Robert Gibbs Resigning As White House Press Secretary

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The big political news of the day so far is that Robert Gibbs is resigning.

Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary and close confidante to President Obama, said Wednesday that he was stepping down to become an outside political adviser to the president and his re-election campaign.

Mr. Gibbs said that he intended to leave in early February. His successor has not yet been decided, he said, but will likely be announced within the next two weeks.

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1 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:28:17am

Being the POTUS mouthpiece is not as easy of a job as it looks. Few people made it look good.

2 Kragar  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:31:56am

I'm sure some will make this into a crushing defeat for Obama some how.

3 Obdicut  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:33:25am

re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Who should be the replacement?

I vote for Louis Black.

4 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:33:28am

re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Gibbs has lasted quite a while through a very difficult period, IMO.

5 jamesfirecat  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:33:39am

re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I'm sure some will make this into a crushing defeat for Obama some how.

Yes because as we all Sknow Bush started and ended his two terms as president with the same Press Secretary working for him all 8 years....

6 garhighway  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:34:16am

Two years is sort of typical. It is a burnout job.

Also: proposed filibuster reforms.

[Link: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com...]

7 jamesfirecat  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:36:02am

re: #6 garhighway

Two years is sort of typical. It is a burnout job.

Also: proposed filibuster reforms.

[Link: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com...]

That reform can't come soon enough.

A Silent Filibuster transforms it from a tool to insure debate to a tool to insure there isn't any....

8 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:36:17am

re: #5 jamesfirecat

Honestly? I thought Tony could've done it had his health held up (RIP).

9 albusteve  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:36:19am

re: #4 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Gibbs has lasted quite a while through a very difficult period, IMO.

not that hard when you don't have much to say, and Gibby was one of the best at that

10 albusteve  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:37:05am

re: #3 Obdicut

Who should be the replacement?

I vote for Louis Black.

Donald Duck...quack quack

11 Kragar  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:37:36am

re: #3 Obdicut

Who should be the replacement?

I vote for Louis Black.

Would it be wrong to suggest Steven Wright?

12 Gus  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:37:52am

re: #3 Obdicut

Who should be the replacement?

I vote for Louis Black.

Seth MacFarlane. That way he can do all the different voices.

//

13 Obdicut  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:38:01am

re: #11 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Wright is never wrong.

14 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:38:24am

re: #13 Obdicut

Wright is never wrong.

ROFLOL

15 albusteve  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:38:36am

re: #6 garhighway

Two years is sort of typical. It is a burnout job.

Also: proposed filibuster reforms.

[Link: tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com...]

and thankless...one of those jobs where there will always be critics hounding you....for that reason alone it should pay well

16 jamesfirecat  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:38:37am

re: #8 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Honestly? I thought Tony could've done it had his health held up (RIP).

F*** sorry, if that came across as an insult Tony Snow was the only one who I could recall because he had easy to recall nickname ("Snow Job") so I wasn't trying to insult him personally in any way shape or form.

Here is the full list from Wikipedia...

2001–2003 Ari Fleischer
2003–2006 Scott McClellan
2006–2007 Tony Snow
2007–2009 Dana Perino

17 Killgore Trout  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:38:44am

re: #11 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Would it be wrong to suggest Steven Wright?

Bobcat Goldthwait!

18 wrenchwench  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:39:09am

re: #2 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

I'm sure some will make this into a crushing defeat for Obama some how.

"Obama's being abandoned by all his closest advisers!!!1!

Oh, wait...

he was stepping down to become an outside political adviser to the president and his re-election campaign.

I just hope they don't call it the Committee to Re-Elect the President.

19 albusteve  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:39:17am

re: #13 Obdicut

Wright is never wrong.

ahahaha!
2 pts

20 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:39:19am

re: #3 Obdicut

I'd go with Kumar (he's already been a part of the Administration).

21 garhighway  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:39:25am

re: #16 jamesfirecat

F*** sorry, if that came across as an insult Tony Snow was the only one who I could recall because he had easy to recall nickname ("Snow Job") so I wasn't trying to insult him personally in any way shape or form.

Here is the full list from Wikipedia...

2001–2003 Ari Fleischer
2003–2006 Scott McClellan
2006–2007 Tony Snow
2007–2009 Dana Perino

If we're picking dead guys I'd go with Sam Kinison.

22 Walter L. Newton  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:40:22am

re: #5 jamesfirecat

Yes because as we all Sknow Bush started and ended his two terms as president with the same Press Secretary working for him all 8 years...

Nice job... he died of cancer... insensitive jerk.

23 Gus  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:40:23am

re: #21 garhighway

If we're picking dead guys I'd go with Sam Kinison.

Chris Farley!

24 albusteve  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:40:32am

re: #21 garhighway

If we're picking dead guys I'd go with Sam Kinison.

George Carlin....he won't mince words

25 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:41:05am

re: #12 Gus 802

Today, we do the entire presser in the voice of Stewie. And if you don't like it, too damned bad.

Youtube Video
26 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:42:24am

Clinton went through five in 8 years, Bush went through 4.

Stephen Early was FDR's Press Pecretary for 12 years.

Bush the Elder only had one.

