On “Fox & Friends” this morning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was interviewed by host Gretchen Carlson and claimed Barack Obama had said all along that the surge would improve the security situation on the ground:
GRETCHEN CARLSON, CO-HOST, “FOX & FRIENDS”: Will President Obama recognize the success of the surge put in place by President Bush tonight?
ROBERT GIBBS, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: There’s no doubt that first and foremost, that the men and women in our uniform and the sacrifices that I think we are all in awe of — the president will log today at Fort Bliss when he stops there as well as in his speech — I don’t think there’s any doubt, as candidate Obama said, adding 20,000 men and women into Iraq would improve the security situation. I think along with a series of other things…
CARLSON: Candidate Obama said that?
GIBBS: He did.
CARLSON: Excuse me, back in 2007, he said he was against the surge.
GIBBS: No, he said he was against the surge. He said there was no doubt that adding 20,000 men and women would improve the security situation, but as we know, our efforts in Iraq weren’t going to be done simple militarily, Gretchen.
Robert Gibbs is misstating the facts here. On January 10, 2007, Obama predicted the surge would actually increase violence.
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Gibbs and OBama both have yet to give Bush the Credit for the success in Iraq…..It is so dispicable that these two men who are failures to our country, won't give credit to a past President that deserves all the credit with the military in the success in Iraq.
Why should anyone be surprised? After two and a half years the Demorat's lies are catching up with them. In this age of electronics the crimes of liars and thieves always shine brightly in the light of undeniable truth.The funny thing is, the liars keep right on lying!
What else would you expect from gibbs, he is a moron!
To be a good liar, you have to have a very, very good memory and even then you'll get caught. Why not just tell the truth. The truth will set you free and you don't need a good memory. Obama and Gibbs have told so many lies they can't tell a lie from the truth.
"To be a good liar, you have to have a very, very good memory "
True, especially with video everywhere today, unless you spend all of your time talking to people with bad (or selective) memories. I assume that's why Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck still have credibility with their audiences.
JAMES,
PATHETIC & LAME RESPONSE AS USUAL BY YOU!
THE PEOPLE BEILIEVE SARAH PALIN & GLEEN BECK BECAUSE THEY ARE CREDIBLE & TELL THE TRUTH.
THE PEOPLE DO NOT BEILIEVE OBAMA BECAUSE HE HAS NOTCREDIBILITY DUE TO HIS SPIN & LIES.
"THE PEOPLE BEILIEVE SARAH PALIN & GLEEN BECK BECAUSE THEY ARE CREDIBLE & TELL THE TRUTH."
Yeah right, the "truth" keeps changing. They ALL lie, from Obama to "Gleen" Beck
PILTDOWN911
WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?
Piltdown911, you obviously have a "problem" if you say that liars lie. Don't even think about dragging out that whole "the sky is blue" spin.
JAMES,
YOU ARE THE ONE WITH THE PROBLEM! YOU ARE THE ONE WHO LIES & SPINS THE TRUTH! AS FOR THE SKY YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT COLOR IT IS!
IN FACT I DOUBT YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT PLANET YOU ARE ON?
Continuing deception and deceit will not flourish – it will be exposed and those perpetuating it as well. This is the only way the Social Democratic Workers Party can communicate. Their deception started with Acorn's criminal Voter registration continuing with the SEIU's Gestapo tactics. It all flows downhill from the Obamination. it is time for the veil of counterfeit democracy to be lifted from the American people and restore honor to the USA and to the Office of President.
Gibbs is a puppet of the no one puppet !!
LIAR LIAR, Pants on fire!
That's just what they(Marxists) do in a Marxist(anti-messiah) takeover! It nothing new at all and they always to the same: Economic Collapse, blame a villain(rich white men) and have a holocaust! It's never any different, except who the villain is! Watch!
