Robert Gibbs Is A (Unintentionally) Hilarious Man- Republicans Should Stop Playing "The Blame Game"

I presume it's unintentional, could just be stupidity.

After once remarking it was unimaginable that protesters would ever picture George Bush with a Hitler mustache, Gibbsy now says there's nothing to be gained by playing the blame game.

On the lack of bipartisan agreement on ways to stimulate the economy, Gibbs said, “Look, the American people have watched for decades the blame game, all right? If the blame game put people to work, we'd all be rolling in money. The blame game -- I'm glad some people want to continue playing the blame game. That doesn't work. That doesn't get anybody a job. It doesn't cut people's taxes.

What planet does Gibbs live on and do they suffer from Global Climate Change there? Has Gibbs ever heard of a guy named Barack Obama?

In case he hasn't let me introduce them. Obama is the guy who blames Bush for everything from financial meltdowns, record deficits, unprecedented spending, war, plague, pestilence, flatulence and an inability to get Michele Obama to put out a week ago Thursday (actually, that was a case where Bush did Obama a solid).

The idea that the spokesman for this whining, blame deflecting excuse for a President says this with a straight face is simply further proof that liberalism is nothing more than an advanced case of Projection.

Of course, no one in the Obamastream Media will notice.

Baghdad Bob (the original one) emails to say, "Dude, even I don't find you credible".

Posted by: DrewM. at 04:57 PM

Comments

1 I wonder how hard it is for the press corps to suppress the laughter.

Posted by: Z Ryan at December 09, 2009 04:59 PM (cMo6P)

2 Is this not a proper thread to blame Bush?

Posted by: lorien1973 at December 09, 2009 05:00 PM (IhQuA)

3 Apparently whoever writes for Gibbs went to the Biden school of communication.

Posted by: Penfold at December 09, 2009 05:00 PM (lF2Kk)

4 The press corps? They're nodding along in rapt agreement.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 09, 2009 05:00 PM (NtiET)

5 I'd hit it.

Posted by: Tiger's Wood at December 09, 2009 05:01 PM (ErXCa)

6
Wow, someone needs to go upside Gibbs big fat melon with a clue-bat. If it weren't for the blame game, he'd be slingin' burgers and his boss would have never gotten elected.

Posted by: Blazer at December 09, 2009 05:01 PM (+FzLa)

7 I am convinced that this administration and the Dems in general are in a game of seeing how outrageous a statement they can make and get away with. This one, and Zero's claims that he is restoring fiscal responsibility, etc. There is at least one new one daily. Why not, the media covers their asses.

Posted by: the real joe at December 09, 2009 05:01 PM (rFTt2)

8 I imagined the laughter as a self-satisfied sort of thing.

Posted by: Z Ryan at December 09, 2009 05:02 PM (cMo6P)

9 What a clown.

Posted by: FORAC at December 09, 2009 05:03 PM (saZ6m)

10 I am convinced that this administration and the Dems in general are in
a game of seeing how outrageous a statement they can make and get away
with.

No, they are in fact drooling idiots. Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by stupidity.

Posted by: Blazer at December 09, 2009 05:04 PM (+FzLa)

11 5 I'd hit it.
Posted by: Tiger's Wood at December 09, 2009 05:01 PM (ErXCa)
Me too.

Posted by: Charles' Johnson at December 09, 2009 05:05 PM (w41GQ)

12 I blame Nixon. He is the one who started theGD EPA. Nobody would even know about Global Warming if it hadn't been for him. We would all be blissfully driving around in our muscle cars and enjoying our oil furnaces and drilling right near our houses for cheap oil. Instead we have to be told to drive pop cans for cars, turn our heat down and pay for India to clean its cess pool of a country up.

Posted by: rightzilla at December 09, 2009 05:05 PM (rVJH4)

13 Okay - obviously there is a betting pool, wherein Gibbs sees how fatuous he can be without the press laughing in his face. The smart money has it still about a year down the road.

Posted by: Joe at December 09, 2009 05:05 PM (YwBI6)

14 Imagine if Charlie Brown had been warped by his childhood trauma and grown up mean and stupid. I think obozo enjoys a clueless white guy taking the crap for his failures and apparently he's quite grateful for the job.

Posted by: biff jupiter at December 09, 2009 05:05 PM (rp83b)

15 GIBBS IS RIGHT

2008 through 2011 is going to be Bush's worst term in office!

