Gibbs slams McCain, compares to six-year-old

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/88983-gibbs-slams-mccain-compares-to-six-year-old

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs took a swipe at Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today, comparing the Arizona Republican to a child who wanted to "take his toys and go home."

The dust up started Monday when McCain said the healthcare reform had so angered Republicans that they would not cooperate with Democrats anymore.

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Gibbs responded today, comparing McCain to a six-year-old.

"I find it curious that not getting your way on one thing means you’ve decided to take your toys and go home," Gibbs said. "It doesn’t work well for my six-year-old. I doubt it works well in the United States Senate, because we have issues that are important for his constituents and for all of America."

Asked whether he was comparing McCain to a child, Gibbs replied: "I'm saying that I think the notion that if you don't get what you want you're not going to cooperate on anything else is not a whole lot different than I might hear from a six-year-old."



Gibbs to McCain: Acting Like a 6-Year-Old Won’t Stop Reform
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/03/gibbs-to-mccain-acting-like-a-6-year-old-wont-stop-reform.html
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“When reconciliation happened in 2001 with the Bush tax cuts, I didn't sense that it spoiled the ability for Congress to continue working together,” he said. “I don't see why that would happen now, unless people decided that they were going to take their toys and go home.”

[saltpoint]

1. And '6' might be too charitable. More like '4.'

Recommended.

[MindandSoul]

2. Gibbs is actually growing on me!!!! It took time, but I'm starting to like his humor!

[gratuitous]

3. Asked whether he was comparing McCain to a child . . .

gratuitous responded, "Figure it out, Einstein."

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Imagine that, Gibbs knocked 100 years off McCain's age.

What a nice compliment.

[elias49]

7. Oh yeah! Perfect

:D

[Maccagirl]

5. My 5-year-old grand-nephew would get punished

for acting like McCain, or any of the other Rethugs. Luckily, he's smarter and more mature than all of them put together.

[spooky3]

6. is he calling Cindy a pedophile?

[EFerrari]

8. I didn't like it when bubbleheard Perino attacked people and not their position

and I guess I still don't like it when Gibbs does it.

[emulatorloo]

11. Gibbs was indeed attacking McCain's position, which is to take his toys and go home n/t

[EFerrari]

12. He was infantilizing McCain and that should be beneath him, imo.

Just because John McCain acts like a seven year old who is losing on a play ground, lol, doesn't mean we can't try to keep the discourse at an adult level.

[spooky3]

13. He was criticizing McCain's behavior. I think that's justifiable.

If he had instead attacked a personal characteristic that McCain couldn't change, that's another issue altogether.

[LoKnLoD]

9. What a freepfest that thehill.com is

Those comments under the article sound like Limbaugh and Beck rants.

[Hepburn]

10. Six-year-olds are more mature. n/t

[TexasObserver]

14. The National Association of Six Year Olds demanded an apology.