GIBBS refuses to reveal the cost of NY

Takes me a while to get through the drafts since it appears I’ve been abandoned for good by my fellow citizens.

June 1, 2009

WH Press Briefing

Robert Gibbs is asked a routine question – about barry’s date night – that he is not prepared for so he responds as usual with sarcasm. He really is a very small, insecure person. I wonder how his children are going to feel watching dad make fun of folks as a defense while working for the highest Office in the land. And the press as usual don’t press him any further. They’re all spineless castratos – including Tapper, Henry, Martin and “Chip”. “April” and “Battleaxe Helen” are the only two willing to take him on.

Look at the way he phrases it. Why should the press allow the press secretary to decide whether to answer something? As long as they don’t make him – why would he?

MR GIBBS: Jonathan.

Q Robert, are you going to tell us how much the President and the First Lady’s date night cost on Saturday night, and if not, why not?

MR. GIBBS: Well, Jonathan, uh-uh-uh I think as uh-uh, as-as uh, uhm, you know, I-I-I spokespeople have spoken to this over the weekend that the President uh,uh would — had-had he or could he, based on the Secret Service, he would have taken the shuttle. Uhm, but uhm, I would say that the costs are proportionate with, uh, travel for Presidents. And I would encourage you, uh, to look up previous coverage on travel costs, uh, because they’re analogous.

Q But is there any President or a President and First Lady who have taken an out-of-town date night like this, not connected to an official or even a political — previously planned event?

MR. GIBBS: You’ve-you’ve got probably, uh, more researchers than I do.

Fine — if he wants to go with the it’s no different than other presidents. Problem is barry said he was going to bring Change! and that he was going to be different than the other presidents. And one of the promises was to cut down on “wasteful government spending”. One of those researchers should add up the cost of his adoration tours to swing states and fundraisers and the flyover and the NYC date. They most definitely would not be commenserate with any other president’s travel in the first 5 months. Not even close. And when barry was in the senate his CODELs cost the most out of any senator.

The topper? Mayor Bloomberg’s reaction, which he said in all seriousness.