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Don’t Call It A Comeback: Robert Gibbs Returns To Critique New Hampshire GOP Debate

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by Tommy Christopher | 1:51 pm, June 14th, 2011

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A little over four months after stepping down as White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs stepped back into the spotlight Tuesday morning for a spot of Morning Joe. Discussing Monday night’s CNN Republican primary debate, Gibbs took a few well-placed shots at contenders Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty, declared Michele Bachmann the victor, and talked about some of the challenges that President Obama faces in his reelection bid. Given his skills with a political knife, it was a soft rollout of Gibbs 2.0.

Gibbs took only brief shots at the GOP field, noting that they preferred to “hit the President,” rather than talk about their own records. “Given Mitt Romney’s job creation record in Massachusetts,” Gibbs said, “or Tim Pawlenty’s record of leaving a $6 billion deficit in Minnesota, I wouldn’t want to talk about my record on that, either.”

The balance of the segment dealt with the challenges that President Obama faces in turning the economy around, and toward the end, a little glimpse into Gibbs’ use of his rare down time.

Gibbs’ re-emergence as a surrogate for the President underscores the strategy behind the selection of Jay Carney as Gibbs’ successor. Carney has sealed up the messaging from the press office like a CDC lab, raising the art of not making news to Picasso-esque levels. While frustrating to beat reporters, it cuts unforced errors to a minimum, and clears the way for people like Gibbs, David Axelrod, and Bill Burton to do the heavy lifting for Obama’s reelection.

Here’s the clip, from MSNBC’s Morning Joe:

2012 elections, barack obama, CNN Debate, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, morning joe, Republicans, Robert Gibbs, Tim Pawlenty

cjd ohio 1

carey sealed up, that way nothing can be directly link back to the president, yeah great strategy
Big Eddie

First and foremost , Gibbs’ tenuous association with veracity has held fast .
No surprise that he turns up on MSNBC to trash Obama’s replacement , whoever that may be .

In a post Weinergate world , maybe Gibbs can be the flack for Obama as he runs for mayor of N.Y. .
Just4thefax

Fact: Bagdad Bob strikes again.
Azarkhan

Hey Gibbs, when does the new “Recovery Summer” start? Is Biden doing the tour again?
Jaurez

No bias there…
Liberal Tormentor

Azarkhan, didn’t you hear OZero admit those shovel ready jobs weren’t quite so shovel ready. Gibbs was a total embarrassment, but hey, he wasn’t embarrassing my guy so have at it!
jerrybobphil

One funny performance from Gibbs not once did he even try to speak of any of Obama accomplishments. Even this hack can’t talk up the President which should tell you all you need to know about the plan from this White House. Just trash anyone who dares run against him and speak nothing of what the President has done.
Jaurez

“I’m not Bachmann!”

Obombers new slogan…
Jaurez

“Our “shovel ready” jobs weren’t really “shovel ready.”

He writes ads all by himself.
THE REAL ROYAL KING

“Tim Pawlenty’s record of leaving a $6 billion deficit in Minnesota ….”

With a population 5 times larger than Minnesota, Toll Booth Perry ran up a US $27 Billion deficit. T-paw ran up a higher per person debt than T-booth. That’s unbelievable. I wouldn’t have thought anyone could beat T-booth’s record.
Jaurez

Newsflash! T-Paw doesn’t stand a chance.

Btw, how’s Obombers deficit? ROFL!
Jaurez

I hear Texas a a pretty good job rate..”Toll Booth” must be doing something right, ay phony?
http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

“clears the way for people like Gibbs, David Axelrod, and Bill Burton to do the heavy lifting for Obama’s reelection.”
-TC

Team Obama is big trouble… you can see it in the interviews w/ the above mentioned operatives…

that “heavy lifting” will need a Casey Viator like effort…
BatBoy

Go back to where you were Robert…we did not miss you!
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Jaurez said:
I hear Texas a a pretty good job rate..”Toll Booth” must be doing something right, ay phony?

Actually, New York created more jobs last month, and the thousands and thousands of teachers T-booth fired all hit the unemployment offices 2 September, so it’s really not all that terribly impressive. Add to that Continental Airlines lay offs next month and Amazon had shit down its Texas offices, and you readily see that T-booth’s ego is not the only thing inflated in the Lone Star State.
http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Actually, New York created more jobs last month, and the thousands and thousands of teachers T-booth fired all hit the unemployment offices 2 September, so it’s really not all that terribly impressive. Add to that Continental Airlines lay offs next month and Amazon had shit down its Texas offices, and you readily see that T-booth’s ego is not the only thing inflated in the Lone Star State.

40% of new jobs created since Obama took office have been in Texas…
puck30

So MSNBC brings in the (ex) Obama White House spoksperson to Critique The GOP debates.

No it’s not strange.
Jaurez

THE FAKE ROYAL KING said:
Actually, New York created more jobs last month,

I never claimed Texas had the “best” job rate…Jeez. As to the rest of the problems you mentioned you can thank Obomber. Btw, no teachers were “fired” fakey. They were laid off and almost every state in the union is doing so thanks to Obomber.
Jaurez

skoorbekim said:
40% of new jobs created since Obama took office have been in Texas…

Many big businesses have left California and headed for Texas things are so “bad” there. ;)
Just my Opinion

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Actually, New York created more jobs last month, and the thousands and thousands of teachers T-booth fired all hit the unemployment offices 2 September, so it’s really not all that terribly impressive. Add to that Continental Airlines lay offs next month and Amazon had shit down its Texas offices, and you readily see that T-booth’s ego is not the only thing inflated in the Lone Star State.

