Robert Gibbs Needs Crib Notes to give Press Briefing Posted on Tuesday, February 09 @ 14:14:04 EST
Topic: Media
White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs apparently needed a little help performing his duties today and so like some of the racist, redneck simpletons we all know - decided to write down what he needed to say on his hand.
The notes most likely weren't used for the Obama followup, for which he used prepared remarks, but for the Q&A session that followed, during which he glanced at the hand in question.
But in my opinion that's even worse.
The takeaway is that this press secretary apparently can't remember his supposed core principles or even his daily duties and needs a cheat-sheet when simply asked about his opinion.
Crib Notes? This Obama White House press secretary and spokesman for "hope and change", and "the one we've all been waiting for" was using crib notes to answer basic questions?
This would mean:
A) That he knew the questions beforehand and the whole thing was a farce. (Likely.)
and
B) That he still couldn't answer the previously agreed-upon questions without a little extra help.
You can bet that Tony Snow wasn't reading scribbles off his extremities while he sparred with Republicans and Democrats in an unscripted format during his press briefings.
Gibbs, on the other hand, seems to need a cheat-sheet just to get through a contrived lovefest with smitten liberal journalists.
I'm no fan of the progressive movement - if it can be called such - but if this is their leader's spokesman I actually sympathize with them.
Click here for the large resolution uncut image of Gibbs & his crib notes.
Update:
Fox News caught on to this and blew up the picture. Notice the "hope" and "change" scribbled on his hand. This is likely a joke aimed at Sarah Palin.
Fox News had to steal my thunder :) No worries. Looks like a funny, yet partisan and somewhat unprofessional joke from the spokesman. Huff&Puff hypocrisy still withstanding :)
Update:
It finally all comes together. Gibbs mockingly read the notes off of his hand during the press briefing to make a point of making fun of Palin. These are the guys who are ready to negotiate on health care. Yeah, I believe it.
