Reply #4: He was talking about elected officials and media folk on the left.....

[eleny]

....who speak or stand up for my positions in their professions.

I guess that's why Rep. Ellison thinks Gibbs ought to resign:

"Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), an active member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said Gibbs went too far. "This is not the first time that Mr. Gibbs has made untoward and inflammatory comments and I certainly hope that people in the White House don't share his view that the left is unimportant to the president," he said. "I understand him having some loyalty to the president who employs him, but I think he's walking over the line."

Ellison said that Gibbs's resignation would be an appropriate response. "I think that'd be fair, yeah. That'd be fair, because this isn't the first time."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/10/rep-ellison-demands-that_n_677195.html?ref=twitter