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Gibbs Laments Images, Statements From Tea Party Crowd As 'Stunning'
David Corn from Mother Jones read an incendiary quote from yesterday's Capitol Hill Tea Party to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs this afternoon during the press briefing. Gibbs used the question as an opportunity to lament the state of discourse in the U.S. Here's the Gibbs ...
Gibbs: Can You Imagine if, 5 Years Ago, People Had Protested With Hitler Pictures?!?
weeklystandard.com — Today, Robert Gibbs lamented some of the offensive signs at the rally (of which there were some,... but not enough to even fill out HuffPo's 12 Most Offensive slideshow ): "I will continue to say what I've said before. You hear in this debate, you ... (more) Gibbs: Can You Imagine if, 5 Years Ago, People Had ...
Gibbs dismisses losses as 'local elections'
Gibbs dismisses losses as 'local elections'
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — WASHINGTON (CNN) – White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed Democratic electoral defeats in New Jersey and... Virginia as "two very local elections" that say nothing about President Barack Obama's standing with the American people ... (more) Gibbs dismisses losses as 'local elections'
POLITICO 44: Gibbs: Obama 'not watching returns'
POLITICO 44: Gibbs: Obama 'not watching returns'
politico.com — Hours after urging reporters not to draw sweeping conclusions from Tuesday's gubernatorial elections in New Jersey and... Virginia, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told POLITICO President Barack Obama wasn't even keeping an eye on the results. ... (more) POLITICO 44: Gibbs: Obama 'not watching returns'
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Gibbs: Can You Imagine if, 5 Years Ago, People Had Protested With Hitler Pictures?!?
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Today, Robert Gibbs lamented some of the offensive signs at the rally (of which there were some, but not enough to even fill out ...

Obama’s Mouthpiece: Can You Imagine If People Had Compared Bush To Hitler?
Say Anything — White House spokesman Robert Gibbs is worried about Hitler analogies in the health care debate. Because that sort of thing is divisive. I will continue to say what I’ve said before. You hear in this debate, you hear analogies, you hear references to, you see pictures about and depictions of individuals that are truly stunning, and you hear it all the time. People — imagine five years ago somebody comparing health care reform to 9/11. ...

Gibbs’ Bushitler amnesia.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... You hear in this debate, you hear analogies, you hear references to, you see pictures about and depictions of individuals that are truly stunning, and you hear it all the time. People — imagine five years ago somebody comparing health care reform to 9/11. Imagine just a few years ago had somebody walked around with images of Hitler. Hopefully we can get back to a discussion about the issues that are important in this country that we can do so without being personally disagreeable and set up comparisons to things that were so insidious in our history that anybody in any ...

Gibbs’ Bushitler amnesia.
RedState — ... You hear in this debate, you hear analogies, you hear references to, you see pictures about and depictions of individuals that are truly stunning, and you hear it all the time. People — imagine five years ago somebody comparing health care reform to 9/11. Imagine just a few years ago had somebody walked around with images of Hitler. Hopefully we can get back to a discussion about the issues that are important in this country that we can do so without being personally disagreeable and set up comparisons to things that were so insidious in our history that anybody in any ...

Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars — ... Rees:10 jokes about Joe Lieberman ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: Brad Jacobson's investigative series..."Official" media criticism...A perfect match...Odd couple...Coming Sunday: NYT does something unprecedented...WaPo Co. crashed-and-burned-and-smoking...Terrorism, Islam and Fort Hood...Huffington: We do not live in the age of misinformation..Journamalism....Bumped... Gibbs...Special Suburbanites...More honors for Sy Hersh...Scribe nominates ...

Just how out of touch with reality is the Obama White House?
Wizbang — ... before addressing the tragic mass-murder at Fort Hood, even though the cable news networks JIP'd the President's speech because they expected him to open it with a statement expressing his condolences? And now we have this absolute gem , courtesy of White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, who was asked about the handful of distasteful signs that appeared at ...

How Can Anyone Be This Clueless?
QandO — I‘m not sure, but Presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs manages it very well: “I will continue to say what I’ve said before. You hear in this debate, you hear analogies, you hear references to, you see pictures about and depictions of individuals that are truly stunning, and you hear it all the time. People — imagine five years ago somebody comparing health care reform to 9/11. Imagine just a few years ago had somebody walked around with images of Hitler. Hopefully we can get back to ...

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