Wonkette
- OH THAT ROBERT GIBBS: WH press secretary Robert Gibbs responded to the comically inappropriate Dick Cheney teevee special yesterday — one in which CNN’s John King which did not even ask about Cheney’s secret death squad of assassins but did ask about whether Obama was “brazenly” trying to fuck & cripple America with his lies — with some modest inappropriateness of his own: “I guess Rush Limbaugh was busy, so they trotted out the next most popular member of the Republican cabal.” GEESH. [The Hill]
Lets play a practical joke on these guys and swap labels on Rush’s Oxycontin and Cheney’s nitroglycerin. Who’s game?
OMG GIBBS HATES ISRAEL AND TEH JEWZ AND JESUS HE SAID CABAL AND THAT IS ABOUT TEH JEWZ AND KING IS A JEW AND RACISMS! TELEPROMPTER. ALSO.
Ha ha ha. Dana Perino was cuter, but never had a zinger like that. WTF was up w/John King, not asking about Sy’s death squad “leak”?
Gibbs Vs. Limbaugh
Yeah, I can’t wait to see how this slapdown will play out.
wha? no blingee?
Gibbs didn’t start so hot, but he’s slowly picking up the pace. I can sort of see why Obama likes the guy now - he isn’t afraid of calling people out for being jackasses.
Obviously, the GOP realizes the RUSH, Dick and SCOOTER are the issues most likely to get them back on top again. Duh, and ALSO.
So…to be clear, America…with Cheney - we’ve decided on “talk shit about him to death”? What, the whole “facing justice” thing too hard orchestrate?
Democrats fighting back? So sweet and yet so odd.
I’ll bet you a fiver Bill Kristol just wishes Robert Gibbs would mention his name just once. Ever.
Also.
You know, I know you guys have to make bank, now that SKS’s dancing days are over in Cambridge and all, but I just hit “submit” and Mann Coulter is staring back at me. GAACK! She’s still looking at me!
I’m quite flaccid now, thank you.
Go easy on John King. Which one of you wants to take a bullet from the Death Squad(TM) for asking Cheney about the Dealth Squad(TM) on CNN? No one. That’s what I thought.
I’m just kidding. They probably wouldn’t kill him. Standard practice for US citizens is to just have the person’s entire family raped or to have their small plane go down. Yay, America!
V572625694: Aww…give John King a break. Sith Lord’s are well known for their ability to use mind control. IE– these are not the Geneva Conventions you are looking for.
“It doesn’t do just to go back and say, ‘Well George Bush was president and that’s why everything’s screwed up,’” Cheney said, “because that’s simply not true.”
He’s right. Cheney’s Vice Presidency did its fair share to fuck everything up. Also.
Dick Cheney on par with Rush in popularity? Praised with faint damns, indeed.
The best thing about the Gibb presser was that he played the “Cramer Card” on Chuck Todd. When Todd tried to be cute and accuse Obama of being in the pockets of Wall Street, Gibb basically said that you can’t accuse us one day of being against Wall Street and next day of being in their pockets and just to be a dick he mentioned Cramer’s name.
How long until John Boehner (must.resist.urge.to.type “boner”) or Bitch McConnell (urge.too.overwhelming) snivels about the Republican party not getting the respect they deserve & how Gibbie’s comments were ‘out of line.’?
Wait, Dick Cheney is now the leader of the Republican party? I am getting so confused.
Whoops… sorry to send that tip without seeing that the whole world is aware of it.
DEATH SQUADS FTW.
Okay, we turned Rush into the foil for Obama and the Democrats for a couple months, but the short attention span/lame billboard caused that to become boring. Now, we can use Dick Cheney as the symbol of how much Republicans suck (so very hard) for a few months. I say we save David Duke until October of next year, just in time for the midterms.
Instead of one big billboard, DNC would have done better to issue thousands of pinatas. A Cheney/Rush/Kristol three pack would have made me a lifetime member -
my first thought when i saw John King touting his “first interview” with Cheney bullshit, is that you couldn’t really get a greater show of professional disrespect that to be the “journalist” who Cheney thinks so little of that he is willing to be in the room with you.
