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Quotes of the Day "No White House photos from family meetings. But the family of Emilie Parker, who was 6, released this on their own." -- Paul Brandus of West Wing Reports. TIPS FROM THE POOL, INTO THE DEEP END: "Deep female sobs were heard from several sections of the audience, as the president started to read the names of the teachers who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary school. ...The president is speaking without a teleprompter and he carried his remarks in a dark folder. " -- A White House Pool Report by AFP's Stephen Collinson on President Obama's speech in Newtown, Conn. last night. Confessional: "I keep having this one horrible thought: I am lying when I tell my children there's no such thing as monsters." -- ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper in starkly shifting roles over the weekend between reporter and private citizen. He received a lot of praise but some complaints. Journo pushes gun control laws "If we as a nation got serious about keeping guns away from the mentally disturbed, Louie Gohmert *would* have reason to be concerned." -- Mother Jones Engagement Editor and former Survivor: Baghdad contestant Adam Weinstein on Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), who went on Fox News Sunday this weekend and announced that more guns are the answer to mass killings such as the one at Sandy Hook. A mayor, former White House COS changes his mind on guns "President Clinton and I fought to pass the assault weapons ban. It's time to renew and strengthen it. An easy vote." -- Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. But wait, The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza points out the mayor's incredible hypocrisy...Read here. And an editor addresses what evil is not... "Evil has nothing to do with Autism, Asperger’s, or being goth." -- CNN Contributor and Breitbart.com's Dana Loesch. A moment of tweeting silence? "I won't be tweeting during President's remarks. I think we should all listen carefully." -- Politico's Roger Simon. Whoa, what?! "Friend of mine joined NRA this morning. Sleeper mole trying to change org from inside. Will they support more limitations and licensing?" -- Washingtonian Publisher Cathy Merrill Williams. A compliment for CNN: "CNN is doing a segment on comfort dogs being brought to Newtown to help people cope. It's actually comforting just watching them on TV." -- HuffPost's Sam Stein. Journalistic outrage "Yesterday's orgy of erroneous & at times repulsively awful reporting on #Newtown should be a wakeup call for journalists everywhere." -- Roll Call White House reporter Steven Dennis. "You see journalists saying 'this is so awful, why does this keep happening' while rabidly posting links to the killer's social media." -- Justin Green, editor of David Frum's blog. "Not the best day for my trade." -- TIME White House correspondent Michael Scherer with a link to a story on outlets that botched the Connecticut shooting story. Congratulations to... FNC's Greta Van Susteren and hubby John Coale on 33 years of marriage. They celebrated on Sunday. TV journo planned to spend weekend in prayer...Broadcaster spends the weekend praying "I will spend this weekend hoping and praying for a better world." -- Markette Smith Shepp -- Fox morning show host in Richmond, Va. Writer's trip home from Iraq delayed "Thanks to heavy fog, I have an extra day in Iraq. Write. Sleep. Gym." -- TIME's Jay Newton-Small. Better late than never... "Watching Homeland for the first time. What do i need to know? #waybehind." -- WaPo's Karen Tumulty. A vacation from the Internet! "I am excited to start a week without the internet tomorrow. No smart phone, no laptop, no email and no SMS. #nervous #withdrawl#excited" -- Harper Reed, chief technology officer at Obama for America. Ann Coulter feeling the holiday spirit "The best part of "A Christmas Carol" is at the end when Ebenezzer and Bob Cratchet get back to work even though it's Xmas Day." -- Conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter. Eddie Scarry contributed to this report.

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