It’s been a rough few days for Jay Carney, what with all the bobbing and weaving he’s had to do to try and convince the White House press corps that his boss doesn’t know anything about anything. Like the Justice Department secretly obtaining AP reporters’ phone records, for instance. When asked about that at this afternoon’s press briefing, Carney couldn’t help but get all wee-wee’d up.
Poor guy … he’s under so much pressure. He could really use a friend right now. Thankfully, one of the three Hilary Rosens he knows personally is stepping up to the plate:
AP is not a victim. Neither are our freedoms. The Press is not immune to responsibility. #SupportJayCarney http://t.co/rAzpmspasg
— Hilary Rosen (@hilaryr) May 14, 2013
Hear that, AP? Leave Jay alone! You guys were totally asking for what you got!
I guess somebody had to go with "The AP had it coming" defense https://t.co/AsXJcXyGMq
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) May 14, 2013
It was inevitable. What it was not, however, was intellectually consistent for Ms. Rosen:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/334394951079190529
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/334396930241212416
Whoops.
https://twitter.com/SuperAbe2014/status/334402247960178688
Hey DOJ. @hilaryr just gave you permission to tap her phones. #BraveHeroJournalism
— eric (@eriContrarian) May 14, 2013
OK then make all your phone records public, pendeja. MT @hilaryr AP is not a victim. Neither are our freedoms.
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) May 14, 2013
Fat chance.
https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/334386444388937728
@JonahNRO @hilaryr TOTE that water, Hilary! Tote it! The godhead beckons!
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) May 14, 2013
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/334399989159718913
And we don’t blame them.
Don't cry for #JayCarney! Some huge corporate crony of @BarackObama will turn around & hire him for big $. The revolving door.
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) May 14, 2013
The press are definitely accountable, @hilaryr. They are, however, not accountable to the government. That's where you are wrong.
— Allie Gravitt (@alliegravitt) May 14, 2013
You want us to #SupportJayCarney, Hilary? Ask and you shall receive. The hashtag is currently trending nationally:
Though perhaps not for the reason you’d hoped. The press is not immune to responsibility — and you and your asinine hashtag are not immune to mockery.
#SupportJayCarney? He gets paid to say what the president tells him to. Might as well #SupportObamasDogWalker.
— American Journalists Publish Chinese Propaganda (@JohnEkdahl) May 14, 2013
#SupportJayCarney RT @NationalDebt: $16,755,788,437,042.45 (+) #nationaldebt
— WhiteHousePressCorps (@whpresscorps) May 14, 2013
#SupportJayCarney Cuz I think he’s over 26, so his parents can’t.
— ?? (@ShannonPoe) May 14, 2013
Snort.
#SupportJayCarney UNFETTER HIM, let him go…spend more time with his family..
— Bossy the one with the Chicago accent (@alpha_Lady_pi) May 14, 2013
#SupportJayCarney because if he loses his job he won’t be able to try to afford health insurance under ObamaCare.
— Aaron V (@PoliticsOfFear) May 14, 2013
#SupportJayCarney aka Schleprock pic.twitter.com/0M8ymSJBb8
— Dr Hugo Hackenbush (@MangyLover) May 14, 2013
I wouldn't #SupportJayCarney if I were a jockstrap.
— Dead Buffalo (@DeadBuffaloBlog) May 14, 2013
Burn.
#SupportJayCarney send him a case of chapstick and mouse traps.
— Trail of Threads (@TrailofThreads) May 14, 2013
#SupportJayCarney in his endeavors to learn the “Harlem Shake”
— ?? (@ShannonPoe) May 14, 2013
#SupportJayCarney or he'll have to become an actual carney.
— Kim Jong-unthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) May 14, 2013
#SupportJayCarney because it can't be easy to spin three major scandals at once.
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) May 14, 2013
We need to take up a collection to buy him a cup. #SupportJayCarney
— China is lying (@jtLOL) May 14, 2013
#SupportJayCarney because it's hard to know so little about so much
— Marcus (@MarcusHUSA) May 14, 2013
Awww.
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