Spokesman: Administration Has Strongest Ethics And Accountability Rules of Any In U.S. History

"I'd be happy to provide you with the names of the people that have already said that this administration has laid forward in executive orders the strongest ethics and accountability rules of any administration in the history of this country."

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February 3, 2009 at 2:44 pm - C-SPAN
Dateline: Washington DC
doogle   February 3rd, 2009 - 2:41 pm

b u l l s h i t

tom foolery   February 3rd, 2009 - 2:50 pm

Gibbs is a stupid fool. What a joke – both him and this joke of an administration. We. Are. Doomed.

It's all relative!   February 3rd, 2009 - 2:51 pm

They are certainly stronger than that previous bunch. Of course that’s not saying much!

Travis   February 3rd, 2009 - 2:52 pm

It it April Fools Day?

YES WE'RE CONS!   February 3rd, 2009 - 3:00 pm

What a FLAMING HYPOCRITE! Only the BLINDEST LIBERAL DEMOCRAT is buying this guy’s cr@p. YES, WE’RE CONS!

Monica   February 3rd, 2009 - 3:02 pm

Actually, having them and adhering to them are two totally different things. It’d really be nice to see them in use for once. Right, like that will ever happen in this administration.

Jumpy Gathers   February 3rd, 2009 - 3:11 pm

I scared my co-workers when I read Mr.Gibbs statement and laughed out loud.I normally don’t do that.If he kept a straight face when he said that,he either thinks we are all really stupid or that we’re all as blindly in love with Obama as the left is, and we wouldn’t notice.Lord help us!!

Harry   February 3rd, 2009 - 3:16 pm

Strongest Ethics and Accountability?

Why not start by showing us Obama’s birth certificate for starters.

Stephen   February 3rd, 2009 - 3:18 pm

I SO want to give this administration room to succeed. They seem to be no better than the previous admin in regards to ethics or openness. Here’s to hoping they turn it around.

Yosemite Fudd   February 3rd, 2009 - 3:19 pm

Ahh, the typical liberal Democrat Bizarro rhetoric, where up means down, accountability means blatant laxness, ethics and judgment mean ostentatiously looking the other way.

What a joke. Too bad it’s so disgustingly insulting to the intelligence that it’s rendered unfunny.

kirk6   February 3rd, 2009 - 3:20 pm

The standard of allowing a tax-dodger to run the Treasury? The claim of ‘higher standard’ is not supported by any facts. Prove it. The actions are the opposite of the words.

millard   February 3rd, 2009 - 3:25 pm

No wonder these Limolibs are so quick to raise taxes..they don’t PAY them.
You’d think that with all the money saved, they would be able to hire LEGAL domestic help.
CHANGE ??????
Step right up suckers…three balls for a dollar, win a prize for the little lady.

Ken Taylor   February 3rd, 2009 - 3:25 pm

That look on his face tells me that he just got that warm Obama gush up his arse.

GiveMeLiberty   February 3rd, 2009 - 3:36 pm

What a bunch of bulls#*t!! Their spin gets more pathetic everyday. Too bad Holder and Geithner didn’t get the boot too! These two are scarier than Daschle!

IrishKay   February 3rd, 2009 - 3:37 pm

WHAT PLANET DID YOU SAY THESE GUYS FLEW IN FROM? WHERE’S THE KRYPTON WHEN YOU NEED IT?

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Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   February 3rd, 2009 - 3:43 pm

Ethics and accountability for what country? Russia? China? Cuba? Venezuela?

The Nation of Islam’s Messiah has been in office for not even a month…and we have more problems than any other administration in it’s first month…and that is in America…Gibbs…just in case you wanted to know!

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JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE “REIGN OF BARRY HUSSEIN”!

John Frum will return!!!   February 3rd, 2009 - 4:02 pm

Uhh Gibbs.. you. are. a. tool. BTW, these scumbags want to raise your taxes while cheating on their own!! There should be a mandatory audit of all government workers to restore the peoples trust. Who will pay taxes without vomiting now? What a joke

sesails   February 3rd, 2009 - 4:14 pm

WANT TO BUY A BRIDGE !

Drano   February 3rd, 2009 - 4:16 pm

Ethics policy ???

What kind of ethics encourages the pres-elect to attempt to hire one tax cheat after another. Three so far. Like most corporations who put out the same line of BS this is for public consumption only. When they speak of liberals they mean liberal with taxpayer’s money, not their own.

