Must See TV: Gibbs Stutters Trying To Explain Why Obama Will Meet ‘The View’ But Not World Leaders (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, September 23, 2012, 9:44 AM
Obama Senior Advisor Robert Gibbs stutters trying to explain why Obama has time for the ladies of The View but no time for world leaders.
Obama will be on The View this week but will not meet with any leaders at the UN including Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
Via FOX News Sunday:
Here’s the transcript:
FOX’s Chris Wallace: “I want to go back to the UN though and New York this week. You say that he’s got schedules, that foreign leaders have schedules. But the President has blocked out time to appear on The View on Tuesday. So, he has time for Whoopie Goldberg but he doesn’t have time for world leaders?”
Obama Senior Adviser Robert Gibbs: “No, Chris. Look, the President is going to be actively involved at the UN General Assembly.”
Wallace: “He’s not meeting with any private leaders. He’s giving a speech.”
Gibbs: “Chris, they have telephones in the White House. Last week, he talked to the President of Egypt. He talked to the leader in Libya. We don’t need a meeting in Washington just to confer with leaders. We’ve got a strong – ”
Wallace: “But he does need the time to be on The View?”
Gibbs: “We have a strong diplomatic – I’m sure if he was doing an interview with you on Fox News, you’d have no problem with that.”
Wallace: “Well, he hasn’t, but that’s not the point.”
Gibbs: “I’m sure that’s not the point. No, look Chris, he’s got a strong schedule. He’s actively involved.”
Wallace: “You don’t have a problem with the fact that he’s not meeting with any world leaders, but he’s going to appear on The View?”
Gibbs: “I have no problem with that, because, Chris, you’re the President of the United States every minute of every day. That’s why you talk to the leader in Turkey, a hugely important leader and country in that region of the world. That’s why you pick up the phone and talk to the President of Egypt and tell them, they have to have a strong reaction to this violence at our embassy, they have to protect our consulate and our embassies and the people that work in them. Chris, this isn’t just about one meeting on one particular day in New York. The President is actively involved and engaged in the most dangerous place in the world every single day of the week.”
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NeoKong commented:
Once again.
A Democrat is lying through his teeth right to my face as if I am some a-hole who is too stupid to know the truth.
He might as well just punch me in the mouth and then kick me in the crotch to show how much he despises me so I won’t at least have to listen to his disgusting lies.
Stella Baskomb commented:
“The President is actively involved and engaged in the most dangerous places in the world every single day of the week.”
That must be The View, David Letterman, dinner with Beyonce, over 100 rounds of golf, and what did I forget? Oh, yeah, and talking on the phone inside the White House.
All – all – the most dangerous places in the world.
Look-Out commented:
Never watch The View, but it sure would be nice if the ladies there surprised Barry with Bibi on the sofa when he walked onto the set and told Barry to go have a chat with him in another room while they carried on the show without him.
donh commented:
Gibby should stick to belly dancing on I-Carly…..> http://youtu.be/eEpZGE0Iyh0
Adi commented:
He is using “the phone”?
Let me guess: does “the phone” happens to be an IPhone?
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2012/09/obama-cant-figure-out-an-iphone-blames-supporter/
American Patriot commented:
Good one Donh!
Lindensant commented:
According to Gibbs, Zero is telling the Egypt president he must have a strong reaction to this (presumably to the attack of our Egyptian embassy). Sure, that’s why the aforementioned Egypt president just gave an interview to NYT where he says the US has to adopt the Arab “values” , or else!
Blackbird commented:
Gibbs: “Chris, they have telephones in the White House. Last week, he talked to the President of Egypt. He talked to the leader in Libya. We don’t need a meeting in Washington just to confer with leaders”
And here is the problem, Obama truly believes he can phone in the job of President of the United States. He won’t meet with his Security Advisers in person, he won’t meet with world leaders in person, but he has endless time to meet face to face with his donors and Joy Behar right in the middle of the worst international crisis since WW2. Sorry Obama, but the Presidency doesn’t have a “present” button like you used and abused as State and then U.S. Senator.
Robert commented:
And Zero fiddles while Rome burns.
cc commented:
He is just a child who avoids all difficult confrontations or meetings.
dw dude commented:
another speech? our presidents fine example of his one dimensional work ethic .I hear he has nothing on the schedule today…pro football day off.
PegLeg commented:
“Look Chris, he doesn’t need to be briefed on national intelligence, he’s got a telephone and an IPad!”
Embassy Shmbassy!
reliapundit commented:
biden: “look at a president’s budget and see his values.”
obama’s budget = billions to cronies for failed schemes, and trillions in “unpatriotic” debt and socialistic redistribution.
I ADD:
look at president’s schedule to see his values/priorities:
golf, campaigning, fundraising.
and all involve obama’s best skill:
LYING.
Hy Feiber commented:
To my fellows Jews, you voted 80-20% for a man described by Louis “Judaism is a Gutter Religion” Farrakhan, who described Obama as The Messiah.
You all are deaf, dumb, and blind.
dnb commented:
Obviously the president can talk to any one and every one, except any one and every one from Israel.
sandy commented:
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/09/22/Obama-to-Release-One-Third-of-Gitmo-Inmates
Wonder why this is being done prior to the election? A little gift perhaps to the Muslims so that they will keep quiet until after the election.
Blackbird commented:
I wonder if the White House is in the process of editing Obama’s past published daily schedule to get rid of most of the inconvenient stuff as we speak.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/schedule
I hope someone has a backup, that sort of thing would be exactly their first knee-jerk reaction to a perceived image problem, and they have been caught repeatedly attempting to change the past to fit the current narrative.
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