I would like to start a David Gregory appreciation thread.

[sabra]

He's one of the good guys.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3688588/

David Gregory
NBC News Chief White House Correspondent



David Gregory was named White House correspondent for NBC News in February 2001. He reports from the White House for NBC News broadcasts, including "Nightly News with Brian Williams," "Today" and MSNBC.

Gregory has covered George W. Bush since the historic campaign of 2000. With the President and Vice President, he has traveled the world, reporting from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America and Europe on the most important stories of this administration: the 9-11 attacks, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Gregory was also part of the NBC team covering the 9-11 attacks reporting from Florida where the President first learned of the catastrophe. He was the only television correspondent to accompany Mr. Bush to Ground Zero for a first hand look three days after the attacks.

[nickyt]

1. With ya! I'm writing NBC right NOW!

[morningglory]

52. He is the one who asked the French PM a question in beautiful French and

Sh*t-for-brains blew up. Almost showed out in public. I love, love, love David Gregory. Go David. Get 'im! Please helllllp us...

Edited for extra letter (lasik surgery Thursday...can't see).

[ewagner]

2. We should show our appreciation here

and then have somebody e-mail a link to the thread to him.

I'll start:

David, my boy, ya done good! :applause: :applause: :applause:

[NewJeffCT]

3. what did he do that made him good?

Did he tear Scotty McClellan a new one again?

[DemsUnited]

7. Nope, this time Gregory fried DimSon himself

Watch video clip at crooksandliars.com

Note that a few hours after that clip took place, White House announced that DimSon would not stop off in Texas as planned on Friday because they didn't want him interfering.

Once again, media teaching White House disaster response basics.

[MadisonProgressive]

4. I will say one thing about DG

He has no fear! That plus his fucking common sense and honesty - to me - says a lot!

[morningglory]

53. He is brilliant! We need the press to act like DG and help us get our

our votes counted. These stolen elections are hurting our country very seriously. Go David!! You are the best!

(edited: adjusting to lasik surgery and can't see too well yet.)

[MADem]

5. I've been watching him for awhile, with approval

When he spoke flawless French in asking President Chirac a question, and pissed off the weewee cowboy, I knew he had a future....

[madmax]

27. That was great.

I got such a kick out him! Poor little bushie boy got soooooo upset because he can't even speak Engrish ;)

[Cha]

6. Okay! I'll get behind

that! Jon Stewart was sure showing Appreciation for David Gregory on Wednesday night! A clip of the press conference when David was laying into scotty about the CIA Valerie Plame outting.

[RevCheesehead]

8. I LOVE that man!

David :loveya: Gregory

[madame defarge]

9. Agreed...

Mr. Gregory, please help get the truth to us. Please help bring back the soul & integrity to journalism. We need it now more than ever.

[Kazak]

10. Mr. Horseface?

Just kidding. My wife thinks he looks kind of like a horse, and now I can never get the image out of my mind whenever I see him.

Honestly, I've never really been able to absolutely pin down, without a shadow of a doubt, whether he's an outstanding and solid journalist, or if he is one of their more high-profile and valuable colluders, but I do have the slightest sliver of doubt about him. I don't know if I'm the only one...

[Usrename]

44. You're not the only one.

He may not have a clue about how he is being used, nor about what the truth really is, but that shouldn't stop him from raising more serious questions.

Example question for Scotty boy: "Do you know of a single law that has not been broken by this administration?"

I, personally, can't think of any.

[Usrename]

46. Think he will ask about this?

They've CLOSED the Metro lines down!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4869963

If he doesn't report this story he's a shill. A traitor. The lowest of the low.

[renate]

54. whaaa...?

I think he's good-looking.
Manly.
Now I have to go blush....
:blush:

[Roxy66]

11. I love the man...he needs to take over HARDBALL...for good

[David Zephyr]

12. Count me with you.

He has risen to the occasion. He and Helen Thomas rule.

The rest of the White House Press Corp are poor imitations of Jeff Gannon.

[DemReadingDU]

13. I like David Gregory too.

He seems to be handle all different kinds of shows - subbing for Chris Matthews, he's been on the Today show, on meet the Press, He's been on Imus. And he persistently asks the right questions.

