We've had some excellent White House spokesmen over the years...and some not so much. It's a tough job each day to stand before the White House press corps and although you don't have to struggle to hold down lunch while staring at Helen Thomas any more, you still have to coherently defend what is occasionally incoherent policy.
It's easier with a sympathetic press, but even in the hallowed gallery of the briefing room the mood is shifting. There's blood in the water and the sharks are restless. A lot less ooohing and ahhhing over profound gibberish (no pun intended) is apparent.
Robert Gibbs is no Tony Snow. He's barely a Dee Dee Myers. He simply doesn't have the capacity to respond intelligently to probing questions on policy nuances. It gets tougher every day.
A couple of days ago he uttered one of his classic laugh lines which no longer get a laugh. He stood in his official capacity and told the press corps that anyone who questions the policies of the Messiah should "be drug tested."
I'm sorry, but that isn't mature political debate. It is middle school taunting when you don't have a clue what to say about a problem.
Senator Calls For Gibbsie to Be Gone
The fascinating aspect of that story is that the senator seeking the ouster of gaffe-prone Gibbs is a Democrat!
They say that when rats in a confined space are threatened that they begin to exhibit panic and then snap and bite at each other. I'm sensing there is a rising tide of dire consequences swelling in the rat nest.
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Having Gibbs as your mouthpiece is like walking around with toilet paper stuck to the bottom of your shoe.
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