Gibbs To Rove: Here's Our 'Enemies List'...Now Show Us Your Donors

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Gibbs To Rove: Here's Our 'Enemies List' Now Show Us Your Donors

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/12/gibbs-to-rove-heres-our-e_n_759430.html

First Posted: 10-12-10 12:50 PM | Updated: 10-12-10 12:55 PM

Sam Stein [e-mail] | HuffPost Reporting



White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Tuesday mocked criticism from Karl Rove that the President had a veritable "enemies list" who he targeted from his Executive Office perch.

Asked about the charge leveled by the former Bush strategist, Gibbs resorted to rudimentary animation. "Swing and a miss strike three," he said, before pulling a blank piece of white scrap paper from the podium and adding: "Let me do this: I'm releasing our enemy's list. No one is on it. Now can I see the donors to American Crossroads?"

The group that Rove helped found, American Crossroads is one of several major conservative entities that have spent heavily in this election season without fully disclosing the names of its donors. In recent weeks, the White House has worked hard to turn that secrecy into a liability, launching a full-scale attack on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in particular after reports surfaced that they take in foreign funds. The attack itself has been controversial, as no definitive proof exists that the Chamber has used international money on campaign ads it's run (the business lobby won't disclose their records but insist that they have an internal filter in place). But when asked about those fact-checks by a reporter from Politico, Gibbs seemed undeterred.

"It doesn't bother me at all because I don't see, if I was an enterprising reporter that worked at some place like Politico I might ask the Chamber of Commerce to let me see their donors," he said. "That seems like a pretty simple way to solve the debate...They say they take money from overseas, we know they are spending $75 to $80 billion running ads. Lets see where the money comes from to pay for those ads. There is an easy way to prove it all wrong."

[DJ13]

1. we know they are spending $75 to $80 billion running ads

:wow:
:silly:

[Uben]

2. 75 to 80 billion on ads?

Either those are some really rich foreign donors or you added a few exra zeros.

[Bitwit1234]

10. And you think all those middle east oil hogs don't have billions.

[JonLP24]

3. Sometimes I like Gibbs

other times I don't. In this case well played Gibbs. K&R.

[Kingofalldems]

4. Great stuff

Rove's little pally won't like this one.

[47of74]

5. Question for Mr. Gibbs,

Why isn't Mr. Rove in prison keeping the other inmates supplied with cigarettes?

[Arkana]

8. Gibbs: "Because I'm not a federal prosecutor."

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. Obama has showed the Repukes and the M$M his birth certificate...

...because they demanded "proof" that he's an American-born citizen. But these same detractors are oddly silent when it comes to the Chamber's campaign practices.

These people disgust me.

They cried and screamed about Al Gore allegedly receiving funds from a Buddhist Temple, but are now championing "free speech" rights when it comes to the Chamber.

Absolutely disgusting!!

[Arkana]

7. Heh...sometimes I really enjoy Gibbs when he gets into snarky mode.

[old mark]

9. K&R

[Swamp Rat]

11. Yeah KKKarl, show us your super secret papers with the foreign investors.

What have you got to hide KKKarl?

[gratuitous]

12. A blank sheet of papers of purported enemies was good

A sheet that said:

1. Fear
2. Lies

Might have been better.

[Tatiana]

13. Seems like Gibbs has found the correct target, finally. n/t

[spanone]

14. no one in this administration should utter his name....ever

he gets off on it