Obama Backing Off Assault Weapons Ban?

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs certainly gives off the impression that in spite of all the violence we've seen in this country (especially last week) that the NRA still rules the roost in Washington when it comes to smart gun control laws. The always-fearless Helen Thomas asks the tough questions:

Dana, Dana, Dana, It Isn't About The Time, It's About The Lies

Howie Kurtz did a write-up of Dana Perino in the Washington Post today and he certainly got a few gems out of her. It has to be tough to be the official lying mouthpiece of the Bush Administration and probably in a way she has to be glad it's almost over. I personally couldn't imagine selling my soul to the devil for that guy, so maybe she just gets paid well for it....perhaps hoping for a book deal like her predecessors. Whatever her reasons, I say good riddance to the entire lot of the current Administration. Of course they won't go without bestowing some advice for Obama's people, but if I were Robert Gibbs, I'd let it go in one ear and out the other.

From The Washington Post:

Perino marvels at the glowing press that Barack Obama has gotten -- "He was a great candidate, a phenomenal candidate," she says -- but warned his incoming chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, that it wouldn't last forever. "I'll give you eight months," she told him.

Eight months? Where'd ya get that number Dana? Is that how long it took the press to lose interest in the crap you peddled for the President? See Ms. Perino, it isn't about the amount of time, it is how you treat the media. Comparing the coverage for Bush to Obama and complaining about it is a waste of time in false equivalencies. Bush gets bad press not only because he's unpopular but that he's a lying snake who starts wars for no good reason that kill hundreds of thousands of people. He also helped tank the economy and make us the laughing stock of the world. Obama is already working to fix the damage Bush has done. That isn't unfair coverage, it is simply the news.

Oh and I loved this quote:

"If I gave you information that turned out to be false, and I balked at correcting it, you guys would be furious. You'd be shocked," Perino says.

You give the media false information and lie to the public? Never!

Obama Aide Calls Out Right Wing Tools On Fox

Obama aide Robert Gibbs went on Fox and Friends this morning (why he bothered, I don't know) to talk politics. At one point Steve Doocy decided to bring up the right wing's latest whining fest over a bracelet Obama wears for a Gold Star mother. McCain's cheerleaders have complained that he shouldn't wear it because the father of the fallen soldier did not want his son to be used for political gain. Of course their gripe was debunked as soon as his mother applauded Barack Obama for mentioning his son during the debate and berating anyone that criticized him for it.

Watch as Gibbs puts an immediate end to their unsubstantiated and false gossip, while Fox and Tools go on the defensive: