JENNIFER LOVEN, AP: The $100 million target figure that the president talked about today with the Cabinet, can you explain why so small? I know he talked about -- you know, you add up 100 million and 100 million, and eventually, you get somewhere, but it would take an awfully long time to add up hundred million (inaudible) in the deficit. Why not target a bigger number?
GIBBS: (Smiling) Well, I think only in Washington, D.C. is a hundred million dollars...
LOVEN: The deficit's very large. It's not a joke.
GIBBS: No, I'm...
LOVEN: The deficit's giant. $100 million really is only a step.
GIBBS: But no joke.
LOVEN: You sound like you're joking about it, but it's not funny
.GIBBS: I'm not making jokes about it. I'm being completely sincere that only in Washington, D.C. is $100 million not a lot of money. It is where I'm from. It is where I grew up. And I think it is for hundreds of millions of Americans.
LOVEN: The point is it's not a very big portion of the deficit.
TAPPER: You were talking about an appropriations bill a few weeks ago about $8 billion being minuscule -- $8 billion in earmarks. We were talking about that and you said that that...
GIBBS: Well, in terms of -- in...(CROSSTALK)
TAPPER: ...$100 million is a lot but $8 billion is small?
Monday, April 20, 2009
You Are Joking, Right?
Jake Tapper is about the only serious journalist left. Robert Gibbs continues to be the clown of the White House.
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Lost in the shuffle...
Obama refers to the DHS saving $52 million by purchasing office supplies in bulk.
No shit. I think everyone but the government realizes saving are greater in bulk.
What the hell were they doing? Everytime someone needed a pen they send the gofer out for an 8-pack of Bics from OfficeMax?
Awesome blog, by the way. Found you via Scrivener.net's blogroll.
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