From the Andrew Malcolm’s blog at the Los Angeles Times:

Obama White House Bars Press from Press Award Ceremony
by Andrew Malcolm

We are not making this up:

Barack Obama was elected commander in chief promising to run the most transparent presidential administration in American history.

This achievement and the overall promise of his historic administration caused the National Newspaper Publishers Assn. to name him “Newsmaker of the Year.”

The president is to receive the award from the federation of black community newspapers in a White House ceremony this afternoon.

The Obama White House has closed the press award ceremony to the press.

From the president’s official schedule:

“Later in the afternoon, the President and the First Lady will attend a reception with the National Newspaper Publisher Association in the State Dining Room, where they will be presented the Newsmaker of the Year award. This event is closed press.”

Maybe they’ll let the newspaper people pass the award through the fence.

This is what Obama had to say during his victory speech:

“In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let’s resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.”

Obama chose his Chief of Staff, a man by the name of Rahm Emanuel. This is what he had to say:

“I’ll tell you this, the Republicans may have the 72-hour program. But they have not seen the 22-month program! Since my kids are gone, I can say it: They can go f*%k themselves!”

Ahh, can’t you just feel the liberal love that will soon be emanating from the White House, bringing about all of that wonderful hope and change? I can already tell this is going to be one classy, professional, and bipartisan administration. Huzzah.