Tony Snow Battles David Gregory on New Iraq Report

Editor & Publisher ^ | Published: December 06, 2006 6:15 PM ET | By Editor & Publisher Staff

[ridesthemiles]

I can't decide which end David Gregory is - horse face or horse's ass. "

Careful- I have 5 horses we all may be insulting.....

[dearolddad]

It's clear, the Horse's Ass!!

The only thing that keeps Gregory from being a perfect horse,s ass is the simple fact that nobody is perfect.

[Eagle Eye]

He looks like the little twerp in middle school that always got the atomic wedgies because he smarted off to the wrong people.

And yes, he needs one now.

[LtKerst]

Gregory is taking the place of Hellen Thomas, and doing a fine job I must say...

[WalterSkinner]

..I do not know how Tony Snow does it--trying to have a serious discussion with someone who looks like Howdy Doody...

[marvlus]

I think Gregory is serving a purpose, just not the one he intends. He makes Tony Snow look good.

Good point.

[r9etb]

Hard to understand why Tony gives Gregory so much face time.

It's not hard at all. To his credit, David Gregory asks questions concerning things people are wondering about ... and that's good as far as it goes.

At the same time, however, Gregory is such an insufferable ass that Tony's responses get a lot more traction than they would with a more likeable reporter. Not only does he get to address the question, but also gets to defuse the Democrat talking points ... and he's so much smarter and more nimble than David Gregory is, that he always kicks his butt.

Nope ... no question at all why Tony keeps calling on him.

[Lucky9teen]

Thank God Tony has what it takes to smack Gregory down every chance he gets... :)

[TexKat]

[Lucky9teen]

[Lucky9teen]

Dangit...my posting of this pic is working as well as Gregory's Q and A with Tony....hee hee

[L.N. Smithee]

But the whole kicked off with another classic meetup or smashup between Snow and NBC’s David Gregory. Snow accused him of asking “partisan” questions and suggested he would not answer further specific questions from him until he read the actual ISG report. "Okay, stop -- no, no, stop," Snow instructed.

Typical lying from E & P.

They first give the impression that Snow was trying to stifle Gregory by saying "No, no stop" when in fact he was making good on his promise to address each of Gregory's quotations individually. Gregory was determined to run off his own perception of the context of each quote, which WAS, as Snow correctly alleged, done in a partisan fashion. Snow isolated each quote, and addressed them to illustrate how each individual one was not strung together to bash Bush as if it were a John Kerry speech or a Chris Matthews rant.

I am wondering if this whopper will have the legs of the oft-repeated lie about Ari Fleischer's remark that Americans should "watch what they say," which is widely interpreted as a threat to Bill Maher after he called American bomber pilots "cowards." In fact, Fleischer was not primarily referring to Maher, but a crude remark about turban-wearing Sikhs made by former GOP congressman John Cooksey of Wisconsin.

"What liberal bias?" THIS, Mr. Alterman. Now shaddup.

[ClaireSolt]

Well, I read the report, and I don't need Gregory trying to characterize it without reading it. What an overpaid egomainiac. During the Cheney hunting dustup, someone said he makes $350,000/yr to toss off those half-cocked comments.

[Fairview]

You make an excellent point.

[TexKat]

[hellinahandcart]

review

[evad]

Nope ... no question at all why Tony keeps calling on him.

Calling on him is one thing..
allowing him to go on in his lengthy diatribe is another.

But, I get your point.

[TheRightGuy]

can't decide which end David Gregory is - horse face or horse's ass

south end of a northbound horse ... for sure

[TexKat]

Rumble in the jungle

[USNA74]

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