Thursday, January 06, 2011

Karen Finney To Replace Gibby As White House Press Secretary — Oh, Yeah

Say it’s so, White House … SAY IT’S SO. Mark those PRESSERS on your calendar!

If Karen gets the job I won’t be the only one expressing renewed interest in the erstwhile presser yawners conducted by Gibby, now under new HOT management! Karen Finney is a DEMOCRATIC BABE; she’s smart, articulate, attractive and Hmmm … VERY SEXY.

Okay, I admit it, sometimes I’m shallow. But help me out here; I’m trying to find ways to warm back up to the Obama White House, and Karen Finney’s an EXCELLENT START! Plus, she’s a total sweetheart … she really is.


Robert Gibbs is leaving his job as White House Press Secretary to join David Axelrod as the President’s 2012 reelection team gets organized in Chi-Town. I always liked Gibby. He did his job with quiet competence, if not élan. His flock grumbled about him at times, but generally appreciated how he ran intereference for them on foreign trips. The messaging could have been better, but frankly, a lot of it was above Gibby’s pay grade. Gibby’s onetime “gaffe” was the kerfuffle raised over his “professional left” remark. It was much ado about nothing, and in a sense it cleared the air in the strained relations between progressives — the Democratic vanguard — and the White House.

There will always be creative tension in the relationship. That’s fine. Better to have our cards out on the table than pretend everything’s hunky-dory. Gibby took some unfair hits over Rhambo’s contemptuous attitude toward progressives; it’s understandable that he should vent every so often. I’ll always remember him as a fair, competent, good guy who served the President well given the natural constraints of his job.

2 comments:

okbushmans said...

Is it just me or does Gibbs look like the uncool PC guy in the MAC commercials? (John Hodgman) I think he's living a double life...

Carlos said...

He WILL look uncool next to Karen Finney. I hope she's the pick ...