Gibbs Amused by Jon Voight at Tea Party

Asked about the several thousand protestors who gathered on Capitol Hill today to protest Democratic health care reform legislation, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs joked about one of the actors who was a featured speaker at the rally, saying, “I'm sure there's a Jon Voight joke in here somewhere, given he was one of the featured speakers, but…my father always told me my mouth would get me in trouble, and I have a feeling if I acted on the line that I'd like to give you, I'm almost positive that it would.”

Voight spoke at the rally, decrying the White House’s "radical Chicago tactics,” as did John Ratzenberger, better known as Cliff Clavin from the TV show Cheers.

Many members of Congress, including Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn., were featured as well, as was conservative talk radio host Mark Levin.

Pressed further for a response to the rally, Gibbs said that “anybody that watches (the rally) is struck by the fact that there's a rally going on without a solution on their side.”