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Cleaning Up After Biden, Gibbs Makes Himself A Laughingstock

Surely one of the worst jobs in Washington is that of cleaning up after the Human Gaffe Machine, AKA Joe Biden . . .
On shovel duty today at the White House, press secretary Robert Gibbs made a laughingstock of himself as he asserted what Biden “meant to say” regarding swine flu.  The press corps didn’t [...]

NBC’s Todd: Obama Has ‘Credibility’ Deficit

It’s not just our budget suffering a big deficit.  Look like our president has one too—a credibility deficit . . .
Watching the daily White House press briefings, it’s struck me lately that, if perhaps not quite in Jake Tapper territory, NBC’s Chuck Todd has been asking tougher questions.  Reporting on this morning’s Today about the [...]

Maddow Hails ‘President Of All Media’—But Omits Special Olympics Gaffe

How much of an Obama sycophant does someone have to be in order to praise the president’s performance on the Tonight show–without mentioning his hurtful Special Olympics line?
About as sycophantish as Rachel Maddow.  She opened her MSNBC show last night with a long segment lavishing praise on PBO’s media skills, hailing him as the “President [...]

Gibbs Stonewalls On Prior Knowledge Of AIG Bonuses

Somewhere Ron Ziegler is laughing . . .
Pres. Nixon’s feisty late press secretary would have to tip his hat to Robert Gibbs for the brazen stonewall he put up today to Jake Tapper’s line of questioning on what the Obama administration knew about the AIG bonuses and when they knew it. Tapper’s basic point was [...]

Tapper Only MSMer To Report Military-Family Outrage At Obama Release Of Gitmo Terrorist?

Last evening’s Fox News Watch included an homage to Sam Donaldson on the occasion of his retirement.  Asked if there were reporters currently on the scene like Donaldson, panelist Jane Hall responded: “we don’t see a lot of them.  Some people think Jake Tapper has been pretty aggressive.”
Tapper, ABC’s chief White House correspondent, has given [...]