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[[Image:RobertGibbs WH Photo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs]]
[[Image:RobertGibbs WH Photo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs]]
'''Robert L. Gibbs''' (born March 29, 1971 in Auburn, Alabama) is the current White House Press Secretary, serving President Obama and David Axelrod, Obama's chief political strategist.
'''Robert L. Gibbs''' (born March 29, 1971 in Auburn, Alabama) is the current White House Press Secretary, serving [[President Obama]] and [[David Axelrod]], Obama's chief political strategist.
A native of Alabama and graduate of North Carolina State University, Gibbs worked in numerous senatorial campaigns for Democrats, including Obama's 2004 Senate campaign. He was the communications manager of Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
A native of Alabama and graduate of North Carolina State University, Gibbs worked in numerous senatorial campaigns for Democrats, including Obama's 2004 Senate campaign. He was the communications manager of Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.
Trying to be funny and mock an upcoming conservative star, Gibbs writes on is hand as [[Sarah Palin]] did. To Gibbs it's ok to put-down conservatives but he would never take a jab at the extensive use of teleprompters by Barack Oabama.
Trying to be funny and mock an upcoming conservative star, Gibbs writes on is hand as [[Sarah Palin]] did. To Gibbs it's ok to put-down conservatives but he would never take a jab at the extensive use of teleprompters by Barack Oabama.
==[[Jobsgate]]==
==Prepackaged questions and a controlled media==
===Healthcare reform===
:''Main article:'' [[Obamacare]]
===[[Jobsgate]]===
[[Joe Sestak]] alleges the Obama administration offered the second-term congressman a "high-ranking" job if he would abandon his primary challenge against Senator [[Arlen Specter]], which is against the law. Gibbs had been asked on five different occasions regarding the matter but has misled or stonewalled the issue. Anybody else on the Obama White House staff, including Robert Gibbs, who currently knows what has happened and has not reported it to the proper authorities may find themselves guilty of misprision of a felony. <ref>[http://spectator.org/archives/2010/03/16/specter-opens-door-on-white-ho/3 Specter Opens Door on White House Felonies, American Spectator P.4, March 16, 2010]</ref>
[[Joe Sestak]] alleges the Obama administration offered the second-term congressman a "high-ranking" job if he would abandon his primary challenge against Senator [[Arlen Specter]], which is against the law. Gibbs had been asked on five different occasions regarding the matter but has misled or stonewalled the issue. Anybody else on the Obama White House staff, including Robert Gibbs, who currently knows what has happened and has not reported it to the proper authorities may find themselves guilty of misprision of a felony. <ref>[http://spectator.org/archives/2010/03/16/specter-opens-door-on-white-ho/3 Specter Opens Door on White House Felonies, American Spectator P.4, March 16, 2010]</ref>
===Slow response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster===
:''Main article:'' [[Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster]]
After a 21 May 2010 [[White House]] Press Conference in which Gibbs faced a barrage of questions about why the [[Obama administration]] wasn't doing more to ensure the the [[Gulf of Mexico]] oil leak is plugged and mitigate the environmental damage to the coastline, [[Chip Reid]] of [[CBS]] reported that White House officials called reporters into the West Wing to scold them for asking too many questions. Gibbs was reported to be the one doing the scolding. The White House Press Office battled for weeks the common perception that the government did not responded forcefully enough to the disaster, relied too much on BP, and was playing the role of spectator.
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