[crispini]

37. I would like to see him permanently "sub" for Matthews, heh.

He's so much better with guests; he actually lets them talk! Can't stand how Tweety is always interrupting guests.

[rbajai]

14. I like him too....

he's one of the very few true journalists left these days.

[Im with Rosey]

15. I already wrote to NBC

Actually I have a few times about DG. I cannot find any email addie for him, though. I think it might be just as well, maybe more people will see all our emails this way! I think he is one of the few with integrity.

[crispini]

16. David Gregory rocks!

He is my favorite annoyer-of-Puffy-McMoonface. :P

David :loveya: Gregory.

[hwmnbn]

17. I'll add my appreciation....

He seems more independent than the other reporters at NBC. Lately the press conferences have been entertaining because there is HOPE that the Chimp administration will be held accountable.

When they shuck and jive it is very apparent and comes across the TV screen. David Gregory has been one of the catalyst for the change in tone of these conferences.

I thank him and urge him to turn up the heat.

[eShirl]

18. The man is a giant!

Literally. What is he, 6'8" ? He and actor Ron Perlman ("Beauty and the Beast," "Quest for Fire") must have been separated at birth.

Gutsy WH Correspondent, too, which is good to see.

[Mend]

19. Was he always good? I don't remember

anyone being good but then I stopped watching MSM five years ago. I will take your word that he isn't a recent convert like Cafferty and MoDo. It doesn't seem right that they can suck for years and then, when the polls go down, be heroic again.

[Sydnie]

24. I think his questioning has been one of the reasons the polls started

going down to begin with. He has been hammering the Plame story and did in the beginning too, when it first happened. He has been hammering Scotty every chance he gets. The bolder he gets the more the others in that press pool seem to wake up.

The day he hammered Scotty about Rove and the entire press corp began chanting Karl Rove's name as Scotty excited the room, I knew the tide was turning and that David had something to do with it.

He doesn't back down from asking the hard questions when he gets a chance. He doesn't accept a fluff non-answer without pounding Scotty with a gut shot to follow his previous sock to the eye. He asks the questions that we all seem to want to know the answers to.

Today's question was not really a question. It was an indictment of the whole administration and his frustration with seeing blivet** hinder more than he helps. It was a thing of beauty and what I would have said to blivet**, given the chance.

Count me in the David :loveya: Gregory fan club.

[karlrschneider]

20. I agree, he really does seem to be one of the good guys.

:D

[DODI]

21. Thanks David!! Here is yet another reason I love him:

"During his visit to FEMA emergency operations center here in Washington today, I asked the President what good he thinks he could do traveling to the hurricane zone later today in anticipation of Rita. He initially brushed off questions, but then spun around to say, "We will make sure that my entourage does not get in the way of people doing their job."

What a difference a botched hurricane makes!"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8045532/

(go down the page to see his blog entry). Brian has been pretty darn goo lately too.

[democrank]

22. Don`t want to rain on your parade, but

the fact that we get all excited because a journalist occasionally does his/her job should be cause for alarm over the state of corporate media. If Gregory and the rest of them had done their jobs, George Bush may not have been able to lie his way into Iraq.

If you want to see real reporting, check out Jeremy Scahill on Democracy Now. His lengthy report tonight on the militarization of New Orleans was absolutely riveting. Scahill is as courageous as they come and I`ll bet he doesn`t spend his spare time chumming around cocktail parties inside the beltway.

[Berry Cool]

33. Aw, please.

Sounds like Gregory is doing his job more often than "occasionally."

Let's be real here: the corporate media have the highest visibility and anyone who works for them who shows people the other side of things is to be commended. And how do YOU know whether or not David Gregory attends beltway cocktail parties in his spare time?

Don't tell me you're like one of those rock fans who only likes obscure bands no one has ever heard of and then accuses them of "selling out" when they show any sign of commercial success.

There's no sin in being HEARD.

