The Voice

Has anyone noticed the most obvious difference between new White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and former secretary Dana Perino?  Well, okay, the most obvious difference is that Mrs. Perino is quite attractive while Gibbs…well…to put it nicely, is not.  Other than that, however, there’s been one thing that’s stood out to me thus far: Considering all the critisicm (much of it deservedly so), bashing, name calling, and verbal persecution Bush endured during his tenure, Perino handled herself very gracefully and honorably throughout.  I don’t ever remember her getting worked up or lashing out at the media for speaking badly of her boss.  Gibbs, however, is a different story.  As illustrated in this article, Gibbs has developed quite a habit of snapping back at those who criticize Obama; and not only at personalities that hold heavy influence like Rush Limbaugh.

“You know, I’d like to think, and I think most people would like to think, that we can put aside our differences and get things done for the American people. We’ll say, in watching a few cable clips of Mr. Limbaugh’s speech, his notion of presidential failures seemed to be quite popular in the room in which he spoke,” he said.

So now, not only is it wrong for anyone of any influence to speak negatively of the President, but it’s also wrong for the American people to have their own opinions about him (*coughSocialismcough*).

The bottom line here is that, yet again, we see another example of Democrats being perfectly willing to dish out the trash while being unable to take it without lashing back.  Mr. Gibbs, President Obama, and the entire administration need to understand that not everyone is going to agree with them all the time, and some people may just flat out dislike them.  The entire Democratic party should be very familiar with that concept, seeing as how they were on the other side for the past eight years.  Now that the tables have turned, if Gibbs gets his panties in a wad every time someone criticizes the President, it will be, as Donald Rieck says in the article, “an awfully long tenure for Gibbs, because there’s a way to let this roll off your shoulders.”