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Star Member cali (88,691 posts) Dick Durbin: GOP leader told Obama ‘I cannot even stand to look at you’ [View all]The No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, Sen. Dick Durbin, says that a House Republican leader told off President Barack Obama during a negotiation meeting, and that they are so disrespectful it’s practically impossible to have a conversation with them. “In a ‘negotiation’ meeting with the president, one GOP House Leader told the president: ‘I cannot even stand to look at you,’†Durbin wrote in a post on his Facebook page over the weekend. Calling a government shutdown strategy from Republicans “disastrous,†Durbin did not specify which leader made the comment, what the context was or how the president responded. The Senate majority whip offered the comment as rebuttal to the Republican argument that Obama does not do enough to communicate with Republicans, essentially saying to do so is impossible. “What are the chances of an honest conversation with someone who has just said something so disrespectful?†Durbin wrote. Read more: http://www.politico.com/s...-98720.html#ixzz2iXqiFfum
So says the one who complains about earwigs at her workplace.
Segami (6,847 posts) White House Deputy Chief of Staff told Durbin, Others About Erroneous Rude GOP Comment Quote White House Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Nabors looks at his Blackberry.The disputed story - first shared publicly on his campaign Facebook page by the Senate’s number two Democrat, Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois - that an unidentified senior House Republican Leader during negotiations over the debt ceiling and partial government shutdown told President Obama “I cannot even stand to look at you†made its way from the White House to the Senate via White House deputy chief of staff Rob Nabors, sources tell CNN. Nabors told the story to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Durbin, and the two other Senate Democratic leaders, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and Patty Murray of Washington, on Tuesday October 15, sources tell CNN. Reid then told the story to the entire Senate Democratic caucus, sources in the room at the time tell CNN, identifying the House Republican leader as Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas., who denies the story. Durbin posted it on his campaign Facebook page without mentioning Sessions' name. Sessions isn’t the only one who denies it; on Wednesday when White House press secretary Jay Carney was asked about it at his daily briefing and said “I looked into it and spoke with somebody who was in the meeting and it did not happen.†The statement upset Senate Democrats, since they had heard the story from the White House’s Nabors and the White House was now accusing Durbin of sharing an untruthful story. Durbin did not back down. “Senator Durbin stands by his comments,†said Max Gleischman, a spokesman for Durbin, on Wednesday. On Thursday a White House official accepted some blame for the story, saying, “While the quote attributed to a Republican lawmaker in the House GOP meeting with the President is not accurate, there was a miscommunication when the White House read out that meeting to Senate Democrats, and we regret the misunderstanding.†Senior administration officials tell CNN that according to senior White House officials in the room, Sessions in the meeting was expressing frustration with the situation, not with President Obama. White House officials would not comment on whether Rob Nabors misunderstood what Sessions said or whether he just communicated the story to Senate Democrats in a less than optimal way. Nabors could not be reached for comment. http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/24/white-house-deputy-chief-of-staff-told-durbin-others-about-erroneous-rude-gop-comment/
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Rob Nabors looks at his Blackberry.
He's never once led, all he does is agitate.
Now it's looking like it was Reid who told the Senate this happened.
White House admits it was behind rumor that GOP leader told Obama 'I cannot even stand to look at you' during tense government shutdown meetinghttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2474956/White-House-admits-rumor-GOP-leader-told-Obama-I-stand-look-tense-government-shutdown-meeting.html#ixzz2ihm64Jzz Now it's looking like it was Reid who told the Senate this happened.
Let's see if Reid will man up...or is he a man or a mouse ?
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Monday removed a Facebook post that erroneously claimed a GOP leader had told the president, "I can't even stand to look at you," saying he's satisfied that people now know he's not to blame for the mistake.The decision resolves a point of tension between the White House and one of President Barack Obama's most loyal defenders. The White House says the error stemmed from a "miscommunication."Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, posted on his Facebook page on Oct. 20 that at a meeting with Obama during the government shutdown, a "GOP House Leader told the president: I can't even stand to look at you." Durbin was not at the meeting, but he says his source was a White House staffer who briefed him.The post drew rebukes from Republicans, including House Speaker John Boehner, who said no such statement was made. Though the White House quickly said the information was wrong, Durbin had declined to remove the post until Monday."They gave me a bad quote and then they said it didn't occur," Durbin said Monday, speaking to reporters after he and U.S. Sen. John McCain spoke to a civic group about immigration reform in Chicago. "Now it's history, it's behind us."The White House says the misunderstanding originated when White House officials gave Senate Democrats a summary of a meeting Obama had held with House Republicans.
"They gave me a bad quote and then they said it didn't occur," Durbin said Monday, speaking to reporters after he and U.S. Sen. John McCain spoke to a civic group about immigration reform in Chicago. "Now it's history, it's behind us."
just like Benghazi....Fast and Furious.....IRS......
just like Benghazi....
