Bush says David Gregory wouldn't pass a Background Check

[Catherine Vincent]

Yet Jeff Gannon did?

He said it jokingly after Gregory was asking Bush these penetrating questions. He also said he wouldn't hire him. Bush must really hate David Gregory. LOL!

[pinto]

1. frat boy humor...Heh, heh, heh. Smirk. Smirk.

[joemurphy]

2. Gregory's one of the few White House reporters that tries to do

his job. No wonder Bush hates him.

[Gabi Hayes]

3. the BEST part about that, which I saw, too, is that there's NO WAY

Bush could ever pass any kind of security check, and it's most likely the reason they MADE him STOP FLYING when he was protecting us from Mexican marauders


remember??!!!!

[SoCalDem]

4. Gregory embarrassed him by asking a question in French

and of course *² was using interpreters...commented on how gregory was an "internationalist"..

then went on to say how the US was trying to teach the French about entrepreneurship...

[Gabi Hayes]

7. the entrepreneur story, unfortunately, is most likely not true

he suppposedly said the french don't have a word for entrepreneur

now, THAT's funny, but probably made up by some englishwoman

it's on snopes, I think

I was bummed, to say the least

[KoKo]

5. Both MSNBC and CNN positioned this encouter as Bush Shows Sense of

Humor." and showed the clip where Gregory looks like an ass but the Chimpster is back on "Ground Zero" with his Bull Horn with the Firefighters saying: "I HEAR YA!"

It was disgusting how they trashed Gregory and made the Chimp look like a HERO! Too bad he wasn't dressed in his "Flight Suit" with his "codpiece" hitched up to make him look like the biggest Dick in the Universe...

:-(

[creeksneakers2]

25. Shocking betrayal by Brokaw in Newsmax

If this is one of the few occasions when Newsmax correctly quotes somebody:

"David and I have actually talked about this," Brokaw told radio host Don Imus on Thursday.

"I would succumb to this from time-to-time," the veteran newsman recalled. "You get into that bubble in the White House press corps and you begin to think that it's between you personally and the press secretary. Or that you're showing off for your colleagues in the room."

[Fridays Child]

6. That means that Gregory is a definite burr under the chimp's saddle.

I like that! :thumbsup:

[Gabi Hayes]

10. yeah...but he SUCKED this week as a replacement for Tweety

very much toeing the line

I couldn't believe it

[gatorboy]

19. He's a good reporter.

But a LOUSY political show host...Hopefully he'll stick to what he does best and not turn into a joke like Anderson Cooper has with 360. Uh!

[KoKo]

26. He did suck...but Imus questioned him about his wife and family so I

figured Gregory got the message..."DON't have your family fly on small planes."

Gregory didn't look himself either. He seemed to have an eye infection in his right eye (like pink eye) on Monday and he held his head down through alot of the week...but "pink eye" or not...he got the message. And, his "grand standing" shout out to Bush this a.m. at the Press Conference which gave the Cables their "talking point" about Bush Humor made me wonder if "THEY" really managed to get to him.

If one has a wife and kids these days...why would you take the chance.

A friend of mine had a run as an financial officer at a Private College over a Garbage Collecting Contract and the Mafia visited him at his office. He had been considering using a different company in the town for garbage collection. He was told..."things can happen to your family" if you don't renew our (mob) contract. My good Dem friend complied. He had four children undr 14 years old. He was working for a private college...and he didn't want the "trouble" implied for the safety of his family.

We sometimes forget what these folks go through these days. But, then the perks if one makes IT are in the MILLIONS...like Tweety's Nantucket home next to former GE, CEO Jack Welch.

It's a matter of compromise...I guess. I don't know if some of us could do it...but when it comes to family safety...I guess we'd all need to think long and hard....:-(

[originalpckelly]

14. I thought it was bur for the seedpod thingy...

and Burr for the, well do I have to say. Yikes! The SS will be after you!

[Fridays Child]

22. Bur and burr are interchangeable. I'm not sure, though...

...which one is the more commonly used variant. It may be bur. :shrug:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bur

:hi:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Here's what they said.

Bush: There's a lot to do, David, and we'll continue to be results-oriented.

Gregory: But I asked you about your internal changes and what that says about how you think things need to be changed. It's been very public, your internal changes.

Bush: (Peevishly) Well, David, I, I, I'm a results-oriented person, and my job is to achieve things for the American people. Positive results that make us more secure and prosperous, and of course I will have people by my side that will help achieve that objective. Thank you for your penetrating question. Heh, heh. Plus, I'm not going to hire you, if that's what you were suggesting.

Gregory: That's not what I was suggesting.

Bush: I would, except you can't pass the background check. Heh, heh.



I'll add a bit to this --

Then Bush said (maybe because nobody laughed): That was a cheap shot.

But you could tell he was amused by his own "joke."

[Catherine Vincent]

17. Thank you!

[BootinUp]

18. Thats our pretzeldent.

What an asshole. :wtf:

[KeepItReal]

9. "Thank you for your penetrating question. Plus I'm not going to hire you"

....Damn Bush & Co. don't like David Gregory

[Neil Lisst]

11. "Well you ought to know, Mr. President! You've got me tapped!"

--- What David would have said if I could write lines for him.

[Catherine Vincent]

16. No, he should have asked "would Jeff Gannon pass?"

I'd like to see the look on Smirk's face after that!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

12. I would be honored not to pass a background check

in this administration.

It will be a badge of honor in the future.

[pdxmom]

13. Wow! Gregory must have done something REALLY bad, cause

Bush with his past drug use and addiction and Laura killing someone got THEM past the background check.

[NoodleyAppendage]

15. For once, I'd LOVE to hear the reporter retort back, "FUCK YOU, ASSHOLE."

It would be a career ender, but you know it's on the minds of every reporter who is on the butt end of King Chimp's stupid machismo cutesy namecalling/towel snapping.

J

[CrazyOrangeCat]

20. Yep, that person would be a hero forever.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

21. So David is eligible for the prez's job, but who would want to

clean up his mess??

[shain from kane]

23. The Supreme Court waived his background check. n/t

[wherewingstakedream]

24. This from the guy who wanted to make

Bernard Kerik head of Homeland Security! :rofl: It is a badge of honor to have a long rap sheet in this administration. He probably meant Gregory is squeaky clean and definitely not Bush Crime Family material.