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SamCooke Donating Member (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:11 PM
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Did anyone else just see Pres. Obama interupt Gibbs' Press Briefing
Edited on Fri May-01-09 02:12 PM by SamCooke
Awesome. He came in to announce he received a call from Justice Souter and talked about what he wanted in a judge. It was so unexpected, even Gibbs was surprised.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:12 PM
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1. YES! He said, "Hey!" Walked right in and the press looked shocked! He's so
Edited on Fri May-01-09 02:15 PM by jenmito
funny and smooth! "If you wanna get something done you gotta do it yourself." Then he announced Suitor IS retiring. When he was done, he said, "Now you can go back to giving Gibbs a hard time" and then Gibbs said he had an announcement to make-that Suitor is retiring. The whole thing was great!
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SamCooke Donating Member (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:14 PM
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3. Gibbs was shocked, but what he said when the POTUS left was hilarious.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:16 PM
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4. I agree. I edited my post to add what he said.
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:16 PM
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5. And what did the reporter say to Gibbs that had everyone laughing?
"I guess he wasn't in the vest today?" huh? Anyone catch that?
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:24 PM
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12. "I guess he wasn't in the mess today..."
Edited on Fri May-01-09 02:24 PM by jenmito
something like that, meaning the place they all gather to talk about things, etc.
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blaze Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:05 PM
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37. Wasn't in the mix today? n/t
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 09:18 PM
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39. Of course...
.... yes, Gibbs joked earlier he asked around when he was eating in the Navy Mess (which is the West Wing "cafeteria" of sorts) to see if anyone had heard from Souter. The reporter then said the President "must have not been in the Mess..."

that was cute.
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panader0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:16 PM
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6. Huge Sam Cooke fan here.
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SamCooke Donating Member (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:19 PM
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9. We all should be, the man was incredible
:toast:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:31 PM
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31. Me
too:fistbump:
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 04:11 PM
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24. Ditto! Amazing singer.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:30 PM
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30. Thanks for the description..
I've been at work all day. How cool is that!
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:13 PM
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2. ha ha! And I was just kidding my mother last night who was watching "The American President.."
"Oh, the President doesnt burst into the breifing room like that!" as Michael Douglas does during the movie.

Pays to watch all of Gibbs briefings, you never know when something fun might happen! lol

(although that WAS a bit scary as I was just reading at Politico that the WH was on lockdown because of a suspicious package.)
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:17 PM
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7. LOL. I wonder if POTUS watched the movie last night too. n/t
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 04:05 PM
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21. Cheney was probably trying to slip something into the WH.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 07:30 PM
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38. I was watching it too
and immediately thought of that scene.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:18 PM
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8. Yes. It was an emblematic moment. The tone and tenor of the White House has improved ...
... HUGELY.
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:20 PM
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10. Was it like in The American President?
God I swear, Obama is a real life Pres. Andrew Shepherd!
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Flying Dream Blues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:27 PM
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13. or Jeb Bartlet! nt
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RoadRage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 04:04 PM
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20. Yikes..
the words "Jeb" and "White House" just give me the heebe-jeebe's. ;)
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NYC Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:53 PM
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36. Ack! It's Jed not Jeb ... calling Bartlett that is an insult to him
:P
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Flying Dream Blues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 10:42 PM
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40. Typo, I promise! God forbid a Jeb in the White House!
Until Obama, Jed Bartlet was my favorite president.
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 04:09 PM
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23. Totally.
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ErinBerin84 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:20 PM
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11. oh god. Someone asking Gibbs about what Obama previously said about Roberts
and someone asked before about "empathy", because this is a bad thing to them I guess. Obama coming in was pretty cute, and "Go back to giving Robert a hard time", heh.
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:29 PM
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14. Gibbs ended by saying something like "I'll see who I can get
on Monday to top that." One reporter yelled out "Maybe Bo?" :rofl:
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 04:12 PM
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25. Gibbs is too funny! And now I expect to see Bo on Monday!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:33 PM
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33. That's freakin'
hilarious!:rofl:
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SamCooke Donating Member (406 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:34 PM
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15. I heard one of the female reporters say "Come Back"
All the reporters were just giddy. THey were just at his press conference, seems like they want him to have another.
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ErinBerin84 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 02:41 PM
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16. oh my
Savanna said that when Obama walked into the briefing room, she thought that maybe she was in one of her dream sequences, minus the pink unicorn. Savanna, just what kind of dreams have you been having about the president?

:blush:
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 04:13 PM
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26. Yes, she was the MSNBC reporter I mentioned in my post.
I couldn't remember her name. "Dream sequence!!" ROLF. Honey, join the crowd.
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Festusss Donating Member (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 03:05 PM
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17. Does anyone have a link?
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soccermomforobama Donating Member (327 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 03:08 PM
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19. here ya go
http://www.politico.com/singletitlevideo.html?bcpid=1155201977&bctid=21838344001
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Festusss Donating Member (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:25 PM
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29. Thanks!
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:43 PM
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34. Thank you,
soccermomforobama! That was really good timing on Souter's part and the Prez gave an amazing speech...thanking him and telling us what kind of Justice for the Supreme Court he's seeking.
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Unsane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 03:07 PM
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18. anyone have video?
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 04:09 PM
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22. And did you hear the woman reporter on MSNBC talking to
Nora about "how exciting!!" it was. She was absolutely giddy, saying something like "this was the most exciting briefing ever!" ROLF.

It was kinda funny because she had been peppering Gibbs with questions about the fact that the President, reportedly, hadn't spoken to Souter yet. She was going on about "everyone in Washington knows about this, how could the President now have talked to Justice Souter yet!?" (paraphrased). Literally, 1 minute later in walks POTUS to declare that he "just got off the phone with Souter." Pretty funny!

Love him.
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HopeOverFear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 04:19 PM
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27. HERE'S THE VIDEO
http://www.politico.com/singletitlevideo.html?bcpid=1155201977&bctid=21838344001
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 04:24 PM
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28. thanks for the link
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Festusss Donating Member (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:32 PM
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32. What? No Teleprompter???
:sarcasm:
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Doremus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:43 PM
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35. I swear that prez of ours is just outstanding.
He really is.

That is all.
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stklurker Donating Member (138 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 10:58 PM
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41. Prez
He is one smooth customer, that president of ours.. some friendly banter with the press and Gibbs.. classy statement, more banter and slips back to the oval office.
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