A Democratic member of Congress called for White House press secretary Robert Gibbs’s resignation Tuesday due to inflammatory comments he made about the “professional left.”
Rep. Keith Ellison (Minn.), a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), said Gibbs went over the line when he told The Hill that some left-wing critics of the president “ought to be drug tested.”
“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 president,” Ellison told the Huffington Post. “I understand him having some loyalty to the president who employs him, but I think he’s walking over the line.”
Asked if Gibbs should resign, he said “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?”
Gibbs took heat from liberal bloggers and activists for his comments, who argued Gibbs’s comments were foolish. Gibbs later stood by his comments, but called them “inartful.”
He did not participate in the White House daily press briefing Tuesday.
Deputy press secretary Bill Burton told the White House press corps that Gibbs was absent because he is suffering from a cold.
for full article: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/113577-dem-lawmaker-calls-on-gibbs-to-resign
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August 10, 2010 at 7:27 pm
World Wide News Flash
Dems Call for Robert Gibbs Resignation after he trashes ……
I found your entry interesting do I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)…
August 11, 2010 at 9:41 am
HistorianDude
Same link:
August 12, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Interested Bystander
Hey HRD,
You sure do put an awful lot of confidence in the Huffington Post.
What’s up with that?
Maybe you should try FOX.
That indoctrination thing sure has messed with your mind.
August 13, 2010 at 8:49 am
HistorianDude
Oh… and by the way… the reason I used Huffington is because I followed the link from Jame’s own post. His source (The Hill) used Huffington as their source.
Funny how that works, isn’t it?
Perhaps you should be complaining to James about how indoctrinated he is.
August 13, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Interested Bystander
HRD commented,
“Perhaps you should be complaining to James about how indoctrinated he is.”
No, I’ll just complain about YOU using Huffington.
YOU used it when you quoted that Sergeant on the Lakin thread.
Besides, JAMES isn’t indoctrinated like yourself. In JAMES’ comments, it is obvious that he is free thinking.
Your comments are the same thing over and over and over again.
THAT’s a sign of indoctrination.
August 13, 2010 at 8:47 am
HistorianDude
They’re the ones who covered it completely. Fox did not.
If Fox’s coverage had been more complete, I’d have happily used them.
August 12, 2010 at 2:51 pm
gumply
Tough work defending the liar in chief and marie antoinette! sometimes you just lose it.