White House press secretary Robert Gibbs has done a lot of backpedaling since he referred to the “professional left” as “crazy” for not being more supportive of the White House. There ’s been a flurry n flurry of indignant responses from the left. Today, Paul Krugman comments on the “matter of Robert Gibbs“:
What gets me is how unprofessional the whole thing is.
Look, if you’re a public figure of any kind, you’re going to face a lot of criticism. Much of it will seem unfair to you; some of the unfair criticism will come from people you expected to take your side; you’ll be angry, you’ll feel that people are putting their egos or their personal aggrandizement above the cause.
Welcome to reality. It’s my reality — and I’m just a professor/columnist. Someone actually in the White House has to be prepared for much more of this kind of thing — and if you don’t have a thick enough skin to take it, find another form of employment.
Look, if you’re a public figure of any kind, you’re going to face a lot of criticism. Much of it will seem unfair to you; some of the unfair criticism will come from people you expected to take your side; you’ll be angry, you’ll feel that people are putting their egos or their personal aggrandizement above the cause.
Welcome to reality. It’s my reality — and I’m just a professor/columnist. Someone actually in the White House has to be prepared for much more of this kind of thing — and if you don’t have a thick enough skin to take it, find another form of employment.
You know what gets me? That liberals are just waking up to this. And this isn’t just about Gibbs — it’s the whole White House that’s thin-skinned, and the tone is set by the president himself. Remember how it went when Republicans met with the President in May?:
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