White House Knocks Jim Cramer For Calling Obama Budget "Greatest Wealth Destruction By a President"

mediabistro.com ^ | Mar 03, 2009 | staff

[kellynla]

NBC's Tom Costello, on duty at the White House today, asked press secretary Robert Gibbs about some comments made by his CNBC colleague Jim Cramer. On the Today show this morning, Cramer called Pres. Obama's budget a "radical agenda," adding, "This is the greatest wealth destruction I've seen by a President."

"I'm not entirely sure what he's pointing to to make some of the statements," said Gibbs. "And you can go back and look at any number of statements he's made in the past about the economy and wonder where some of the back-up for those are too."

When pressed further by Costello, Gibbs said, "If you turn on a certain program it's geared to a very small audience. No offense to my good friends, or friend at CNBC. But the President has to look out for the broader economy and the broader population."

Last month Gibbs had some choice words for Cramer's colleague, Rick Santelli and his criticism of the Obama mortgage plan.

[sniper63]

"the clown must go through at least five “uh’s” in every answer he gives...

A direct result of a public school re education

[Searching4Justice]

the last time I listened to Cramer he was saying gas was going UP to 5 bucks a gallon, remember that ? For somebody supposedly in the know, he doesn’t know squat....I guess his little empire is falling apart, that’s why he’s so alarmed

[sniper63]

Look uh, nothing uh,up my uh, sleeves or in my uh, head either.....

[N. Theknow]

Great job of showing Il Duce and Il Douche.

[Eva]

So, what is Obama going to call Evan Bayh for leading the Senate opposition to funding his spending bill?

[Lady Jag]

[GOPJ]

Who the heck is president? Only Idi Amin, Chavez, Papa Doc Duvallier or other third-world dictators would stoop to criticize entertainers and celebrities, or just plain citizens.

The President of the United States is above all that.

Well, maybe he's NOT "above all that" after all...

[GOPJ]

...this Obama dude, is verging on Nixon territory in his quest to silence and destroy his enemies. He's so petty,yet the press dutifully reports on all this...

The "press" understood the danger of Nixon - but somehow they miss the exact same thing when done by one of their own... odd.

[3catsanadog]

Obamacide?

[3catsanadog]

Is this for real or photoshopped?

[Dallas59]

Shopped.

[3catsanadog]

And now that nothing surprises me anymore considering the destruction of this country this president is putting in place and the worship of him that many people feel, if, one day, an actual poster like that were carried by the Obama faithful, I wouldn’t be shocked.

[Katarina]

LOL that is great, Baghdad Bob Gibbs. haha

[Katarina]

Thank you so much, I am sending this to others.

[kellynla]

Jim Cramer Last Week: Don’t Sell Bear Stearns!
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2b7_1205751955&p=1

[ETL]

Last week? That was almost a year ago (Mar 2008). Still, that was indeed a very bad moment for Cramer.

[kellynla]

THAT WAS THE NAME OF THE VIDEO...

[ETL]

Maybe you should have put in parenthesis “(from 2008)”.

[kellynla]

ya know, I give you some info and you complain...

no “thanks for the link” nothing but “thats from last year”

you probably complain about the number of candles on you b’day cake...

tell ya what, newbie, leave me alone and I’ll ignore your complaints. LOL

[ETL]

I wasn’t complaining. I was trying to clarify your post. It implied that it was something Cramer said last week.