I know I am woefully late on this, but here goes. When David Gregory got into a heated exchange with Scot McClellan...an echange BTW STARTED by a a cheap, inappropriate and unprofessional comment by the White House press secretary, David used time on MEET THE PRESS that Sunday morning to make a sincere apology to the White House and Mr. McClellan. Don't hold your breath waiting for an apology from GWB for his cheapshot against David. This administration has no class, and that is a fatal flaw. It extends to the State Department and every facet of the Bush Presidency. Like Paul Krugman wrote this week...Bush is the opposite of Midas. I say we call him "Sadim."

David,
I totally agree with Lee Steele on the first comment. It’s getting more difficult to find anyone who admits ever voting for GWB. I remember when Richard Nixon won by “real” landslide margins, with a “real” mandate and a year after Watergate it was difficult to find anyone to admit voting for him (and that was here in Republican East Tennessee). GWB has many potentially dark days ahead with the Plame leak investigation, Abramof still on going, and if the Democrats take both houses of congress John Conyers will be turned loose on him. Perhaps the new “charm” is just to keep the Democrats from taking both houses of congress? The Republicans are chained to GWB, if he continues to fall, so will they.

My, how the worm turns! Bush supporters are now afraid to add their names to their posts, and this I say to you: good choice. Five years from now you'll only be able to come to the conclusion that Bush had no supporters, ever.

As far as charming goes, whether it's his "you suckers" smirk, his "strength through constant idiocy" or "enrich my friends and supporters" policies, or just his natural, nonsensical babbling, I find him as charming as dirty laundry.

There is no CHARM in this man. Everyone (at least 70% of people)can see through his deceit and his incompetent actions and policies. Bush is the WORST President I have seen in my 49 years on this earth. This administration makes the Watergate gang look like boy scouts.

And we are going to have to continue to pay for their lies, incompetencies, misguided policies, and other blunders for many years to come. Tony Snow will only be another Snow Job of this administration.

Thank you David for your excellent and brave reporting. You have not been afraid to ask the tough questions that all journalists should be asking. And it is not an easy job when you have an administration that ridicules and berates anyone that questions their policies, actions and PR (lies.)

As to all of the anonymous angry bad-mouthers on this blog: you are either embarrased to support Bush or maybe you are just that behind-the-scenes guy -- Jeff Gannon. Or maybe it is a FAUX news staffer. But if you don't like David's reporting or NBC then what are you doing reading this blog. Turn the channel guys.

Keep up the great work, David! So many of us admire your reporting. And we will very much need journalist to ask some tough questions in the next three years! I pray every day that God will save us from this adminstration.

David I noticed that Josh is thinking about not letting TV coverage of the Press briefing. Not he'll say no comments from the White House. Oh and Rove is going to be indicted you can take that to the bank. Next notice how the oil people are robbing the public with blessing from Bush. The joke was the attorney generals 24 hour investigation into price fixing. Eighter he's does magic or he didn't look at all. Connie Rice is a share holder of chevon now we know why her shoes cost $1,000 a pair. These oil guys are bleeding this country and Bush is laughting at how the public lets him do it. Powell can out of the closet and now eveybody is blaming everybody. While our troops die for the lies of this Adminisration. Nov. will show if the public likes being robbed and made to be fools. I for one will look very careful as to who I vote for. I have followed the CIA leak case and Fitzgerald will go down in history as the one proscutor who did his job for the people he servers and not a corrupt Administration. As for Tony Snow all I can say is be carefull what you wish for. He will go down with the ship and Scotty will be thankfull he got out just in time. Maybe Bushs should have given the job to Bill O'Reilly as he is really a true liar and loves to tell chicken little stories.

Mr. Gregory is correct to suggest that this White House is hell bent on making this president, however bad, look better to the American public if they have to re-invent this man in any practicable way possible. The recent attempt with his look-a-like, Bridges, shows that the White House will try just about anything to make Bush more pleasing. When was the last time this president poked fun at himself. When was the last time W. admitted wrongs! Hiring Tony Snow as the next apparent Press Secretary is part of that offensive to sway people through that charm. More like a theatrical process to me as some of these things are not of a funny matter. Never mind the Project of a New Amreican Century being explained by this governing crowd. Nobody has ever bothered to explain the intentions behind this smokescreen of foreign adventurism at the government level. Nobody has bothered to extoll the reason why it should work or why the effort is being extended to extort military action in order to deploy this concept. So, call in the charm actors to assuage people one way or the other. More like covering a rug over people so as these never have to explain why they do what they do.. We have about a thousand days left with this administration. Perhaps we can have more LaughIn episodes at the podium but never forget that the underlying attribute of this team of failures corresponds in either making you forget what is taking place or distract you from what these cannot bear to promulgate because these cannot philosphically explain their motives.

