Gibbs on Capitol Hill Protest: “I'm Sure There's a Jon Voight Joke in Here Somewhere”

1. Go ahead, Mr. Gibbs, ridicule half the nation by ridiculing one of the speakers that represented them yesterday. That last-century-Alinsky tactic is getting really old, kind of like continuing to blame our nation's first 21st Century president for all the ills of the 21st Century.

2. Gibbs dismissal of one Republican bill is the only public explanation I know of on record discussing any alternatives. (Wyden's? Why not? Mackey's ideas? Why not? What would Mayo Clinic suggest? Why not?) My point is this: A methodical, public deliberation by Congress is a vital primary step for substantive change. The Worst.Congress.Ever arrogantly slid right past a transparent review of our health care system and the best ways to improve it, and instead patched together this Frankenstein in their backrooms.

The nation deserves a full, documented review of all the issues and alternatives and for Congress to be on record on why they won't work.

That's why I stood at my Congressman's office yesterday with another 100 folks -- in solidarity with others across the country and those on the Capitol steps -- to say "Kill the Bill". Start ALL over and do it right.

Doesnt Gibbs ever get dizzy from all of the spinning? He probably was born dizzy, so that is normal for him.

Whine, complain. Loved the prior 8 years. Found no reason to demonstrate then as we moved into depression territory. Yes I have been to the brainwash right wing stations. I hope I covered it mostly.

Gibbs needs to understand that many of us do not find him amusing or trustworthy. He had best watch his backside.

What spin! “anybody that watches (the rally) is struck by the fact that there's a rally going on without a solution on their side.” Is it OK to ridicule the voices of warning when it's obvious that the government is on a course to disaster? This is ridiculing just because there is no rational way to do what the administration's is hell-bent on doing. An analogy would be this: The government is trucking down the road and ignores posted signs that the bridge ahead is not structurally sound enough to support the load being hauled. The trucker ignores the signs because there are no alternate routes posted and is hell-bent on delivering the load in one trip. So he blows past the signs. The bridge in this analogy is the economy. The economy is supported by the privately employed work force that is dwindling. The load is the growing government workforce, entitlements, health care for the uninsured,... basically everything that the government relies upon the private sector to pay for through taxes. Since the bridge is loosing it's private sector strength it is doomed to fail under the approaching load. So just because the alternate plans are not so grandiose by themselves does not mean there are no alternatives. The load on the truck needs to broken down into smaller loads to succeed in the delivery. These protester understand the need for reform and the ultimate objective of quality health care for all. We can never achieve that by being irrational and putting on blinders.

Not to worry - Gibbs won't even warrant a footnote in history. I have to agree that his fourth-grade smarmy comments are grating - evidence of weak parentage.

I can't wait until 2010/2012... Deliverance

Clown Giggs never has a coherent answer...Such an idiot!

OBWAN222 - so let me get this strait, if the Bush administration did it, it is OK for the Obama administration, right? 2 wrongs make a right? Unbelievable. But that is the logic you liberals use all the time.

Thought you voted for change. LOL

Obwan222 - You have no moral authority anymore. Give it up.

I read Gibbs's remarks and immediately conjured up the image of Rush Limbaugh squealing like a pig.

"Deliverance" was funny.

If any of the health care reform naysayers find themselves without health insurance coverage one day, they can call Jon Voight or Jon Ratzengerger to help pay their medical bills and keep them from going into bankruptcy because of medical bills.

Gibbs is a disgrace to this country, and Obama for selecting him as press sec't

I see that Obama, Pelosi & Reid continue to miss the point of the 2008 election. They misread this election at their peril. The emperor's glow is not transferable . What the MSM has not discussed are the many local elections for town and county offices that took place on Tuesday. Many democratic incumbents have been turned out of office. The Democratic Weschester county executive was defeated by a large margin. The Nassau county legislature went Republican after eight years of Democratic majority. A Popular Nassau county executive is in a virtual tie for reelection necessitating the impounding of the voting machines and a recount. These local election results were repeated in statewide and local races in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States. If you were an incumbent Democrat this year, your reelection was much more difficult. The electorate is frustrated and angry; they are tired of being lied to and lied about. Ignore the electorate at your peril. They will have the last word in 2010. election.

"Since when does the press secretary give talking points about the bills being presented in Congress?"

OH, like since, forever.

If you don't believe me maybe you'll believe Bush's Press Secretary:

Q: Define your job for me. I know Scott in the book says that his job -- he believed his job was to advance the agenda of the President of the United States.

MS. PERINO: Sure it is.

Small clarification with large distinction; we live in a Representative Republic, or maybe even a Democratic Republic. Not a Democracy. We are represented by people who are hemmed in by law (the Constitution).

Since when does the press secretary give talking points about the bills being presented in Congress?

If the press secretary is now part of the propaganda machine, can we believe anything coming from the Whitehouse?

"After the use of that term..."

Oh get YOUR mind out of the gutter. It's a simple word like bang or backdoor or melons or any other word that can sound dirty to people with dirty minds.

"The One is even talking about the Bible."

Yeah, so..... There's no law against talking about religion (although the cons will try to convince there is). The law says you can't write religion into the law.

Besides what makes you think that Christians have a monopoly on love for their fellow man? Laws that provide for the less fortunate don't have to be inspired by the New Testiment.

"You shall honor your parents and regard the relatives, the orphans, and the poor. You shall treat the people amicably. You shall observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat)."

"Once the Buddha and Ananda visited a monastery where a monk was suffering from a contagious disease. The poor man lay in a mess with no one looking after him. The Buddha himself washed the sick monk and placed him on a new bed. Afterwards, he admonished the other monks. "Monks, you have neither mother nor father to look after you. If you do not look after each other, who will look after you? Whoever serves the sick and suffering, serves me.""