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White House Doesn’t Compare Tea Party Protest to ‘Deliverance’
White House Doesn’t Compare Tea Party Protest to ‘Deliverance’
At yesterday's White House Briefing, Jake Tapper asked Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about the Tea Party protest that was occurring on Capitol Hill yesterday. Gibbs responded by saying that he was tempted to make a joke about Tea Party speaker Jon Voight . Despite cajoling, he resisted. Despite ...
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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Gibbs: Can You Imagine if, 5 Years Ago, People Had Protested With Hitler Pictures?!?
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Before Gibbs took leave of his senses and all sense of history today, the White House had a more petulant response to the gathering, at which actor Jon Voight spoke. Yesterday, Gibbs very kindly stopped himself from making a "Deliverance" joke about the attendees. Considerate. ...

Gibbs: Can you imagine if, five years ago, protesters had compared our government to Hitler?
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... myself from sheer frustration at deciding where to begin to answer him, but thankfully MKH has pulled the necessary links together to do the job. Just follow the link up top. Meanwhile, I’m almost afraid to ask: Did anyone in the press corps follow up when he dropped that nugget on them? Tapper? Bueller? While we’re on the subject of the idiocy of White House press briefings, here’s Mediaite’s Tommy Christopher asking Gibbs what he thinks of “V”. Which is an awesome question (and not the only one Christopher’s asked lately), and I mean that sincerely. Has any actual news ever ...

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