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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: Kramer on July 15, 2010, 02:17:56 PM
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I'm thinking Robert Gibbs has worn out his welcome. I predict his departure by years end. He's a condescending jackass.
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He can't hold a "condescending jackass" candle to ANY of Bush's Press Secretary's. That Dana Perino was a moronic condescending jackass.
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Hola, Brass
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Hello Brassmask!
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He can't hold a "condescending jackass" candle to ANY of Bush's Press Secretary's. That Dana Perino was a moronic condescending jackass.
he's a prick, end of discussion.
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Naaaa, just a diehard blinded by devotion, socialist 8)
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All hail socialism. If only Obama was half a socialist.
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lol....oh believe me, he is. If he could only get half of what he really wanted to pass, get passed, he'd..........oh, wait, he has
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All hail socialism. If only Obama was half a socialist.
Only losers are for Socialism because they are lousy at things like jobs, working, creating, inventing, winning, LIFE, and a whole bunch of other attributes and character traits that successful people posses. Socialists are the dregs of society. Worthless people that would die if they didn't have their parents basement to live in, or food stamps, or government aid and assistance and other forms of handouts and affirmative action.
Let's face it you likely weren't able to get a house without your mommy chipping in, or maybe you don't even have a house yet or worse a government program gave you one but it got repossessed. Your Oz movie was a flop, and probably everything else you are involved in is failing to some degree. Yet on the other hand if you were successful and had a nice life why would you promote or need Socialism?
Picture this: Barry Obama, reasonably bright but a lost half-breed kid. The product of a mother that went from man to man and wasn't a good mother or role model. Not much a father figure was in his life either. So Barry gets a little Affirmative Action (and grand parents life savings) to put him through nice schools and he begins to see opportunity in the race bating/community activism arena. He moves to Chicago and basically uses black peoples despair to further his political ambitions. You see, Barry would never have made it in real life, with a real job, unless he'd gone into race-baiting politics. Yes indeed he would have gone back to granny's and lived in the spare bedroom, happily snorting lines of coke and smoking dope for the rest of his life if not for Frank. But Frank taught Barry about Marxism and motivated him to go to college, and then to Chicago, and you know the rest of the story. But my point is Barry Obama and all the men & women in his inner circle are losers just like you Brass. That's why you people promote Socialism! Too bad Brass, you aren't black because if you were you too could be like Barry. But you do serve a purpose for Obama and his crew because they could or would not make if too far if not for useful idiots like you and your friends.
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They're REALLY good at whining, complaining, and condemning though
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Only losers are for Socialism because they are lousy at things like jobs, working, creating, inventing, winning, LIFE, and a whole bunch of other attributes and character traits that successful people posses. Socialists are the dregs of society. Worthless people that would die if they didn't have their parents basement to live in, or food stamps, or government aid and assistance and other forms of handouts and affirmative action.
Let's face it you likely weren't able to get a house without your mommy chipping in, or maybe you don't even have a house yet or worse a government program gave you one but it got repossessed. Your Oz movie was a flop, and probably everything else you are involved in is failing to some degree. Yet on the other hand if you were successful and had a nice life why would you promote or need Socialism?
No need for personal attacks. And his OZ movie was much better than expected.
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For all we know, Kramer lives in a dumpster and writes us from the public library. He is too scared to reveal anything about his miserable life.
So don't take too much stock when he criticizes others.
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For all we know, Kramer lives in a dumpster and writes us from the public library. He is too scared to reveal anything about his miserable life.
So don't take too much stock when he criticizes others.
Yes, I find Waste Management is the Four Seasons of dumpsters. I hope that soon I can forgo the public library, because I hear it's a right to have internet connectivity, and am waiting for the government to give me a laptop and free Wi-fi.
What personal information would you like me to reveal to you? If it's possible I would be happy to accommodate your fantasy to learn more about me.
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For all we know, Kramer lives in a dumpster and writes us from the public library.
For all we know, so do you, so do I, so does Bt. It's just all largely hearsay
So don't take too much stock when he criticizes others.
Ditto for Xo, if those are the parameters we're supposed to follow, oh king of the snark
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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/113577-dem-lawmaker-calls-on-gibbs-to-resign (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/113577-dem-lawmaker-calls-on-gibbs-to-resign)
Dem lawmaker calls on Gibbs to resign
By Jordan Fabian - 08/10/10 02:54 PM ET
A Democratic member of Congress called for White House press secretary Robert Gibbs's resignation Tuesday due to inflammatory comments he made about the "professional left."
Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), said Gibbs went over the line when he told The Hill that some left-wing critics of the president "ought to be drug tested."
"This is not the first time that Mr. Gibbs has made untoward and inflammatory comments and I certainly hope that people in the White House don't share his view that the left is unimportant to the president," Ellison told the Huffington Post. "I understand him having some loyalty to the president who employs him, but I think he's walking over the line."
Asked if Gibbs should resign, he said "That'd be fair, because this isn't the first time. And, again, people of all political shades worked very hard to help the president become the president. Why would he want to go out and deliberately insult the president's base?"
Gibbs took heat from liberal bloggers and activists for his comments, who argued Gibbs's comments were foolish. Gibbs later stood by his comments, but called them "inartful."
He did not participate in the White House daily press briefing Tuesday.
Deputy press secretary Bill Burton told the White House press corps that Gibbs was absent because he is suffering from a cold.
