Srsly. He is.
It appears that White House press secretary Jay Carney is not prepared to let Boo-gate fizzle out on its own. Like President Obama, he’s got laser-like focus on the issues that truly matter to the American people.
Jay Carney is officially worse than Robert Gibbs. Spin a baseball story?! #headdesk @PressSec
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) June 26, 2012
Carney told reporters that President Obama was most certainly not booed when he joked about infielder Kevin Youkilis being traded to the Chicago White Sox at a Monday fundraiser. He insisted they “were saying ‘Yoooook and not Booo’ for God’s sake.”
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/statuses/217647169342148608
The spin continued on Twitter where he argued with BuzzFeed reporter Zeke Miller.
. @ZekeJMiller Excellent WH stenos not members of Red Sox Nation. To untrained ear "Yoooouk!" and "Boooo!" sound alike. Crowd said both.
— J Earnest (Archived) (@PressSec44) June 26, 2012
Apparently, much like Obama, no one will let Carney be clear. So he continued:
Let's be clear: POTUS, a proud ChiSox fan, thanked Boston crowd for Youk. Some booed. Others, like me, cried "Yoooouk!" in sad memoriam.
— J Earnest (Archived) (@PressSec44) June 26, 2012
As Twitchy pointed out earlier today:
@PressSec @ZekeJMiller the POTUS acknowledged in the speech that he was getting booed…
— Crane Milk Willy (@PrestonSmithAZ) June 26, 2012
The official White House transcript disagrees with Carney as well.
UPDATE: The official White House transcript says Obama was booed:
cc: @presssec http://t.co/ntOZljJl— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 26, 2012
Whether Obama was getting booed or Youked, Carney’s latest rendition of “SQUIRREL!” merited a sound mocking, courtesy of the Twitterverse.
https://twitter.com/JasonGerwig/status/217657516002263042
BTW, @PressSec U say "YOOOOK! YOOOOOK! YOOOOOK!" I say "Yuk!Yuk!Yuk!" (ah, the dizzying spinage….)
— robert (@ProgressiveAle) June 26, 2012
https://twitter.com/ryanjcroft/status/217650662031368193
@BrandonKiser @presssec You don't understand;the booings are impacting the Pres. self esteem. He can't tell us how to live if he feels bad.
— The Chad (@jackson_chad) June 26, 2012
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/217659771841552385
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Carney Convinces Obama Red Sox Fans Weren't Saying 'Boo' http://t.co/V6zQM5Gv #BooUrns
— Larry O'Connor (@LarryOConnor) June 26, 2012
Teehee!
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