Thread: The Childishness of the current Administration

Recently much ado has been made of Palin's writing several words on her hand at the speech in Nashville. MSNBC let loose with a slew of pejorative attacks against her following that speech, imagine that for objective journalists eh?

In any case it is fair to say that anyone standing up to make a speech would have at least cursory notes to keep them on topic. Palin is no different.

The WH seems to think that this negates the criticism of Obama having to use Teleprompters when speaking to 6th graders, and his own staff. However, recently Gibbs appeared at the daily press conference with words written in his hand as a cheap shot at Palin. Here is what Politico had to say about it:

"The tone is one reason for less laughter," says American Urban Radio's April Ryan. "There are lots of serious questions begging for serious answers. Those questions do not meld with laughter and light banter."

But there's also some frustration a-brewing among press corps members.

"There definitely aren't a lot of laughs around the briefing room these days," says Washington Examiner White House correspondent Julie Mason. "Robert's little digs and evasions have lost their power to amuse — particularly since we haven't had a presser since July."

Mason also reports frustration in the ranks: "Reporters know how close the press secretary is to the president, and yet the quality of the information we get doesn't often reflect that."

Press room laughter dies down - PATRICK GAVIN | POLITICO CLICK

HotAir said:

...the White House press briefing is one of the lamest, most useless spectacles in American politics. How can this be beneath the dignity of an office that has no dignity to begin with? The only time the briefing’s worth watching is when Gibbs is forced to defend something especially stupid that Biden said, or when something bad’s happened in the Middle East that sets Helen Thomas up for a “question” about whether we maybe had it coming. Lacking either of those contingencies, if the guy wants to resort to some hackish partisan Mencia-esque schtick to liven things up...

Hot Air Blog Archive Video: Gibbs writing on his hand now to mock Palin; Update: Photoshop added

Kansas City Star wrote:

Poor White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. His shot at Sarah Palin Tuesday made not only him but his boss look bad, too.

Gibbs mimicked Palin by writing a few words on his left hand, then showed them off during Tuesday's press briefing.

Gibbs' intent was to mock Palin for using her hand as a mini-reminder kit during her appearance at last weekend's Tea Party Convention in Nashville.

But Gibbs is supposed to be promoting the party line of President Barack Obama right now, that bipartisanship is needed on major issues to improve America.

He's not supposed to be taking shots at one of the leading spokespersons for the other side, the Republican Party.

Gibbs' "look-at-me" moment wasn't helpful to his boss.


Gibbs mocks Palin with childish stunt | Midwest Voices

So how about it people? have we had enough of the mocking, childness of Mr. Gibbs yet? And what does this say about a WH that is uncovered daily for the lies they are telling that the President talks of bi-partisanship, while his mouthpiece thinks he is in the 5th grade with his antics? What a loser this administration is.


j-mac

It's like watching a 5th grade school play.

You can boil this administrations arguments down to a simple "I'm rubber and you're glue...."

I thought Palin was head of the Tea Party?

Am I confusing the GoP and the Tea Party again? They look awfully the same.


BTW talking to 6th graders is no cake walk. I would require a teleprompter, a monkey, and an entire entourage of sock puppets just to get my point across.

Zzzzz, wake me up when they lie in order to rush us into an ill-planned war.

The teleprompter remarks certainly not childish as they were simply the response to the disingenuous calls of what a great communicator the President was. He's a reader, not a leader.

Originally Posted by Boo Radley

Communicators use things like teleprompters and note cards and memory. No one really handles these things effectively off the cuff. So, the criticism is silly, disingenuous, and on the childish side.

Would you say that the use of a Teleprompter could probably be avoided when talking with his own staff?


j-mac

Originally Posted by Boo Radley

Communicators use things like teleprompters and note cards and memory.

Great communicators don't have such a massive gap between teleprompter readings...and off teleptompter readings. Communicators don't mispronounce corpsman, especially when they're Commander in Chief. Commuicators don't lose focus and tangent off onto some Cambridge Police event while trying to seel us his health care debacle. Communcators are prepared, they don't bow inappropriately abroad, they don't break etiquette and touch the Queen of England.

Now...if you're an utter fraud, an empty suit that wants to be looked on as a great communicator...then you give the sheep the field they need to graze on. You promise Gitmo will be closed in a year, when it isn't the excuse makers save you. You promise unemployment won't go above 8% if your stimulus is passed...and it soars to 10% and you then blame Bush. You just get out there...and say whatever it is you think they want to hear. Be vague, don't get detailed, hold your chin up, practice alot in the mirror. That way, the easily swayed will simply believe you're a great communicator...when you can't convince anyone of anything. People STILL don't know what's in this health care, you STILL don't know where your trials for Gitmo detainees will be, but...your flock thinks you a great communcator, what does the reality of failure mean next to that.

No one really handles these things effectively off the cuff.

He breaks promises, makes bone headed errors, and loses focus ON the cuff, Sir.

So, the criticism is silly, disingenuous, and on the childish side.

Again, you're wrong to think it's criticism. When we saw the zombie like state you Libs returned from Obama rallys with...the "I've just seen the Messiah" shellshock, we simply reminded you he's human, flawed, and not very smart, in fact, a horrible communicator. He hasn't been able to express his vision, his policy, or his message, he took blame for that himself during the Health care debate.

“I take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the American people. And I know that with all the lobbying and horse-trading, this process left most Americans wondering what’s in it for them.”

Obama on health care: ‘Let’s get it done’ - Healthy Living : The Orange County Register

It left Americans wondering....just like you left everyone wondering about Gitmo detainees...we're still unsure. Just like you've left us with cap and trade, or climate change, or your inabiliuty to communicate the Olympics to Chicago. Your policies unsure and unsteady with the exception of Afghanistan.

Yes Boo...when he admits he communicated poorly, he has more flowers thrown at him by his adoring masses. When Repubs make the claim he's not communicating well, it's childish.

Sorry, like the ump behind the plate, we call em as we see em, he's the most overrated communcator in the history of media.