Gibbs brushes off resigned congressman's complaint

Gibbs brushes off resigned congressman's complaint (AP)
Washington – President Obama's spokesman is brushing aside allegations by a resigned New York congressman who says he was forced out by the administration and Democratic leaders because of his opposition to Health Care reform . Interviewed on ABC's "Good Morning America," Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about the assertions Rep. Eric Massa made Sunday in a radio address in his home district in western New York . Gibbs said, "I think this whole story is ridiculous. I think the...

Gibbs brushes off resigned congressman's complaint
President Obama's spokesman is brushing aside allegations by a resigned New York congressman who says he was forced out by the administration and Democratic leaders because of his opposition to Health Care reform. Interviewed on ABC's "Good Morning America," Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about the assertions Rep. Eric Massa made Sunday in a radio address in his home district in western New York. Gibbs said, "I think this whole story is ridiculous. I think the latest excuse is silly and...

Gibbs brushes off resigned congressman's complaint
Washington — President Obama's spokesman is brushing aside allegations by a resigned New York congressman who says he was forced out by the administration and Democratic leaders because of his opposition to Health Care reform. Interviewed on ABC's "Good Morning America," Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about the assertions Rep. Eric Massa made Sunday in a radio address in his home district in western New York. Gibbs said, "I think this whole story is ridiculous. I think the...

Gibbs brushes off resigned congressman's complaint
Washington (AP) - President Obama’s spokesman is brushing aside allegations by a resigned New York congressman who says he was forced out by the administration and Democratic leaders because of his opposition to Health Care reform. Interviewed on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about the assertions Rep. Eric Massa made Sunday in a radio address in his home district in western New York. Gibbs said, “I think this whole story is...

Gibbs Brushes off Resigned Congressman's Complaint
President Obama's spokesman is brushing aside allegations by a resigned New York congressman who says he was forced out by the administration and Democratic leaders because of his opposition to Health Care reform. Interviewed on ABC's "Good Morning America," Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about the assertions Rep. Eric Massa made Sunday in a radio address in his home district in western New York. Gibbs said, "I think this whole story is ridiculous. I think the latest...

Gibbs Brushes Off Massa's Complaint
More Gibb-erish : President Obama’s spokesman is brushing aside allegations by a resigned New York congressman who says he was forced out by the administration and Democratic leaders because of his opposition to Health Care reform. Interviewed on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about the assertions Rep. Eric Massa made Sunday in a radio address in his home district in western New York. Gibbs said, “I think this whole story is...

"Unnamed Sources" Up the Ante on Massa Harrassment Accusations
Eric Massa Why are the powers that be so afraid of what newly retired New York Representative Eric Massa has to say about the treatment he has gotten from Rahm Emanuel? If Massa’s complaints are really so “ridiculous,” as the President’s Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said on Good Morning America today, why isn’t the White House simply ignoring him? Carol D. Leonnig of the Washington Post has a new story up about alleged ethical accusations against newly retired...

Robert Gibbs: Eric Massa Comments Are 'Silly And Ridiculous'
Washington — President Obama's spokesman is brushing aside allegations by a resigned New York congressman who says he was forced out by the administration and Democratic leaders because of his opposition to Health Care reform. Interviewed on ABC's "Good Morning America," Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about the assertions Rep. Eric Massa made Sunday in a radio address in his home district in western New York. Gibbs said, "I think this whole story is ridiculous. I think the latest...

Retiring Dem Says He was Forced Out the House
Washington - Rep. Eric Massa may be leaving Capitol Hill, but he's not going quietly. The retiring Democratic congressman from New York is taking aim at the Obama Administration -- and the Health Care debate is part of the fire storm. Massa was forced out of the House allegedly for sexually harassing a male aide. But now he claims he was ousted because he was going to vote "no" on Health Care reform. "If you think that somehow they didn't come after me to get rid of me because my vote is the...

Gibbs Keelhauls Massa
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs On Good Morning America today, Gibbs took apart former Rep. Eric Massa's claims that Democrats pushed him out over Health Care reform. It's good stuff: George, let's go through what we've heard from Congressman Massa. On Wednesday, he was having a recurrence of Cancer. On Thursday he was guilty of using salty language. On Friday we learned he's before the ethics committee to be investigated on charges of Sexual Harassment. Video here .

White House: Massa conspiracy charges 'silly and ridiculous'
During an appearance on Good Morning America Tuesday morning, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told ABC's George Stephanopoulos that there is no truth to the allegations that Democratic leadership forced Rep. Eric Massa to resign because he wouldn't vote for Health Care reform. "I think this whole story is ridiculous. I think the latest excuse is silly and ridiculous," Gibbs said. "We're focused not on crazy allegations but instead on making this system work for the American people...

