Ohmygod! David Gregory smackdown!

[NightOwwl]

"In the past, Democrats and other critics of the war who talked about benchmarks and timetables were labeled as defeatists, defeatocrats or people who wanted to cut and run. So why shouldn't American people conclude that this is nothing from you other than semantic, rhetorical games and all politics two weeks before an election?"



Love, love, love David Gregory! :applause: :loveya:

[Pithy Cherub]

1. THAT was the question of the Day!

Bush lost his cool too. :rofl:

[butterfly77]

2. Time for the other scary asses in the audience to follow up

and make him get angry because they are asking him questions that should be asked always.

[saltpoint]

3. Whoa. Excellent stuff from David Gregory.

Increasingly, I get the impression that Gregory doesn't shovel a lot of doo-doo from Republicans.

[blm]

4. How did Bush answer that?

.

[helderheid]

6. Ah...bah bah bahhhh bahh ba baah bah. Next question.

[NightOwwl]

12. You got that right!

:rofl:

[Autonomy]

18. Ironically, with semantics

he described the difference between "benchmarks" and the cut and run defeatocratic "time tables", ignoring the fact that Iraq is moving further AWAY from achieving those benchmarks every day. So he's just going to have to make the benchmarks easier to achieve, which is, in practical terms, no different from time tables.

[skyblue]

54. Benchmarks? How about less than 900 attacks a day, that would

be a good benchmark. Aren't benchmarks supposed to be quantifiable?

[helderheid]

5. How do I get in touch with him? That was AWESOME!

[NightOwwl]

16. I wish I knew.

I'd be calling him for a date, pronto!

[redqueen]

31. I never have found a way to contact him directly...

but I have sent mail to [e-mail] to thank the people at NBC for having such a responsible and intelligent actual, honest-to-goodness JOURNALIST around to ask meaningful questions at these things and provide those of us who give a crap with something resembling actual information.

on edit: you can use this page to find other methods of contacting NBC to make sure they know how much this guy's appreciated. :)

[grasswire]

59. it's easy

[e-mail]

Unless it has been changed, that oughta work.

[redqueen]

61. Thank you!

:hi:

[Marie26]

7. *sigh*

Smart, courageous, and cute! :loveya: When I was visiting the White House in DC, we spotted David Gregory reporting from the front lawn. I thought about screaming "David Gregory, I love you!", but he might not like that very much.

[DoYouEverWonder]

46. You should see him imitate Bush

He had him down pat.

(I don't remember what show it was, but it was last week I believe).

[TOhioLiberal]

52. he was on Leno...

It's on YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRflK7kQQMo

[Marie26]

55. And funny, too!

Thanks for the clip - he does a pretty good Bush imitation. I can't believe Bush made fun of him for speaking French, so typical.

[TOhioLiberal]

56. You're welcome...

...I :loveya: David Gregory. He seems like a good guy, with a deadly accurate imitation of Chimpy.

[NJCher]

8. sorry I missed that

Watching him defending Rumsfeld now. More, more!

Bury yourself another foot or two!




Cher

on edit: groan. He just made a lame joke about Gregory. "Gregory's still mad he didn't get the follow-up (question."

What a moran!

[NightOwwl]

9. I hope it will be on crooksandliars soon.

It's a sight to behold.

[HereSince1628]

53. Here is the exchange... as reported by media matter's

http://mediamatters.org/items/200610250011


From President Bush's October 25 press conference:

GREGORY: Mr. President, for several years, you have been saying that America will stay the course in Iraq, you're committed to the policy. And now you say that, no, you're not saying, "stay the course," that you're adapting to win, that you're showing flexibility. And as you mention, out of Baghdad we're now hearing about benchmarks and timetables from the Iraqi government, as relayed by American officials, to stop the sectarian violence. In the past, Democrats and other critics of the war who talked about benchmarks and timetables were labeled as defeatist, "Defeatocrats," or people who wanted to "cut and run." So why shouldn't the American people conclude that this is nothing from you other than semantic, rhetorical games and all politics two weeks before an election?