Thanks, David for continuing the same high values you held in Sacramento, in DC. Bush is a liar, and his Howdy Doody ways are just about to much to bear watching on tv. The sound of his whinning voice rips at the very core of my nerves. If he believes so strongly in HIS war in Iraq, let him strap on his 6 shooters and plow on and take your posse with you, Cheney, Rice and Rummy, that should be enough to bring the insurgents to their knees. We need more truth bears like you David, keep up the frontal attack, no matter how nasty he gets.

You should have called him on his charge against you. Bush could not pass as background check either.

David-
You are the best. Stay that way.

Go, David!!!!!! Keep up the good work.
Did you notice most of those right wing nuts didn't have the courage of their convictions. Or did they just forget to sign their names. If I was a supporter of Bush and company, I would hide, too.

Please keep on the President--especially regarding the need to take meaningful action regarding rebuilding New Orleans and the rest of the Gulf Coast.

President Bush should not merely be staking his legacy on what he's doing in Iraq. While this is important, seeing that Louisiana and her most fascinating city of New Orleans become whole again are far more important.

Why not ask President Bush why he hasn't staked his legacy on a "Marshall Plan" for the Gulf Coast? Such a plan would include not only the rebuilding of New Orleans but the upgrading of her levee system and restoring Louisiana's coastal wetlands, which in the past have served as "speed bumps" to slow the impact of hurricanes. It would also assist Mississippi, Texas, and other states impacted by Katrina and Rita in recovery.

On another burning issue Bush commented on yesterday, I'm pro-immigrant, but at the same time feel anyone who plans to live in this country should learn English.

This is because it would only make matters simpler in getting along in this country--think about how inconvenient it would be if, in everything you had to do, you had to seek out a Spanish-speaking person to deal with. Also, anyone who doesn't learn English is missing out on a lot when it comes to reading, watching TV, movies etc., because in many areas of this country, finding them in Spanish is difficult.

For this reason, I don't think having our national anthem sung in Spanish is a good idea. I saw the Spanish version (translated back into English) and much of the lyrics are not what's originally in the Star Spangled Banner. It has lost a lot in translation.

Let's have a Spanish version of our national anthem only if Mexico, Venezuela, Honduras, Peru, and other Spanish-speaking lands come out with English versions of their national anthems.

Meet the new Sam Donaldson in David Gregory. I cannot understand how a man like Tony Snow, who apparently lost some of his colon, could bother to join teams with an administration which essentially ran off its previous press secretaries due to one thing or another. In Ari Fleischer, we had a man who probably saw the writing on the wall and got out quickly to sell a book which didn't seel well. Then, with Scott McClellan, we had a man who was over his head in terms of the abilities that this administration wanted from McClellan but was not able to deliver. In Sno, we have a man who probably made a monetary deal or something rather to want to even extend his services. Hee may lose more than his bowels with this group, that is, if integrity has no meaning at all!

The only person with lower ratings than Bush is David Gregory. He had the nerve to say Bush played the "cultural card" with the National Anthem? The stupid white house press corp asked the question. There are no lower class of people that then those fools. They go after Fox, yet Tim Russert is the head news guy. He worked for the most liberal member of the Senate! NBC is going down the bowl, they chose another limousine liberal in Meredith Viera. How could they be so out of touch with America?

I have one comment for you right-winger, conservative, Bush-backers: If you don't like what NBC and David Gregory have to say, PLEASE change the channel and go back to your republican-biased Fox News Network.

I was currently watching Conan O' Brien on the television. You mentioned your site on there. I thought I'd check it out. I like what you write in here. Not like most blogs I read because yours is mostly political whereas; most of the blogs I read are about peoples lives. On to the reason on writing this, I watch you News program everyday, not because it's the only channel I recieve on my television, but because the way you talk about the news intrigues me. I'm not one to like news, but when you talk about something, it makes me want to listen. I just wanted to thank you for that.

This is the worst President ever. To think that “we” the American people voted for this guy, how did this happen. We need to keep up the pressure on his administration and make those who voted for him see what a mistake they made. Keep up the good work David. I’m gland to see someone is showing a little nerve, and questioning his lack of intellect.

