Ellison disputes press accounts of his call for Gibbs' dismissal

[ProSense]

Ellison disputes press accounts of his call for Gibbs' dismissal

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U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison said Tuesday night that he did not call on White House press secretary Robert Gibbs to resign.

The Minnesota Democrat says reports to the contrary, including here on Hotdish, are “wrong.”

Following reports in the Huffington Post that he was calling for Gibbs to go, he released a statement saying “in the final weeks before a critical midterm election Democrats need to pull together, not go after each other.”

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Ellison’s new statement does not address that quote.

Instead, he says: “We should continue to focus on the issues facing working families across America. Thousands of progressive activists worked tirelessly to elect President Obama in order to move beyond the disastrous policies of the Bush administration. The country elected Democrats to bring change and to govern.”

And: “Labels matter less than the fact that progressives actually delivered support and votes for the economic recovery package, health care reform, and Wall Street reform. These accomplishments helped deliver on the Democrats' promise to bring desperately needed change to working families across the nation.”

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[ibegurpard]

1. I thought Gibbs was right

you've all been gleefully patting yourselves on the back all night.

[Jennicut]

2. I think Gibbs made a mistake in taking his frustrations out this way.

But he won't be fired. Press Secretaries burn out fast these days. Bush had 4 of them. Clinton had 5. Ari Fleischer, the first Bush press sec lasted two years. Gibbs will probably quit after the midterms.

[ProSense]

3. Think anyone will care that Ellison is rejecting the earlier reports?

I bet not.

[Jennicut]

5. Ellison was just adding to this whole stupid thing.

I am waiting for DU to talk about something important.

[CTLawGuy]

8. you are presuming Obama is not playing a rigged game

people only care about what makes Obama look the worst.

[Forkboy]

4. I'd hate to see such an honest broker lose his job.

[Political Tiger]

6. I wonder if Keith Olbermann will man up to his mistake and make a correction

since he started his show off with this bogus story.

[saracat]

7. But he did say" Gibbs dismissal would be fair" and that Gibbs "crossed the line"

Also from your link! He just didn't actually "call " for his dimissal. But he did think it would be "fair"!