BUSH: David, there is a significant difference between benchmarks for a government to achieve and a timetable for withdrawal. You're talking about -- when you're talking about the benchmarks, he's talking about the fact that we're working with the Iraqi government to have certain benchmarks to meet as a way to determine whether or not they're making the hard decisions necessary to achieve peace. I believe that's what you're referring to. And we're working with the Iraqi government to come up with benchmarks. Listen, this is a sovereign government. It was elected by the people of Iraq. What we're asking them to do is to say, "When do you think you're going to get this done? When can you get this done?" So the people themselves in Iraq can see that the government is moving forward with the reconciliation plan and plans necessary to unify this government. That is substantially different, David, from people saying, "We want a time certain to get out of Iraq." As a matter of fact, the benchmarks will make it more likely we win. Withdrawing on an artificial timetable means we lose. Now, I'm giving the speeches -- you're asking me why I'm giving this speech today? Because there's -- I think I owe an explanation to the American people and will continue to make explanations. The people need to know that we have a plan for victory. Like I said in my opening comments, I fully understand if the people think we don't have a plan for victory, they're not gonna support the effort. And so I'll continue to speak out about -- about our way forward.

[Critters2]

10. I love David Gregory!! I only saw this bit of the news conference

was home letting the dog out for a sec, and turned on the TV while I waited for that special beagle "I'm done. Let me in" bark. And then it happened...David Gregory asked the Crazy Monkey about benchmarks and timetables. Then the beagle barked, and I had to go back over to the office.

But I saw what has to have been the best moment in the whole news conference.

I love David Gregory!

[leftchick]

11. the chimp just taunted David

"sorry Gregory you don't get a followup question." Then he smirks and says "David is mad he didn't get a follow up" yuk yuk.

:puke:

[Marie26]

14. Ugh.

Such a petty bully.

[leftchick]

23. he ALWAYS has to have the last word

:puke:

[blm]

15. Bush can't resist having his immature, FAUX one-upmanship moments

asshat

[redqueen]

21. I love how it's made into a joke how irresponsible and unaccountable these bastards are.

bastards are. It's sickening.

Anyone who supports these criminals hates America. It's that simple.

[Crankie Avalon]

27. Did the courtiers in the press corps laugh at that bit of "wit"...

...of the emperor's?

[leftchick]

29. no

dead silence

[Crankie Avalon]

42. Well, at least there's that, then...

...I hate it when they pretend to laugh along with him when he makes those lame, dumb "jokes" of his...as if he were an intelligent and genuinely witty president like JFK was instead of the witless, overgrown third-grader he actually is.

[BlooInBloo]

13. Who did he ask that of?

[in_cog_ni_to]

22. The idiot-in-chief. He's having one of his press conferences.

:eyes:

[BlooInBloo]

25. ah. rofl!

[redqueen]

17. No he did not!

Time for some more letters of support for Mr. Gregory!

:loveya:

[maddezmom]

20. Yes he did

:D And then the big baby bush "punished" him by not allowing a follow up. :eyes:

[redqueen]

33. I'm glad he did... shows the world, yet again, how much he cares.

What an ass that pretzeldent is.

[NightOwwl]

24. Thank god for Tivo.

I get to watch it over and over again!

[progressivebydesign]

19. OMG!! Did he really say that??? BEAUTIFUL!! n/t

[Fleshdancer]

26. David Gregory has been consistently good for a while now

So from now on when I bash the WH press corp for sleeping on the job I'll be sure to make an exception just for him. :thumbsup:

[jhain]

28. Guess bush didn't tell David he looked beautiful today n/t

[LSK]

30. Wow!!!

[NJCher]

32. One thing that keeps standing out to me

This man cannot build an argument. He does not have the ability to take a position and defend it logically. That is apparent to us as citizens but a couple years ago, one of his professors from his college days came out and told the story of what it is like to have bush in the classroom.

One of the things he said was that bush would throw out a position on an issue in the classroom. It would be critically dissected by his colleagues, as his should be, and bush would be unable to defend his position. He would then lie about his position, saying he never said that.

All we are seeing is bush spitting talking points. That's all he can do and even that necessitates speechwriters and a teleprompter.

This is pathetic. This is the most basic tenet of a college education and here this idiot is, flaunting his Ivy League degree. Disgraceful.




Cher


p.s. Salon article on bush in the classroom:

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/09/16/tsurumi/index_np.html?pn=1

[liberal N proud]

34. What was Bozo's response?

Us cube rats gotta see this one.

[NJCher]

35. going at it hot and heavy with the shovel now!

He just said he'd stand a better chance of changing Social Security with a Republican-controlled Congress!

LOL!!

Oh man. He just doesn't get it at all. His handlers must be tearing their hair out now.




