UPDATE: White House Spokeswoman Says Different Bertha Lewis on Visitor’s Log
by Andrew BreitbartUPDATE: According to Politico’s Ben Smith, the Bertha Lewis who went to the White House is not ACORN’s CEO but another woman named “Bertha Lewis.” I contacted Smith to tell him that Big Government would offer a correction if the “administration official” who offered the information went on record and told us who the “other” Bertha Lewis is and got the unnamed administration source to come out from behind the veil of anonymity and use his/her name. So far, according to unnamed White House sources, “different” people with the familiar names of Malik Shabazz, Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers were discovered on White House visitors logs. As I skeptically asked on my Twitter account, “What are the odds?”
First thing Monday morning, Smith contacted the White House and White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki came from behind her anonymous veil and confirmed for Smith, “it was a different Bertha Lewis, though she declined to share details about that visitor, citing privacy reasons.”‘
The Big Government piece did offer the caveat that it could be another Bertha Lewis:
Of course, it is possible that this isn’t ACORN’s Bertha Lewis. After a previous dump of visitor records listed the name, Jeremiah Wright, the White House said, ‘oh, that was a different Jeremiah Wright.’ The media, of course, said, ‘okay,’ and never followed up. So, maybe the Bertha Lewis listed here isn’t the CEO of ACORN. Just another Bertha Lewis who gets special weekend access to the White House Residence, complete with an extra-special staff tour. Sure, possible, but we’d love to see a bookie’s odds on that.
The headline, however, was not as vague. Since we have no information on how to hunt down the “other” Bertha Lewis — Ms. Psaki wouldn’t reveal who she is, citing “privacy concerns” — Big Government will err on the side of prudence and grant the White House its side of the story. I did ask Smith to find out biographical details on the other Wright, Ayers and Shabazz, but apparently privacy concerns apply to them, as well.
I end with this question: What is the point of the White House issuing visitor logs if those named can’t be identified and verified? “Transparency” would seem to call for nothing less, especially when those innocent people could easily be confused with the head of an organization recently defunded by Congress, a controversial preacher who shouted “God Damn America,” and an unrepentant domestic terrorist.
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Jeez, what are the odds huh?
It's like the Nigerian–liar, liar, pants on fire. That's what you get when you elect lawyers.
Hey Andrew,
Thanks for all your diligent work and investigation! We all appreciate it very much!
These lists of "guests" give the old movie name "Guess who's coming to dinner" a whole new meaning – don't they?
On a side note, what ever happened with your visit to Washington? And what became of the San Diego trash that was being posted?
Amazing!
All these people with the same names as the cohorts and collaborators of the obama regime being granted special access to the White house? who will show up next? A "different" Nancy D'alessandro Pelosi
Know what don't care too many questionable people paying the WH a visit.
How are those emails, phone calls, faxes and protests working out for you America? They aren't! Your playing their game… STOP and play your game through Saving the Republic
I didn't write this post, someone else named "GaltFan" did, but I can't reveal who it was. Privacy – you understand.
Is anyone just now thinking about a certain Annie Lee Moss? Anyone?
ohhhhhhhh…it was the other Bertha Lewis…….ooooookkkkkkkkk
Yeah, just like there is another Sal Alinsky, and Stern, and………….they really expect people to believe this?? It's very insulting, for the President of the United States to act like the entire population is STUPID!!! Although, I guess he has a point…most of them were stupid enough to vote him into the White House, even though he let everybody know what he was all about, before the election!! Yeah, stupid people!!
The visitor's log is an opaque as the current visitor, who occupies the White House. There have been many failed attempts to retrieve even basic university information – must have been another Barak Obama.
Anyone attempting to confirm information is just a 'bump' on their log. It's going to be a long slog. Keep pushing!
Why did'nt you ask why this "other" Bertha Lewis went to the residence on a Saturday? Who else do they know named Bertha Lewis that would visit them at home?