Had this been Bush instead of Obongo, Herr Olbermann would be frothing and raving on MSNBC.

danske   February 3rd, 2009 - 4:18 pm

yes, it was from here:

http://www.sellacct.com

JudgeMental   February 3rd, 2009 - 4:23 pm

Why is Barney Frank and Chris Dodd not in prison?
Daschle is a friend of Reid…what did you expect him to be like? Why can’t these weasels just leave when they are turned out? Does Carter really think the world needs him? Does Bubba? Does Billery? Why can’t the media do some vetting of their own? Blago, Rezko, Rahm, Ayers, Daley, Obama…parade of the horrible. Sew more panic so we all think we really need you bums. I don’t think so.

mikeinfxbg   February 3rd, 2009 - 4:33 pm

How many languages are needed to say BS?
The only standard being used is how much did these people steal, and how much do they intend to steal?
Yeah, that bar is set real high, if a rat or snake is being considered for Obama’s cabinet.

JP   February 3rd, 2009 - 4:40 pm

CHANGE! = More of the same, apparently.

Actually – as much as it pains me to say this – Bush’s appointees weren’t nearly as shady as Obama’s are turning out to be. Hillary’s husband in bed with the Saudi’s, Daschle’s ties to lobbyists (his wife is one most powerful on K Street), Geithner’s tax troubles, don’t even get me started on Emmanuel….

Sumner   February 3rd, 2009 - 4:49 pm

Does this team believe all of us are stupid? More ethical than Clinton and Landslide Lyndon, possibly!

I am 67 and cannot remember any group this unethical – especially from the very start. CNN and the NYTimes are more ethical than this bunch. Remember when CNN and the NYT admitted their lies in March 2003?

It is sure good to see Little Tommy go – I wish to prison.

Sumner

Brenda   February 3rd, 2009 - 4:58 pm

He is joking I hope…..but we all know this is a sick attempt at to cover up. This is Chicago politics. No one is honest.
No wonder they raise taxes…they do not pay taxes….

Denny   February 3rd, 2009 - 4:59 pm

That is a joke. Socrates is still looking…

RUSTY   February 3rd, 2009 - 5:04 pm

Strongest Ethics and Accountability !!!!!!!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA …… O.M.G.

This Obama guy is an impeachment waiting to happen….

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA……..

Timmeh   February 3rd, 2009 - 5:06 pm

Clinton administration part 2. Gibbs is another Joe Lockhart – propaganda minister

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Barbara Brown   February 3rd, 2009 - 5:37 pm

Who is he kidding? What ethical standards is he talking about. Obama’s campaign contributions tells you a lot about his ethics. The media drips honey for the dems. Another group with a lot of ethics. Of course, there are exceptions, but not with the main stream. Dems tell you, the tax payers how to be a socialist, but they are the “rulers” making their money under any terms and holding onto it by every tax dodge their accountants will allow. Sounds like Commies. How can people be so stupid.

Northwestdad   February 3rd, 2009 - 6:01 pm

I don’t understand liberals most of the time. Global warming causes record snow storms and low temperatures. Killing babies is good but killing criminals is bad. Raise the bar on ethics so criminals can walk or slither under it. But I am finally starting to understand their tax policies, when they say the rich don’t pay their fair share in taxes they are speaking from personal experience.

Thomas   February 3rd, 2009 - 6:30 pm

Hmmm, I’m worried that after these next four years are over, we’ll look back at the Bush administration as “the good ol’ years.”

slur   February 3rd, 2009 - 6:38 pm

How stupid does he thing we all are? Caroline Kennedy-withdraw, Daschle-withdraw, Richardson-withdraw, Guithner-another tax evader that didn’t but should have, Rangle-tax evader that should also withdraw but wont, etc. “I can give you the names of people who say this is the most ethical administration in the history of the country!” Wow! Who cares? This guy sounds like a little boy playing in the sandbox. We havent even been a month into this administration! Nice job!

Liberals Are Liars   February 3rd, 2009 - 6:45 pm

Libs wanted power… well guess what. with power comes responsibility and accountability.

It’s easy to sit on the sidelines like liberals have been doing for 8 years and whine every time a squirrel farts in the wind.

It’s much much harder to actually lead a country.

At least before, cabinet members were held accountible. Now, liberals run amuck mired in scandles without accountibility.

We have a president trying to appoint cabinet members who have KNOWN corruption issues.

We have wild eyed liberals who are about to pass billions of dollars in spending that our grandchildren will be paying through the nose to pay back.

You liberals are lying, irresponsible sacks of s***. You have no regard for anything or anyone but yourselves.