Gibbs calls Massa's story 'ridiculous'
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed retiring New York Rep. Eric Massa's charges of a conspiracy to force him from office as "silly and ridiculous" in an appearance Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America." "Well, look, I think this whole story is ridiculous," Gibbs told host George Stephanopolous. "I think the latest excuse is silly and ridiculous. "George, let's go through what we've heard from Congressman Massa. "Last week, he, on Wednesday, was having a recurrence of...

Massa Drama: Dem Congressman Muddles Rahm's Message
Tuesday brings Massa appearances on Glenn Beck and Larry King. Not that he's prone to say anything surprising... White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs , to George Stephanopoulos on "Good Morning America" Tuesday: "I think this whole story is ridiculous. I think the latest excuse is silly and ridiculous. ... We're focused not on crazy allegations, but instead of making this system work for the American people, rather than work for Insurance Companies." (On political fallout of...

Rahm Emanuel controversy: White House fights image of turmoil
Is White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel a shrewd tactician or an official who should get the boot? The competing story lines have spun out in the press. Now, his name is also coming up in the mess involving just-resigned Rep. Eric Massa. In this January 9, 2009, photo, David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs check their BlackBerry devices as Rahm Emanuel listens at right while President-elect Barack Obama spoke during a news conference in Washington. Charles Dharapak/AP/File

White House Still Checking on Sestak's Allegation of Job Offer to Not Run Against Specter
Rep. Joe Sestak (D.-Pa.) is challenging Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania's Democratic U.S. Senate Primary. (AP Photo/George Widman) Washington (CNSNews.com) – Two weeks after promising to check on the matter, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs still did not have an answer to the charge by former Navy admiral and Pennsylvania Senate candidate Rep. Joe Sestak that the Obama Administration offered him a job in exchange for abandoning his Primary challenge against Sen. Arlen...

White House insists March 18 deadline stands for House vote on health care
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) The White House insisted Tuesday that its March 18 deadline for a House vote on Health Care remains its goal, despite a dismissal of that date by a top House Democrat earlier in the day. "There seems to be a disconnect" between the White House and Capitol Hill, said White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. Gibbs said that his remark last week -...

Glenn Beck: Is Eric Massa Credible?
Democratic Congressman Eric Massa from New York resigned on Monday. He says Democrats ran him out because he was against Health Care. Let me make this clear: My interview with Massa is not because he's on my side on Health Care; he wants single payer Health Care. We don't agree. In fact, we don't agree on pretty much anything. He claims to have butted heads with Democrats several times and each time Rahm Emanuel tried to intimidate him into changing his mind. Massa claims the Democrats...

Dem leader calls Massa claims 'absurd'
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters Tuesday that Massa's conspiracy argument was "absolutely untrue." The former New York lawmaker, who is facing a harassment complaint from a male staffer, said Sunday that Democratic Leaders will "stop at nothing" to advance the Health Care bill. Massa voted against the legislation last year. Massa has given three explanations for leaving office. Last week, he said he would not seek re-election because of Health problems. Massa's departure...

Gibbs Fires Back At Chief Justice Roberts Over Obama Criticism
The White House fired back at Justice John Roberts Tuesday night, after the Supreme Court Chief told a crowd that he found it "very troubling" that President Barack Obama would criticize the Court during his State of the Union address. In a statement sent to reporters, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that the only troubling thing was the 5-4 ruling by the Court, which said that corporations could spend unlimited amounts of money advocating on behalf of candidates in Elections....

Massa's romance with the conservatives has gone awry
The House of Representatives accepted Eric Massa’s resignation as the congressman from the state of New York today . It was a good riddance. The Democrats are in the middle of passing major Health Care reform and they don’t need a lewd and loutish congressman to distract them. Massa was a first term congressman from New York; due to his inability to keep his hands to himself, he couldn’t even finish his first term. The House Ethics Committee has received allegations that Eric...

Massa exis in a blaze of verbiage
The Upstate New York freshman is resigning under an ethics committee investigation into allegedly inappropriate behavior with a staff member, but he says he's being railroaded out of office by Democratic House Leaders who want to "get rid of me because my vote is the deciding vote on the Health Care bill." At a meeting with reporters this morning, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., denounced Massa's charges as "absolutely, definitively untrue." That has made Massa, who unseated a...

With Friends Like Rush Limbaugh ...
Poor Eric Massa -- it only took a day to go from being Rush Limbaugh's hero : This story speaks for itself ... Massa says the White House and Emanuel went after him because of the Health Care vote ... Now, Massa warns us what we all know, but I think you need to hear it from a Democrat being forced out by Obama and Steny Hoyer and Pelosi ... So Congressman Massa, we're doing our part here to make it a national story ... This guy is as fired up as anybody I've ever heard anywhere opposed this,...