Video: NBC’s Gregory to Bush: “Critics” say you are making up evidence to invade Iran
posted at 8:43 am on February 15, 2007 by Ian
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“A lot of critics say that you are using the same quality of intelligence about Iran that you used to make the case for war in Iraq . . . and that you are doing that to make a case for war against Iran. Is that the case?”
“Critics” is a euphemism for “in my opinion.” For example, critics think David Gregory is a liberal.
It goes without saying that we wouldn’t want to provoke such a person — it could harm his self-esteem. Unfortunately, President Bush doesn’t seem to have gotten the message. But thank goodness for David Gregory. As luck would have it he turned up at today’s White House press conference to convey the message to the president: stop provoking poor Mahmoud!
President Bush reiterated to Gregory what he had said earlier in the press conference: that there is no doubt that the Quds force has provided sophisticated IEDs to forces within Iraq, and that Quds is a part of the Iranian government. Whether the highest level of the Iranian government had ordered Quds to do so, the president couldn’t say.
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Been a couple of weeks since Gregory’s had some headlines, fame is a tough habit to kick.
right2bright on February 15, 2007 at 8:48 AM
“A lot of critics say… that David Gregory should get a real job…”
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on February 15, 2007 at 8:51 AM
Self absorbed people like Gregory shouldn’t be reporters. It’s hard to be objective when all you care about is how tough (or silly) you look attempting to get a dig in at the POTUS.
I also wonder if Gregory realized that the “quality of intelligence” he’s talking about is a direct slam on Clinton and what his administration did to those agencies during his reign.
darwin on February 15, 2007 at 8:55 AM
Some say that David Gergory has an issue with beating his dog and some learned people, ones with wisdomw, have said David is an insecure little man and some have said in the past that he and Brain Williams enjoy each others company with lots of latex.
benrand on February 15, 2007 at 8:58 AM
Critics are saying that the MSM sucks hockey pucks.
flipflop on February 15, 2007 at 8:59 AM
How the hell George keeps himself from stepping down from the podium and gobsmacking these reporters is beyond me. It doesn’t matter what the man tries to do the BDS crowd is not going to listen.
Bush could hold up an apple and drop it on the ground and Gregory would be looking around trying to find David Copperfield behind the curtain.
Limerick on February 15, 2007 at 9:03 AM
A lot of critics say that David Gregory is a barely functioning alcoholic. Discuss.
JayHaw Phrenzie on February 15, 2007 at 9:12 AM
I think it is time for another “well there you go again” from this president.
right2bright on February 15, 2007 at 9:12 AM
David Gregory is a complete ‘weenie’…’weenie’ being a euphemism for that other word.
DoctorDentons on February 15, 2007 at 9:19 AM
I didn’t know that “a lot of critics” has access to the intelligence data to make any determination as to the reliability of the data and the conclusions that data supports. Did Congress hold a commission that I am not aware of?
RedinBlueCounty on February 15, 2007 at 9:20 AM
davie boy has an adjenda…embarass the President…nbc is a lefty news org…never watch it…period
areseaoh on February 15, 2007 at 9:25 AM
I think a good response would have been, “Which critics are those, David?”
mikeyboss on February 15, 2007 at 9:29 AM
Ian, thank you for shedding light on this cockroach-clever little technique that has been going on in press briefings. Exposure is an important ingredient for this kind of pest control.
RushBaby on February 15, 2007 at 9:36 AM
Time for the Grey Lady to release some more secret documents so that all of the arm-chair war-terbacks can make a better call on how we should surrender.
bbz123 on February 15, 2007 at 9:36 AM
and then finish with…
“I’ll get their adresses and send them some evidence, like a shaped charge made in Iran?”
Romeo13 on February 15, 2007 at 9:37 AM
Anyone who actually thinks that the weapons coming from Iran do not have the full sanction of the leaders there is a useless,sniveling,appeasing tool and fool.
I’m calling for a cage-match between Snow and Gregory.
bbz123 on February 15, 2007 at 9:40 AM
Every single time I hear “A lot of critics say” or “Experts have said” or anything similer I flash back the “The Manchurain Candidate” (the Frank Sinatra version).
Their is a scene where a corrupt senator (played by James Gregory) Is talking to the secratary of defense. He holds up a sheaf of papers and attacks the secratary with them by claiming that the papers are a list of communist names affiliated with a presidentail candidtae. The rub is, the numbers keep changing, and he won’t let no one see the papers!
