VIDEO: FOX's Major Garrett Reflects On Angering Robert Gibbs Today

Real Clear Politics ^ | August 13, 2009 | Real Clear Politics

[ianschwartz]

FOX News' Major Garrett discusses his question to Robert Gibbs Thursday afternoon.

[Ev Reeman]

Trying to get a straight answer from anybody in the Obummer administration or an Obummer supporter is like pulling teeth. They hem and haw, sputter, and never do wind up answering the occasional tough questions they do get. This administration has the most liars and dumbasses in positions of power than any other presidential administration in American history.

[RummyChick]

What’s the current law on Spam? Axelrod is spamming people over healthcare.

This is a hot issue . There should be an investigation as to whether they are using addresses from the Flag mail or what.

[sniper63]

Well spoken....

[RummyChick]

Anyone getting one of these should report it to the FTC under deceptive commercial emails..hahahahaha

[mware]

At least one person on FR said that they made a separate account for flag@.

He received an email from axlerod two days later from that account.

There are others here who never contacted flag@ and have received emails.

[Liz]

"DUH! Is this a trick question from one of those viscious MOMSTERS?"

[mware]

People did not solicit the white house, people want to know how the hell their emails were revealed to the white house.

[WellyP]

Thinking out of the box...Soros has a lot of money. Rupert Murdock has a lot more and owns a lot of the media. Could this become a Murdock vs Soros event?

My money is on the Auzzie!

[Republic]

He did say that. But what is so strange is that Gibbs will NOT SAY that the White House, btw-OUR WHITE HOUSE (which seems to now be an arm of the DNC, and I want to know who is paying for all of the website personnel, etc, because it is totally partisan)-HAS NEVER SENT UNSOLICITED EMAILS.

[Ev Reeman]

Thank you. All compliments are gratefully accepted.

[sniper63]

You are not alone....Keep up the good fight...

[RckyRaCoCo]

Maynard G. Gibbs

[ought-six]

Gibbs is kind of an unctuous dissembler, isn’t he?

[50cal Smokepole]

The WH (Exec Branch) is under special rules concerning comms. They have to keep track of everything. The snitch list is a big one. So, if they have a list, they have to say how they got it. If it came about by outside sources (outside the gov’t), then they have, at least, a little embarrassing problem.

[ThomasPaine2000]

Gibbs has proved the “Peter Principle”, he has truly risen to new level of incompetence...

[ladyvet]

[FreeAtlanta]

lol, I know people who are now flooding flag@whitehouse.gov with fake or forwarded anti-obama and anti-socialist health care emails and puting in their liberal friends email links. Take that communist stooges!

[driftdiver]

The anti-spam law for one. Second is the propaganda factor. Third it is illegal for the White House to collect peoples names and contact info.

Its also illegal for them to destroy any emails.

[1951Boomer]

Could these emails be implied threats? It sends a message that the WH got your email in its “snitch” program. It’s like saying, “We know who you are, and we know where you live.”

[mware]

In any case Major Garrett called Gibbs bluff. He got permission from the people who got some of these emails.

Major is now waiting for Gibbs to get back to him now to explain how the names got onto axlerods list.