Posted on 08/11/2010 1:12:08 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Robert Gibbs: 'I don't plan on leaving'
By: Matt Negrin August 11, 2010 03:30 PM EDT
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, revisiting a newspaper interview in which he blasted “the professional left” for criticizing President Barack Obama, brushed off calls for his resignation during Wednesday’s daily briefing, and said his remarks were the result of frustration with pundits who haven’t given the administration its due.
"I don’t plan on leaving, and there's no truth to the rumor that I've added an inflatable exit to my office," he quipped to reporters, a reference to the frustrated Jet Blue flight attendant who left his job by swearing at passengers and jumping down the jetliner’s emergency slide. Gibbs said he "could’ve said things slightly differently" during the interview, but he did not apologize for his remarks, which triggered an angry outburst among Obama’s allies in print, on cable news channels and in the blogosphere.
"I watch a lot of cable TV, and you don’t have to watch long to get frustrated by some of what's said, and I think that’s what that answer was born out of," he said.
In an interview with The Hill’s Sam Youngman published Tuesday, Gibbs said liberals who have relentlessly criticized Obama for what they see as compromises and unkept promises – such as the lack of a single-payer system in the sweeping health-care overhaul and the addition of 30,000 troops to the war in Afghanistan – would rather complain than give the president his due for a long list of favorable accomplishments. Those critics, Gibbs said, "will be satisfied when we have Canadian healthcare and we've eliminated the Pentagon. That's not reality."
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“I don’t plan on leaving.”
And do you think any of Zero’s former friends planned to be thrown under the bus, Gibbsy?
Good, this idiot serves the conservatives well.
I sure hope he stays. He is almost as funny as the nutjobs on Whale Wars.
Famous last words...
“...there’s no truth to the rumor that I’ve added an inflatable exit to my office,” he quipped to reporters, a reference to the frustrated Jet Blue flight attendant who left”
I dunno, Robert Fibbs-—you look kinda swishy like that guy.
So he is leaving, then.
Give it up Lefties, we been trying to get rid of this clown for over a year now.
On the other hand, what would we do for entertainment if he left?
On what day will Gibbs borrow a Secret Service submachine pistol and let loose on the Press Pool? Getting closer and closer to possibility.
Just remember, Baghdad Bob was still delivering the crap while General Frank’s troops were beating down his door.
*popcorn graphic*
"I don’t plan on leaving, and there's no truth to the rumor
that I've added an inflatable exit to my office."
Gibbs doesn't say anything but what Obumbler tells him to say.
tick tock
Interesting as Gibbs can say pretty much anything he wants against Conservatives but say just one thing against “the professional left” and all hell breaks loose with the media.
I am 48 years old and have never seen a bigger idiot in Washington than this guy. Something about him makes me wanna
puke.
I think lying, pandering, and being so out of touch with reality is what does it.
Good, this idiot serves the conservatives well.
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