A couple of weeks before Gibbs was fired
he and Obama's speech writer, David
Axelrod, hit the Sunday morning talk shows separately. Each was asked about
shake-ups for the second half of Obama's term. While Gibbs said nothing much was
going to change, Axelrod was emphatic that there would be big changes coming very
soon. This disconnect was not uncommon for the Obama White House.
As a matter of fact it is more the rule than the exception that members of his
administration aren't informed. However, this was funny because it was clear that
Gibbs was going to be fired and he didn't even know it. Sure enough,
Gibbs "resigned" to pursue other endeavors of which he couldn't identify.
His replacement has not been announced. It takes a while to find someone as stupid
as Gibbs. |