Posted on 02/13/2006 6:59:37 PM PST by johnmecainrino
Gregory in the Gaggle: "I'll Calm Down When I Feel Like Calming Down" Today in the gaggle, via the Chicago Tribune's D.C. blog:
"There were no cameras rolling in the Monday morning 'gaggle' today, the morning after news belatedly broke about Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shooting a hunting companion on Saturday. The broadcast sessions of press encounters with White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan are saved for formal afternoon briefings, with the morning gaggles serving as more informal warm-ups. And David Gregory, the chief White House correspondent for NBC News, was warmed up.
Why was the White House relying on a Texas rancher to get the word of Cheney's hunting accident out over the weekend, asked Gregory, accusing McClellan of 'ducking and weaving.'
'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 McCellan 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.'
'Calm down, Dave, calm down,' said McClellan, remaining calm throughout the exchange.
'I'll calm down when I feel like calming down,' Gregory said. 'You answer the question.'
'I have answered the question,' said McClellan, who had maintained that the vice president's office was in charge of getting the information out and worked with the ranch owner to do that. 'I'm sorry you're getting all riled up about.'
'I am riled up,' Gregory said, 'because you're not answering the question.'"
Il parle francais aussi, je pense.
What a whiner. So typical. So boring. Damn irritating. Gregory needs a spankin'.
For once I'd like to see McClellan politely excuse himself from the dais and casually walk up to the offending prick and knock the snot out of him (or her...whatever the case may be)...."Next question????"
Bernard is going to work overtime to get this clymer on Imus Tuesday.
Je pense, donc, je sois. :)
"Oh, I think Scott McLellan handled it just fine. Why get involved in the rant? Just let the idiots rave on"
Are you kidding me? Most here on FR and I bet if you asked people like Rush or any other conservative that watches the PR machine from this White House, they would have told you this guy should have NEVER been apointed Press Secretary. He is not quick on his feet and he rarley throws if back at them.
Sorry, but the "new tone" is over as if it ever began. Ari Fletcher did a good job and thank god he was around post 9/11. Love them or hate them and most of us here on FR despised them, but the Clinton PR team was quick on it feet and they would have slammed little David around like a rag doll. They would have called him a dolt on live TV.
I have a serious question: What gives David Gregory any more right to the information than a local newspaper?
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LOL, perfect.
You said the name.
Now I have to post this:
By the way, I stole that pic from you. Sorry about that.
Hahaha ... good one!
I think that has to be just about the stupidest question I have ever head asked by the white house press.
There have been some real stupid ones too !!!
Of all the evil, cruel and maniacal deeds liberals have thought Cheney has done, from personally destroying the planets environment to being accused of sacrificing our soldiers lives and innocent Iraq civilians for blood money and personal financial gain.
To ask if he would resign over accidentally shooting someone with bird shot takes the cake.
The most evil man in the world resigns because of a hunting accident??? I don't think the moonbat left would accept it.
They are delusional
Didn't Clinton have Britt Hume removed for far less than Gregory's tantrum?
Nothing.
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