Welcome to the United Socialist STates of America

Becky   February 3rd, 2009 - 6:50 pm

The truth of the matter is that liberals are immoral wretches who could simply care less if they are caught in a scandal.

Regular Americans are taken to court and jailed for tax evasion. Or they pay huge tax penatlies.

Democrats have those penalties waved for them, so they keep a bigger chunck of the millions of dollars they make while spreading their liberal agenda.

This isn’t just corruption. It’s so far beyond corruption.

Obama believes he was made king, not a president. The expectation of Democrats is that the entire country should bow before them and beg for forgiveness every time a democrat is caught in a scandal.

If anyone disagrees with their corrupt ways, they are marked a racist.

Our country is finished, it will be a bankrupt wasteland before Obama is through with it.

Kirk   February 3rd, 2009 - 6:56 pm

Just imagine if the media investigated Obama and his croanies the same way they draped all over the Bush cabinet. Obama would be so cemented in investigations, he wouldn’t be able walk.

It’s going to get much darker, folks. This is only the beginning of the horror to come.

LiamR.   February 3rd, 2009 - 7:23 pm

Wonder what else ole Tom is hiding? As far as the stimu-LESS bill, read the bill yourself. It is POLITICAL PAYBACK to all the people that voted in Barry. Unions, teachers, cops, park rangers, Federal workers, Indians, stooges, community activists. Wait……….what is missing? Where is the working class of Americans in this stimulus? NOT IN IT ANYWHERE!

Right Here   February 3rd, 2009 - 7:23 pm

“Administration Has Strongest Ethics And Accountability Rules of Any In U.S. History”

You can say it loud and long, but I think actions speak much louder than these words. Look at what they do, not what they say. No matter how often the Lame Stream Media repeats and repeats it, the average Joe ain’t buying it.

Laura   February 3rd, 2009 - 7:32 pm

Well Barry, turns out being Commander in Chief is not as easy as it looks after all.

ed357   February 3rd, 2009 - 7:51 pm

CHANGE……….IS……….MORE AND MORE LOBBYISTS AND “TAX CHEATS” IN THE OBAMA CABINET.

……OBAMA PLAYED THE AMERICAN VOTERS……

Tratiors they are   February 3rd, 2009 - 8:07 pm

hypocrites to the 12th power . Criminals running the country .All in this administration are Tratiors Ever Bloody one of them.

Kate   February 3rd, 2009 - 8:27 pm

BO is full of BS.
He knows nothing of “accountability and ethics” himself. He ran on hype and “change” –his kind of change, the kind that answers to no one.
Barack Obama is full of crap and that’s all going to come out. No pun intended.

Dave   February 3rd, 2009 - 8:33 pm

I’ve got a new way to increase tax compliance. Nominate everyone to the Obama cabinet. They always pay up then.

Bjorn   February 3rd, 2009 - 8:41 pm

Quotes from who? Other party hacks??

redhawk   February 3rd, 2009 - 10:48 pm

POOR POOR widdle Bobby Gibbs.. he ducks.. he weaves..he dances.. and smiles… But all I hear is Bull CRAP…wonder what he’ll be forced to say over the new DEA top dog .. a repebted Columbia Drug Lord.. well Why not .. as long as it goes public and admits to one or two ” minor Mistakes”….

Kenny C   February 3rd, 2009 - 11:11 pm

This poor bass tard isn’t going to last long…ummm……wonder if he paid his taxes….how long can he cover for these clowns……can you believe what’s going on…….beam me up Scottie …(a little Jim Trafficant)…….they should free him and put these other clowns in jail……they stole more money than Jim…….Jim’s getting out soon…let’s get ole Jim back in there and we will really have some fun…Hey Jim ole buddy we are all for you…you’re more honest than these clowns……I’ll vote for ya.

B   February 3rd, 2009 - 11:28 pm

Obama’s Justice Pick Supports Porn ‘Rights’
(another nut job in obama’s picks)

Fidelis called Obama’s nomination of Ogden, who was described as a “skilled manager” when his name was suggested for the Justice Department’s No. 2 post, a “major mistake.”

“David Ogden is a hired gun from Playboy and ACLU,” said Brian Burch, president of the pro-family group. “He can’t run from his long record of opposing common sense laws protecting families, women, and children. The United States Senate has a responsibility to the American people to insure that Mr. Ogden’s full record is fully reviewed before any vote on his nomination.”

The group’s extensive research on Ogden cites his work on behalf of homosexuality in Lawrence vs. Texas, for Playboy and Penthouse on issues involving pornography and his representation of a company that distributes videos titled “Bubblegum cuties,” “Sweet young things,” “Young girls” and “Fresh and young.”

