{"id":1677,"date":"2014-05-31T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2014\/05\/31\/about-obamas-new-baghdad-bob\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:24:08","slug":"about-obamas-new-baghdad-bob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1677","title":{"rendered":"About Obama&#8217;s New Baghdad Bob"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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06:58:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-19 06:58:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:11818,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/blogs.villagevoice.com\\\/runninscared\\\/2013\\\/12\\\/michael_bloomberg_2001_bill_de_blasio_term_limit.php&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nThe odious <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2014\/05\/30\/jay-carney-white-house-spokeman-resigns\/9772421\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House Press Secretary Jay Carney resigned yesterday<\/a> and his replacement has been announced. It will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/author\/Josh%20Earnest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Earnest<\/a> who had been Special Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy Press Secretary and Chief of Staff in the White House Office of Communications.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gdb.voanews.com\/98306894-1D6F-4746-8C06-78AC1C8FA5CF_mw1024_s_n.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/gdb.voanews.com\/98306894-1D6F-4746-8C06-78AC1C8FA5CF_mw1024_s_n.jpg\" height=\"218\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Earnest goes back a long ways with Obama. <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/politics\/2014\/05\/josh-earnest-named-new-white-house-press-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">He first started working for Obama in March 2007<\/a> as the Iowa Communications Director. As such, I&#8217;m guessing he is one of the true believers to have stayed around for so long.<\/p>\n<p>Among all the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-josh-earnest-jay-carneys-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yada-yada detail<\/a>s I found about Earnest &#8211; from Kansas City, went to the private <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barstowschool.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barstow School<\/a> on scholarship, degree from Rice University &#8211; was this<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-fix\/wp\/2014\/05\/30\/who-is-josh-earnest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> tidbit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>The political bug bit, and Earnest worked on the campaign of former Houston mayor Lee Brown after graduating from Rice. Earnest went on to New York, where <b>he served as an aide on former mayor Michael Bloomberg&#8217;s first campaign,<\/b> and became spokesman at the Democratic National Committee.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/online\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-josh-earnest-jay-carneys-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to Mediaite<\/a>, he was a &#8220;communications advisor&#8221; when he worked for Bloomberg. Supposedly, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.villagevoice.com\/runninscared\/2013\/12\/michael_bloomberg_2001_bill_de_blasio_term_limit.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg&#8217;s first campaign<\/a> was rather awkward. Bloomberg&#8217;s campaign strategist David Garth described Bloomberg, accurately in my opinion, as &#8220;a prick&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>This is just speculation on my part but I would not be surprised to see a greater coordination of message on gun control between the White House and Everytown Moms for Illegal Mayors. It just makes sense. Obama likes to use extra-legal means to achieve his goals and Bloomberg has the money to pay for the ads. Earnest makes the ideal conduit. We&#8217;ll just have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The odious White House Press Secretary Jay Carney resigned yesterday and his replacement has been announced. 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