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Cleaning Up After Biden, Gibbs Makes Himself A Laughingstock
FinkelBlog ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 04/30/2009 11:50:19 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Surely one of the worst jobs in Washington is that of cleaning up after the Human Gaffe Machine, AKA Joe Biden . . .

On shovel duty today at the White House, press secretary Robert Gibbs made a laughingstock of himself as he asserted what Biden “meant to say” regarding swine flu. The press corps didn’t merely titter at Gibbs’ travails. They outright laughed in his face at the press sec’s tortured attempt at vice-presidential revisionism.

View video here.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; jaketapper; joebiden; robertgibbs; swineflu
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Vice President "Joe" Triumph says: "Mr. Gibbs is a fine White House spokesman.....to clean up my POOP!"

21 posted on 04/30/2009 12:16:29 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

JOE BIDEN: I wouldn’t go anywhere in confined places now. It’s not Mexico, it’s a confined aircraft where one person sneezes and it goes all the way through the aircraft: that’s me. I would not be at this point, if they had another way of transportation, suggesting they ride the subway. So, what it relates to is mitigation. If you’re out in the middle of a field and someone sneezes, that’s one thing. If you’re in a closed aircraft or closed container or closed car or closed classroom, that’s another thing.


22 posted on 04/30/2009 12:17:43 PM PDT by jessduntno (Obama is POTUS - we all know what POS means - does the TU stand for Totally Useless?)
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To: Wild Irish Rogue
Tapper was obviously annoyed---his response was a classic and a great put-down of Gibb’s tortured and insulting explanation. “ That answer isn’t even remotely related to the question I asked........”

Goofball "Barbarino" Gibbs.

Goofball Gibbs' vocabulary does not extend beyond Vinnie-isms: "What?” “Where?” All he knows is “I have no knowledge,” I wasn’t aware,” “Nobody informed me". Watta jerk. The goofball should spare us that nerdy smirk.

Insipid freewheeling fools now run our country---thinking they can say or do anything they want without explanation---like the $328,000 flyover. Their unmitigated contempt for Americans, and for our democracy, is astounding.

23 posted on 04/30/2009 12:18:37 PM PDT by Liz (I was like Snow White, then I drifted. Mae West (on liberalism.)
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To: al baby

it could be worse :)


24 posted on 04/30/2009 12:23:37 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (May God save America from its government; this is no time for Obamateurs. Emmanuel = Haldeman?)
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To: Wild Irish Rogue
But what I loved (not) was Tapper saying "with all due respect..."

When did he EVER, EVER say that to a Republican ?? Nope, if it was one of Bush's press secretaries, there would never be a "with all due respect" moment, he would have gone for the jugular.

25 posted on 04/30/2009 12:27:28 PM PDT by coder2
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Jake Tapper is really ruffling their feathers lately. I won't be surprised if he mysteriously vanishes from the WH press corps one day.
26 posted on 04/30/2009 12:33:32 PM PDT by lwd (Miss California is MY Miss USA!!!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
I saw it live on FOX. It was great! I'm still trying to figure out how Gibbs "knows" what Biden "meant" to say! Can he read minds? Did Biden tell him what to say regarding his statement? And then the "reporter" (I don't really consider any White House Press Corp member to be a real reporter - it's mostly a "political" appointment, ya' know!) commented on it not being close to what he asked was great.

It'll be interesting to see how much longer he is on the WH press corp, if he doesn't end up in Fort Marcy Park soon . . . .

27 posted on 04/30/2009 12:37:02 PM PDT by jeffc (They're coming to take me away! Ha-ha, hey-hey, ho-ho!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Joe Biden’s chronic case of foot in mouth disease (oral bromidrosis) is not getting any better. It is obvious that Joe has not been vigorously brushing his teeth three times a day with strong actin Tinactin, as ordered by Obama himself. Then he makes his predictable escape from his secret basement closet and finds the nearest reporter to breath on.

Thank you Joe! LOL

28 posted on 04/30/2009 12:40:16 PM PDT by mickey finn
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

As a bonus, at 1:28 there is the world’s worst non apology apology:

“Obviously if anyone was unduly alarmed, for what ever reason, uh, we, we would apologize for that.”

TRANSLATION: If you are so stupid that you take seriously anything Joe says then we are sorry [for you].


29 posted on 04/30/2009 12:51:44 PM PDT by DManA
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

I miss Tony Snow more each day.


30 posted on 04/30/2009 12:55:35 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Always clarifying things, this administration is. Hey, it ain’t easy getting propaganda put out there just so, everytime.

IOW, it ain’t easy pimpin’ for the prez.


31 posted on 04/30/2009 1:11:52 PM PDT by subterfuge (BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
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To: jeffc
I'm still trying to figure out how Gibbs "knows" what Biden "meant" to say!

"Rahm, send me the script about what Biden "meant" to say ASAP."

"Pres Obama says make sure that idiot Biden stays off the airwaves.
No more interviews for that big-mouth screwup."

" And Rahm, the President wants five doctors, an EMT crew,
three paramedics and an ambulance parked outside the WH ......
just in case that dead Mexican infected him with swine flu."

32 posted on 04/30/2009 2:13:57 PM PDT by Liz (I was like Snow White, then I drifted. Mae West (on liberalism.)
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Obama went to Mexico w/ 13 senators, staff, and Secret Service retinue.
Hillary went with her staff, Secret Service, and a crew to lug her baggage.

I just happened to see this earlier----parked outside the DNC.
Dems who went to Mexico with Obama and Hillary are on suicide watch.

33 posted on 04/30/2009 2:21:40 PM PDT by Liz (I was like Snow White, then I drifted. Mae West (on liberalism.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Gibbs is as Joe does?


34 posted on 04/30/2009 4:31:57 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Time to appoint a “What Jue meant to say...” Czar.


35 posted on 04/30/2009 5:10:19 PM PDT by gundog
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