I swear to God this poor idiot has Williams Syndrome...
Posted on 09/05/2006 3:35:58 PM PDT by Peach
NEW YORK A not especially eventful press briefing at the White House today turned rancorous with NBC's David Gregory telling Press Secretary Tony Snow, "Don't point your finger at me," and Snow accusing the newsman of being "rude" and delivering Democratic talking points.
Earlier, speaking to reporters, Snow, continuing the administration's media focus on the war on terror, accused "some in the Democratic Party" of saying "we shouldn't fight the war" and "we shouldn't apprehend al-Qaeda" or even "question al-Qaeda."
Snow got into a tussle with Gregory after the NBC journalist told him, in a lengthy remark, that the public may wonder why the president's statement and report today on the war on terror did not admit more failings on the administration's part. Snow observed that he had nicely summarized "the Democratic point of view," and Gregory took exception to this.
This exchange followed. *
Q Actually, Tony, I don't think that's fair, if you look at the facts. If you look at the facts.
MR. SNOW: Well, I do, because -- no, because, for instance --
Q No, no, no. No, I don't think you should be able to just wipe that, kind of dismiss the question --
MR. SNOW: Well, let me --
Q It's not a Democratic argument, Tony.
MR. SNOW: Let me answer the question, David.
Q But hold on, let's not let you get away with saying that's a Democratic argument.
MR. SNOW: Okay, let me -- let's not let you get away with being rude. Let me just answer the question, and you can come back at me.
Q Excuse me. Don't point your finger at me. I'm not being rude.
MR. SNOW: Yes, you are.
Q Don't try to dismiss me as making a Democratic argument, Tony, when I'm speaking fact.
MR. SNOW: Well, okay -- well, no --
Q You can do that to the Democrats; don't do it to me.
MR. SNOW: No, I'm doing it to you because the second part was factually tendentious, okay? Now, when you were talking about the fact that it failed to adapt, that's just flat wrong. And you will be -- there has been -- there have been repeated attempts to try to adapt to military realities, to diplomatic realities, to development of new weapons and tools on the part of al Qaeda, including the very creative use of the Internet. So the idea that somehow we're staying the course is just wrong. It is absolutely wrong.
* Elsewhere, Snow denied that the president's statement and report today on the war on terrorism were political in any way. "I think it belittles it by trying to dismiss it as politics," he said. But later, when a reporter asked, "But you don't disagree that he's trying to frame the debate for what is an important political choice?", Snow replied: "Absolutely. Of course, of course."
He also said there would be no troop withdrawals in Iraq any time and reiterated the president's strong support for Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld. President Bush "would love to see members of both Houses of Congress returning to that sense of cooperation we had after September 11th."
Here is an excerpt from Snow's remarks:
"There have been some in the Democratic Party who have argued against the Patriot Act, against the terror surveillance program, against Guantanamo. In other words, there are some people who say that we shouldn't fight the war, we should not detain -- we shouldn't apprehend al Qaeda, we shouldn't detain al Qaeda, we shouldn't question al Qaeda, and we shouldn't listen to al Qaeda. In other words, they're all for winning the war on terror, but they're all against -- they're against providing the tools for winning that war.
"And we think it's a perfect opportunity for Democratic leaders to say, no, we are serious about winning the war. We have now reiterated some of the basic precepts of administration policy and also the policy put together by generals over the months of the engagement in Iraq. And we look forward to working with members of Congress to figure out how best to prevent terrorists from coming here, but, more importantly, how to defeat terrorism.
"Finally, one other point, which is, there is a reiteration of a call to replace or have Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld stand down. The President strongly supports the Defense Secretary. It's not going to happen. Creating Don Rumsfeld as a boogeyman may make for good politics, but would make for a lousy strategy at this time. And, furthermore, if you listen to the speech that Secretary Rumsfeld gave last week, it was not only thoughtful, but comprehensive about trying to frame the ongoing war against terror, and also the war going on in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"So this, again, is something that the President would love to see members of both Houses of Congress returning to that sense of cooperation we had after September 11th, where the real goal was not to try to hand out pink slips at the Pentagon, but instead to win the war on terror in a way that is going to make not only America safer, but also the rest of the world safer so that democracy can take firm root throughout the globe."
Not having a TV, I've never seen this weenie boy. You're right, though - he really does look like a snot-nosed brat.
I swear to God this poor idiot has Williams Syndrome...
Does anyone know if Tony lurks? ;)
I agree .... I'd punch him in the mouth, even if I was his Mother .. what an arrogant a$$clown.
But, Tony showed him up BIG time: in class, accuracy, focus, and most of all ... patience.
" David Gregory, breasts heaving and skirt flopping in the breeze, .."
Last January around Bowl time, Gregory was hosting the Today Show.
The highlight-Gregory redecorated a bathroom- placing the towel rack here and the potpourri there-I kid you not.
It looked like Queer Eye for The NBC Guy.
It's no wonder that Gregory is IMUS's favorite bu77boy....
My, my----Geraldo is Everywhere. LOL.
A couple weekends back, Chris Matthews (I think) was talking to Tim Russert, and they were getting all worked up about how the MSM is NOT slanting the news from Iraq. I flashed on that when I read this article about Gregory. The MSM HATES being called on their obvious prejudices, and they can't seem to understand that what's being done to them is what their hero Mike Wallace does all the time--he puts people on the spot, and they get agitated. When that happens, whatever the denial, the person across from Wallace is deemed guilty of the accusation.
Gregory knows that, which is why he had a hissy fit. He knows a viewer hearing and seeing this won't go "That's ridiculous" and ignore Snow; he knows it's enforcing a perception that is there and is growing stronger. People are waking up, and the MSM droids do not want that. The want the only point of view given a hearing, the way they had it for decades, and they're losing out to the freedom they so piously claim to represent. The new media are ruining it for them, and they're getting pissy about it.
LOL (tearing) that visual was classic,,,LOL
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David Gregory puts the PMS in PMSNBC. Seriously, how did that guy get so far in the business as freakin' sensitive as he is? I thought you had to have thinker skins....
Akk. Gag me with a wooden mic.
I think you mean little boys bicycle seats
Um, the face of a sniveling little whiny butt.
The kind that my siblings and I used to silence, in a somewhat hilarious way, to keep said whiney butt from constantly crying/whining to our mother to keep us in trouble.
Heck, once Mom even threateded to whup his Mom's butt (grin).
Naw, I'm not a redneck, and he aint no journalist, he's a butt boy for the Dims.
Well, somebody does.
David is nothing more than a propaganda machine for democrats. No question about it. These so called journalists are masters at putting the rat spin on supposed "questions" which are nothing more than talking points. Journalism has lost it's soul.
"............... and then we can leave that last survivor on the island so that we're free of all of them!"
One correction to that: As soon as the last survivor establishes him/herself, the entire US Navy gets to have some long-overdue live gunnery practice.
Looks like Big Foot stepped in it again.
What a pathetic left wing loser.
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