Following President Obama's surprise appearance at the White House press briefing, press secretary Robert Gibbs garnered laughter from the press corps by holding up his hand to reveal that he had written notes on his palm in black marker.That might have been funny on Saturday Night Live, but from the White House Press Secretary it seems rather petty.
Gibbs' move was a jab at Sarah Palin, who was shown to have written notes on her hand at a speech at the Tea Party convention Saturday after making an implicit criticism of the president for using a TelePrompTer.
Gibbs quipped that he had made the notes in case he and his family are snowed in by the storm approaching Washington. He said the words written on his hands included "eggs" and "milk" and that he had written "bread" but crossed it out.
A close up of the palm also revealed the words "hope" and "change," which Gibbs said he included "just in case I forgot that."
Jim Geraghty adds this from Twitter:
For all of his myriad flaws, Scott McClellan would never have dreamed of pulling a stunt like Gibbs did today.
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2 comments:
When you really consider Gibbs, he doesn't have enough hands to write anything worthwhile for him to say.
I'm surprised he hasn't already been fired from his job.
That was the Press Corpse, right?
And why would the want to fire Baghdad Bo....er Gibbs.
He is doing exactly what they tell him to do.
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