Posted by: yonason at December 09, 2009 05:07 PM (AJTdy)

16 I get your point, but there's something missing (literally) from the third to the last sentence of this post.

Posted by: Cranch at December 09, 2009 05:07 PM (nffrt)

17 We had a guy at work like that.

"Who fucked up?" meant "I didn't do it."
"We're not here to place blame" meant "I did it."

Posted by: Michael at December 09, 2009 05:07 PM (siOQ7)

18

The good thing about being alone with Robert Gibbs ? For the first time in my life, I am the smartest guy in the room.

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 09, 2009 05:07 PM (+FzLa)

19 and an inability to get Michele Obama to put out a week ago Thursday (actually, that was a case where Bush did Obama a solid).

RAAAAAACIST!

Posted by: Xoxotl at December 09, 2009 05:08 PM (z2uZ1)

20 You could get whiplash trying to follow Gibbs' reasoning.

Posted by: huerfano at December 09, 2009 05:09 PM (vtuZz)

21 Calm down.

Posted by: Robert Gibbs at December 09, 2009 05:11 PM (UJIeT)

22 Here's what he said ONE minute later: (posted at The Weekly Standard)

Asked to respond to GOP criticism that Obama spends too much money,
Gibbs replies: "The largest driver in our fiscal irresponsibility were
a series of programs that weren't paid for" - the Bush tax cuts,
prescription drug bill, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. – WH Press
Secretary Robert Gibbs

Posted by: tims472 at December 09, 2009 05:11 PM (T99Qz)

23 For the morons . . . to answer key to 12 above.
Fatuous:
Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way

Posted by: Joe at December 09, 2009 05:11 PM (YwBI6)

24 and an inability to get Michele Obama to put out a week ago Thursday

Well, maybe she didn't put FOR YOU a week ago Thursday.

Posted by: Tiger Woods at December 09, 2009 05:12 PM (wOGfT)

25 "for this whining, blame deflecting excuse for a President" - Classic Drewism!!!

Posted by: conscious, but incoherent at December 09, 2009 05:13 PM (Vu6sl)

26 It is all Bush's fault. That is a factual statement. Saying we need to get rid of the blame game is just chiding RethiglicAns for not helping out to clean the mess up now......... Fuck I can't even sound that stupid with a sock puppet. Gibbs my hat us off to you.

Posted by: Left winger at December 09, 2009 05:13 PM (NEq0i)

27 Considering the press corps is flat on their back with their feet in the air, Gibbs' incompetence is irrelevant to spinning Obama positively. They could just hand out pre-written stories and save the $6/hr they gave him to lure him away from Burger King.

Posted by: nickless at December 09, 2009 05:13 PM (MMC8r)

28 I miss Tony Snow.

Posted by: Robert Gibbs at December 09, 2009 05:13 PM (UJIeT)

29 gdamn sock

Posted by: loppyd at December 09, 2009 05:14 PM (UJIeT)

30 proof that liberalism is simply nothing more than an advanced case of Projection.
Also complete utter nuttiness...
http://tinyurl.com/ntugc

Posted by: dananjcon at December 09, 2009 05:15 PM (pr+up)

31 Gibbs is too busy playing The Crying Game .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at December 09, 2009 05:15 PM (vKdhq)

32 Silly wingnuts don't you know the blame game went out of fashion January of this year?

Posted by: Left winger at December 09, 2009 05:17 PM (NEq0i)

33 Let's just change his job description "press secretary" to" regime apologist ."

Posted by: awkward davies at December 09, 2009 05:20 PM (wb68R)

34 Republicans just want to play the blame game, but it's always the liberals turn up to bat.

Posted by: nickless at December 09, 2009 05:20 PM (MMC8r)

35 There's a reason why there's no bipartisan agreement. Because the parties have fundamentally different views of what should be done (as bad as the GOP is in execution, their fundamental beliefs recognize that government cannot create jobs).

Posted by: XBradTC at December 09, 2009 05:23 PM (y0E9v)

36 The blame game -- I'm glad some people want to continue playing the blame game. That doesn't work. That doesn't get anybody a job. It doesn't cut people's taxes.
The quote was truncated. He want on to say: "It sure helped us get those jackbooted Rethuglicans out of power though".

