THE MAN SPOKE THE TRUTH – AT 7:47 P.M. ET:  We are not famous here for praising White House Press Secretary Bob Gibbs.  But the man has spoken the truth:

The Obama administration's most public face, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, has tried to climbed down from angry remarks he aimed at leftwing critics, calling them "crazy".

In an interview with The Hill newspaper in Washington DC, Gibbs revealed frustration at attacks on the administration from liberal Democrats and others on the left, in terms likely to make relations even worse:

"I hear these people saying he's like George Bush. Those people ought to be drug tested," Gibbs said. "I mean, it's crazy."

The press secretary dismissed the "professional left" in terms very similar to those used by their opponents on the ideological right, saying, "They will be satisfied when we have Canadian healthcare and we've eliminated the Pentagon. That's not reality."

Like anyone else who speaks the truth in Washington, Gibbs later tried to walk back his remarks, calling them "inartful."  But what he said was plainly true.  There is a left fringe in the Democratic Party, similar to the Marxist-leaning leftoids that Harry Truman tossed out of the party in 1948.  And yes, they want the Pentagon eliminated.  They wouldn't mind seeing the Bill of Rights put into mothballs as well.

There is now anger and fury among the nuts.  Keith Ellison, the self-proclaimed "moderate" Muslim congressman from Minnesota (what a joke) has demanded Gibbs's resignation.  Other leftoids are similarly inclined. 

I'd like to see Obama back Gibbs.  I don't think Gibbs stands any chance of being fired, but, given the general tone and cowardice of this administration, he may be given a tour of the underside of the bus just to keep him on message.

I'm relieved to know someone in the White House understands the left.  It's about time.

August 10, 2010