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Today’s Qs for O’s WH – 11/6/2009
Jake Tapper asks Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about health care during the White House briefing.
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ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, getting the squishy answers. TAPPER: Kind of a — a theoretical ques…
Instapundit — ASKING THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, getting the squishy answers. TAPPER: Kind of a — a theoretical question, but what — at what point does an attack become considered a terrorist attack, even — even if it’s a domestic terrorist attack? GIBBS: I don’t know that I would have the theoretical background to — to answer that. I would pose that to somebody at — at the FBI. But, again, I don’t know that we’re at a point yet where we fully understand motive. I think the answer is, “if ...

Gibbs: Can you imagine if, five years ago, protesters had compared our government to Hitler?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Christopher’s asked lately), and I mean that sincerely. Has any actual news ever come out of one of these briefings? They’re a lot of fun to watch, especially when Tapper asks Gibbs an inconvenient question that gives him that constipated look, but the actual news value is pretty much zero. (The morning gaggle, which takes place away from cameras, may be more useful.) Offhand, I can’t think of a single genuine scoop to come out of one of these; the closest I get is that time Gibbs dopily called Ahmadinejad the ...

Does the House Bill Fulfill Obama's Pledge to Bar Abortion Funding? Gibbs Won't Say
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Obama is endorsing the House bill, which Nancy Pelosi wants to vote on this weekend, but the House bill currently allows the public option and federally subsidized plans to cover elective abortions. Today, Gibbs danced around questions from ABC's Jake Tapper, who asked why the House is still debating about coverage of abortion and providing coverage for illegal immigrants when Obama's made himself clear. ...

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