Ellison calls for resignation of White House press secretary Gibbs

minnesotaindependent.com ^ | August 10 2010 | Luke Johnson

[Berlin_Freeper]

Rep. Keith Ellison called for the resignation of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs after he said the “professional left” would only be satisfied with the Obama administration after “we have Canadian healthcare and we’ve eliminated the Pentagon.”

In an interview with The Hill, Gibbs vented further: “I hear these people saying he’s like George Bush. Those people ought to be drug tested.” On people who said that President Obama was too centrist, he said, “They wouldn’t be satisfied if Dennis Kucinich was president.”

Rep. Ellison told The Huffington Post, “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 presiden. I understand him having some loyalty to the president who employs him, but I think he’s walking over the line.”

Ellison said that Gibbs’ resignation was warranted. “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? And why would he confuse legitimate critique with some sort of lack of loyalty.

[livius]

Hmmm. So this was a last minute thing.

[Enchante]

the spectacle of a leftie scumbag like Robert Gibbs appearing as the “moderate” voice is more evidence that we have gone “through the looking glass” into some alternate reality

[Enchante]

which one is Gibbs?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Having to live in Bummerville 24/7 could be grating on some people.

[Personal Responsibility]

Catfight!

[Joan Kerrey]

Just be very quiet and let them do battle. We don’t need to do a thing.

[dforest]

Isn’t this guy the muzzie? well, other than Obozo that is.

[Monkey Face]

*yawn*
Wake me when this POS is out of office and takes his ugly, stupid idiots with him. Including Bertha Big Butt. *GAH* The feminazi who spends all our money on her “vacation” is Spain. So how many Muslim leaders will take orders from a female?

Anyone who works for Zero deserves what he gets. Karma is a bitch.

[glock rocks]

These are lies perpetrated by Bush loyalists.

[houeto]

Yes, it was.

[EGPWS]

Rep. Keith Ellison called for the resignation of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs after he said the “professional left” would only be satisfied with the Obama administration after “we have Canadian healthcare and we’ve eliminated the Pentagon.”

Government representation, for people too extreme to maintain employment elsewhere.

How much more will it take before the DNC members can be convicted of treason?

[EGPWS]

Isn’t this guy the muzzie?

Yes, representing the Somali ridden 5th district of Minneapolis.

[Liberty Valance]

Political kabuki theater. Alinsky would be proud.

[PastaMan]

Hmmmmm......if Gibbs can hang in a bit longer, then Her Thighness can run as VP in ‘12 and Joe BlowHole can be the next WH Press Secretary!!...and either Rengel or Waters as Secretary of State!!!/s

[ichabod1]

muzzle’em

[ichabod1]

The tan man in the harvard wrapper.

[ichabod1]

Pretty rare for a press secretary to last over two years, isn’t it?

[ichabod1]

Nah, it’s a tough job and few go out like Ari or Tony. But then there are books to be written, interviews to be had... Life’s not bad for an ex-PS.

[hoosiermama]

Wonder if they were still trying to get the Mooch-shell travel story straight. We've heard so many variations....Can't you just picture Mooch-shell tackling Bad Gag Bob just before he entered the door to the news conference.

[ichabod1]

He reminds me of the kind of tool who got the starch kicked out of him every other day throughout his entire public schooling... the kind of kid everyone loved to hate for all the right reasons

YEah! The kind of kid who didn't get beat down because he was a pudgy little white kid, but because he was such an AHOLE to everybody, a BULLY, and not able to back up his words with deeds. But in this case, it's that kid able to inflict payback on some people by attaining some level of power.