This goes back to Clinton and his modernist belief. If I tell a lie long enough that people believe it, it is the truth.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Goebbels Gibbs lies again. What a White House full of frauds, starting with the Kenyan-in-Chief. Gibbs claims that candidate Obama said the security situation would be improved by adding more troops?? Is he joking?? Obama said very explicit,y as a candidate when the surge was proposed when he was a candidate that adding 5,000, 15,000 or 30,000 troops wouldn't make a difference! How stupid do Goebbels Gibbs and Obama think we are? His fat, smug expression and snide remarks really don't do anything to help Obama's cause – whatever that is. Obama is an epic fail, as exemplified by these cretins like Gibbs, Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod and Valerie Jarret, that he surrounds himself with.
I like your way with words.I describe Gibbs as Obumers pet Monkey Gibby but yours is way better
Boobie Gibbs and Barry Soetoro are born in Lies and will tell as many lies as it takes to destroy this nation.
Kenya is missing it's village idiot with the absence of the muslim communist and where ever gibbs came from they are also missing their village idiot. I am not surprised at any thing those 2 varmints lie about because that is all they know. The muslim communist sob's entire administartion is a lie!!
So, underneath, Gibbs' babble I found out he could count to five.
I also found out in Obama's clip, that he actually said he 'cared' about what the American's 'thought' or 'felt' re. the country pre-election 2008.
He certainly doesn't care what most American's feel or want now, post-election 2009 to 2010. He's the first Dictator-in-Chief. People, we must make him the last!! And always remember to say: "Never Again"!!
Where was Gibbs when they filmed Dumb and Dumber? Perfect pair.
I am insulted that this admin and Gibbs actually think they talk truths when WE ALL know the real
truth. Are they kidding? I'm not. Does anyone realize how much stress this causes people when
we have to worry about our futures and our kids'? This whole WhiteHouse needs a serious cleaning out and I don't mean the Merry Maids. (oh, maybe I do)
Gibbs IS A MISTATED FACT!
Hello,
When I was a kid I use to see other kids using what is become known as "SOCK-PUPPETS", and I mean the clean kind. I sort of feel like Robert Gibbs is a sock puppet, or even worst a marionette. Without saying anything else I feel like everybody knows exactly what I am talking about. Nothing could make me prouder as an American than when the day comes, and this piece of HUMAN dead skin is out of a job. He is o stupid, and arrogant, and gee wiz just wonder where he gets that from.
So ………. Mr. Obama was against the surge before he was for it………….. His opposition to the surge is documented by news records so the Democratic Party cannot change the historical record on this.
You know Obuma and his pet monkey Gibby will never give Bush credit for anything only thing they give him credit for is if something bad happens.An example would be the Iraqi war some dems voted for the war
but the dems blame only Bush.The media made sure that you knew the total of the soldiersthat died in combat,now Obummer is the so called commander in chief do you hear the total that are killed under him.Iguess people like Brainless Williams and the liberal media feel it's OK
I think R. Gibbs is the master of "double Speak" Only he doesn't make sense. Every time I hear him, I want to tear out my hair.
We are not stupid and only someone as stupid as Gibbs would think we are.OMG, can't we get rid of these buffoons before it is the ruination of our once great and now struggling country
Guest 10
Gibb's and this whole adminastration are a bunch of liar's. You can usually spot them when you ask a question and they start smiling and laughing. They know they are going to lie and can't stop themselves from laughing, thinking they can belittle us. They foreget that some of us have tapes of almost every speech these idoits made. Most of them have commited treason, but the A–Hole AG won't do anything about it. If they were tried and convicted, they should ALL face a firing squad. Put barrack Husain obama in the front so everyone would get a good shot. We did'nt have a good choice in Nov. 2008 but this illegal should not be president. A true American would not have voted for someone to destroy our country and freedoms and the Consitution and Bill of Rights like these D–kheads are doing. I'd really like to meet Gibbs, one on one, and I'd shove his nose up his rear end when he started smiling at me .