In others words, its a lie, and the senator was a lier. Just like Greggory.
Wyrd on February 15, 2007 at 9:42 AM
Correct answer: “Really? Which critics are talking about?”
Bush need to put the onus of credibilty of these questions back on the questioner.
Bush trying to answer these questions seriously just lends credibility to these inane questions.
Lawrence on February 15, 2007 at 9:43 AM
Thank God for the 21st century phampleteers. The press has no integrity. None. They spew their ‘government exposed’ BS and claim it is their duty to the American people. It is the new world phampleteers who are keeping us informed and thinking.
Integrity? None. Where is the reporter who gives the public the ‘inside’ story of what goes on in media newsrooms and boardrooms? Where is the medias ‘Watergate’ story? Where is a report of corruption in the news business? Integrity? Duty to the American people? Hogwash.
Truth? Yeah right. The only truth the media people know is the amount of their loan payment on their BMWs.
Limerick on February 15, 2007 at 9:45 AM
At the close of Brit Hume’s show last night he had a snippet from the press conference in which a reporter kept asking questions about the Libby trial and W kept saying, ‘I’m not going to comment on the Libby trial.’ When W called on the next reporter, said reporter commented that he might as well not ask his Libby question. W said, ‘Right. Sit down. Next.’
Retread on February 15, 2007 at 9:47 AM
Retread- Was it as good as it sounded here? That is beautiful!
Pam on February 15, 2007 at 9:55 AM
After a stupid question like that I think the President just just look at him for a good, LONG quiet moment, long enough for people to get REALLY uncomfortable.
Then say, “Do you think you might want to rephrase that?”
or say “How about a REAL question now David?”
or say “David, you partisan hack, do you ever do any research at all?”
or say “And now, let’s hear from a real journalist, is Brit here? You can sit down now David, you made your insulting point.”
CrimsonFisted on February 15, 2007 at 9:55 AM
MSM to English is very easy, if you try.
“Critics say” = “I say”
“Some people say” = “I say”
“Many people say” = “I say”
“It has been said” = “I say”
dinasour on February 15, 2007 at 9:57 AM
It’s past time for someone to grab old Gregory by the collar a slap the crap out of him. This bum is a piece of garbage.
rplat on February 15, 2007 at 10:09 AM
CriticsI say, “David Gregory is a leftist-utopian tool devoid of critical thinking skills.”Oh.
This just in…. herr ubermann, call your office.
locomotivebreath1901 on February 15, 2007 at 10:13 AM
The President should have asked David if he had any influence in the selection of the person whom will replace him (David) at the next White House press conference.
News2Use on February 15, 2007 at 10:17 AM
I am not a fan of W; however, as a member of the human race, I am begging someone, somewhere to please advise Bush not to try the bantering thing at his press conferences. It’s so dreadfully cringe-inducing.
Listen George, you don’t need them to like you, you need them to respect you.
honora on February 15, 2007 at 10:23 AM
Ok. But the fact is, this is exactly what critics are saying. A dickish way of asking the question, but for me, the answer was far more enlightening that the question.
honora on February 15, 2007 at 10:25 AM
NBC is not left-wing, just Andrea Mitchell
Wade on February 15, 2007 at 10:26 AM
Sorry. Just washed my hands and can not do anything with them.
NBC is not left-wing, just ask Andrea Mitchell
Wade on February 15, 2007 at 10:28 AM
honora,
And please share with us said enlightenment.
Thanks.
techno_barbarian on February 15, 2007 at 10:44 AM
Here’s an interesting link that directly relates to the topic.
techno_barbarian on February 15, 2007 at 10:49 AM
Gregory is the best the media can send to the White House? Worse even than the children they send to ask stupid questions at the Pentagon, like, “Are you going to give advance warning before you start bombing the terrorist hideout?” Gregory stands up and it’s all about Gregory, not news, just Gregory tossing a turd.
Where does this guy’s “reporting” end up? I never see a by-line. And Helen Thomas – for the “doyen” of the White House Press Corps it’s hard to believe that in decades of news reading, I never once saw her by-line. Not ever. Never saw her face on TV (ahem). Maybe Gregory is one of those who reports important events in twenty -two seconds flat so one is left with the impression that watching that news blip made one less informed than not watching it in the first place.
