Obama's Press Guy Calls Out Cell Phone Abuser
When a cell phone interrupted President Obama's Press Secretary Robert Gibbs during his daily briefing -- dude went into the crowd and snatched it up faster than a high school teacher in study hall!
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(Page 4 of 5) Previous 15 Comments | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Most Recent | Next 15 Comments46. Maybe Mr. Gibbs forgot to make the customary announcement.........
"All dumb-asses, please shut your f**ing phone's ringer off, or put in on vibrate!"....
Yah... that's probably what happened.
Posted at 8:12PM on May 14th 2009 by What If
47. This dude is a goober. He can't stumble through one press conference without a hundred "ahhs" and then admits he doesn't know anything. Yet - he's the WH spokesman.
Barry's people keep him there for a reason. It's like the druggies in high school that keep a clean-cut kid in their group - to take the blame.
Posted at 9:18PM on May 13th 2009 by beachy
48. Anyone who thinks it's acceptable to talk on a cell phone in public is a horse's ass. Anyone who thinks this reporter was within the norm to answer -- and continue to talk on his phone -- during a White House briefing is a total, brain dead moron. I don't care who the President is, or who the Press Secretary is. When you're at a White House briefing, shut your damned phone off!
I expect the younger people to get all up in arms over what Robert Gibbs did because -- let's face it -- people these days have those stupid phones attached to their heads 24/7 and they all think the right to talk on their phone in public is included in the Bill of Rights. But these reporters aren't kids. They're old enough to know better and should be banned from future press briefings. Stupidity should be grounds for keeping them out.
Posted at 9:30PM on May 13th 2009 by Ya Think
49. Uh, Barack uh Obama has uhh instructed me to uhh make you uhh listen to uhh me wether you uh want to uh or not. You need to uhh get off uhh the phone now uhh sir, you're uhh not listening uhh to me. Uhh I said listen to uhh me. I have something uhh to say, uhh even though uhh I forgot uhh what it is. Oh yeah, uhh, today the dog Bo, uh took a crap uhh in the white uhh house today. I mean it sir, uhh get off uhh the phone uhh now. Don't uhh you have any uhh respect.
Posted at 10:19PM on May 13th 2009 by Democrats are evil
50. That man who answered the 'phone ia a rude, disrespectful. unruly pig. Just who does he think he is? He sets himself in the front row of a White House press conference, leaves the ringer of his 'phone ON. answers it when it rings and proceeds to have a conversation while the speaker is on the podium. That says it all. He is a disgrace to his employer and he should be banned from the White House.
Posted at 10:54PM on May 13th 2009 by bagladey
51. Who was the second correspondent that answered his phone and rudely walked away when he was asked to hand it over?? He should be fired and never allowed in another press conference and be forced to cover news stories about Anna Nicole Smith or the swine flu!
Posted at 11:25PM on May 13th 2009 by Brandi
52. You can have a dumb press secretary when the press loves the president and will only report the good stuff and never anything negative. The press is in the tank for Obama, hence the press secretary doesn't matter.
Posted at 8:22AM on May 14th 2009 by Linda
53. Simple. It was arranged ahead of time. Nothing like that happens 'by accident' in the White House. Puhleeze.
Posted at 11:55PM on May 13th 2009 by Campy
54. I love Gibbs.
Tony Snow would have done something like this, too. :-)
Posted at 12:10AM on May 14th 2009 by Me
55. see? we don't all really have to stick to even the most simplist rules and guidelines...they are only made for pretend. and who can tell me, that i can't use my own phone. in a totally public place. isn't this a democrazy??
Posted at 5:31AM on May 14th 2009 by not a faN
56. maybe it was his craigslist whore who was offering him a quick and soon available time slot?
Posted at 5:45AM on May 14th 2009 by not a faN
57. IMPEACH ALL OF WASHINGTON. THEY SURE ARE MESSING ARE COUNTRY UP BIG TIME. GET A TALL TREE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE FOLKS. GET A ROPE AND DO WHAT IS NEEDED BEFORE WE TURN INTO A NEW USSR
Posted at 7:39AM on May 14th 2009 by hell with them all
58. I WOULD NOT PAY A PENNY TO SEE THAT ASS OBAMA. HE IS KILLING OUR COUNTRY.
Posted at 7:39AM on May 14th 2009 by hell with them all
59. i can't believe that i am actually going to write this but Gibbs was very funny!! The only downer was the utter lack of respect but the journalist in the front row...this is being televised and you actually answer your phone and talk? Whether you're a Democrat or Republican or Independent...that was unprofessional and highly RUDE!!
Posted at 7:50AM on May 14th 2009 by canuckinus
60. So tired of the giggling Mr. Glib. He appears to think the press conferences are for entertainment. Any hard question, he has no answer or refers them to the treasury. Use lots of campaign rhetoric to "answer" other questions. He is an embarrassment.
Posted at 7:56AM on May 14th 2009 by Mr Glib