My lesbian crush on Gibbs just grows and grows.
Here is the link to the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xat5951SZ9I
“Not taking economic advice from Dick Cheney is probably the best possible outcome of this situation”
It’s like they took wonkette commenters and made them a press secretary. Is buttseks reference next?
I’m not getting “inappropriate” so much as “painfully, tragically true.”
Also, I was hoping the next time I saw Cheney on CNN, it would be doing a perp walk. I continue to cling to my dreams.
AnnieGetYourFun:
… or ACORN!!!
*Dum Dum DUM!*
Jim, when you and Layne gave us our marching orders to vote in these blog award categories – I was under the impression it was a form of protest. I thought we were mocking the whole thing, but now it seems my wonkette is legitimizing this whole awards thing by that banner advertising the win. I am so disillusioned! Also…
I think the very first time Cheney looked sad about anything, ever, was when he was crying on CNN about his little Scooter “left hanging in the wind”.
I was laughing at you Dick!
Texan Bulldoggette: They did that during Barry’s first week in office, remember? What I’m waiting for is a full-fledged, Faye-Dunaway-in-Mommie-Dearest meltdown from Boehner and McConnell. That is, if Lindsey Graham doesn’t get there first.
Gibbs is the soft spoken gentlemenly smart a**. At least Gibbs doesn’t have to scream & sweat to get his point across. This is a “teachable moment” for Limbie. Of course, Limbie’s base audience is so drunk on moonshine they have to be screamed at to hear anything. Darth Vadar go back into your undisclosed location, you & McCrazy are the worst sore losers anyone has ever seen. Election said: both of you are irrevalent. Funny how contractors in Iraq are gettin’ fired these days. What a pity.
Wow, John Gibbs is quit the bitch. I’m liking him more and more for that.
And cue republican fake outrage…5..4..3.2.1
Wyoming has been dropped from NORAD surveillance. Bye-bye, Dick.
Gibbs is possibly the first guy in like nine years to actually kinda dig having that press sec job. I’ll bet at the end of every gig he turns around and grins and says to himself “Ha! Fucktards!”
Lionel Hutz Esq.: Dick Cheney is now the leader of the Republican party?
Impossible, he isn’t a token non-white guy… although, he does have a new rap single coming out, I mean, “dropping” soon. As you would expect, it’s not very catchy:
Goin’ Back To An Undisclosed Location In Wyoming.
Wyoming.
Wyoming.
Goin’ Back To An Undisclosed Location In Wyoming.
I Don’t Think So.
Mad Farmer Manifest: Hooray For Anything: Come on, Cheney can’t still snuff people whenev
To heal the sting of Gibbs’ word-dagger, Grand Wizard Limbaugh bathes himself in a tub of Glenn Beck’s tears.
V572625694: Your tragic murder is the best compliment I can receive on my pithy comments. You will be missed, probably. We’ll shed a tear for you as we pound the stake into Cheney’s heart and burn his undead remains.
Why is Cheney “clinging” to his record of accomplishment with such fervor? He rebutted anything King discussed with him so what is his point to be on TV? Tired of eating kittens?
Texan Bulldoggette: We have a winner: But it was Pat Buchanon with the “disgraceful”.
I almost long for the good ol’ days when the WH occupants would dismiss media toadies by referring to them as “major league assholes.” Almost.
Even still, I like Gibbs. Then again, it’s likely just because I’m fluent in both English and Gibb-erish.
Dick’s just looking for his own talk-radio gig. Maybe, it could have a “morning zoo” format with Scooter as the comic relief! Imus holds the patent on the teevee version so that wouldn’t work.
Every time the Gibbster zings somebody in that sweet, Southern way of his, an angel gets its wings.
fishandvodka: That, and the fisting jokes.
Serious, King laid down like a dog. You have to Gibbs props for the Limbaugh line, though. I guess Rush was busy having a prescription filled. Or having his favorite trannie bikini waxed. Rush admits to having sex with food. He fucked a tuna sandwich once.