[fedupjohn]

I don't care for Gregory, but he' asking legitimate questions, imho. His demeanor seems reasoned, absent Timmy's frothing.

It just seemed, to me, that Gregory was not listening to the answer at all, but was already thinking and reading ahead to the next question.

In 1995, Newt was on Rush's show, and they were talking about conversing, when Newt came out with the gem "The absence of speaking is not listening".

He expounded on this, by saying " Most people in the news are more worried about the next question they are going to ask, that they don't listen to the answer to the question that they just asked.

[chiller]

I heard the replay on radio, and the audio reinforced your thought, although I don't think he contemplated anything. Gregory was rather rapid fire, quick to move to the next question, as if from his list of issues to hit, almost like it was from a script. Not a second for contemplation, just moving on. FWIW, which is not much.

He really didn't challenge Chertoff much. We've seen him much worse, but today he just filled Timmy's chair and played it relatively straight.