So they haven't liked David Gregory for a while now...

[Patsy Stone]

5/26/02

http://www.aim.org/media_monitor/A693_0_2_0_C/

New Questions for David Gregory
By Reed Irvine and Cliff Kincaid | June 20, 2002

President Bush's exchange with NBC News correspondent David Gregory over anti-American protests in Europe attracted widespread attention. Bush ridiculed the reporter, who asked Bush a question about the protests and then tried to ask French President Chirac a question in French. "The guy memorizes four words, and he plays like he's intercontinental," said Bush. "Sir, if I could just follow," the reporter began. "Thank you," Bush shot back, as he answered the questions and then silenced Gregory. As Bush stepped away from the podium, he called to Gregory. "As soon as you get in front of a camera, you start showing off."

The Washington Times reported that Bush's dressing down of a high-profile correspondent in public showed that the White House is unhappy with press coverage emphasizing splits between Europe and America. New York times columnist Maureen Dowd complained that Bush had a "hissy fit" over "a legitimate question" about European anger with America."

1/24/06:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-kaus/three-cheers-for-david-gr_b_14503.html

Steven Kaus at HuffPo

Q (by Gregory) Mr. President, good morning. I have a different question, but I'd like to pin you down on this point about Hamas because I don't think you've completely answered it. Are you ruling out dealing with a Palestinian government comprised, in part, of Hamas?

THE PRESIDENT: Dave, they don't have a government yet, so you're asking me to speculate on what the government will look like. I have made it very clear, however, that a political party that articulates the destruction of Israel as part of its platform is a party with which we will not deal.

Q Okay, can I --

THE PRESIDENT: No, it's --

Q But, sir, I'm sorry --

THE PRESIDENT: Well, it's unfair to the other people.

Q No, I'm just -- I'm just following up --

THE PRESIDENT: You're trying to hoard. (Laughter.)


2/13/06

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/west_wing_reportage/gregory_mixes_it_up_with_scott_32342.asp

"'David, hold on... the cameras aren't on right now,'" McClellan replied. "You can do this later."

"Don't accuse me of trying to pose to the cameras," the newsman said, his voice rising somewhat. "Don’t be a jerk to me personally when I’m asking you a serious question."

"You don't have to yell," McClellan said.

"I will yell," said Gregory, pointing a finger at McClellan at his dais. "If you want to use that podium to try to take shots at me personally, which I don’t appreciate, then I will raise my voice, because that’s wrong."

[Wetzelbill]

1. Gregory at least has a pair

the rest of the press corp is pretty well neutered. :)

[babylonsister]

2. Gregory has shown he has balls, though he pissed me off

when he apologized for 'upsetting' the McLellan gagglefuck because his wife thought it might be a good idea.
Get over it and be the intrepid reporter that you'd like to be!

[Berry Cool]

3. What kills me is that * defines speaking French to a French person as

"SHOWING OFF"!

Where does he get it from? This idea that it's somehow pretentious or snooty to attempt to speak to a man IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE so it's easier to communicate with him????

I guess if it's a European man and the language is European, it constitutes "SHOWING OFF"!

What, is Bushie-Boy a little embarrassed that if he knows a few words of Spanish, that that's probably all the words he knows in another language, and that this makes him look uneducated next to a reporter trying to speak French? Too damn bad!! David Gregory can't help it if Bush was a good-timin' Yalie frat boy who barely scraped by in college and probably eventually decided that "if English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me." :rofl:

It's not Gregory's fault if he actually managed to learn another language and * didn't. Why should he have to hide it to salvage *'s ego?

[Patsy Stone]

7. Such an ass

The exchange was actually snippier at one point.

From DU:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/02/06/01_little.html

Trapped in a Big Office, George W. Bush Wears the Soul of a Little Man
June 1, 2002
By Teresa Simon-Noble

"'The guy memorizes four words,' Bush said referring to Gregory, 'and he plays like he’s intercontinental.' Then, added: 'I’m impressed. Que bueno. Now I am literate in two languages.'"

[Ilsa]

4. I hope DG stays after them.

He's going to have to take some flak, but we need reporters and journalists and interviewers who will press for honest and complete answers if there is to be any hope that the ill-informed will learn anything.

[linazelle]

5. David Gregory was hilarious on Conan's show a few weeks ago

He retold the story about Bush in France. Bush's stupidity was apparent.

[qazplm]

6. Interesting line there

"Dave, they don't have a government yet, so you're asking me to speculate on what the government will look like. I have made it very clear, however, that a political party that articulates the destruction of Israel as part of its platform is a party with which we will not deal."

So if its a political party you wont deal, buuuuttt say if its a nation, oh I dunno, say UAE, you have no problem dealing with them?