Chuck Todd Too Timid To Grouse About Gibbs
Call it Chuck Todd's Profile In Pusillanimity . . .
Given a chance to express his personal opinion of White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, Todd--NBC's chief WH correspondent--mumbled, stuttered, stumbled and ultimately punted, saying it was "an awkward thing."
Chuck's duck-and-cover came during a Morning Joe segment today devoted to analyzing Gibbs in light of a GQ article about him by Robert Draper, who appeared on the show. After Draper, Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough gave their brief takes on Gibbs, Scarborough offered the floor to Todd . . . who proceeded to give his best deer-in-the-headlights impersonation. View video here.
Check out the timorous Todd.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: In the past, press secretaries have at least tried to have a good relationship, good working relationship, with the press, to play honest broker. This is a guy who is extremely close to the president, closer to the president than most press secretaries, and sometimes gets a little petulant . . . Chuck?
CHUCK TODD: No, I, I, uh, I, I think this is an awkward --
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: You should have seen Chuck's face when you went to Chuck!
TODD: I'll be honest. I think this is an awkward thing for both of us [referring to fellow NBC WH correspondent Savannah Guthrie] to talk about. We interact with this guy every day.
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Punt Forward
Submitted by SickofLibs on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 9:36am.
FChuck sounds like he thinks Gibbs is his boss. What a little wuss.
And Schmoe: get dressed for once, will ya? This is not your kid's soccer game.
mika
Submitted by charlietexas on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 10:03am.
and his hand puppet, Mika needs to go
Liberal Gene
Submitted by jon_torlin on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 9:41am.
Given a chance to express his personal opinion...
I wonder how much of his mumbling and stuttering can be blamed on the liberal gene?
Man, that's going to be a tough stigma to live with, even if we make jokes about it.
-Jon
Given a chance to express his
Submitted by TruthMonger on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 10:03am.
Given a chance to express his personal opinion...
that's way too generous for an msm operative
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
Oh come on
Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 9:47am.
upChuck, quit being a punk and say what we all already know.
Damn man, you outdanced Fred Astaire during that interview.
Todd for Press Secretary
Submitted by libBuster on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 9:47am.
Why not let Todd be White House Press Secretary? He could even keep his job at NBC without any loss in credibility..
Todd
Submitted by KC Mulville on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 9:48am.
He won't say anything because he thinks he'll jeopardize his access if he criticizes Gibbs. What does that tell you? Todd thinks that Gibbs retaliates. (If Todd didn't think that Gibbs would retaliate, Todd would have no hesitation offering an opinion.)
Retaliation
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 10:05am.
Exactly! Obama has his Chicago thugs on this. Any resistance is futile. The "enemy" will be crushed... as will our country. SPEAK UP man! Sacrifice. That is what freedom is built on. Fire this "man!" Not worthy; worthless and weak. Not a journalist in any way.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
Exactly Todd
Submitted by Airforce_5_O on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 10:08am.
Gibbs and the Obama White House are a vindictive bunch. If you talk bad about them they religate you to the back row or will not talk to you at all.
In his job Gibs is supose to be the go between and convey whats going on in the White House. He is nothing more than an ass. A dem jackass to be more accurate.
Todd has to protect his book deal.
Submitted by Red Jeep on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 10:07am.
Got to have friendly White House access.
"The New York Observer reports that NBC News White House correspondent Chuck Todd has sold a book proposal to Little, Brown about the first few years of the Obama presidency.
Todd's book will be a "nuanced analytical narrative" focusing on the political relationship between President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It's expected to be published in mid-2012."
http://politicalwire.com/archives/2009/06/09/todd_gets_a_book_deal.html
Todd's first book was "How Barack Obama Won," If you missed reading it at Amazon you can get a used copy for $1.49, Amazon sales ranking: #214,076 in books.
That's still 100,000 better than
Submitted by Paul G on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 10:51am.
Ricky Sanchez is doing with his 'book' HAHAHAHA...
Since when has Chuckles ever
Submitted by Ed Gregory on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 10:11am.
