'Baghdad' Bob Gibbs Attacks Gallup Poll

:rofl Looks like Baghdad Bob Gibbs is at it again-




After White House blast, Gallup defends its poll results on Obama

The editor in chief of the Gallup Poll on Tuesday defended the value of opinion polls in general and explained away White House press secretary Robert Gibbs’ earlier criticism of Gallup’s latest presidential poll as a reaction “to the fact that the president’s approval numbers are not stable.”

The Gallup report Monday showed President Obama’s approval rating at 47 percent, the lowest mark yet for his presidency.

Mr. Gibbs, speaking to reporters Tuesday morning, appeared irked by the poll, saying, “I am sure a 6-year-old with a crayon could do something not unlike that.” He continued: “I don’t put a lot of stake in, never have, in the EKG that is the daily Gallup trend. I don’t pay a lot of attention to the meaninglessness of it.”

Seen this before

Gallup’s editor in chief, Frank Newport, issued a measured response to Gibbs’ criticism on his blog.

“It’s not unusual for politicians to react to polls,” he wrote. “I’ve certainly seen it many times over the years, particularly when elected representatives or candidates are confronted with poll results they don’t like.”

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I wonder if Gibbs would continue to berate Gallup if Obama's numbers all of a sudden begin to rise.

bicycleman said:

I wonder if Gibbs would continue to berate Gallup if Obama's numbers all of a sudden begin to rise.

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I'm sure they'd :spin: their opinions to fit the flavor of the week, as usual. They aren't above hypocrisy there in the White House...

I really miss the original Baghdad Bob. He was a real hoot!

lizzie said:

I really miss the original Baghdad Bob. He was a real hoot!

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Speaking of which....Here are just a few of his memorable quotes-

"There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!"

"My feelings - as usual - we will slaughter them all"

"Our initial assessment is that they will all die"

"I blame Al-Jazeera - they are marketing for the Americans!"

"God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis."

"They're coming to surrender or be burned in their tanks."

"No I am not scared, and neither should you be!"

"Be assured. Baghdad is safe, protected"

"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!"

"We are not afraid of the Americans. Allah has condemned them. They are stupid. They are stupid" (dramatic pause) "and they are condemned."

"The Americans, they always depend on a method what I call ... stupid, silly. All I ask is check yourself. Do not in fact repeat their lies."

"I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that they have
started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We
will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly."

"I can assure you that those villains will recognize, will discover in appropriate time in the future how stupid they are and how they are pretending things which have never taken place."

"We have destroyed 2 tanks, fighter planes, 2 helicopters and their shovels - We have driven them back."

"The authority of the civil defense ... issued a warning to the civilian population not to pick up any of those pencils because they are booby traps," he said, adding that the British and American forces were "immoral mercenaries" and "war criminals" for such behavior.
"I am not talking about the American people and the British people," he said. "I am talking about those mercenaries. ... They have started throwing those pencils, but they are not pencils, they are booby traps to kill the children."

"We have them surrounded in their tanks"

"The American press is all about lies! All they tell is lies, lies and more lies!"

"I have detailed information about the situation...which completely proves that what they allege are illusions . . . They lie every day."

"Lying is forbidden in Iraq. President Saddam Hussein will tolerate nothing but truthfulness as he is a man of great honor and integrity. Everyone is encouraged to speak freely of the truths evidenced in their eyes and hearts."

"Now even the American command is under siege. We are hitting it from the north, east, south and west. We chase them here and they chase us there. But at the end we are the people who are laying siege to them. And it is not them who are besieging us."
We Love the Iraqi Information Minister