Posted by: flenser at December 09, 2009 05:25 PM (DgaHC)

37 What planet does Gibbs live on and do they suffer from Global Climate Change there? Has Gibbs ever heard of a guy named Barack Obama?
Drew, they just don't care. They get a kick out of the baldest lies they can tell. They really do. They get a kick out of watching the lame stream media work for them. And they've gotten away with it all, so far. After The Precedent threatened the end of the world if the Porkulus wasn't passed on Friday night, sight unseen, and then jetted off to a little vacation, waiting until Tuesday to fly the Porkulus over to Denver to sign it, with no problem ... these guys knew that they could get away with anything. And the fact that they made it through the town halls (that was unbelievable, wasn't it?) and went right back to pushing the health scare - there's no stopping these lunatics.
There are lots of other obvious things that any normal administration would have to be open about that this administration has never had to bother with.
This is not to take away from the fact that Gibbs is an imbecile of immense proportions. I guarantee that no one who had ever been in any class with Gibbs ever went to him for help, or even an opinion. It seems to me that the same is true of The Precedent. The stupidity of this administration is quite impressive. Unprecedented.

Posted by: progressoverpeace at December 09, 2009 05:25 PM (A46hP)

38 Gibbs is a barker for a whore house. Whatdoyaexpect? He is a reflection of an organization that is rotten to it's maggot and roach infested core.

Posted by: maddogg at December 09, 2009 05:25 PM (OlN4e)

39 They're just trying to hide the decline in Obama's numbers.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at December 09, 2009 05:25 PM (kbYWE)

40

Anybody seen ace? I hope he didn't accidentally ban himself in all the confusion.

Posted by: Blazer at December 09, 2009 05:27 PM (+FzLa)

41 It's obvious to me that Gibbies statement is false when he says...
If the blame game put people to work, we'd all be rolling in money. ...That doesn't work. That doesn't get anybody a job.

It's obvious to me that Gibbsy and his boss Obambi have jobs now because of the Blame Bush game.

Posted by: Mephitis at December 09, 2009 05:27 PM (ehXLT)

42 Those evil Republicans are killing people with their blame games and fearmongering and hatemongering! They want us all to die!

Posted by: Barry Obama at December 09, 2009 05:28 PM (QhemS)

43 OT-Harry Alfort is taking names right now on Beck.

Posted by: Dan at December 09, 2009 05:29 PM (KZraB)

44 I agree. This is no time to play the blame game.

Posted by: tiger's wang at December 09, 2009 05:29 PM (Jg5C9)

45 All our mistakes are belong to you!

the sinner,

Patrick

Posted by: Patrick at December 09, 2009 05:31 PM (0VqG0)

46 I miss the lovely creature that used to have that job.

Posted by: maddogg at December 09, 2009 05:31 PM (OlN4e)

47 Anybody seen ace? I hope he didn't accidentally ban himself in all the confusion.
Posted by: Blazer at December 09, 2009 05:27 PM (+FzLa)
Blazer, you're banned for being fatuous.

Posted by: mikeyslaw at December 09, 2009 05:32 PM (QMGr1)

48 The proclamations coming from this administration remind me of the wildly laughable statements issued by Ahmahnidjaddy-for-shizzle. It's becoming much more difficult to discern between the ludicrous lefties and the psychotic Persians.

Posted by: kathysaysso at December 09, 2009 05:35 PM (ZtwUX)

49 Yeah the blame game sure as heck doesn't get anyone a job, but it sure helps to fundraise!

Posted by: Alan Grayson. at December 09, 2009 05:37 PM (0LY28)

50 Oh yeah Rethuglicans in Congress=the Holocaust

Posted by: Alan Grayson. at December 09, 2009 05:39 PM (0LY28)

51 40

Anybody seen ace? I hope he didn't accidentally ban himself in all the confusion.
_____________________

Maybe he had to go in for an estrogen treatment since he ran through his supply last night in a fit of hysterics.

Posted by: kathysaysso at December 09, 2009 05:39 PM (ZtwUX)

52 With Gibbs it looks like it might be stupidity. He needs to call Scott McClellan for advice.

Posted by: kansas at December 09, 2009 05:43 PM (mka2b)

53
Gibbs: "The president recognizes that the era of continued free lunches is over."
We going put that in fortune cookie. Now, pay for your meal! No dine and dash! No slip and fall sue me! No hair in chow mein! No rubber check! Give me money or I Jackie Chan your ass!

