David Gregory calls * MR. Bush instead of Pres., 6 or 7 times tonight

[tinfoilinfor2005]

on the evening news. Reporting on bush's efforts to fix his reputation. He kept saying Mr. Bush, Mr. Bush, Mr. Bush. Never once referred to him as president. Loved it!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

1. Always liked

Gregory... he's never been a big Bushite, as far as I know, though I could be messing him up with someone else.

[nickyt]

2. O H M Y G O D nt

[AX10]

3. If we get our own network, I want David Gregory to...

be the evening news host!

:bounce:

[Clark2008]

13. Nahhhh... Keith Olbermann

David needs to stay on the White House beat for this new network. :)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

23. I want David Gregory. Period. ;)

[Clark2008]

25. LOL! Now that's a different story.

:)

And, I wanted Keith Olbermann, period, until I met my fiance.

They're all dreamy - my fiance included. :loveya:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

33. Keith doesn't seem cuddly to me but I love the way he thinks. And!

Congratulations and a big awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww for you and your finace! :toast:

[merwin]

4. David is great :-) Always sparring with Scottie

[MoonRiver]

5. He should call him asterisk. :o)

Mr. is too civilized for the cretin. But certainly better than :puke: pResident.

[brentspeak]

6. Bush gets all bent out of shape

when someone fails to address him as "Mr.President". Calling him "sir" won't do; it must be "Mr.President".

[WritingIsMyReligion]

12. I know....

....what an asshat! ("Asshat" being my word of the day today, it seems...)

[Sequoia]

37. Hardee, har, har....Who am I?

What's my name?

Whadd you call me?

I'm the Prezdent, see. I don't have to explain myself. You might have to expain yourself to me, but I don't. I'm the prez'dent, see?

Yo!

[cami715]

39. A sure sign of insecurity.

Bush's insistence that he be called "Mr.President" is so very childish and reeks of basic insecurity. What a sorry excuse for a leader!

[annabanana]

7. OOOO Bushie HATES that!

Remember at the Repub convention when someone called him "sir" and he got all bent out of shape?

[redwitch]

17. ya know, considering the nicknames HE gives to others....

I mean "turdblossom"? He is such a lowlife, he's lucky to get Mr. From David Gregory.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

20. ROFL nt

[NYC Liberal]

He calls David Gregory "Stretch"

Bill Sammon is known as "Super Stretch." Calls them that during press conferences. Well, not those prime time ones.

[ThomWV]

8. Drop The "Mister" And It Sounds Even Better

Just call him 'bush'.

[Clark2008]

16. In letters, I always address him as "George W. Bush"

on first reference and "Bush," thereafter.

I NEVER give him the title of president or the respect of "mister."

[cami715]

40. Because he has neither earned nor deserves either!

[longship]

9. Press called President Clinton, "Mr. Clinton"

Many press, and repug pundits used Mister with Clinton.

[Clark2008]

29. You're correct. It depends on news organization style.

Some go with Mr. President, some with Mr. Bush and some with President Bush. It depends on their editorial board's set style.

For example, I worked for a newspaper who referred to everyone after first reference as Mr., Mrs. or Ms. Soandso. However, if they had been convicted of a felony, they were no longer afforded the courtesy title and simply were referred to on second reference by their last name. I covered courts and crime, so I knew this like the back of my hand. It was weird, but, hey, I didn't set the policy. :)

[Retrograde]

38. it's a perfectly respectable form of address

why not call him Mr. Bush? If it was good enough for Mr. Washington, Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Roosevelt (take you pick which one) it should be good enough for him.

Although to be fair, since he likes to give people nicknames I wouldn't hold it against one of the recipients if they nicknamed him back.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

10. David is like a very smart precocious little boy...

loves pushing that envelope! I hope they don't try to make an example of him.

[Seansky]

11. I had been wondering when someone will start doing this

publicly...

[MoonRiver]

14. The commentators on C-SPAN call him "Mr." * all the time.

I love it! And the freepers bitterly complain to no avail. :rofl:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

19. Freepers are

just dumb sheep that way... asshats.

:rofl:

[WolverineDG]

15. I know folks try to read a lot into that

but using "Mr." w/the president's last name is correct. Mr. Clinton, Mr. Gore, Mr. Kerry, Mr. President...all correct.

dg

[tinfoilinfor2005]

30. Yes, of course it's perfectly proper and acceptable.

But David of all people certainly knows how much it irritates junior.
And I'm sure he knows that many of us out here are thoroughly enjoying it!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

18. I hear Bush hates that

but the press called BC "Mr. Clinton" all the time.

Delusions of adequacy, I guess.

[rppper]

21. i yelled "Amen David Gregory"......

after the report he made, but NBC still didn't cover Cindy Sheehans arrest.....

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

22. Does anyone recall which reporter during a press conference call *

Mr. * and * got all pissy???

[skooooo]

24. David Gregory is too cool!

:toast:

[la la]

28. my friend, OldLeftyLawyer

calls him fuckface -----sorry, OLL, maybe not here !

but dog damn, he deserves it, what the hell!

[PowerToThePeople]

26. I would prefer "inmate * "

[elehhhhna]

34. Prisoner number 3627687628 is good, too!

[dbonds]

27. "Hi there Georgie"

W: "Do you know who I am?"

"Yes, your that guy that plays the president on TV"

W: "I am the president"

"Your not an actor?"

W: "NO, I AM THE PRESIDENT"

"Oh, shit! That means the US really has a buffoon for President!"

[pansypoo53219]

35. that's what i call him

georgie.
just georgie. because when you boil it all down. he is a spoiled brat.

[bunny planet]

31. Keith Olbermann has been calling him Mr. Bush for over a year now.

Glad his fellow NBC correspondent is following his lead.
George the Lesser certainly does not deserve the title of President.

[rocktivity]

32. I call him Mr. Bush

only when I'm in a situation when calling him the Pretzel-Dunce or President Potty Stop or Georgie The Smirking Chimp or Georgie or Bush will offend people too much to get what I have to say about him across. The day of the selection, I vowed to never refer to him as the president.

:headbang:
rocknation

[texpatriot2004]

36. That used to really irk me when they did that to Clinton. Clinton

was a good President. They hated him for personal reasons, not because he was bankrupting our country, killing our soldiers for oil, creating more terrorists, murdering innocent people in Iraq, running up record deficits, ruining the economy...all of which this evil bastard and his evil friends are doing. I think this "President" is a fake, he's not a legitimate Prez; his whole administration is fake too.

In these times, he doesn't deserve to be called by the title. David Gregory is right to call him by his name. I call him worse.

[peekaloo]

41. The ghost of Peter Jennings.

:-)

[leftchick]

42. dana bash will have a hissy fit!

I listened to her this morning until I almost vomited. She could not have fit in any more "The President this The president that" in one segment if she tried,
:puke:

[Catherine Vincent]

43. You could tell he did something the righties didn't like by listening

to Washington Journal. They can't stand him and I LOVE IT.