Robert Gibbs, the White House spokesman, made the comments after those on the left-wing of the Democrat Party compared Mr Obama to former US President George W Bush.
Posted on 08/11/2010 2:05:32 PM PDT by Schnucki
Barack Obama’s press secretary was forced to apologise after losing his temper and calling the President’s critics “crazy” and saying they needed to be “drug tested”.
Robert Gibbs, the White House spokesman, made the comments after those on the left-wing of the Democrat Party compared Mr Obama to former US President George W Bush.
The spokesman was quickly forced to apologise after conceding he was watching too much 24-hour cable television news which “gets frustrating” and had apparently clouded his judgement.
In an interview with “The Hill”, a political newspaper, Mr Gibbs attacked what he described as the “political left” who have criticised Mr Obama for failing to push through radical reforms.
“I hear these people saying he’s like George Bush,” Mr Gibbs said. “Those people ought to be drug tested. I mean, it’s crazy.”
Mr Gibbs was then forced into an embarrassing climb-down, saying he had spoken “inartfully”.
“I watch too much cable, I admit,” he said. “Day after day, it gets frustrating.”
Mr Gibbs added: “So we should all, me included, stop fighting each other and arguing about our differences on certain policies, and instead work together to make sure everyone knows what is at stake because we’ve come too far to turn back now.”
There is growing concern over Mr Gibbs’ conduct among Democrats. Last month, the President’s spokesman admitted that the Democrats could lose control of Congress in the forthcoming midterm elections.
There is now expected to be growing pressure for Mr Gibbs to be replaced in the autumn during what will effectively be a relaunch by the White House to regain some political momentum.
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Robert Gibbs, the White House spokesman, made the comments after those on the left-wing of the Democrat Party compared Mr Obama to former US President George W Bush.
That's crazy. Gibbels needs to be drug tested.
Now if he had said those things about some conservative group, he would have been hailed as a genius.
Heh, actually, if you take Gibbs at his word, about 24% of America thinks that Obama is okay... The rest must be NUTS!
this PROVES the statement...
“to anger a Conservative...LIE to them.
to anger a Liberal ... tell them the TRUTH!”
We have Freepers who are never, ever satisfied with a politician, no matter how demonstrably conservative and will find the tiniest reason to disown and attack them, just as the loony left is unhappy that 'their guy', Obama, hasn't yet transformed' America into a third-world rat hole in 19 months. You gotta love politics.
Barack Obama’s press secretary was forced to apologise after losing his temper and calling the President’s critics “crazy” and saying they needed to be “drug tested”.
Well that’s crazy.
“...we’ve come too far to turn back now.”
No we haven’t, we’re going to turn way back.
It's a big to do about nothing...as usual with the loony left.
The radicals, like Judah, are going to be the downfall of the corrupt elders who could not control the trial of the martyr.
I love it.
Support a radical, there is nothing like it to rot the whole operation up.
Gibbels was quick to surrender too. Idiots. eh eh eh/
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