UPDATED 8/11/2010 9:59 A.M.
Ellison on Wednesday disputed the Huffington Post's account. He told the Minneapolis Star-Tribune that he did not call on Gibbs to resign.
“To set the record straight, I did not call for White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to resign,” he says. “Unfortunately the Huffington Post and other media outlets got the story wrong. I did say, however, that he went too far in his rhetoric. We all know that words matter in politics. I hope that Mr. Gibbs has reconsidered the wisdom of his words.”
Ellison's statement did not address his statement that his resignation would be "fair."
Source:
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/113577-dem-lawmaker-calls-on-gibbs-to-resign (http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/113577-dem-lawmaker-calls-on-gibbs-to-resign)
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The change-over is happening. Before years end po Robert Gibbs will be booted out.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100825/D9HQBVG80.html (http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100825/D9HQBVG80.html)
Vacationing Obama gets temp press secretary
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Aug 25, 3:01 AM (ET)
By GLEN JOHNSON
VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. (AP) - With a broad grin and aw-shucks approach, Bill Burton is a marked contrast with his boss, the always ready-for-battle White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.
While Gibbs comes off as combative and hot, Burton is low-key and self-deprecating. He always seems ready to smile.
Describing how Obama was spending his vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Burton joked Tuesday, "This will probably get me fired, but I know that Valerie (Jarrett, a senior presidential adviser) did not do so well in Scrabble against the president."
For two weeks, Burton is standing in for the vacationing Gibbs, serving as the public face of the White House. That's allowed Burton to gain stature on one of the key indices in Washington: proximity to power.
Just 33 years old, the Buffalo, N.Y., native has already worked in three presidential campaigns and on Capitol Hill. He's seen as a top contender to be White House press secretary if Gibbs moves on. Burton - like Obama, the son of a black father and white mother - appears to be the first African-American to take the podium and speak on behalf of the president.
"He clearly has a different personality than Robert," said Mike McCurry, who was press secretary for President Bill Clinton. "He's not as determined to win every argument."
Steve Elmendorf, who supervised him both in Dick Gephardt's and John Kerry's presidential campaigns, lauded Burton.
"You watch him up there on the podium and you think, 'This is someone who likes what he's doing, is in the job he should be doing and is doing it well,'" said Elmendorf. "He's just a really even-keeled, hardworking deputy who sort of fits into the Obama 'no-drama' ethic from the campaign."
True to that motif, Burton declined a request to be interviewed for this article.
"Come on. Are you that bored?" he said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
Gibbs told the AP not to read too much into his absence.
"I was on vacation last week. And I'm happy to say I didn't pick up my BlackBerry for the better part of five days," he said.
Serving as White House press secretary is a notorious grind. The challenge is delivering the daily White House message and responding to an array of media inquiries while retaining personal credibility.
Four people, including the late Tony Snow, held the job during the eight-year administration of President George W. Bush.
Gibbs has been press secretary for more than 18 months, but a choppy few months at the briefing room lectern - coupled with his stature as one of the president's closest political advisers - have prompted speculation about his long-term plans.
The press secretary has long relished exchanges with Republican critics, but this month Gibbs targeted his fellow Democrats. He complained Obama's accomplishments have largely gone unnoticed by "the professional left."
In July, Gibbs also antagonized House Democrats by making the seemingly innocuous observation that there's "no doubt" the party could lose control of the chamber to the Republicans, given the number of close races.
In addition, the press secretary has had to soothe White House reporters following complaints about unreturned calls and tight control over photographers.
McCurry made note of that tension when he said of Burton, "He has certainly more of an easygoing personality, and I think the temperature in the White House can get pretty hot, but it goes down markedly when Bill's delivering the briefing."
Meanwhile, the president's re-election campaign begins after the November midterm elections, and some of his top 2008 political advisers, such as Jarrett and David Axelrod, are now weighted down with government jobs.
Eliminating the task of preparing for - and delivering - the daily briefing could free Gibbs to think more strategically. Under one scenario, Axelrod could resume a campaign role and Gibbs could assume his West Wing title as senior adviser to the president.
Gibbs did not want to address the subject during his interview with the AP, but after a JetBlue flight attendant made an infamous exit from an airliner earlier this month, the press secretary joked, "I don't plan on leaving, and there's no truth to the rumor that I've added an inflatable exit to my office."
Burton graduated from the University of Minnesota before entering politics as an aide to Rep. Bill Luther, D-Minn. In 2001, he became press secretary to Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, a key presidential state. In 2003, he moved to Gephardt's White House campaign, before signing on with Kerry, who ended up winning the 2004 Democratic nomination.
The Massachusetts senator lost the race, but Burton found his future wife, Laura Capps, daughter of Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif. Laura Capps also worked on the Kerry campaign, and she and Burton were married in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 2007.
After the Kerry campaign, Burton shifted over to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, handling communications for the group charged with electing Democrats to the House. In January 2007, he joined the Obama campaign as national press secretary. Gibbs was his boss, the communications director.
The two then moved to the White House when Obama won.
Today, Burton continues to play second fiddle to Gibbs' lead. That includes Twitter postings, including one pointing out the photograph accompanying a newspaper story that said Obama hadn't held a news conference in 10 months.
"Odd since it's from his press conf 4 mos ago," Burton tweeted.
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looks like I missed my guess by 5 days. not bad though!!!