...either that or this clumsy attack on Obama is merely the product of a deluded neurotic with nothing better to do.
Not that the two scenarios are mutually exclusive, mind.
Anyway, a representative excerpt from a release farcically headlined "PRESIDENT OBAMA REFUSES MEETING WITH GOVERNOR GIBBONS TO REPAIR DAMAGE TO TOURISM CAUSED BY PRESIDENT":
“President Obama is coming to Las Vegas to raise
campaign cash for Senator Harry Reid, apparently
our money is good enough for the President, but
our tourism, jobs, and economic future are not.”
Gibbons added, “This is politics, pure and
simple, President Obama stood for change, but
all he has done is brought negative economic
change to Nevada.”
When the governor, in close and thoughtful coordination with crack communications director Dan Burns, issues a carefully crafted news release of such importance to the people of the state of Nevada, it deserves a response of equal seriousness. That's why now seemed like as good a time as any to take a cue from Mr. Layne and Co. and make the Blingee.
Oh, gosh, I hope Obama doesn't smite us because of our "leader's" insane comments! Yeah, the visit is political and that is why Gibbons isn't invited....unless he wants to purchase a table?
Seriously, this guy is crestfallen and seemingly mentally unfit to remain as our chief executive.
Posted by: dave404 | 05/18/2009 at 04:34 PM
God, I hate this man. I hate him, I hate him, hate him, hate him, hate him ...
Hope he seriously gets his ass stomped into the ground next year at the polls.
Posted by: Happygirl | 05/18/2009 at 05:15 PM
The Giblet is the hardest working Democratic Party organizer in the Great State of Nevada.
Posted by: Dude | 05/18/2009 at 05:38 PM
That is a cold gangsta Gibbons Blingee!
Posted by: Ken Layne | 05/18/2009 at 06:36 PM
Oh hell to the yeah! Why can't we send "Gangsta Gibbons" to the VH1 reality show where he belongs? Can Ricki Lake PLEASE let him attend "Charm School"?
Oh yeah, he'd be a bad influence on the other pupils...
Posted by: atdleft | 05/18/2009 at 06:53 PM
Everybody knows that IF Obama is going to make nice about the Las Vegas comment, he certainly isn't going to do it with Gibbons. Fer fuck sake, even the Republican campaign made Krolicki the Nevada go-to guy and not Gibbons.
If Obama is going to make nice it will be with Oscar, and ONLY Oscar. Watch out for a special sumpin'sumpin at the Harry Reid love fest on the 26th at Caesars.
Posted by: The Guy By The Door | 05/18/2009 at 07:09 PM
@ Gleaner,
Awesome Blingee!
After reading the Sun story I get the distinct impression Gibbons is really trying to say, "I'm not going to be ignored, Dan...er Barry!"
Posted by: Scorpiogal | 05/18/2009 at 09:19 PM
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...Like a mongoloid cousin kept out back in a cold shed, Governor Potato Head should only be brought out on a leash in public...
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Posted by: ....Temujin... Khan..of..the..Yakka..Mongols... | 05/19/2009 at 03:56 AM
Well, Burns said they would use this opportunity to get attention for Gibbons, and now his 'negative economic change' press release is the Drudge headline.
"I'm relevant, I'm really, really relevant!" Good behavior, bad behavior, anything to draw attention to himself.
Posted by: dave404 | 05/19/2009 at 05:01 AM
We, the FAT BOYS who represent the state's leading mining, gaming and business interests, sort of feel bad for bringing Nevada this terrible excuse for a human being. At least our investments in his election paid off though--we got through another session without paying a freaking dime.
Posted by: Pete, Billy and Greg | 05/19/2009 at 05:19 AM
@Happygirl...really??? LOL!! don't give him that much power cause I wanna see him implode when his karma comes back on him. Gov. Numb Nuts will be in an institution where he belongs.
Posted by: Rich | 05/19/2009 at 08:07 AM