Riiiiight…and bluebirds pee ink.
Nice job taking the "high road" there Mr. B.
Keep up the excellent work – we need you!
Why not lie about WH visitor logs when you got away with it during the campaign and became POTUS?
Didn't I see this in Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Wright, Ayers, Shabazz and now Lewis. All different people, nothing to see here. I guess lying, then taking shelter behind the convenience of 'privacy reasons' could be considered a form of transparency. The daily assault on the intelligence of hard working Americans is painfully transparent to me…..
Lying is easy for the Obama Administration, they do it about near everything and most of the time. So your odds are good to stick with they lie.
These socialis bastards are not capable of telling the truth, it isn't in their makeup to be honest.
Those familiar with history are, but I'm afraid that far too many have never heard of that person and have no idea that she was a Commie.
The lies come thick and fast from Obama and his entire administration.
Has anyone one of them, ANYONE, ever told the truth about anything?
How stupid of me to assume that this is Bertha Lewis…she just used that name? And, how many more Bertha Lewis's will be visiting the WH? I never even heard of that name until big Bertha showed up!
if Tiger Woods was even suspected of sleeping with this "other Bertha Lewis", the MSM would have her address, SSN, home & cell #s, etc, etc. if she's a special guest at the White House? nothing to see here…
i guess if the media is surgically attached to your butt, you don't even have to try to be a good liar. this latest attempt at insulting our intelligence constitutes conduct unbecoming a eight-year-old…
I'll err on the other side and assume those named are the ACORN clown. flipped out reverend and commie bomber. Obama history is showing the this president and his den of thieves are complete LIARS.
Obama…YOU LIE!!!!
They're just trying to find cover for their rear ends. They can run but they can't hide.
These people almost make one long for the halcyon days of the Clintons and their crew.
Hmmm, if all these goofballs are going over to the WH where
they keep a log….Wonder what is taking place over his
Blackberry? Are they keeping tabs on that?
Bertha Lewis, there must be dozens, and they all conveniently
live in the DC area….lol
Here's a headline to tick liberals off "WHITE HOUSE IGNORES LIBERAL BASE, DENIES BERTHA LEWIS ENTRANCE." Wow, why wouldn't they let "that" Bertha Lewis in? Are they racist, do they think ACORN's a fraud too?
Just messin with them 'cause I can.
Seriously…. Do they really think that anyone with an IQ above room temp is going to swallow this line of crap ? Do they really hold us in such contempt and disgust that they think we would accept this ?? This is mind blowing. I am sooooooo insulted (for you as well) I could throw up. If I could just get my hands around their……
Your day of reckoning is coming ObamaPOS and your administration….. Americans are filled to the brim with your hatred for us. You are soooooooooo finished !
The name Malik Shabazz is so common, it is the new John Doe
Nice : )
Do we know for sure that the present occupant of the White House is the same Barack Obama that people voted for? Maybe he's just (coincidentally) someone with the same name.
Congress needs to investigate.
This is a bad nightmare I can't seem to wake up from. Are we perceived to all be a bunch of drooling morons more concerned with the Simpson's & Lady Gaga then what is happening to our country. Well, unfortunately they are about 40% correct. If I am expected to believe this then I should have bought those magic beans this blind guy was selling outside the cafe downtown. He was much more believable then this administration. I'm tired of being lied to over & over again. They say we need to reform the Republican Party. I say we are the new Republican Party & if there are any closet Conservatives in the mix then jump on board. We will have the Old guard GOP serving us coffee. WE ARE AMERICANS & we will not be duped. Can anyone say sedition?
Malik Shabazz….is that you Syntax_Game?
"John Wilkes Boothe, gee that name sounds familiar, Welcome to the White House Mr. Boothe."
It is a bad precedent to not know who people are as they visit the White House.
(and Yes I know Lincoln was shot at the Ford's Theatre.)