Hey David:
I think your fifteen minutes are about up! BTW, why couldn't you pass the background check?(Just kidding)

Everytime Bush holds a press conference, his nose gets longer and longer.

You know, it's funny after five years of overblown propaganda, ever-inflating gas and energy prices, a "good" economy, and people of this great and ever prosperous country STILL battling over blame and accountability, alot of us here in the US have blind rage. Bush is possibly the greatest hustler of my generation so far. He set up his people and family to make billions for the rest of their days off us working class citizens. I can't stand the man, from the 2000 election (I voted Gore), the indirect tie-in of 9/11 to Iraq (which is straight BS), and the basic redneck banter he throws out at us when we're struggling for unity here on OUR OWN soil. A large majority of people who are outraged on gas prices are WORKING CLASS AND MIDDLE CLASS CITIZENS who pay their dues REGULARLY, and get squat. The rich?? Hmmm....sounds to me they get theirs regardless. I say we flip the script, continue boycotting major companies, and learn to adapt to doing it ourselves to survive here in our troubled times. Bush doesn't care about us as a whole. Like Hitler, is one track-minded, only he's focused on getting money for himself and the rich. But to sum it up, while we are STILL blaming Bush, YES he did mess up this country, but we have no one else to blame but ourselves because of this last election. So to those who voted for him last year and decide to reneg or regret your decisions, congratulations, you screwed it up for everyone and you could have prevented the events going on now. Our legacy now is a country of division, ignorance, and all-out stuidity rather than unity, life, and prosperity. Think on that people.

I'm appalled that NBC and the rest of the press hasn't lifted a finger to defend David, or point out the outrageous and inappropriate behavior of the president. The president is not more charming. He's as cocky and obnoxious as he ever was. Bush's attack on David was part of the same as always strategy of intimidating those who question or criticize rather than making any effort to improve the product.

Bush's remark was only joking in the way a joke made at someone else's expense is. When Bush is mocking someone, Bush shows the expressions of a juvenile delinquent after a successful act of vandalism. I noticed nobody at the press conference laughed. I saw Bush's reference to a "background check" as a veiled threat against David. They've no doubt investigated David for a smear job. That's how the White House routinely deals with people who get in their way. It looked to me like Bush was threatening to expose some dirt on David. Bush didn't say, "Sorry, I didn't mean that." Bush said it was a "cheap shot." That means Bush believes its true but ungentlemanly to bring it up.

Bush's attack follows equally shameful behavior by Scott McClellan. I believe the White House has a set plan to intimidate David. There is an organized right wing effort in the right wing media and on the net to spark anger at David. Look at the other comments on this blog. The posters say David expressed anger at the president. Here, from the White House web site, are all the comments David made:

Q" Mr. President, we're seeing some turnover and some change within your administration, and I wonder what it says about what you think is necessary to turn your presidency around at this point? "
Q "But I asked you about your internal changes and what that says about how you think things need to be changed. They've been very public, your internal changes."

Q "Thank you."

Q "I was not suggesting that. (Laughter.) "

(end)

Where is the anger in anything David said? There is none. We are seeing the results of a propaganda campaign that depicts David as an angry out of control liberal. The comments are based on what the posters were told about David, not on anything David actually did or said.

Press intimidation is a sign of the early stages of fascism. So is mob "us versus them" mentality which replaces judgement with aggression. I am deeply grateful to you, David, for standing up for democracy and a free press against these disgusting attacks.

PS. By the way, I noticed that Bush's call for increased CAFE standards was only for more AUTHORITY to act, not for any specific binding law. Don't go easy on Bush or backtrack. They'll only go after you more, and do the same thing to the next guy. Michael Isakoff stood up to these goons and he won.

Thank you for our continuing attempt to get the real story out. I would apologize for the hate mongers and demogogs who decry your reporting as Liberal, but here is no way they'd ever understand. I must agree with Carol Renza, we need a competancy offensive.

Greetings from Canada. Greg, you're doing a wonderful job, and this is not to put the American people down, but we do not understand, Why did it take the American people so long to realize everything about Bush? It must be from our perspective away from the centre. Keep up the good work!

If you can hold your own with Ius, you don't have to worry about the president OR his staff. You're great!

It's no wonder Fox News is beating the pants off MSNBC.

Dude, the news! It's about the news. Sober up and start reporting. I couldn't care less about what YOU think, and certainly don't need or want you telling me what I should think, Be a reporter and report or switch the label to commentator.