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Pelosi Whines That Gibbs Isn't Using Doublespeak

Jillian Bandes
Jillian Bandes  |  July 15, 2010 8:39 AM
Robert Gibbs said he had a rare moment of honesty "in this town" — referring to Washington, D.C. — when  he admitted that Republicans could take the House in November. For this, he received ten whips with a wet noodle a harsh verbal lashing from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
How could he [Gibbs] know what’s going on in our districts? Some may weigh his words more closely than others. We have made our disagreements known to the White House.
In other words, Pelosi was angry that Gibbs ventured away from doublespeak, which is the only conventionally accepted way for politicos to communicate to the public these days.