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WTOP Political Analyst Mark Plotkin was raising hell on behalf of D.C. voting rights all over town today. First, he went to the aforementioned D.C. school voucher press conference hosted by Sens. John Ensign (R-Nev.), Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.). In typical Plotkin fashion, he lobbed pointed questions at the Senators, along with the D.C. students they had brought along as props, on the voting rights bill, causing him, as D.C. Wire reported, to be questioned and called "rude" by a Weekly Standard writer.
Later, at White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs's daily briefing, Plotkin presented Gibbs with the gift of an HD radio (he wasn't the only one to do so today, following some comments Gibbs recently made about not being a radio listener). Then, without missing a beat, Plotkin proceeded to grill Gibbs on why he still hasn't received an answer from the White House on the question of whether President Obama is going to place the D.C. "Taxation Without Representation" license plates on his limousine. Plotkin even went so far as to ask out loud whether President Obama was being "an ingrate" by not acknowledging District voters, who elected him by an overwhelming majority. Politico has video of the exchange, which we've posted below.
Think Plotkin will ever get to ask a question in the White House briefing room again?
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ingrate? bad use of term, plotkin.
but, good on him for being a hard-ass on voting rights. no one else does it as well as him.
Not sure how effective Plotkin's jackass-like attitude really helps the cause.
The license plates aren't really a big deal, but that's kind of the point. It's such a tiny thing that the administration's repeated refusal to act on it is significant. At this point, more time and effort has been spent on responding to questions about the license plates than would have been required to just put them on.
Obama has endorsed the cause. What is the down side of having the plates? Has he has second thoughts?
Seriously-why screw your relationship over this one. Yeah, I want the plates, but ingrate? Smooth
SOMEBODY has to ratchet up the pressure if we are gonna make progress!
"Power never concedes anything without a demand.
It never has and it never will."
Frederick Douglass
The real "rudeness" is the 200-year exclusion of DC denizens from participating in their own country. Actions speak louder than words.
Indeed. And let us continue quoting Mr Douglass.
Agitate. Agitate. Agitate.
California overwhelmingly voted for Obama, too. Maybe the POTUSmobile should have Cali tags, if we go by that logic.
Plotkin's douchebaggery, incredibly enough, makes the anti-voting rights crowd seem almost principled and reasonable.
blackcloud: he doesn't live in california, though. he lives here. i don't see where your leap of logic applies.
Since "all of Congress represents the District", I think we should have a license plate from each of the 50 states... on every DC vehicle.
Maybe they should seat Plotkin next to Helen Thomas in the front row. That way they can do their Grandpa Simpson routine as a tag-team act.
Memo to Lyin’ Diane Warren, the new president of that Archdiocese of Ruse - the HD Digital Radio Alliance: Give me a break and give it a rest. No one’s buying your deceptive HD Radio campaign. Capishe? Maybe, Mr. Gibbs can plug his new, nifty HD radio into one of the massive roof-top dipoles on the White House. What a farce - http://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com
He's not here to make friends, eh?
Plotkin would make a great reality show contestant ... the annoying ones are always the most fun to watch.