Let me summarize Gibbs’ position, here:
…we’re in better shape now than we were last year. Which is to say, we are better off than we were on September 15th, 2008, when the national debt was 9.63 trillion (it’s 10.98 trillion now), the unemployment rate was 6.1 (it’s 8.1 now), and the Dow was at 10,918 (it closed today at 7,217). Yes. We are doing so much better right now, I am tempted to max out my credit cards.
I would like to feel sorry for Gibbs, but it’s not as if his wife and family are currently locked away in a cage somewhere as surety for his good behavior. On the other hand, Andrew Sullivan is currently using the Atlantic to tell the world that Bush/Cheney were worse than the Gestapo (and you wonder why Douthat ran away from that gig?); seeing as by fairly simple logic that means that Obama is*, too… well. Maybe I should feel sorry for Gibbs, after all.
Moe Lane
PS: The funny part? That wasn’t even Tapper smacking Gibbs around this time.
*Which means that by his own rules so is Sullivan, until he repudiates his vote for Obama in the first place.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
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Gibbs youth pic belongs here too:
harpsichord (Diary) Monday, March 16th at 9:30PM EST (link)http://www.undergroundcollectibles.com/index.cfm/fa/items.main/parentcat/10296/subcatid/0/id/101239
I don't envy Gibbs his job.
itrytobenice (Diary) Monday, March 16th at 10:31PM EST (link)Bagdad Bob lives on in the WH. The curtain is back and we can all see that there is no wizard there. The One has been exposed as Duh One. And now Gibbs has to spin that.
Well. Try anyway.
Proper grammar saves lives.
Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.
Every clip I see
robmikpet (Diary) Monday, March 16th at 10:34PM EST (link)there seems to be reporters snickering in the background I think they think he is a complete idiot.
Maybe
Rapunzel46 Tuesday, March 17th at 1:26AM EST (link)because he is…
I didn’t think anyone could be worse than Scott McClellan, but Obama managed to find him.
This is exactly the problem
paulincolo (Diary) Tuesday, March 17th at 12:05AM EST (link)when all you use are shallow meaningless phrases like change and hope. You actually have to have a plan that represents change and embraces hope, rather than fly-by the seat of your pants governing.
“hey, our stimulus bill is passed, but we lost approval points, we better now be positive. let’s say the economy is now sound, nobody will question that. tell the Gibber and lets get some beer.”