I would be a little upset and leary of any company that would “shit down their
offices” , no matter where they might be located.
Stay on top of this one for us, Creep..
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Jaurez said:
Btw, no teachers were “fired” fakey. They were laid off and almost every state in the union is doing so thanks to Obomber.

Actually, T-booth “reformed” property taxes, the primary means of funding schools in Texas several years ago. That underfunded schools. The loss was to be offset my business tax “reform” to increase tax revenues and offset the property tax “reforms”. Then, W’s Recession hit, business fell off, and bam! Record deficits in the state.

By the way, Texas law makes no distinction between being fired and laid off.

I understand T-paw’s trick in Minnesota was in essence a shell game. Transferring money from fund to fund until they were all busted.

Perhaps, T-booth and T-paw should ticket together. Then we can experience a real Hoover style Depression!
THE REAL ROYAL KING

Just my Opinion said:
I would be a little upset and leary of any company that would “shit down their
offices” , no matter where they might be located.
Stay on top of this one for us, Creep..

Oops!
http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
I understand T-paw’s trick in Minnesota was in essence a shell game. Transferring money from fund to fund until they were all busted.

If you’re this wrong about T-Paw’s balanced budget, I can only imagine how wrong you are on Texas politics…
THE REAL ROYAL KING

skoorbekim said:
40% of new jobs created since Obama took office have been in Texas…

Texas’ unemployment rate tells a different story. It has gone up from 7.7% to 8.0% over that same period. And by that measure, Texas has done worse than the rest of the country since the peak of national unemployment in October 2009: that month the U.S. rate was 10.1% and Texas was 8.2%. Texas peaked at 8.3% last December, dropping to 8.0% in April, while the national rate has dropped a point since it’s peak to 9.1%

Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2011/06/13/rick-perry%e2%80%99s-jobs-problem-part-ii/#ixzz1PHdSG4CW
THE REAL ROYAL KING

skoorbekim said:
If you’re this wrong about T-Paw’s balanced budget, I can only imagine how wrong you are on Texas politics…

Let me introduce you to T-paw:

“The projected deficit in Minnesota could derail its former governor’s presidential bid, The Wall Street Journal reports. Tim Pawlenty, the governor until this year, has cast himself as an adult fiscal “truth teller,” but he’ll have some explaining to do in light of the fact that ***** Minnesota’s projected budget gap for fiscal 2012 as a percentage of the state’s total general fund is the fourth-highest in the nation.*****

Pawlenty balanced each two-year state budget while governor, and he left a $663 million surplus for fiscal 2011. But critics say Minnesota’s fiscal woes stem from short-term patches Pawlenty implemented, the newspaper reports.”

http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/minnesota-deficit-could-derail-pawlenty-20110602
http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Pawlenty balanced each two-year state budget while governor, and he left a $663 million surplus for fiscal 2011.

there ya go…

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
Texas’ unemployment rate tells a different story.

WSJ: Texas added 265,300 net jobs, out of the 722,200 nationwide… that’s 37% of the nation’s new jobs…

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304259304576375480710070472.html
ModerateMan

Texas doesn’t have a deficit. It’s against the constitution. What you are regurtitating is the NYT’s Paul Krugman and his partisan lies. The 27 billion dollar figure is a “theoretical” deficit that would occur if Texas kept increasing it’s spending and ignored the decrease in tax revenue for the next 2 years. It’s purely fantasy and is endlessly repeated by braindead liberals who have no idea what they are talking about.

RIck Perry and Texas just adjusted their spending budget for the next two years to match revenue. LIKE IT DOES EVERY TWO YEARS.
slickerwick

Jaurez said:
“Our “shovel ready” jobs weren’t really “shovel ready.”

He writes ads all by himself.

Hehe. Ain’t that the truth. Whatever possessed him to admit to that? Reality is a b**ch.
ModerateMan

Tommy Christoper- Gibbs was on CNN last night after the debate. The Morning Joe appearance wasn’t his “comeback” technically.
Liberal Tormentor

Obama Campaign Sends Around Misleading DNC Video on GOP Debate

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/06/obama-campaign-sends-around-misleading-dnc-video-on-gop-debate.html#tp
http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

Liberal Tormentor said:
Obama Campaign Sends Around Misleading DNC Video on GOP Debate

cutting down a 2 hr debate to a 42sec ad spot makes you wonder what the DNC thinks about the intellect of their voters…

I want to see a video of John King’s grunts… it might require an intermission…
Dem4Ever

ModerateMan said:
Tommy Christoper- Gibbs was on CNN last night after the debate. The Morning Joe appearance wasn’t his “comeback” technically.

Gibbs is also on Obama’s re-election team so you can’t really trust a thing that comes out of his mouth.
jondar2

It’s the return of “Baghdad Bob” Gibbs, chief propagandist of the Oblamer admin.

Does anyone remember Baghdad Bob from the Iraq invaqsion? We have defeated the Americans at the airport and they are all dead or captured, saying this just as the tanks rolled by outside his window?

That’s our own Baghdad Bob Gibbs as he reports on Oblamer never making a mistake, and anyone who opposes him is a total failure.
purveyor

I have watched Gibbs recently and he hasn’t changed a bit. He never said anything when he was with the Obama administration. He didn’t say anything during the interview.

Ari Fliescher, Dana Perino and Dee Dee Meyers etc., had/have depth and personality. Gibbs is an empty vessel surrounded by a container of conceit.

NO, I never liked the man, or, his Boss and that is my bias.
adler56

liberal wannabe
But it’s OK with you that dumbya completely lied about the WMD- even crawling on his office floor- as our soldiers were being shot at for his phuckup- trying to be funny. What a doofus.