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Meet the new Ari/Scottie. A little history on Obama's new press sec'y--his role in destroying Dean while working for Kerry, reviving the "lincoln bedroom" against Clinton, and other totally Rovian and "old politics" methods. So far, we have Gibbs and Emanuel and Axelrod -- 3 old-school, old-politics, attack dogs. Who's next?
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i wonder if Harry & Louise was his idea?
(reviving it)
seems so.
The Politics of Hope
Same as the politics of hate and fear!
What's up with his head? Let's assume they didn't have a large
pool of candidates for the job of press secretary. Why else would they pick the guy?
I love this job!
I love this job!
looks like all the pasty, dumpy, beady-eyed guys
Dubya always had around to me--like Rove.
OMG, Josh Marshall and Markos
must be going nuts. After all, didn't they whore themselves out to get a juicy government job with Obamanation??
Oh well, we know that MSNBC will continue to be the White House press agency...
they'll get press passes for sure--
they'll be dutiful stenographers and think they're "in".
he gets called a "bad cop" too --
like Rahm was.
Politico -- Little shock in selection of Gibbs -- http://www.politico.com/news/stories/110...
"... “Gibbs is no shrinking violet,” Mendell said. “He is the bad cop to Obama’s good cop. He is the guy who goes out and fights with the reporters who haven’t given his guy good coverage. He is pugnacious. He can be charming, as well, with a handshake and a smile while he is manipulating things behind your back that you don’t see occurring.”
Is a message being sent to the netroots?
Hhhmmmm.
Naw, the Netroots isn't important enough to
send a message to, except in their own minds.
These messages are to big business, that Obama's not going to rock any boats or get in the way of anyone's gravy train, economic meltdown (for the rest of us) notwithstanding. If Cheeto heads explode, it's just icing.
You don’t know me, son. So let me explain this to you once: If I ever kill you, you’ll be awake, you’ll be facing me, and you’ll be armed.
-Malcolm Reynolds, “Serenity”