, ▁respond ing ▁to ▁the ▁ 2 4 / 7 ▁news ▁cycle , ▁sch mo oz ing ▁with ▁the ▁press ▁and ▁fighting ▁back ▁when ▁he ▁disag ree [ d ] ▁with ▁its ▁reporting ." ▁As ▁the ▁chief ▁inter medi ary ▁between ▁the ▁Ob ama ▁campaign ▁and ▁the ▁press , ▁Gib bs ▁sought ▁to ▁counter ▁the ▁Republican ▁National ▁Committee ' s ▁opposition ▁research ▁tact ics ▁against ▁Ob ama ▁in ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁Gib bs ▁adopted ▁a ▁policy ▁of ▁rapid ▁response ▁to ▁claims ▁by ▁conserv ative ▁news ▁out lets ▁that ▁question ed ▁Ob ama ' s ▁religious ▁up br ing ing . ▁In ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁" Ob ama ▁is ▁a ▁Muslim " ▁m eme ▁suggested ▁by ▁these ▁claims , ▁Gib bs ▁dis sem in ated ▁information ▁to ▁other ▁news ▁networks ▁that ▁Ob ama ▁is ▁not ▁nor ▁has ▁ever ▁been ▁Muslim . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁Gib bs ▁said , ▁" Th ese ▁mal icious , ▁ir respons ible ▁charges ▁are ▁precisely ▁the ▁kind ▁of ▁politics ▁the ▁American ▁people ▁have ▁grown ▁tired ▁of ." ▁ ▁After ▁comments ▁by ▁George ▁W . ▁Bush ▁to ▁the ▁Isra eli ▁K ness et ▁question ing ▁Ob ama ' s ▁foreign ▁policy ▁platform ' s ▁focus ▁on ▁international ▁diplom acy , ▁Gib bs ▁respond ed , ▁calling ▁Bush ' s ▁comments ▁" ast on ishing " ▁and ▁" an ▁un pre ced ented ▁attack ▁on ▁foreign ▁soil ." ▁Gib bs ▁argued ▁that ▁Bush ' s ▁policy ▁amount ed ▁to ▁" cow boy ▁diplom acy "