NBC White House Correspondent David Gregory got into another "I know you are but what am I" tussle with the White House Press Secretary yesterday. Only this time around it wasn't Gregory beating up on the fat kid.

No, this time he pulled his "assertiveness training" routine with Tony Snow.

Big mistake.

Gregory could usually get former Press Secretary Scott McClellan's goat. But the Snowman wasn't having any of it. When he suggested that Gregory's question was a nice summary of "the Democratic point of view" on Iraq, the White House Correspondent lost his cool (not that he really possesses any). Part of the exchange:

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.

Heh.

Posted by: Gary at 09:00 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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1 Its refreshing to see a member of the corporate media with balls, unlike the 82nd chairborne chickenhawks who cheerily send other peoples kids to die for your sterile necon philosophies

Posted by: yoda at September 06, 2006 10:39 AM (LFcLx)

2 Yeah, just like those media heroes who "stood up" to that wheel-chairborne chickenhawk FDR back in WWII. Oh wait, that's right. Back then, reporters used to actually root for America. Sorry 'bout that. My bad. Gregory's antics are purely self-promoting. He wants to be the toast of all the Liberal D.C. cocktail parties. Without this kind of attention, he's just another stooge in the press pool. BTW, if you'd like to make arrangements to compare ball size with me, let me know. I could use a good laugh.

Posted by: Gary at September 06, 2006 11:11 AM (QoxB+)

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