Posted by: Hu Jintao take out at December 09, 2009 05:48 PM (Oxen1)

54 Yeah, that whole blaming Bush thing?
Not working for us.

Posted by: 44% of the PPP Poll at December 09, 2009 05:51 PM (pfStM)

55 You know with Gibbsy, it's the stupidity. The dude is in a foot race to become the biggest gasbag since the Hindenburg, and he's got about half a mile lead on the competition to get there.

Posted by: Barack ODoofus at December 09, 2009 05:52 PM (ktYjH)

56 28 I miss Tony Snow.
Posted by: Robert Gibbs at December 09, 2009 05:13 PM (UJIeT)
Ditto. But I also miss Ace. I believe last night done did him in!

Posted by: laceyunderalls at December 09, 2009 06:07 PM (pLTLS)

57 IF Gibbs says UMMM... one more time I am going to pass out!

Posted by: rightzilla at December 09, 2009 06:09 PM (rVJH4)

58 Let's just change his job description "press secretary" to" regime apologist ."

Minister of Culpability

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 09, 2009 06:11 PM (l1Wlr)

59 I've become immune to Helen Thomas jokes, but the mental image provided by wOGfT @24 is going to give me nightmares.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at December 09, 2009 06:12 PM (NtiET)

60 Gibbs is right. The Republicans need to stop blaming Bush/Cheney and the "last 8 years" for everything. It's so unbecoming of them.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 09, 2009 06:25 PM (3V1Co)

61
Man, those kulaks should stop committing unmining the five-year plan!

Posted by: Josef Stalin at December 09, 2009 06:32 PM (XxJEF)

62
I mean "undermining", of course. But at least I have an excuse - I don't speak English.

Posted by: Josef Stalin at December 09, 2009 06:33 PM (XxJEF)

63 I don't blame Gibbs for spinning for his guy. That's his job.

HOWEVER, I do blame the media for not applying those "layers & layers of fact checking" to his spin.

Maybe we just need to cloak his claims as some part of an SNL sketch & the media will finally set themselves to doing their job.

Posted by: Che Pizza at December 09, 2009 07:12 PM (SPSOE)

64 I tell you, I did miss good ol' Comical Ali. Everyone I talked to said that they'd like to see him on Letterman and/or doing standup, maybe hosting SNL.

Posted by: Zimriel at December 09, 2009 07:23 PM (04p0/)

65 "The idea that the spokesman for this whining, blame deflecting excuse
for a President says this with a straight face is simply further proof
that liberalism is nothing more than an advanced case of Projection."

That's it! Although, it's just a symptom of the psychosis. I'm not sure what the diagnosis is, but Projection is definitely it's most outward characteristic. And runaway spending. And social experimentalism. But those aren't psychological defects.

Oh, and pathological lying.

Posted by: RTH615 at December 09, 2009 07:24 PM (Rytlc)

66 This whole blame game thing is Bush's fault.

Posted by: Warden at December 09, 2009 07:38 PM (bkkYX)

67 This administration has the press right where it wants it. The media were complicit in getting Obama into office. Now, they are waking up to the fact that the emporer naked all along, and they can't say a damn thing about it. It's amazing to watch, it also sickens me to no end. I can't even watch these clips anymore, I get wayyy too angry....

Posted by: wytshus at December 09, 2009 08:00 PM (C8byF)

68 Gibbsy seems to have the IQ of a rock and the personality to match.

I sure do miss Tony Snow.

Posted by: TheresaD at December 09, 2009 08:09 PM (iGCmo)

69 A HufferPuffer post up right now refers to General McChrystal as
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. This has nothing to with anything really
except the general theme of how clueless the other side can be. Just shaking my head over here.

Posted by: stace at December 09, 2009 09:21 PM (g/wgk)

70 This has nothing to with anything really
except the general theme of how clueless the other side can be.

There's clueless, and then there's just freaking stupid. I'm just saying...

Posted by: Purple Avenger at December 09, 2009 09:29 PM (cujP6)

71 Obama: Stop trying to frighten Americans about my policies
GOP: Go take .. [unintelligible]
Obama: The GOP said something about joining the “Mile High Club” .. I think.

Posted by: Neo at December 10, 2009 12:19 AM (tE8FB)

72 If I had written, even once, the dumbshit Gibbs comes upwith everyday I wouldn't have been able to get a singlebookpublished.Compared to Gibbs, Big Brotheris honest and truthful.

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