27 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:43:00am

re: #16 jamesfirecat

Oh, no. I didn't think anything of it.

28 Gus  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:43:29am

Towelie for Press Secretary!

//

29 lawhawk  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:43:56am

re: #26 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

The job has changed tremendously since FDR's time. The news cycle has accelerated and I think that has led to the short life of press secretaries.

30 jamesfirecat  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:44:19am

re: #27 Fat Bastard Vegetarian

Oh, no. I didn't think anything of it.

Thanks, still felt it was best to hedge my bets and explain my thought process... for all the good it did me.

31 Varek Raith  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:44:21am

re: #28 Gus 802

Towelie for Press Secretary!

//

"Am I to understand there's been a...towelie-ban?"

"Shut the hell up, Towelie..."

32 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:44:34am

re: #28 Gus 802

Wanna get high?

33 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:45:33am

re: #29 lawhawk

I'm still thinking that through the Depression and World War II he'd be a busy beaver.

34 Kragar  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:46:37am

re: #28 Gus 802

Towelie for Press Secretary!

//


"You just don't have no long term memory because you get high all the time."

"Don't preach to me Fatso."

35 Velvet Elvis  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:46:43am

Allison Janney!

36 Talking Point Detective  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:47:08am

Ain't enough popcorn in the world:

Rep. Bachmann 'Not Ruling Out' Bid for President

Published January 05, 2011

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota is the keynote speaker at a GOP event in the early presidential caucus state of Iowa later this month, and a spokesman said Wednesday that the Tea Party favorite has "not ruled out" a bid for president.

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

37 Gus  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:47:14am

re: #34 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

"You just don't have no long term memory because you get high all the time."

"Don't preach to me Fatso."

"Oh man, why is everyone ridin me today?"

38 Fat Bastard Vegetarian  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:47:58am

Fletcher Reede!

39 Kragar  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:48:41am

re: #37 Gus 802

"Oh man, why is everyone ridin me today?"

"You're the worst character ever Towelie."

40 jamesfirecat  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:48:49am

re: #36 Talking Point Detective

Ain't enough popcorn in the world:

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Maybe she and Sarah Palin can share a ticket!

41 jaunte  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:49:00am

re: #36 Talking Point Detective

Rep. Bachmann 'Not Ruling Out' Bid for President


Today Mars, Tomorrow the World.

42 SanFranciscoZionist  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:49:25am

re: #5 jamesfirecat

Yes because as we all Sknow Bush started and ended his two terms as president with the same Press Secretary working for him all 8 years...

Bush is out of office! There is no such thing as precedent!

//

43 Talking Point Detective  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:50:00am

re: #40 jamesfirecat

Maybe she and Sarah Palin can share a ticket!

I'm hoping she'll run with Beck as her VP.

44 garhighway  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:50:06am

re: #40 jamesfirecat

Maybe she and Sarah Palin can share a ticket!

Or a brain.

45 Gus  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:50:23am

Here's three of the potential replacements according to the news reports:

Bill Burton
Josh Earnest
Jay Carney

46 Sionainn  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:51:39am

re: #22 Walter L. Newton

... insensitive jerk.

A little projection, perhaps?

47 Gus  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:52:15am

re: #45 Gus 802

Here's three of the potential replacements according to the news reports:

Bill Burton
Josh Earnest
Jay Carney

Press Briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton

Youtube Video

He's the "odds on favorite".

48 jamesfirecat  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:52:16am

re: #44 garhighway

Or a brain.

I believe I've located her Running mate preliminary polls show that he'll be a big hit in the rural parts of the nation!

49 albusteve  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:52:39am

re: #40 jamesfirecat

Maybe she and Sarah Palin can share a ticket!

and I'm the Duke of Earl

50 bluecheese  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:53:27am

I always figured that it was this appearance on fox news that earned him the PS job.

Youtube Video

Heh.

Look like he wants his old job back.

He's pretty good at it too.

51 Obdicut  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:54:23am

re: #45 Gus 802

You can't make someone named "Earnest" do the job. It's just unfair.

52 Kragar  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:56:22am

GOP Plans To Implement The 'Demon Pass' They Once Decried

Back in March 2010, House Democrats were toying with using a similar process to pass health care reform. They were considering the Senate health care package, which they hated, and a package of amendments to that bill, which they liked. To square those views, they wanted to set up a procedural vote, which, if agreed to, would "deem" both bills passed at once. "Deem" and "pass."

This quickly became known as "Demon Pass," or the "Slaughter Solution," named after House Rules Chair Louise Slaughter. Republicans rebelled, and conservatives went off the deep end. Radio talk show host Mark Levin called it "100 times worse than Watergate."

53 jamesfirecat  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:57:40am

re: #52 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

GOP Plans To Implement The 'Demon Pass' They Once Decried

Looks like however much they may dislike public transportation the GOP is grabbing the first train straight to Hypocrisy junction!

54 Kragar  Wed, Jan 5, 2011 10:59:13am

re: #53 jamesfirecat

Looks like however much they may dislike public transportation the GOP is grabbing the first train straight to Hypocrisy junction!

The GOP is doing everything they said the Dems were going to do in 2008.


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