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White House Press Secretary Gets Cute Again
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Democrats, Barack Obama, Economy, Obama AdministrationI'm working on a more detailed analysis of today's White House press briefing, but I wanted to post this first, because it meshes well with my colleague Caleb Howe's earlier commentary on a different part of this press conference. In Caleb's post, Gibbs is glib and evasive with ABC's Jake Tapper over the issue of transparency. To a lesser extent, he gets cute with another reporter who askes him about Hilda Solis' tax issue:(from White House press office, via email) Q Robert, Hilda Solis's husband yesterday paid back 15 liens, some of ...
Amanda Carpenter: Gibbs Isn't Looking Good
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
Gibbs miraculously managed to insult a reporter and trivialize important questions in a single line of questioning during the White House briefing today. The White House Press Corps sure aren't like the press buddies on the campaign bus are they, Gibbs? There's a pretty big adjustment taking place from spitting out election talking points to explaining the Administration's position on policy matters. I'm not sure Gibbs is going to be able to get up to speed. Gibbs also had a hard time answering questions about Solis's tax problelms.
Gibbs Watch
The Corner on National Review Online —
Thursday, February 05, 2009 [image] Gibbs Watch [Peter Wehner] It wasn't just the clumsy (and irritated) Jake Tapper incident. Here Gibbs is refusing to answer a question regarding labor secretary-designate Hilda Solis's husband and his back taxes: As one friend wrote to me, "This guy is worse than Scott [McClellan] was. He's going to need to go quick." Even Jon Stewart ...