“He has opposed filters on library computers protecting children from Internet smut, and successfully defended the right of pornographers to produce material with underage children,” Burch said.

“Ogden even sued the federal government in an attempt to publish Braille versions of Playboy magazine – at taxpayer expense, of course,” he said.

The report said Ogden has argued for the treatment of traditional definitions of marriage as a “social prejudice.”

“At a time when America’s families are under increasing assault, Mr. Ogden is a dangerous choice for a position whose responsibilities include the enforcement of our nation’s laws,” Burch said.

Fidelis spokesman Joshua Mercer told WND one of the major worries is that children should be protected from online sex predators and Ogden’s position goes beyond free speech absolutism.

“There is no such thing as free speech to yell ‘fire’ in movie theaters,” he said. “Child porn is not free speech either. It’s disheartening that the president would pick someone with that kind of radical views of human sexuality. You don’t want him as the No. 2 at Justice.”

Ogden, a partner at WilmerHale in Washington, D.C., also ran the department’s civil division under President Clinton.

But among other criticisms, LifeNews.com has reported Ogden authored a brief in the U.S. Supreme Court arguing there were no negative effects from an abortion.

He wrote, “When women do experience regret, depression, or guilt, such feelings are mild and diminish rapidly without adversely affecting general functioning.” He blamed those who have “negative” responses to abortion on “pre-existing emotional problems.”

That would align with Obama’s campaign statement that he didn’t want his daughters “punished” with a son or daughter.

Fidelis, which has a Catholic-based value system and includes a flagship 501c4 group for lobbying and public education, a political action group, a Center for Law and Policy and the Fidelis Media Fund, has released its research online, calling Ogden an “Obscene Choice.”

The report, replete with links to Ogden’s actual court pleadings, confirm he has sought to push homosexuals in the military, extend racial preferences, oppose parental abortion notification, fought the Children’s Internet Protection Act and more.

StephenWA   February 3rd, 2009 - 11:39 pm

I have got to get on these posts sooner. All the great comments have been taken. I am am going back to my old manta after Clinton was elected. “I voted for the other guy”.
This is one huge mess…thank a liberal!

sugarugby   February 3rd, 2009 - 11:53 pm

lets qualify that statement a little…for Democrats, Administration Has Strongest Ethics And Accountability Rules of Any In U.S. History

tldavis   February 4th, 2009 - 12:46 am

Well, do they realize that Clinton said the same thing? Clinton said he would have the most ethical administration in American history.
Hmmmmmmmm

Chris Peterson   February 4th, 2009 - 3:11 am

He said they had the “Strongest Rules” He did not say that they obeyed them or believed in them.

Liberals always say “I’m a vegetarian but I eat fish”

THEN YOU ARE NOT A VEGETARIAN!! A fish is not a vegetable!!

Liberals proclaim they are morally superior becasue they no longer perform forceful interrogation techniques but in their next breath they support late term abortion. Which of these two procedures is more injurious to the subject? Is the humiliated terrorist injured more than the aborted child? A liberal thinks so.
They also believe a fish is a vegetable. Just ask them.

al carbon   February 4th, 2009 - 8:43 am

Integrity is doing what you say!! Strong rules maybe but it appears that none of Obama’s people are following them.

worst_messiah_ever   February 4th, 2009 - 1:06 pm

And the “O” in worst will be that stupid logo.

Duncan   February 4th, 2009 - 11:13 pm

FOR STARTS, Show us the BO birth certificate

laffing at dummies   February 5th, 2009 - 6:37 am

Yosemite Fudd February 3rd, 2009 – 3:19 pm

Ahh, the typical liberal Democrat Bizarro rhetoric, where up means down, accountability means blatant laxness, ethics and judgment mean ostentatiously looking the other way.

What a joke. Too bad it’s so disgustingly insulting to the intelligence that it’s rendered unfunny.
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Harry February 3rd, 2009 – 3:16 pm

Strongest Ethics and Accountability?

Why not start by showing us Obama’s birth certificate for starters.
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About says it all!!!

rev right   February 5th, 2009 - 8:21 am

I wonder who the diatribe was aimed at before Obama?

redhawk   February 6th, 2009 - 1:26 pm

Sadly Robert Gibbs cannot make either The Comedy club nor the Fed Astaire Studio..Not Funny Unable to elegantly Dance around his clulessness and like His Messiah.. Has Zero credibiliry.. PATHETIC!!!!

irishkay   February 10th, 2009 - 9:51 am

Try actually ‘READING’ IT!

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