But as Ann Coulter pointed out in her wonderful book, "Guilty", Presidents have never been shot by Conservatives, only Liberals and the mentally ill (same thing BTW).
Dukehoopsfan-
Clinton was a third-rate gangster and only wanted your money (and maybe a few women, or more than a few). Obama is a terrorist bent on destroying our way of life. Why would you miss Clinton? Isn't this far more interesting? This guy doesn't even care about his own lasting political power. His buddy Bill Ayers must be so jealous… After all, what are a few bombs here and there compared to taking the system down from within. Fascinating. Too bad so many people will be so adversely affected. Well, most of us have been desensitized by our mass culture, so I guess it doesn't really matter unless something happens to me…
Thanks for YOUR transparency on this matter, Mr. Breitbart. Those who have nothing to hide, hide nothing.
Just blue ink or is it any color you need? Or should I also get a blackbird and a redbird?
Why can't you people believe ANYTHING the current administration says?
Oh, right… Nevermind!
Joe Wilson was right. . .!
Mr Breitbart, Thanks for keeping true journalism alive.
I have a rough concept to offer. . .spearhead the start a new journalism award like a Crime Stoppers
Program. The prize could be voluntarily funded to award cash . . .for exposure of corruption that
prompts a change, ends in conviction, a removal from office, new legislation, etc., etc. . . just like a
true journalist is supposed to do!
Transparency? I thought I heard "diversion for tyranny". Hmmm, must have my liberty muffs on again. Everytime the white house comes out with "news", I start to worry that they are creating a diversion so they can work on tyranny behind closed doors, while no one is looking. & please God Andrew, if you read this, please help us in Washington State. Acorn has huge workforces in Seattle & Tacoma. & thank you for all that you have done for us! Liberty infinite to you Andrew Breitbart. Reply if there is anything that I can do to eradicate these deplorable filth in my area. Conservatism lost nearly everywhere in this last November election. Like 99% of what was conservative, that I was voting for & watching, lost… …don't forget about Washington State Andrew. & thank you again.
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Has to be true, the White would never deceive you. Michelle plans to name her next child Mao!
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Andrew, did you ask, what are the odds? You jest. Of course that's not Bertha Lewis of ACORN. It's really Rosemary Woods. And that's not Barak Obama, but a bowing Richard Nixon, hoping for a cozy chat with Mao.
And Sir Harding, good question. A Republican president getting away with the same claims? Well no, he didn't. He really was a crook.
All these coincidental names showing up in the White House will top the next decade for top baby names!
Bertha Mao Lewis has a nice ring
Top new baby name in Detroit, Camden, Philly, Newark, Gary, East St. Louis, and Oakland: Barack "MoFo" "Gubment Check" Obamie!
Top new girl's name in noted cities: Michelle "Where's my 400 K A Yr affirmative action "no show" job in an inner city non proifit" Obamie
I don’t think so, that was the same woman and I would even bet they talked about there old friends in Acorn, and SEIU. Since right after those visits ACORN was given money, so don’t you think they are trying to pull the typical Washington two-step, or the old three card Monty? This administration is all a bunch of bull and nothing they are doing is legal they are tearing this country apart just as Obama stated he wanted to do in 2006 at the SEIU meetings.
hell Gary it is not even in their DNA! The whole Obama crew is tax cheats, sexual deviates, and corrupt Fed. workers! What do you expect from an Affirmative Action Fool?
They're ( the lying administration, the czars, the left wing MSM) are all sewer rats. You can't tell one from the other. The smell is DC must be thicker than the LA smog on a bad day.
Keep up the great patriotic work Andrew and maybe someone can chronical this into a book: " Democrazi's Ultimate Demise"
Shows blatant lack of respect to the american people
Just more BS from the Masters of BS. Tell a lie long enough and you start to believe it.
Good point!
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How stupid do these people think we are? How many Bertha Lewis can there be? Of course when feeding info to the relic media, it is not necessary to assume anything might be questioned.
