WH Knocks CNBC's Cramer For Calling Obama Budget 'Greatest Wealth Destruction By a President'

drudgereport ^ | 3/3/2009

[bestintxas]

NBC's Tom Costello, on duty at the White House today, asked press secretary Robert Gibbs about some comments made by his CNBC colleague Jim Cramer. On the Today show this morning, Cramer called Pres. Obama's budget a "radical agenda," adding, "This is the greatest wealth destruction I've seen by a President."

"I'm not entirely sure what he's pointing to to make some of the statements," said Gibbs. "And you can go back and look at any number of statements he's made in the past about the economy and wonder where some of the back-up for those are too."

When pressed further by Costello, Gibbs said, "If you turn on a certain program it's geared to a very small audience. No offense to my good friends, or friend at CNBC. But the President has to look out for the broader economy and the broader population."

Last month Gibbs had some choice words for Cramer's colleague, Rick Santelli and his criticism of the Obama mortgage plan.

[bestintxas]

Why not call the facts when you see 'em?

[Slapshot68]

Barry...methinks thou dost protest too much...

[Carling]

Santelli, Limbaugh, Cramer all singled out and criticized...

some thin-skinned cowards in this White House.

[proud American in Canada]

I'm not entirely sure what he's pointing to to make some of the statements,"

How about the market free-fall?

[proud American in Canada]

I'm not entirely sure what he's pointing to to make some of the statements,"

How about the market free-fall?

[thefactor]

"If you turn on a certain program it's geared to a very small audience. No offense to my good friends, or friend at CNBC. But the President has to look out for the broader economy and the broader population."

translation: if you can afford to invest in the market, you are rich and we don't care about you anyway. so screw you. give us your money.

[proud American in Canada]

Sorry for the double post!

[BornToBeAmerican]

What the truth is to hot for you Gibbs/

[MrB]

The “gyrations of the stock market” are of little interest to the great FUBO.

They don’t know anything, after all, and he, the Great FUBO has a “bigger picture” and a “grander plan” in mind. You wouldn’t understand.

[BigFinn]

Big bad Boooyaahhh...

[brytlea]

I gotta say, the One is very thin skinned.

[MrB]

Oh, so you clutter up the thread with YET ANOTHER post, apologizing for the double post!

:)

[Primetimedonna]

I gotta say, the One is very thin skinned

LOL! Could you imagine him coping with what was thrown at President Bush on a daily basis!!

[brytlea]

Inflation... ;)

[McLynnan]

CNBC must have missed the WH memo saying “Thou shalt not speak negatively of The One,” or else......

[jiggyboy]

Well you have to give Gibbs credit for calling Cramer out on past lies and cough-up-your-coffee flip-flops, and for not noting that Cramer was an Obama booster during the campaign.

[wastedyears]

They’re critical of everything, no matter who it comes from.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Where’s the liberal outrage at the attack on a media figure?

[Sir Gawain]

"If you turn on a certain program it's geared to a very small audience. No offense to my good friends, or friend at CNBC. But the President has to look out for the broader economy and the broader population."

Small audience? The broader population IS the stock market, you dumbass Peter Griffin.

[GeronL]

have you ever seen a White House go after individual critics before??

this is a very scary portent. is that the right way to use that word? I don’t think I have actually used it before