How is this “press” business set up? The room is filled with partisen morons who evidently hog places that people with real questions could have. Bush has nothing to lose by tossing the old lot out and inviting in serious journalists who will ask real questions about real issues. The Big Old Media Monopoly can’t scream that they’ll shut the White House out of the news if their vain poseurs get tossed out, they’re doing it already. The MSM has perverted their role to provide the people with information and transparency into an organ of propaganda solely for the Left – the opposition party. They attack the Republicans for anything, but when the Democrats are in power, they are silent. Bush is wasting his time talking to that crew. They’ll sit on the points he wants to make, then stage scenes to elicit annoyed comments. Then, that’s what they report. Toss em out, clean the White House Press Corps. We want news and real dialogue. Make them pass a competency exam as part of the application. Like, “What is the principle export of Turkmenistan?” No multiple choice, either – fill in the blank. Followed by, “Explain the significance of Thomas Jefferson’s response to John Adams regarding the key isses of the 1st Barbary War of 1801. Correct responses will include summaries of Jefferson’s and Adam’s opinions.”
naliaka on February 15, 2007 at 10:59 AM
Indeed!
Lawrence on February 15, 2007 at 11:03 AM
I can embrace this idea. Same deal for POTUS, don’t you think???
honora on February 15, 2007 at 11:03 AM
Are we all?
VikingGoneWild on February 15, 2007 at 11:06 AM
Not sure I agree with the “logic” that because two US administrations and several world intelligence agencies got it wrong on Iraq (mainly because Saddam *wanted* his neighbors to think he had WMD) that the intelligence is also wrong on every single other issue.
Unlike Iraq, we have the physical evidence in this case. We have the sniper rifles, for example, we know they were shipped to Iran from a Belgian manufacturer. We physically captured Iranians in Iraq. There is a big difference between conclusions drawn from analysis and physical evidence. So they would have us believe that the physical evidence is somehow “misinterpreted”?
Again, either they are idiots or they think we are.
crosspatch on February 15, 2007 at 11:09 AM
Whoops…..AREN’t WE ALL?
VikingGoneWild on February 15, 2007 at 11:12 AM
Gregory reminds me of “Moe” from the “Three Stooges”. All he needs is a bowl haircut.
darwin on February 15, 2007 at 11:14 AM
I wanted to see that again. The press has NO integrity.
Critics and pretty much every non-press person SAYS:
The press is made up of past insurance salespeople and past used car salespeople and are regarded now as the vilest, most despised and dishonest people in America.
shooter on February 15, 2007 at 11:14 AM
Let’s also not forget that we DID find:
a)Hundreds of Chemical Weapons, some were even used against our troops.
b)Thousands upon thousands of decalitres of bacillus anthracis and bacillus thurengenisis.
c)A few tons of yellowcake uranium that were converted into enriched uranium while supposedly “under UN seal.”
Oh, yeah, but we were wrong about those WMD’s. . . riiiight. Keep telling yourselves that MSM, just like you keep telling yourselves that we lost TET.
–Jason
Jason Coleman on February 15, 2007 at 11:25 AM
A few additions for
Gwillie on February 15, 2007 at 11:28 AM
These sweethearts (David Gregory) seem to have all
the answers . . . Why don’t they run for office ?
If your not part of the solution, Your part of the
problem. . . David……David…..David.
No answer David. . . Thought so. . . PUNK
Texyank on February 15, 2007 at 11:46 AM
Gregory and that abominable Ed Henry are two of the biggest jerks in the press today.
“Are you trying to start a war?”
“No.”
“But really, are you trying to start a war?”
“No.”
“But really, really, are you trying to start a war?”
“No.”
“But really, really, really, are you trying to start a war?”
“No.”
Save me.
drjohn on February 15, 2007 at 11:52 AM
A lot of critics say you are an idiot, Gregory.
My anonymous sources all concur.
drjohn on February 15, 2007 at 11:53 AM
its always bush’s fault
why
because……..it’s bush’s fault
how
because……..it’s bush’s fault
its like reasoning with a fracking brick wall
Defector01 on February 15, 2007 at 11:57 AM
Exactly.
Two word answer: “Name them”.
(cue crickets)
“Dave?”
(cue clock ticking)
“Bueller? Anyone?”
Jaibones on February 15, 2007 at 12:06 PM
I’m always fighting my first instinct with Gregory, which is to wish that Bush’s press secretary is Chuck Norris.
