Former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, now a senior adviser to the Obama campaign, decried the first night of the Republican National Convention as “very angry” and “full of insults.”
“I don’t have any idea who Chris Christie was describing in his speech, because I don’t think Mitt Romney throughout this campaign or for one moment on the campaign trail has told any person a hard truth,” Gibbs said last night on MSNBC. “I cannot recall one moment in two years that he’s taken on the belief structure of his own party.”
“I think it was a very, very strange night,” he added.
Gibbs said that he was in the Tampa convention hall “and I think folks were a little surprised and they did a few double-takes, but they were quite cordial.”
But, he maintained, “the night was sort of highlighted by lots of anger and lots of insults.”
“I mean, in Mitt Romney, you have this — you have a piece of history in that he enters this general election as the single least popular nominee to run for president in probably 10 elections,” Gibbs said. “So the work they have cut out for them in the race is to build up Mitt Romney. And all they really tried to do tonight was be angry and tear down Barack Obama. I think in that respect it was a huge missed opportunity and a huge failure for the Republicans in the Republican Convention.”
He said that the language being used by Republicans is “off-putting to people.”
“And I think I heard someone earlier talking about, well, John Sununu loved this speech and John Sununu loved — if John Sununu is the focus group that this party and tonight was trying to reach, then it is going to miss a huge swathe of undecided voters that are going to decide this election,” Gibbs said. “John Sununu is already probably far more wound up than he needs to be.”
– projecting himself again.
Where in hell did that narcissistic, idiotic guy ever think that aRepublican would tell a lie, be vitriolic, be angry,say untrue things,etc.,etc. Oh yeah he has been listining to Barry and trying his best to emulate him! Birds of a feather you know, they should all be “shamed into extinction!”
What is this jackass talking about??? It’s almost as if he scripted this talking point in advance no matter what transpired.
These remarks sound entirely canned or pre-fab, don’t they? He already has the lines worked out and memorized. All he needs to do is fill in the blanks referencing the present campaign event and the targets of his personal insults, and he’s done. Easy-peasy.
It’s amazing how lame and lazy the reelection campaign has become. They’re just phoning it in. I mean, come on, “Obamacare” vs “Romney-Doesn’t-Care.” Sheesh.
Robert Gibbels is off his meds again.
It really amazes me? Was this blather handed down to him from Axholerods Ministry of Truth of approved propaganda for Comrade ZerO? I do not think he watched 5 minutes of the convention! Poor Gibbs still nothing more than a Poindexter look a like doofus rump swab for ZerO`s disposable use!
The media, most of it, is just an Obama lapdog, and just says what he wants them to say. Sickening.
*it is going to miss a huge swathe of undecided voters that are going to decide this election*
Cause Gibbs completely understands this huge swathe of undecided voters…. What an ass. Why is he at the convention anyway ? If I was the RNC, I would have denied him press credentials (I assume that’s how he’s part of this).
No, man. He’s part of OfA. He’s helping staff the campaign’s war room in Tampa. Giving out press avails on anything and everything — morning, noon and night. Hack, flack and toady.
Spidey-sense sezs that “angry” no longer resonates anymore, as an automatic disqualifier, with the public at large. People know there are issues in the country that need to be addressed.
Does Obama know Gibbs is talking about him this way?