Posted on 08/31/2010 1:00:46 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Five of Six Networks Press Unyielding Gibbs on Crediting Bush; White House Press Secretary Unleashes on Fox & Friends By Rich Noyes Created 08/31/2010 - 15:00 White House press secretary Robert Gibbs made the rounds of the six broadcast and cable morning news shows on Tuesday morning to help set the table for the Presidents speech marking the end of major combat operations in Iraq. Of the six network anchors Gibbs spoke with, only CBSs Harry Smith failed to ask whether President Obama would extend credit to President Bush for the successful surge strategy (a strategy then-Senator Obama denigrated as futile).
ABCs George Stephanopoulos recited House GOP Leader John Boehners dig at politicians who fought tooth-and-nail to stop the surge strategy, and then rejected Gibbs claim that Boehners was made up history. NBCs Matt Lauer recited Obamas own words to Gibbs: "I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq are gonna solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse."
At each stop, Gibbs insisted that no one doubted the surge would improve security, but insisted that the real accomplishment was an improved political situation. CNNs John Roberts followed up, asking whether security improvements credited to the surge were essential to those political improvements, but Gibbs dodged: John, you asked me the same question I'm likely to give you the same answer.
When Gibbs reached Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson was met with condescension and mockery when she asked the same question as the other hosts. I think you've asked me this question twice and Ive given you an answer, Gibbs chided, dodging the question.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Hey GOP, I have a great idea for a commercial:
Clip 1: Obama speech claiming victory in Iraq.
Clip 2: Harry Reid, We have lost this war.
Clip 3: Obama, I dont oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war.
Clip 4: Joe Wilson, You Lie!
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I would add in the one where Obama is explaining that the surge is such a bad idea and that the 20,000 troops will “do more harm than good”.
You said: He is a detestable wretched excuse for a man.
....which, IMHO, makes him perfect for this job for this administration.
Here is the letter I sent to about 40 papers and talk shows.
Obamas War on Terror Deception
The Presidential website announces Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Iraq to participate in a Change of Command and Change of Mission Ceremony, fulfilling the commitment made by the President in his first month in office .. The Vice Presidents visit at this juncture will reinforce the long-term U.S. commitment to Iraq. This announcement is untrue.
The November 2008 Status of Forces .Agreement (SOFA), not Obamas speech, defined the endgame for Iraq military involvement. Obama did not choose timelines for U.S. combat brigade departures. SOFA required withdrawal from cities, villages, and localities by June 30, 2009. SOFA, not Obama, required all U.S. forces withdrawn from Iraq territory by December 31, 2011. Iraq and U.S. as sovereign and coequal countries, and without Obama, devised SOFA strategies implementing U.N. principles.
July 2007 heralded Obamas last noteworthy Iraq involvement when he, Biden, Clinton, etal co-sponsored the Levin-Reed Amendment requiring most troops leave by April 2008. Passage would have precluded achievements he now embraces. Beginning in 2007 with the Al Anbar Awakening and throughout 2008, Iraqi people and leaders experienced deliverance from lives dominated by assassins stalking them and their families. Iraqis witnessed the ascendance of national institutions providing personal and material security.
Gibbs makes Baghdad Bob look like a real scholarly fellow.
Gibbs is like a teflon parrot:
He keeps saying the exact same thing & he expects anything thrown at him to roll off.
Gibbs is actually smarter. He doesn’t need the TOTUS.
thanks for the link
I was surprised he’s back. Has there been any explanation as to where he was those few days? Vacation?
That dependable 80 yr. old crack whore.
LOL! Improved political situation!
Ha Ha!!! Good one Gibbsie!
More likely the ratings.
All but rabid leftists see right through this incompetent buffoon of a President and his smug and arrogant mouthpiece.
The only reason the media would turn on obama is so they could support hillary
Hey GOP, I have a great idea for a commercial:
Clip 1: Obama speech claiming victory in Iraq.
Clip 2: Harry Reid, We have lost this war.
Clip 3: Obama, I dont oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war.
Clip 4: Joe Wilson, You Lie!
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You Betcha!I just heard”The Toesucker”on Hannity.He believes The Pubbies are good for at least 11(Senate),and 60-80(House)!
Gibbs:
Had Surge,
Will Babble
Talk about being brazen:
Obama:
“I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq are gonna solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse.”
Gibbs:
“I think, Mika, then-candidate Barack Obama said that adding 20,000 men and women into Baghdad and into Iraq was likely to improve the security situation....”
Lets see...economy: it took ten years to get in this mess, Bush’s fault. Iraq: I secured victory in 18 months, nothing before I got here mattered.
Pathological
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