Since when has Chuckles ever had a problem expressing his personal opinion? He does it with every "report" he files. He's uncomfortable answering because he probably half-worships Gibbs and wishes he could be him.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: lose the goat, man. It only makes you look even more unprofessional.
He has a job and that is
Submitted by Bluegill on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 10:35am.
To spit out White House talking points. Period
Dana Perino
Submitted by octavioj on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 10:47am.
Did the press show this deference to Dana Perino? I do not think so.
No, beacuse most of the guys
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 1:36pm.
No, beacuse most of the guys were dreaming about her and some of teh girls too.
Mark
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 10:58am.
Would it be possible to embed these links to view here rather than hosting them offsite? I can't connect to this one, and the one the other day took a couple of minutes to download (yes, I know, patience isn't my strong suit!).
Thanks!
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Sorry about the viewing
Submitted by Mark Finkelstein on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 12:23pm.
Sorry about the viewing hassles, Blonde. As you know, I normally embed EyeBlasts. But, probably in connection with the growing pains of NB's new format, I've been having trouble creating them, and have thus resorted, as a stop-gap measure, to hosting them off-site. Come to think of it, I could make YouTubes, which might be eaiser for readers to access.
Spot on Octavio
Submitted by Tomorama on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 11:06am.
You beat me to it.
Yeah, he would have been just as "timid" if it were the lovely Dana or the 10 times smarter Tony Snow.
I think I took this pu^^ies lunch money in High school and he sent Joyless after me........
I simply told her that Carter was a bad President and she had to be commited as that is not what Cronkite told her and her brain malfunctioned...........
The big Indian broke her out...............
He has ballooned
Submitted by Texndoc on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 11:19am.
I didn't know he has a book deal about a guy people are sick to death of. I thought it was depression over the midterms he was eating his way through.Obama and Joe Biden should resign after Congress sworn in
Submitted by DemsRFascists on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 11:19am.
The Obama Team is a hypervindictive bunch...
I wonder if ol' Chuck would have been so hesitant to comment on a Republican's press secretary...bet not.
A little off topic
Submitted by FastEd on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 12:32pm.
but come Wednesday of next week, How Many Elections Were Stolen by Tea Party(s)??? Will the sun still be shining? Is the world coming to an end? How many people will be leaving the US for Canada or better, socialist europe? How many liberal heads will have exploded?
"We the People . . " Hey, congress - I'm one of the people - start listening!
There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V
Bagdad Bob Gibbs is Boy
Submitted by killa37 on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 12:57pm.
Bagdad Bob Gibbs is Boy Blunder II............same stuttering, stammering, searching for a coherent thought while lying through his teeth and being a smug, snide, arrogant little punk at the same time.................these guys are joined at the hip.
A Different Opinion
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 4:31pm.
I think FChuck did answer as much as he could: Stammering, stuttering and failing to say anything remotely positive about Gibbs. That's certainly not a ringing endorsement. Todd is either significantly manipulated by opinion of others around him or already knows Gibbs is a tool.
Then again, maybe Todd likes and agrees with much of Gibbs' performance as Press Secretary. Todd will eventually let us know some time in the future when his career, or friendship(s), no longer may be compromised.
Why should Todd alienate Gibbs when he wants access and info not afforded all? Todd's ability to perform his duties, activistic or not, as Chief White House Correspondent and political director for NBC News would be further compromised by rendering an opinion, especially when not necessary, such as on Morning Joe - a tv show that's one and a half steps up in quality and character from The View.
If Todd was glowing, neutral or negative in his opinion towards Gibbs, he would be grist for someone's mill. It was a no-win situation for Todd. At least he finally felt the weight of and responded by the code of ethics of journalism - a journalist should not inject themselves into a story.
We want journalists to leave their bias in their reporting. Asking Todd his opinion here does not enlighten us as to the assholery of Gibbs. We already know.
ChickaBOOMer: Chuck Todd Refuses to S#!t Where He Eats
Submitted by StewartIII on Fri, 10/29/2010 - 4:46pm.
Chuck Todd Refuses to S#!t Where He Eats
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2010/10/chuck-todd-refuses-to-shit-where-he.html