at the beginning. it was the no trauma drama obama that so many americans thought we wanted after the eight years of maybe a little too much drama and now we re getting the flip side of it. jon: do you think he should jump up on a fire truck and grab a bull horn? no, because i think it s fake. he got a pretty good read of it. a little flash of anger, but i
inside the press corps. i don t think we want the white house doing that and i don t think we want our own brethren doing that. you re talking about the seating chart? yeah, the seating chart, the question and who is suppose today seat them, elliss. granted, but seat them based on the organizations they represent, on the work they do. not so much on the personal opinions that they may hold. because tomorrow, guys, that s going to turn on you all. i don t think they did that. they were revoking her seat and talking about pulling her out of that role in the white house. they re just now considering whether or not an opinion journalist ought to be in the front row and i think that s appropriate for them to decide. jon: a lot of viewers might be surprised to know that the white house does not do the seating chart. it is done by something called the white house correspondent s association, which is after all, a group of political reporters. you ve worked in the white house,
don t think we want this guy to pretend to be some kind of steroidal maniac. and it s not productive and not who he is. i agree with judy and elliss both said, look, emotion doesn t really matter. what matters is the technical competence of the government or bp to clean this stuff up because we can drill that deep we can clean up that deep. nobody seems to be thinking about what machines and technology do we need to solve this problem. obama could be cool as a cucumber or hot as hell and it wouldn t make a difference to the oil. jon: even of greater significance, i think, is how the european media, especially the british media are turning on a president that they admired during the campaign. you had on your show on friday happening now, the james heartic, the editor of the times of london who said the british people are angry the way that bp has been treated and pointed out there, the huge, millions of pounds of money tied up in pension funds and they don t like the way that bp is
inside the press corps. i don t think we want the white house doing that and i don t think we want our own brethren doing that. you re talking about the seating chart? yeah, the seating chart, the question and who is suppose today seat them, elliss. granted, but seat them based on the organizations they represent, on the work they do. not so much on the personal opinions that they may hold. because tomorrow, guys, that s going to turn on you all. i don t think they did that. they were revoking her seat and talking about pulling her out of that role in the white house. they re just now considering whether or not an opinion journalist ought to be in the front row and i think that s appropriate for them to decide. jon: a lot of viewers might be surprised to know that the white house does not do the seating chart. it is done by something called the white house correspondent s association, which is after all, a group of political reporters. you ve worked in the white house,
a journal i could think of courageous enough to regularly photographs of and maps of american with mexico annexed on, free speech. the media should be interested in what the real agenda is i am not turning to michelle for ethnic understanding, i m afraid. elliss will defend to the death your right to say it. jon: is the cleanup hindered or help the oil spill. congress looks for the answers to the gulf oil spill and everyone points fingers in the bill spill blame game. is the media playing along? and the president gives advice to new graduates. information becomes a information becomes a is hisfemale announcer ] if you re using the leading sensitivity toothpaste, you may be missing some of the protection you need.