Burton fills in for harried spokesman (Press Sec afraid to face Press!??)

politico ^ | 8/10/10 | kendra marr

[milwguy]

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, drawing criticism for his remarks on the “professional left,” sent his deputy to fill in for him an hour before he was scheduled to brief reporters on Tuesday.

The White House announced that the deputy press secretary, Bill Burton, would take reporters’ questions at 1:30 p.m., 30 minutes later than Gibbs was scheduled to brief.

Gibbs had singled out liberal naysayers in an interview with The Hill’s Sam Youngman. “I hear these people saying he’s like George Bush. Those people ought to be drug tested,” Gibbs told him. “I mean, it’s crazy.”

Hours after the story was published, Gibbs apologized in this statement to the left-leaning Huffington Post, The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent and The Atlantic’s Marc Ambinder:

“I watch too much cable, I admit. Day after day it gets frustrating. Yesterday I watched as someone called legislation to prevent teacher layoffs a bailout -- but I know that's not a view held by many, nor were the views I was frustrated about.

[SunkenCiv]

He's toast.

Gibbs had singled out liberal naysayers in an interview with The Hill's Sam Youngman... Hours after the story was published, Gibbs apologized in this statement to the left-leaning Huffington Post, The Washington Post's Greg Sargent and The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder.

[dynachrome]

He’ll be gone soon. Doesn’t really matter who wears “Bagdad Bob’s” uniform.

[concerned about politics]

Maybe Gibbs, like so many others on Obomas staff, wants to jump ship. It can't be easy to lie like that. The nation is under distress because of the left, and everyone knows it.

OR.....Oboma is attempting to "move toward the middle" in preparation of 2012. According to the Koran, it's ok to lie and deceive in the name of Jihad.

[concerned about politics]

Obama’s are going to MArtha’s Vineyard for ANOTHER vacation.

OMG. All they do is vacation. It's costing the tax payers a fortune!
Wait a minute. I take that back. They have lots of parties, too.

(You can take the Obomas out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the Obomas. Once a freeloader - always a freeloader.)

[concerned about politics]

allows Barak Hussein Obama II eligibility to run for President of Kenya!

That's when the U.S., through the will of the American people, cuts off all aid to Kenya.