Robert Gibbs "House on Fire" analogy

[ProSense]

Video

Excellent.

[Cha]

1. Gibbs is brilliant..the

reporters don't stand a chance unless they start doing their homework.

It's a whole new ballgame now.

[firedupdem]

2. That was great! n/t

[Clio the Leo]

3. Robert Gibbs be the man!

And anyone who says different will get the beat down!!! :spank:

[theoldman]

4. Obama could not have chosen a better person for this job.

Not even Clinton had someone so smart.

[Muttocracy]

5. Wonderful! Easy to forget he's only been at this for a few weeks :)

[MADem]

8. He has background in the game, though.

He was Obama's communications director during his Senate tenure and during the campaign. Before that, he did the same gig for the Kerry campaign in 04 and for the DSCC.

What he has going for him is he looks way older than he is--he's the oldest looking thirty seven year old I've seen in awhile. He's got a face that says "age/experience/gravitas" and the stamina of someone in his late thirties. It's a good combo.

[Muttocracy]

9. I know he's not new to the field, but it's a different job

and he was a little nervous the first couple of weeks.

I think he looks close to his age - I'm in my 30s and would have guessed he was in his 40s :shrug:

edit for dumb typo.

[MADem]

11. He looks old to me, like, say, LATE forties and reasonably well-preserved.

Of course, he's not real fit, so that tends to age one. I mean, the guy is eight years younger than, say, Brad Pitt. He's a year younger than Matt Damon. Both of those guys look way younger than he does. Sure, they're movie stars and can afford the pampering, but still....

I think he was a bit rocky at the start because the people he had developed relationships with on the campaign side turned into adversarial assholes, as they are supposed to do, the minute Obama was sworn in, and he was having trouble transitioning.

I think he always "had it," he just was taken aback by his new role and the relationship change with the press that is engendered as a consequence, and that made him appear to be nervous and unprepared. He couldn't very well say "Hey, pal, why you do me like that?" when someone tried to sandbag him, but I imagine he felt it!

[Phx_Dem]

6. Damn he's good.

[ljm2002]

7. That was really worth a look!

He has a deceptively simple way of expressing himself. Love the way he hijacked the "house is on fire" metaphor and ran with it, and his interpretation made a lot more sense than the person who posed the question.

Way to go, Gibbs!

K&R

:kick:

[eleny]

10. Saw that earlier today and loved seeing it again

K&R

[tomp]

12. he definitely loses points for the tie! nt

[Cha]

13. Oh, I love Gibbs' pink

ties.

[tomp]

20. ick! nt

[Cha]

14. Obama had a "house on fire" analogy

in the primaries and/or general..remember when he said somthing like,... "if your neighbor's house is on fire..you don't hesitate because he left old rags around with gasoline on them..you just hurry to put out the fire and take care of assigning the blame after it's out."? Paraphrasing here.

[Muttocracy]

16. thanks, I was trying to remember that - you're right. nt

[Cha]

17. Upstate New York..

me, too. :hi:

[Festusss]

15. That was awesome!!!!

That's the way to refute rethug talking points - a succinct answer that breaks down their trite, tidy little analogies (easier for the Legions to memorize) and exposes them for the fallacies that they represent.

[Doremus]

18. Pwned. n/t

[PopSixSquish]

19. I Saw That Earlier Today - Just Brillant

I love the Gibbster.