My second instinct is to wonder why the White House has to allow a news organization to send such a perfect horse’s ass into their press conferences. I haven’t won that fight yet…
Jaibones on February 15, 2007 at 12:08 PM
David Gregory is a vile clown, critics say.
aengus on February 15, 2007 at 12:32 PM
It’s quite disappointing to know, without looking, that the lefties are loving this anti-American narcissistic scumbag. Where did we lose respect, or more-so , where did the left lose all respect. They must have no self respect either, an honorable person does not act in such despicable ways, not at home, not around others, and NEVER to the President of the United States of America.
But that’s why they all do it, to gain a sense of imaginary power.
Gregory is narcissistic indulgence described in real life.
shooter on February 15, 2007 at 12:44 PM
Maybe David Gregory should stop obsessing on the
shooter on February 15, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Maybe David Gregory should stop obsessing on the less than 30% of the public that think like he does, and more on the 70%+ of the country who despise him.
shooter on February 15, 2007 at 12:47 PM
Surely you’re not suggesting the WH have the right to approve who covers it? Gloryoski Sandy!!!
honora on February 15, 2007 at 1:06 PM
David Gregory is a horse’s arse. Whenever he’s here on Hot Air (I never watch NBC Nightly News), I think “I really miss David Bloom!”. He was such a great reporter. The wrong David went to Iraq to report and didn’t come home. Honestly, I know that is mean but as we remember David Bloom died while with the 3rd ID (my hubby was there as well then & had nothing but great and positive things to say about him). I think David Gregory should show some resepect for the office of the Presidency when he is asking his persnickety questions.
Catie96706 on February 15, 2007 at 1:13 PM
F-ing tool. Gregory is the worst type of pseudo-journalist. He has a thinly veiled agenda and never fails to inject his opinion into “news” reporting. He’s a disgrace.
x95b10 on February 15, 2007 at 1:18 PM
“OMG! Your critics are critizing you!”
B Moe on February 15, 2007 at 2:40 PM
BWA HA HA HA…
Imagines this.
Chuck Norris: “Daivid. The next time you ask me a question I already have answered, somebody’s going through a plate-glass window.”
Jones Zemkophill on February 15, 2007 at 3:08 PM
“Well, gee Dick, critics claim you’re a freakin’ moron. What’re ya gonna do?”
mojo on February 15, 2007 at 3:28 PM
Critics say David Gregory has the face of a monkey.
forged rite on February 15, 2007 at 3:37 PM
Who? David Gregory:The Cromagnon Cretin?
Working in the Press Corps is so easy even a cave man could do it.
Jones Zemkophill on February 15, 2007 at 4:02 PM
Honora pontificates: “Surely you’re not suggesting the WH have the right to approve who covers it?”
Damn straight they do.
They can ask horse’s asses like Gregory to leave the room. They can pull his White House Press Pass.
They can refuse his admittance to the White House.
Absodamnlutely they can do all this.
And they can (and should) pull the press passes for the reporters for both the Washington Post and the New York Times on the grounds that they have repeated violated the Espionage Act by publishing classified information that aided Al Qaeda after being repeatedly asked not to.
It is long past time to hold the PRESS responsible for it’s actions.
georgej on February 15, 2007 at 4:08 PM
BREAKING NEWS- Gregory reveals his source – Don Imus
iam7545 on February 15, 2007 at 4:30 PM
And in order to educate liberals like Honora about what the President can and cannot do concerning reporters….
From Drudge:
Time to pull Gregory’s press pass and frogmarch his stinkin’ liberal butt off WH property!
georgej on February 15, 2007 at 4:47 PM
I know. But, yeah, I kind of am (and don’t call me Shirley). But mostly, I am suggesting that the WH should be allowed to veto a reporter who is an idiot or a liar, like oh say, David Gregory or Helen the Hut.
That doesn’t mean he can’t cover the White House; it just means he can’t come inside…
Jaibones on February 15, 2007 at 7:43 PM
Oops. Didn’t see you there, George.
Jaibones on February 15, 2007 at 7:44 PM
It would help a lot if the press showed even a modicum of respect for President Bush and the Office of the President. He’s been straight with them, he’s bantered with them and the reaction is always the same, snarl. They don’t care, and with the quality of those people, they don’t know what respect means. They are full of themselves, thinking they’re so clever, and proud of their snarkiness, but if they were ever to trade places with Bush for one day, they’d be paralyzed with terror by noon. Writing articles does not prepare one for the realities of management and executive oversight of a massive and complex government.
naliaka on February 15, 2007 at 10:10 PM
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