Fiancial Times on Scotty McClellan: No One Laughed

[understandinglife]

In a report entitled White House prepares for possible indictmentswritten by Caroline Daniel and posted ~ an hour ago on the Financial Times website I read a paragraph that I think each of you will enjoy.

To wit:

Last week, there were signs that the White House's usual clinical competence at staging events was coming unstuck. In one omission, broadcasters were able to watch live footage of military officials prepping soldiers in Iraq for a satellite question and answer session with Mr Bush.

In an awkward moment on Friday, Scott McClellan, White House spokesman, was asked whether the administration was distracted by the CIA investigation. He attempted a joke, pretending to ignore the question. No one laughed. He tried again, his eyes swivelling away from the podium. “I'm sorry, I'm a little distracted up here,” he said. Again, no one laughed.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2285dbae-3e7c-11da-a2cb-00000e2511c8.html

Unless they fill the White House Press room with Gannon clones, Scotty, or anyone else they try to get to stand at that podium, is in for nothing but misery.


Peace.

[musette_sf]

1. They all laughed at Christopher Columbus,

but Scotty gets to bathe in flop sweat.

[grasswire]

3. ha ha ha

who's got the last laugh now?

[musette_sf]

4. a tummeler

Scotty ain't.

[tatertop]

6. That is an interesting word: tummler

First time I have run across it

[mark11727]

12. Found on infoplease.com...

tumm•ler

Pronunciation: (toom'lur),
—n.
1. a male entertainer, as formerly employed by resorts in the Catskill Mountains, who combined the duties of a comedian, activities director, and master of ceremonies to keep the guests amused throughout the day.
2. any lively, prankish, or mischievous man.

[MADem]

2. Shades of Ron Ziegler

How long will it be before Scotty starts saying "that statement is no longer operative" when he is caught in a web of lies???

[bobbieinok]

7. for those of us with poor memories--Ziegler was Nixon's press secretary

http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/ziegler.obit.ap/



picture 1973

[mcctatas]

5. If Scotty weren't such a sycophantic wing-nut, I would almost feel sorry

for him. But since he is, I love to watch his oversized head gleaming with sweat beads as he tries to put a positive spin on the Mis-adventures of the mis-administration...and the hits just keep on comin'.:rofl:

[Rex]

8. Death and war are a joke to Simple Scott!

He thinks just like his crime boss; make money as fast as you can and fuck the public. Fucking up the future for generations to come is not funny.

[AnnInLa]

9. You were right....I did enjoy it....thanks

[Neil Lisst]

10. This best expresses my thoughts on Scott McClellan ...

my political comic, this was from earlier in the week
http://www.webcomicsnation.com/neillisst/neillisst/series.php?view=archive&chapter=2843

[texpatriot2004]

11. Scotty want a cracker? nm

[DemReadingDU]

13. Thanks for finding this!

waiting for Fitzgerald's announcment of indictments

[grannylib]

14. I thought that press briefing with that fat loser on how the White House

is pushing Meirs' religion as a "qualification" for SCOTUS was HILARIOUS...he practically ran out of the room with his idiot grin pasted on his face...
didn't see this one; will have to hope for reruns.