Really, the purpose of the logs is to provide the public knowledge of who is seeing the president. If distinguishing particulars aren't included, they might as well sign in as Daffy Duck – you know, the same way donors signed their online contributions to Obama's campaign, after the campaign turned off even the most rudimentary fraud checking.
Well, I guess that's pretty much the root of the matter, eh? Provide an appearance of transparency, then work the system for all it's worth, taking the nation down while you enrich yourself.
Talk about taking YOU LIE! to a higher platitude. My God when does this end. The left just cant be accountable
for anything.
Gee islandeagle, dont hold back, tell us what you really think.
Lol, loved it !!
Tell a lie often and long evenough the stupid voters believe it !
It must be true that these are different people with the same name. There appear to be a whole bunch of voters who have decided that the Barack Obama they voted for isn't the one currently living in the White House.
Some other erp is making comments here, not me.
http://cheezburger.com/View.aspx?aid=2633459968
Thanks Andrew, for the job you do, you are the written press!
A logical question of Ms. Jen Psaki might have been, "So, how do you know that this was not the Bertha Lewis of ACORN?" Just because a flack says something doesn't make it true.
Also, at some point, I hope the White House can be forced to segregate their logs by those just participating in the standard tourist White House tour (I am sure the vast majority of names come from this activity), and those who are there to discuss policy or other issues with officials. Further, visitors should be required to provide either a home or business address which should be part of the PUBLIC record.
In reality, there ARE several Bertha Lewises, Jeremiah Wrights, etc., but what are the odds that they ALL visited the White House so soon? We need a resident statistician – STAT!
They can't be fake names because you are required to show id, right?
I call BS. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck. Quack you White House!
dirty birdie , bes hav'n a 40's with the massa. just practices my ebonic for when i gets some repstrararations
I used to think I was making posts here during some of my sleep walking episodes. Now I know it's someone else using my name! As long as it isn't a liberal I guess it's okay.
Man oh man, Andrew you are my hero. I know what shills the media is, but could not believe they took that bs about the visitors of the White House were different than famous band of leftists but just coincidentally had the same name. Keep up the great work of compently Alinskying the incompetent Aliskites.
In a related story, it is not President Barack H. Obama running around the world apologizing for The US. It's a different Barack H. Obama.
Can someone please tell these morons to put down the shovels and stop digging.
I supposed they will also say that Michelle Obama didn't meet with the SEIU retirees on healthcare either….
http://www.seiu.org/2009/12/1199seiu-retirees-mee...
There are 37 Bertha E. Lewis on Intelius… It could have been the 104 year old… if she isn't dead. how hard could it be to find the real one?
I guess they'll say that the #1 visitor to the WH isn't "this" Andrew Stern from the SEIU that lobbies for abortion either.
http://www.nyc.gov/lobbyistsearch/search?lobbyist...
Did any of these SEIU doctors visit???
http://seiu10md.sweb.localsonline.org/admin/Asset...
This is another flappdoodle. There are lots of us and it's only a coincidence that all of us post on Big Government.
Wait… the zombie media is on this case… soon they will come and bite you in the neck and yoooouuuu toooooo wwwiiiillllllll sseeee the trruuuttthhh.
Are you an embicile? Because your god Breitbart is.
Keep up…Breitbart blew it; probably intentionally because few follow "oops" corrections. Head out of the clouds there, sparky. It was gossipy innuendo, nothing more.
That was another Michelle Obama. Not the first lady.
Privacy concerns?
Why would someone want to keep "Secret" the fact that they visited the white house? I guess thats the point.
They might as well just redact all the names, they have in essence done that anyway.
This is the same white house that wanted people to turn each other in for saying "negative" things about health care?
Didnt seem like privacy concerns was at the top of the list when they were recruiting for volunteer gestapo agents.
