It ain't gonna be pretty!
Posted on 03/06/2009 9:28:45 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs smiled and waved his hands when asked if he was ready to put an end to his battle with conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh.
“If your enemies are fighting themselves, then don’t get in the way,” Gibbs said.
Gibbs, in an interview with The Hill, acknowledged that the response was a “crude paraphrase” of a passage from Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. But given the former Senate aide’s penchant for battles, it’s not surprising he’s familiar with it.
President Obama’s spokesman and confidant simply characterizes his battles with Limbaugh and CNBC commentators Rick Santelli and Jim Cramer as “fun.”
He adds that the rationale behind engaging those critics from the podium of the White House briefing room is to correct the record on Obama’s policies during times of severe economic uncertainty.
“There’s a certain amount of theater to it that might make it more fun, but it’s important that people understand the policy,” Gibbs said in his West Wing office.
Some in Washington have questioned Gibbs’s decision to name names from the White House podium, which the press secretary conceded Wednesday is “counterproductive.”
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I think it’s more likely he knows the art of sitting down to pee.
using the power of the federal government to attack private citizens and stifle dissent??
priceless
Enemies? That one statement reveals everything.
he must enjoy, GETTING HIS AS* KICKED
Gibbs had a battle with Limbaugh? Who knew?
When this blows up in the administrations face, Gibbs will be the first one fired, watch and see.
“I think it’s more likely he knows the art of sitting down to pee.”
LMAO! Oh yeah, he looks like he’s just having the time of his life. Articulate, too!
Hey Gibbsy, since you started this **** Rush’s audience nearly DOUBLED. You Lose.
Gibbs on Limbaugh? Puh-LEEZ. And it isn’t Sun Tzu he misquoted, it’s Napoleon Bonaparte.
“If your enemies are fighting themselves, then don’t get in the way,” Gibbs said.”
Only Democrats are allowed to want their political “enemies” to fail. Republicans are supposed to want the other side to succeed.
Why do we put up with this?
You about made me pee
“If your enemies are fighting themselves, then don’t get in the way,” Gibbs said.
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I don’t recall Tony Snow ever calling any American citizen an “enemy” of the White House.
Gibbs is a damned fool.
You know it left a mark on the administration when they are acting like its “fun”. Its denying it hurt after you got smacked by an opponent, when in fact it hurt like hell.
Gee, it’s so nice that Obama and his staff are yukking it up and having so much darn fun while Rome is burning.
“President Obama’s spokesman and confidant simply characterizes his battles with Limbaugh and CNBC commentators Rick Santelli and Jim Cramer as “fun.””
We are not the least bit amused......
Oh yeah.
Zimbabwe central.
What next? Zero and Gibbs channel Papa Doc Duvalier?
It ain't gonna be pretty!
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