Posted on 11/08/2010 7:35:10 AM PST by edpc
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is known for sparring with White House reporters, making for what often seems like an antagonistic mood in the briefing room.
But during President Obama's trip to India, Gibbs assumed the role of press advocate and threatened to pull Obama out of bilateral talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmoham Singh because three U.S. reporters were blocked from covering the meeting.
Indian officials would only let in five reporters into Hyderabad House in New Delhi instead of the agreed-upon eight.
The Washington Post's Scott Wilson—who was on White House pool duty today and filed the report for the White House press corps—wrote that "Gibbs announced loudly and persistently on steps of Hyderabad House that he would pull" President Obama out of the meeting "unless 'the White House 8' as we've come to be known, were all allowed in."
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“Maybe he does have that power...”
Well, that would explain some things wouldn’t it?
This story tickles a neuron in my brain. Didn’t something exactly like this happen last year, year before? Gibbs threatens to pull the Pres if American reporters weren’t let in?
Good cop bad cop routine?
aye yep. That’s it and you can tell by the desperate demeanor of his demands...
Little rat bastard....stuffy,smarmy little twit...I’d love to slap the dogcrap outta him.He’s even annoying to LOOK AT,much less listen to.
"The White House 8"?? Who are these hand-picked sycophants and propagandists? NAMES!!
Fibbs threatens. Dumbo say’s yeah what he say’s....
“if you don’t stop,he won’t do another press conference”
??????
who Dumbo or Totus?
..listening to him “wing it” in India when he has to gets him in trouble. Isn’t time for Biteme to stand up and commit verbal hara-kiri to take some heat off President Coconut?
You know, you could be right. It would make sense to keep a minder close to the puppet.
Now there’s a chilling thought.
Still- think for a minute. Imagine Ari Fleisher or Tony Snow saying this. It’s outrageous for a press sec’y to behave this way.
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Logically this part of the meeting was a plan that U.S. chosen reporters were to be in to report how great Obama is and how he created some jobs maybe (after spending millions and millions) and called for India to be in the U.N. and more fluffing the vacation things.
LOL
Whatcha scared of Gibbesy? Afraid you might get a NEUTRAL press in there or something??
LOL
I didn’t see it mentioned in the article, but do we know why they changed their mind from the agreed upon number of 8 to 5 - seemingly without telling anyone?
Seems to me if they agreed upon 8 then 8 should have gone in, and if there was a problem then it should have been brought to our attention beforehand.
Because we are guests there should we have just let it go and sent in 5? I think I’m a little more disappointed with India and their lack of consideration for a visiting country.
Maybe I’m missing something.
This doesn’t take away from the fact the Gibbs is an idiot.
*the = that Gibbs is an idiot.
Sorry.
This is proof the obama does whatever the “puppet masters” tell him to do. The press secretary has power over him. Scary.
I wonder who the “White House 8” are?
Obviously 3 of them are left wingers with questions written by the White House.
My guess:
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