[ms liberty]

47. I agree, and disagree...

I agree with you about Jeremy Scahill. He is outstanding, and I've really appreciated his reporting from NOLA. He is one of the top younger journalists we have, and he's an indie, too!
But I disagree about David Gregory. When he got assigned to the WH, it was right before 9/11 I think. Hey, that is a career move in the journalism industry. EVERY journalist (when 9/11 happend) got patriot-itis, unfortunately. There may have been some who escaped the flag-waving, but most didn't. I respect David Gregory because he's snapped out of it, and is trying to get to some truth. He's in an uphill battle, it's unpopular to be the troublemaker. We need to support him - and go after the the REAL shills - the ones who are STILL hiding and covering up.

[grasswire]

23. you can contact Gregory here...

...at the Nightly News blog. Yes, the comments go through to others at NBC's Nightly News, too, but it doesn't hurt for other anchors and staff to see how highly Gregory's professionalism is regarded.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8045532/

He does have an nbc e-mail addy, too, but I wouldn't recommend clogging it up with attaboys. If you have it, save it for the important tips.

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

25. "he learns a few words in french and he thinks he's

intercontinental." - gw bush embarassing everyone at a paris press conference.

[madmax]

28. Actually, I think he just proved

that he is the horse's ass. :hi:

[AlCzervik]

26. The only time i watch "Hardball" is when he's subbing for Tweety.

[Maru Kitteh]

29. He's cute too! But seriously - he has all my respect lately

somebody lit a FIRE under that guy. I LOVE it!

[DemsUnited]

34. I think it was the Rove/Plame thing.

Before that, he always asked good, hard questions but was more accepting of partisan nonanswers. But the big huge in your face lie the White House perpetuated about Rove's role in blowing Plame's cover seemed to piss him off big time and he's been riding herd on the White House ever since.

If/when the Rove thing blows up, believe that Gregory will be covering it hard and taking no prisoners.

[oasis]

30. And he speaks French too!

:woohoo:

[UTUSN]

31. Well, O.K. First Take on Shrub, Then much later sL-IMUS n/t

[Gold Metal Flake]

32. He's less of a whore than the other guys!

:shrug:

[mandyky]

35. I second the nomination

Actually I was third.

David is always asking hard questions, and boy is that rare in bushbot media whoredom.

[peekaloo]

36. Isn't he "Mr. Continental"?

the guy who Bu$hit tried to embarrass in front of Chirac, because he could speak French?

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

38. David Gregory - funny, smart , brave

He's really great calling Scotty on his BS. He can be like a dog with a bone sometimes (I mean that as a compliment)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

39. He knows he is much smarter than bush or his lackies

and he has fun with that. He can so easily make them out to be the fools that they are. I love watching him around bush's boys because you just know he's thinking two steps ahead of them. And sure enough...BAP! HE SCORES!

[OneGrassRoot]

40. Showing some love here in NC.......

I've been loving how David is not letting Scottie off the hook pretty consistently of late, and I just learned this morning that David was the one to call out * yesterday about his trip to Texas potentially getting in the way of efforts. I was wondering who that brave soul was.....*S*

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love ya, David Gregory!!!!

:woohoo: :applause: :applause: :yourock:

[FlashHarry]

41. Yes! He's way better than Andy Partridge...

http://guitargonauts.com

[npincus]

42. if the left praises him too much, i am afraid he will end up hosting

the "Today" show with Katie Couric.

[susu369]

43. Big Tall Dave

I've read that's what his friends call him.

Bu$h used to call him "Stretch" - not sure if he still uses that "pet name" -

"THE PRESIDENT: Stretch. You mind if I call you Stretch in front of --
Q I've been called worse.

THE PRESIDENT: Okay."

===

I'm a long-time admirer of David Gregory.

[GreenPartyVoter]

45. I'll sign on to this one :^D

[RepublicanElephant]

48. great journalist.

not bought and paid for.

[VolcanoJen]

49. Let's lobby NBC to give Gregory the "Meet the Press" gig!

Russert sucks, and Gregory was amazing when he filled in.

I love David Gregory!

[goclark]

50. DAVID!!! Love You!! Helen and David for President!

[Ilsa]

51. David Gregory and Helen Thomas are awesome!

I love these two! They have such courage. Please send them this thread! And I'd love to hear DG speak more french in front of W, just to pi$$ him off.