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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: PegLeg45 on December 04, 2009, 06:35:34 PM
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Tense White House exchange
Fri Dec 4, 1:57 pm ET
Contentious exchanges between White House press secretaries and members of the media have been fairly commonplace during the past few presidential administrations.
However, the one that took place Wednesday between White House press secretary Robert Gibbs and April Ryan of American Urban Radio, in which Gibbs essentially compared Ryan to a petulant child, is among the most heated (and entertaining) in recent memory.
The testy exchange was sparked by Ryan's insistent questioning of White House social secretary Desiree Rogers' role at the recent state dinner, which has been in the headlines because of the fallout from Tareq and Michaele Salahi's "party crashing."
Ryan claimed that there have been whispers around Washington insinuating that Rogers had overstepped the traditional role of her title at the event to become the "belle of the ball," thus "overshadowing the first lady." Frustrated by Ryan's tabloid-y line of questioning, Gibbs instructed her to "calm down" and to take a deep breath," adding "I do this with my son and that's what happens."
As the press corps cringed, murmured and chuckled at Gibbs' chastising, Ryan shot back: "Don't play with me."
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rKhbzJ8YeU
In the end, Gibbs recommended that they return to more weighty issues, "like 98,000 men and women in Afghanistan.
-- Brett Michael Dykes is a contributor to the Yahoo! News Blog
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl1014
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Gibbs has been coined the Pilsbury "doh" boy as far as Press Secretaries go.
When the "lemmings" in the media don't stay in line, well,....than your referred to as a child,.....
or a right wing extremist that loves guns & religion, and should be discredited.
In the same vein as the Secret Service thread. Let's review one of the most anal, detail oriented, non "f" en around group; the Secret Service.
Couple shows up at the door and is not on the list. Suddenly the Secret Service gets "stupid" and lets them in????
I doubt it. Rogers whose husband is a big financial player in the Chicago crowd, just wanted some flash time. She went against established protocol and even when asked, the SS Director said had someone from the WH staff been there it would have helped.
Same crap from this admin, just a different day..... I want BHO alive and well when the 2012 election results come in and ANYONE but him is our new POTUS.
Let his legacy be Carter 2.0
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Let his legacy be Carter 2.0
And there you have it. Not the anti-christ, not the next Hitler/Mao :o, just a lot of sizzle and no steak and a guy out of his depth. Granted, we've had 16 years of that. The difference is Clinton and W could afford to coast as things were relatively good. Now we need the varsity and we don't have it. The hope is that someone will show up with a vision in 2012.
FQ13 who is not holding his breath
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And there you have it. Not the anti-christ, not the next Hitler/Mao :o, just a lot of sizzle and no steak and a guy out of his depth. Granted, we've had 16 years of that. The difference is Clinton and W could afford to coast as things were relatively good. Now we need the varsity and we don't have it. The hope is that someone will show up with a vision in 2012.
FQ13 who is not holding his breath
Everyone he has appointed worships at the feet of Mao..... Obama is Dear Leader in sheep's clothing...... Remember that whole "Dont let a good crisis go to waste"...... just wait until you see what happens when we do get a real crisis on his watch.
ericire12 who is now returning to his game plan of ignoring shit for brains
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Everyone he has appointed worships at the feet of Mao..... Obama is Dear Leader in sheep's clothing...... Remember that whole "Dont let a good crisis go to waste"...... just wait until you see what happens when we do get a real crisis on his watch.
ericire12 who is now returning to his game plan of ignoring shit for brains
Eric
If the man were half as evil and COMPETANT as you say, you could insult me to my face in GITMO. Deal with the fact that once agin incompetetant A beat incompetant B. No need for insults, just a reality check.
FQ13
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Eric
If the man were half as evil and COMPETANT as you say, you could insult me to my face in GITMO. Deal with the fact that once agin incompetetant A beat incompetant B. No need for insults, just a reality check.
FQ13
FFwd to the 1:10 mark.......... ;D ;D ;D ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qs_XHLi5aU
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FQ, Don't get your hopes up about BO, "even a broken clock is right twice a day" is an old saying, no matter how incompetent some one is, random chance guarantees they will get it right occasionally.
NOTHING BO has said OR done, (And the 2 are NEVER the same) has been beneficial for America, or American citizens who do not live off welfare. No one bats 1000. (Or in his case -1000 ) by accident.
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And there you have it. Not the anti-christ, not the next Hitler/Mao :o, just a lot of sizzle and no steak and a guy out of his depth. Granted, we've had 16 years of that. The difference is Clinton and W could afford to coast as things were relatively good. Now we need the varsity and we don't have it. The hope is that someone will show up with a vision in 2012.
FQ13 who is not holding his breath
FQ, this statement reflects the very stupidity you evidence that compelled you to vote for bho in the first place.
Is bho personally out of his depth? Absolutely. But he is dangerous for that very reason. I've made a point of noting elsewhere here that I think his buffoonery, his ludicrous statements (with and without a teleprompter), his bumbling, his very empty suit-edness is a strongly desired trait, the better to destroy this country's strength and power in the world. Which of our allies, which of our (ever growing) list of enemies, will ever respect this country again after bho's act?
bho as an individual may be an empty suit, but nowhere in Revelations does it say that the anti-Christ acted alone, just that he is charismatic and sets up as a false messiah. bho is surrounded by people of appalling incompetence but also people of incredible evil. And that is where the real danger with bho lies.
You would do well to remember that, else you find yourself - in spite of current sentiments - voting for bho again in 2012 out of your hatred for all things GOP. I can just see you rationalizing voting for bho again by saying something inane like "Well, he's just an empty suit, and compared to this mope the GOP is running, bho can't be that bad!"
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Gibbs does it again here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rKhbzJ8YeU
“calm down”