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On Sunday, former vice-president Dick Cheney appeared on CNN and said that President Obama’s policies make the country less safe. Maybe so, maybe not. He’s entitled to his opinion, and while he may be right, I for one very much hope he’s wrong.
That might have been the attitude Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary, would have been better off adopting. Instead, he had this to say.
Yes, he used the word “cabal” when referring to the Republican Party.
“Well, I guess Rush Limbaugh was busy, so they trotted out the next most popular member of the Republican cabal,” he said.
I admit openly and without shame that I did not know the meaning of the word. So I looked it up. (See, I’m smarter than I seem sometimes.) Interestingly enough, what I thought was simple sarcasm was actually a slam dunk accusation against the Republican Party. Also interesting, I found myself shocked that Mr. Gibbs knew the meaning of the word. He must be taking remedial English courses. He just doesn’t strike me as the sharpest knife in the drawer.
ca-bal
–noun
1. a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.
| Main Entry: | plot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | A secret plan to achieve an evil or illegal end. |
| Synonyms: | collusion, connivance, conspiracy, intrigue, machination, scheme |
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Good catch on this. The arrogance emanating from the White House toward dissenters is sickening.
People used to whine that the Bush admin used to smack down dissenters. However, I never remember any Bush admin press secretary calling the DNC a “cabal” or constantly calling out private liberal radio hosts by name every other day trying to shut them up.
The Obama administration has a thin skin and can’t take valid criticism so they get snippy.
Bush would have had to talked to someone for him to call them Cabal. I don’t think the Bush administration talked or listened to anyone.
“I don’t think the Bush administration talked or listened to anyone.”
Right, and the Obama admin seems like an open-minded bunch while they tout the leftist line on almost every issue.
I think Gibbs, Axlerod, and Rahmie are all just mouth pieces for obama – whatever is not politically correct for obama to say himself, he leaves to his h-e-n-c-h-m-e-n. Look it up. *LOL*
Don’t forget Biden, the hockey thug.
I don’t know, CG, I think we have to call Biden the Union thug now – since they “brung him to the dance years ago” and all that. He really can’t keep a secret, can he?