The Gergen TemptationWill Bush fall for the advice of the Establishment?

Weekly Standard ^ | 11/14/2005 | Fred Barnes

[BurtTpa]

watch the pentagon press guy.
he stand next to or in front of the podium and his body language is tight and assured. he act like he is ready to jump down the throats of these nasty dnc operatives and berates any one who is out of line or disrespectful. scott acts like he is scared and is the nerdy high school kid trying to be like by his enemies.

[MizSterious]

Thank you for saying that--he seems far too timid and inept for the position he holds.

[Past Your Eyes]

Just a thought, but wouldn't it be great if Ann Coulter could be talked into being the press secretary for even a year. What a message that would send!! Just the idea of that would send the WH press corps into apoplexy!!! She wouldn't even have to say anything.

[MNJohnnie]

Wonder if LTG Russel L. Honore would take the job? We could make up the difference in his salary by selling the events as pay per view. I doubt a Freeper would miss one.

[MizSterious]

Actually, I wish they could clone Rumsfield--we need at least two of him, one to hold his current position, and another for press secretary. Rumsfield knows how to handle the media!

[ez]

So Kristol and Barnes are noth urging the Bush WH to fight back.

That would at least distinguish his from his father's administration.

The only way to break throught the nedia filter is to go quite extreme, however, lest your battles be squelched by the monolithic Washington Press Corps. Bush needs a significantly more aggressive style.

[ez]

Here. here!! Let's have a female Press Secretary, and preferably one with an acid tongue.

I've met a few that could handle that job over the years!

[BurtTpa]

there is a course I took on public speaking called POWERTALK. scott would have flunked the course.

his body language and speaking style are the pits .
he comes off as weak, inept , and a lost fool.
do you think a donald trump would keep such a fool around.
why does the president.

bush biggest flaw is his loyalty to his inept staff.

[MizSterious]

The problem is the definition of "conservative." For some reason, everyone thinks they are more conservative than anyone else--and what better way to point that out, than to criticize other conservatives?

[MizSterious]

"Acid tongue?" Could you be speaking about Ann Coulter? Yessss, she could do the job, I do believe!

[Condor51]

**He (McClellan) almost never provides a good response to any attack**

When he first replaced Ari, I thought it was nerves and over time he'd get better. But nope, those DNC shills in the WH press corp eat him up every day.

Its embarrassing to watch him. Last week I though he was going to cry. He was whining and whining about the "trust he built" with the WH 'journalists'.

[paudio]

He was whining and whining about the "trust he built" with the WH 'journalists'.

LOL... he might be a smart person, but not necessarily good in staying on the massage and creating sound-bites at the same time. Ari was the master on this.

[MizSterious]

I would rather clean bathrooms than speak publicly, but I can still tell the difference between an effective speaker and an inept one--McLellan seems quite inept to me. He looks almost as uncomfortable as I would be if I had to stand there behind that podium. We really need better.

[ez]

"Acid tongue?" Could you be speaking about Ann Coulter? Yessss, she could do the job, I do believe!

I'd hire her in a heartbeat, if only to make sure she was on my side!

[David Isaac]

"David Rodham Gergen. I wish he'd hack up that big booger that's hanging down the back of his throat and get it over with."


That would be a "loogie", a booger wouold be found in a different orifice.

[outinyellowdogcountry]

People that claim to be unbiased have a way of gaining trust and confidentiality of both sides. Then, I think they sell out one side because they really always have had a loyalty, whether they acknowledge it or not. In my life, I have had occasions to trust and confide in people who are networkers (busybodies) and after the dust settles, I have been left wondering if what I said was used against me. I am too old to learn this lesson but then at least I think I have learned the lesson. Gergen is a democrat and media prostitute and needs to be left alone.

[Zacs Mom]

[Past Your Eyes]

Okay, we all seem to be in agreement on this. Now, who has the president's ear and can convince him to make this most important change. The opportunity to send a strong message is overwhelming.

[Past Your Eyes]

"That would be a "loogie", a booger wouold be found in a different orifice."

ROFL!! A distinction without a difference. When you snuff a booger from your nose to the back of your throat does it then become a "loogie"?

[Condor51]

**the wh need the current or former ( female) pentagon press rep***

DITTO that.

She was Victoria Clarke - she took no BS from those idiots

(I thought her toughness was rather sexy)