Cher

on edit: he just said:

"I like campaignin' That's what guys like me do! We give the speeches...Laura's out there..."

[dave123williams]

36. He's not going back to the Social Security well...he can't be that dumb...

[NJCher]

38. Actually

He did. I dissolved into a shaking mass of laughter, my head on the table, tears rolling out of my eyes.

OMG, everyone, make your way to a TV! You are missing a major comedic event!




Cher

[stevietheman]

47. Bush has this penchant for touching the Third Rail, getting electrocuted...

then going back to touch it again and again and again.

And considering there was a large senior audience watching this, I think he just fucked the GOP (sans lube) in their congressional races.

[NightOwwl]

50. Can he give a press conference every day until the election?

pleaseopleaseoplease!

[RevCheesehead]

37. That calls for some floaty hearts for Stretch!

David:loveya:Gregory!

:loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya::loveya:

[GreenPartyVoter]

39. Woot!

[Chalco]

40. I ran into David Gregory a couple of weeks ago in DC.

He was entering a restaurant as I was sitting there having drinks with my bro who was in town. Very expensive restaurant--drinks cost $15. We didn't stay for dinner. Dinner generally runs $600 for two. David came in by himself and I don't know who he met up with, I didn't want to stare. He is much slighter than he appears on TV. But, very handsome.

[NJCher]

41. Thank God it's Over

Said he'd see the reporters "on the campaign trail."

Now the press is trying to interpret what he said and one reporter is going, "Uh...uh...."




Cher

[ChiciB1]

43. I Can't STAND To See "Smirky" So Switch Channels When He

comes on, sooooooooo I MISSED it! Guess I'll have to find it on YouTube maybe!!!

I MUST say... YouTube & the Internet must be driving The Idiot up a wall, she says with so much GLEE!! Isn't it sad that the some of us get so pumped up when there's a good SMACK DOWN of a sitting President???

But then.... when you put yourself up on a pedestal and say "bring it on" you're kind of ASKING FOR IT Chimp-Boy!!!

[Ian David]

44. David Gregory should get his own TV show on MS-NBC. Here's my line-up

Here's my idea for an MS-NBC line-up:

7:00 PM Keeping Tabs, hosted by Margaret Cho and David Spade (or David Cross or Mark Marin)
8:00 PM Countdown with Keith Olbermann (give him an hour without having to cover celebrity "news")
9:00 PM The David Gregory News Hour
10:00 PM The Media Matters Report
11:00 PM Re-broadcast of Keeping Tabs
12:00 PM Re-Broadcast of Countdown
1:00 AM Re-Broadcast of David Gregory
2:00 AM Savage Advice With Doctor Ruth and Dan Savage.
3:00 AM Amazing Products with Tucker Carlson and Guthy Renker
4:00 AM Re-Broadcast of Countdown
5:00 AM Re-Broadcast of The Media Matters Report
6:00 AM - 8:00 AM News
8:00 AM Re-Broadcast of Countdown
9:00 AM Re-Broadcast of David Gregory
10:00 AM- 2:15 PM News
2:15 PM Live Coverage of White House Press Conference
3:00 PM After the Presser, with host ??? (Alternate name: The Presser-Cooker)
4:00 PM- 6:00 PM News
6:00 PM Re-Broadcast of After the Presser
7:00 PM Keeping Tabs,
8:00 PM Countdown with Keith Olbermann
9:00 PM The David Gregory News Hour

Possible names for David Gregory's show:

Toughballs with David Gregory
Hard Questions with David Gregory
The David Gregory News Hour
The David Gregory Report
David!
David Exclamation Point Jazz Hands

[ellacott]

45. David does a great Bush impersonation

He was pretty funny on Jay Leno.

[Ian David]

48. I saw the clip of that. He can be surprisingly funny. n/t

[NightOwwl]

49. I wonder if Phil Donahue is looking for a job.

He'd be a great addition to that lineup!

[SharonRB]

51. Way to go, David!

:loveya: :woohoo:

[gully]

57. Woo hoo!

He's amazing.

[KansDem]

58. ????? "Benchmarks" vs. "Timetables"

Benchmark--
A means by which individuals are compared and judged

Timetable--
An organized list, as of procedures, activities, or events

I really think he's splitting hairs here, and wondering if his "base" will understand all this...

[Lugnut]

60. Of course they won't

So many members of his base are just as stupid as he is.