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Gibbs on Capitol Hill Protest: “I'm Sure There's a Jon Voight Joke in Here Somewhere”
Gibbs on Capitol Hill Protest: “I'm Sure There's a Jon Voight Joke in Here Somewhere”
Asked about the several thousand protestors who gathered on Capitol Hill today to protest Democratic health care reform legislation, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs joked about one of the actors who was a featured speaker at the rally, saying, “I'm sure there's a Jon Voight joke in here ...
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 Laments Images, Statements From Tea Party Crowd As 'Stunning'
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — 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 ... (more) Gibbs Laments Images, Statements From Tea Party Crowd As ...
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'
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Ben Smith's Blog — The White House will nationalize 2010. Huckabee leads the 2012 field, and fewer than a third think Palin is qualified. Her biographers suggest she makes things up. Gaspard huddles in Wisconsin. TNR blasts Gration. Kerik pleads out. Tea Partiers take DC.   The left finds extremely bad taste. Gibbs is sure there's a Jon Voight joke there somewhere. Hillary bundler Reshma Saujani challenges Maloney. Clinton's inevitability strategy ...

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