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> White House Spokesman Apologizes After Saying 'Professional Left'
> Should Be Drug Tested
> Obama's aide Robert Gibbs backtracked after claiming the left
> "wouldn't be satisfied if Dennis Kucinich was president."
> August 10, 2010 |
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> http://www.alternet.org/story/147807/white_house_spokesman_apologizes_after_saying_%27professional_left%27_should_be_drug_tested/
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> White House spokesman and President Barack Obama's close aide, Robert
> Gibbs, apologized after a newspaper published an interview in which he
> took some tough jabs at the left wing of Obama's own Democratic Party.
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> In an interview with the political newspaper "The Hill", Gibbs took
> some swipes at people he described as the "professional left" for what
> he saw as unfair criticism of Obama's allegedly not doing enough in
> terms of reforms.
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> "They wouldn't be satisfied if Dennis Kucinich was president," the
> spokesman quipped, referring to the Ohio congressman known for his
> leftist positions.
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> "I hear these people saying he's like George Bush. Those people ought
> to be drug tested," Gibbs said. "I mean, it's crazy."
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> Gibbs later said he had spoken "inartfully."
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> "I watch too much cable, I admit. Day after day, it gets frustrating."
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> "So we should all, me included, stop fighting each other and arguing
> about our differences on certain policies, and instead work together
> to make sure everyone knows what is at stake because we've come too
> far to turn back now," he said.
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> Gibbs added that "since coming to office in January 2009, this White
> House and Congress have worked tirelessly to put our country back on
> the right path. Most importantly, to dig our way out of a huge
> recession and build an economy that makes America more competitive and
> our middle class more secure. Some are frustrated that the change we
> want hasn't come fast enough for many Americans. That we all
> understand."
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