All the president's emails: Michelle Obama, Pete Rouse, Joe Biden and Dick Cheney
All the presidents emailsBarack ObamaIn a unique experiment in democratic transparency, Barack Obama – a BlackBerry owner, and the first American president to use email while in office – has agreed to copy G2 in on his otherwise highly confidential electronic communications. Each week, we present a selection from recent daysTo: Michelle Obama <firstlady@whitehouse.gov> Subject: Re: Why were you acting so weird at breakfast?
Sweetie, I'm THRILLED that Sasha won a descriptive writing prize for her essay on "A Day In My Life". But did you read it? "My Daddy spends a lot of time pacing around distractedly with a haunted look in his eyes"? "We'll be talking, then he'll suddenly trail off into silence, clench his fists, and wander off muttering about Sarah Palin and Christine O'Donnell"? "His emails just break off midstream"? Look, I agree the vocabulary's astonishing. It's just that . . . oh never mind.
To: Pete Rouse, Chief of Staff <peter.rouse@whitehouse.gov> Subject: Re: October Surprise ideas
No, see, this is my point about Democrats. An October Surprise is meant to be a game-changer. An earthquake. "Announce a new taskforce to help America's hardest-working families" doesn't cut it. "Send the First Lady on a tour of military towns to salute American heroes": tiny bit closer, but still BS. Why do we always let the other side own the concept of patriotism – hell, the whole idea of America? I've ruined three Oval Office stress balls in the last week. Frustratedly, Barack PS. Nancy P emailed to say she's worried the WH top team is "too insular". I told her I'd check with you because you're like a brother to me, so you'd be the first to say if you thought we were too insular. We're not insular, right? Axelrod doesn't think so. Maybe the three of us should get together and discuss?
To: VPOTUS <joe.biden@whitehouse.gov> Subject: Re: October Surprise ideas
Joe – Ha, well, at least you made me smile. You're dead right that concocting a fake story connecting the Tea Party to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would swing things in our direction! But that's part of what makes us Democrats, isn't it? That we don't resort to such Cheneyesque tactics? We'll never get that desperate. (That said, I'm pretty sure Cheney's sufficiently amoral that he'd do consultancy even for me, if we paid him enough!) Thanks for trying, BHO
To: Dick Cheney <dc@keepamericasafe.com> Subject: Uh...
OK, I know this is going to sound really weird, but – quick call?
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