Topic: Robert Gibbs

January 24, 2010

Three top White House officials appeared on TV, and each one gave a different figure when describing the number of jobs "created" by the 2009 stimulus package.

Top advisers confused on jobs created numbers

Is it standard policy to make things up as they go?

December 29, 2009

The White House is walking back, and rejecting, comments by Janet Napolitano and Robert Gibbs that the airline security system works.

White House spin: From ‘system worked’ to ‘systemic failure’

Claiming the “system worked” when it clearly failed is just stupid.

December 2, 2009

Gibbs compares reporter to his bratty kid

White Press Secretary Robert Gibbs tells reporter to ‘take a deep breath’ before patronizing her.

August 4, 2009

White House walks back statement that Ahmadinejad is the ‘elected leader’ of Iran

Aboard Air Force One today, Robert Gibbs retracted his statement that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the “elected leader” of Iran.

July 16, 2009

White House: Stimulus wasn’t really meant to stimulate the economy

According to “off-camera” comments made today by Obama administration officials, the president never intended for the economic stimulus package to actually stimulate the economy.

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