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Gibbs Threatens To Pull Obama After Press Dispute
Yahoo News ^ | 8 Nov 2010 | Michael Calderone

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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gibbs; india; obama; obamaindiatrip
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To: Boonie

“Maybe he does have that power...”

Well, that would explain some things wouldn’t it?


21 posted on 11/08/2010 7:54:35 AM PST by jpf (me in 2012.)
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To: edpc

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?


22 posted on 11/08/2010 7:55:47 AM PST by DManA
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To: manc

aye yep. That’s it and you can tell by the desperate demeanor of his demands...


23 posted on 11/08/2010 7:56:49 AM PST by tubebender
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To: edpc

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.


24 posted on 11/08/2010 7:56:57 AM PST by gimme1ibertee ("In a time of universal deceit,telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act"-George Orwell)
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To: edpc
"Gibbs announced loudly and persistently...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."

"The White House 8"?? Who are these hand-picked sycophants and propagandists? NAMES!!

25 posted on 11/08/2010 7:58:03 AM PST by Conservative Tsunami
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To: GeronL
This whole Administration is a unmitigated disaster.
26 posted on 11/08/2010 7:58:05 AM PST by American Constitutionalist (The fool has said in his heart, " there is no GOD " ..)
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To: edpc

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?


27 posted on 11/08/2010 7:59:07 AM PST by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Boonie

You know, you could be right. It would make sense to keep a minder close to the puppet.


28 posted on 11/08/2010 8:00:54 AM PST by Josephat
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To: Josephat
It would make sense to keep a minder close to the puppet.

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29 posted on 11/08/2010 8:09:15 AM PST by Stentor ( "All cults of personality begin as high drama and end as low comedy.")
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To: Boonie

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.


30 posted on 11/08/2010 8:12:50 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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31 posted on 11/08/2010 8:17:00 AM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: edpc

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.


32 posted on 11/08/2010 8:24:20 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: edpc
Hubris: (n) exaggerated pride or self-confidence
33 posted on 11/08/2010 8:26:34 AM PST by r9etb
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To: edpc

LOL

Whatcha scared of Gibbesy? Afraid you might get a NEUTRAL press in there or something??

LOL


34 posted on 11/08/2010 8:41:11 AM PST by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha)
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To: edpc

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.


35 posted on 11/08/2010 8:43:28 AM PST by texaschick
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To: texaschick

*the = that Gibbs is an idiot.
Sorry.


36 posted on 11/08/2010 8:45:39 AM PST by texaschick
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To: edpc

This is proof the obama does whatever the “puppet masters” tell him to do. The press secretary has power over him. Scary.


37 posted on 11/08/2010 8:59:09 AM PST by Terry Mross
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I wonder who the “White House 8” are?

Obviously 3 of them are left wingers with questions written by the White House.


38 posted on 11/08/2010 9:02:49 AM PST by Terry Mross
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To: edpc
Obviously, the Indians didn't realized that Obama's world wide 2008 election also gave him control of their republic. Uppity aborigines, what kind of tea are they drinking?.
39 posted on 11/08/2010 9:35:19 AM PST by BilLies (no)
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To: Terry Mross

My guess:
ABC,,,CBS,,,NBC,,,MSNBC,,,CNN,,,New York Times,,,Washington Post,,,LA Times


40 posted on 11/08/2010 9:43:46 AM PST by BilLies (no)
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