They might as well redact the whole list, if names are not verifiable other than the "trust me" option they might as well be all noted as "Avergage Citizen"
Only the truth has limitations, lies are limitless, especially in a "Politically correct" environment!!!! Once upon a time in America the industrious Citizens had rights, now only those who hate them and want to rob them of their labors do!!!!
The White House is just following along with what ACORN did by registering cartoon character names.
Acting? Hell, he's counting on it!
It was the Bizarro Bertha.
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Play their game… petty criminals never commit the perfect crime… What day did Jeremiah Wright visit? Was Reverend Wright in Chicago that same day? Ayers in the W.H. on what day? Was he seen in Chicago the same day? Bertha Lewis has an office… where was she on the day that "the other" Bertha Lewis visited the W.H.? Any travel records that can be found? (Lewis's boarding pass will probably end up in a dumpster is a week or so…)
These are public people that flew to their visits on public transportation. Publish pictures, and the likely days that they would have flown… "Have you seen me?" Someone will remember seeing them if they were on the same flights… there has to be a way to disprove their disingeneous statements. Since Stern apparently lives there he probably has his own room, so he would be a red herring. Remember, we have intelligence on our side.
Andrew… when I first read the somewhat tongue-in-cheek comment this would be claimed as the "other" Bertha, I had a good chuckle. Little did I know the WH would actually and blatantly make such a claim. One must question the motives of the WH. Either any Joe Schmoe can waltz in any time and claim to be Mr. Obama's bestest best pal or they have something to hide. Perhaps the WH is using the log as another "giving the finger" moment to America. Obviously the security of the WH and that of our Nation has the strength of a wet paper bag. I hold this Administration responsible for their own childish stunts but who knows? Maybe George Bush is to blame for these people being idiots. That I am sure will be the next claim.
I am all too aware of wingnut ignorance.
But this one really floors me. Wow. Holy shit!
What's in those teabags? You've all lost your minds.
Galt I busted a gut when I read that and I am gonna use this excuse when they decided to come knock down my door.
Open meetings act?? There is some law that doesn't allow for secret meetings at the WH, etc. There's no "right to privacy" for the WH. I want to know. This isn't a dictatorship or a communist country. They are accountable to we the people.
LOL apparantly you've given your mind to the left. They are lying.
C'mon. Just a sign in book for visitors? I'll bet there is a video camera every six inches that are so sharp that you can watch the carpeting fade. Pull the tapes and check. Taking the word of an Obama staffer is a joke.
Hey, I just had Barack Obama over for dinner. No, not that Barack. This ones Chinese.
LOL. Can't even spell "imbecile." That's typical of the mental defectives who support this gang of charlatans in the White House.
"So the administration has to take pains to cover their original lies with new ones, even going so far as to insult our intelligence by saying they’re inviting some schmo from Sheboygan who goes by Jerry Wright down at the lawnmower repair shop, or that they’re giving the royal treatment to Bertha E. Lewis the hairdresser from Pine Island, Florida in recognition of her $50 donation to the campaign last year – but they can’t say anything about these folks because of privacy reasons. After all, the Pine Island Recorder wouldn’t run a photo of Miz Bertha with Barry and Michelle after she got back from her trip because of privacy concerns down there among the dugongs in Southwest Florida. Because that NEVER happens."
http://thehayride.com/2010/01/the-most-dishonest-...
breitbart why dont you grow up and get a life
Flapp E. Doodle, right? Not the infamous Flapp M. Doodle….
Even if these name are of other people it is a kids game of "Gotcha". It's hard to imagine the WH playing such foolish games at times like these. Oh well, we elected a man/boy and he is resorting to the boy part.
Bwahahahahahaha! Another big swing, another big miss, and a week to finally admin the error.
Heckuva job, Andy!
Oh? I thought he was Kenyan or was it Indonesian? I'll bet he asked for beer and burger, right?
that was a different lorben and thinking man posting above and i was never here
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