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#DavidGregorysToughQuestions has become a trending topic on Twitter as folks try and guess the lame ass questions Gregory will have asked Mittens. Some are quite funny. Most are–sadly–all too possible when it comes to the MTP host.
I cannot think of a more deserving Beltway media wanker to mock.
As I wrote earlier, Gregory is certain to fluff Mittens on MTP, but it is nice to see that this is known. It is good to see Gregory celebrated as the joke that he has become.
If you tweet, then I encourage you to pile on…
Cheers
mark
love this
YellowJournalism
Aw, you posted my favorite one already.
maven
Gregory. oh vomit. He is such a pathetic hack. I bet Rachel is watching with glee.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
I vote for this one:
JGabriel
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Are you comfortable, Governor Romney? Is your dick hanging the right way? Because I can I adjust that for you if you’d like. Personally.
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Hal
Any chance Soledad O’Brien can take over this weekend?
JGabriel
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Now let’s go to your tax returns, Governor Romney. They’re just nobody’s damn business, am I right?
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suzanne
I just submitted , “Governor Romney, are these the droids you’re looking for?”
lamh35
@politico: Obama heads out of the conventions w/much clearer path to winning, top Romney advisers privately concede: http://politi.co/Q6xI2F
Dennis G.
@suzanne: Nice
JGabriel
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Is faith important to you?
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JGabriel
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I’m sure you’ll be a better President than Obama. Do you agree?
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Joshua Norton
Gregory is such a master of the softball question that MTP should switch over to ESPN.
MazeDancer
Just saw this on Twitter and cheered.
Thinking up this hashtag was brilliance. This means that Gregory cannot let the time go by without one shot at actual vague semblance of being a journalist. People will be watching. He knows he can become a Twitter joke if he doesn’t try at all.
Not expecting, “Governor, why do you approve commercials with proven lies in them?” But maybe there will be one moment that isn’t pure fluffing.
JGabriel
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In general, Governor Romney, don’t you think it’s important to be honest with our allies, like when you gave the British advice on the Olympic security arrangements?
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Baud
One I actually expect to be asked:
Governor Romney, how would you compare President Obama and President Clinton?
Valdivia
@lamh35:
Love how Politico always finds a way to stick the shiv into Obama even when the article makes clear the Romney camp knows O has the upper hand.
dexwood
Dancin’ Dave was a joke way back when he was a local reporter in my town. Always difficult to take seriously. A seemingly earnest surface with chapped lips.
JGabriel
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Do you put your left foot in, put your left out, or do you turn it all about?
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Schlemizel
My guess is his questions will all sound like:
GUB-A-OR RONE WA DU U INK ILL E OR ERST ACK AS ESIENT?
its tough to talk with a dick in your mouth
maya
“Mr. Presid, sorry, Governor Romney, what will be the first thing you do after the election?”
“Mrs. Romney, do you have any decorating ideas for the White House that you might like to share with us?”
JGabriel
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So. Who was it that left the dogs out?
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Poopyman
@MazeDancer: Sadly, I think the “interview” was pre-recorded (and pre-edited all to hell, to boot). No chance for Dancin’ Dave to change it even if he wanted to, which he doesn’t, ’cause he knows who he dances for.
lamh35
what will be fun is to see tomrorow which question actually matches up to the actual interview which was already filmed btw.
speaking of twitter, have ya’ll checked Nate Silver twitter feed?
@AdamSerwer
Folks who think Mitt came out of his convention stronger than Obama should check out @fivethirtyeight’s feed right now
Dennis SGMM
I offer my thanks to all of those who have circulated demeaning tweets to newsclown David Gregory. I don’t have a Twitter account (Old Guy and get off my fucking lawn) so it’s refreshing to see folks using social media to deliver some pithy barbs.
gbear
Governor Romeny, what is an occasional table the rest of the time?
Silver
I cannot think of a more deserving Beltway media wanker to mock.
Richard Cohen.
I still want to find out who told him to stock up on Cipro…
Just Some Fuckhead
Governor Romney, how did your faith in God help you when you saved the 2002 Winter Olympics?
MazeDancer
@Poopyman:
Just found out it was taped. In NH. With Ann Romney as shield.
Fooled me, clearly. Thought it was a genuine Meet The Press. Looks like it will definitely be Dancin Dave Does the Fluff. The only solace is he will trend on Twitter for all the wrong reasons by noon.
lamh35
@AdamSerwer: Folks who want a perfect example of the pundit’s fallacy should check out @joenbc’s feed right now
Joey Sacr having a Mitt is not a real conservative and basically a what is the Romney camp doing meltdown.
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Dennis SGMM:
I posted mine here instead of twitter. I have a twitter account, I just don’t use it much.
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hilts
OT
Powerline’s John Hinderaker is feeling down:
“I am afraid the problem in this year’s race is economic self-interest: we are perilously close to the point where 50% of our population cares more about the money it gets (or expects to get) from government than about the well-being of the nation as a whole. Throw in a few confused students, pro-abortion fanatics, etc., and you have a Democratic majority.”
RareSanity
This one was pretty funny…
maya
just before he got the gig at MTP this same charge of softball questions was brought up about his White House Press Corps time under GWB on the NBC website, no less.
His response was, “There is no merit to that. I asked many tough questions of the Bush Admin.” Then proceeded not to name even one.
Hill Dweller
@Valdivia:
VandenHei was on Maher’s show last night. He claimed the Obama and Romney campaigns were equally dishonest.
Katrina vanden Heuvel immediately started calling bullshit. Maher came right out and said VandenHei’s false equivalence was an example of everything that was wrong with the media. It was great.
Just Some Fuckhead
Governor Romney, can I sit between you and Ann?
grandpa john
@Dennis SGMM: yeah , you and me too old to try to keep up with all that shit, Hell I don’t even have a cell phone nobody calls us old farts. If I answer the phone it’s one of the grands wanting to talk to granny
Valdivia
@Hill Dweller:
Oh I am going to check that out. I just love a good Politico smacking. Funnily enough I had the exact same fight with some firebragger/totebagger last night. I almost strangled her.
Anya
Governor Romney, how has your family’s love helped you deal with all of this unfair attacks on your character?
If twitter was not against my religion I would have registered just to mock this hack.
Just Some Fuckhead
Governor Romney, what’s your favorite color and why?
Just Some Fuckhead
@Anya:
We were made for each other.
Odie Hugh Manatee
@dexwood:
Fix’t.
This almost makes me want to join Twitter. Almost. I’ll leave the destruction of Stretch to other twits. ;p
Anya
@Hill Dweller: I wish they would have pushed him more. I was hoping for them to pressure him to provide an example of a lie from the Obama campaign that was equivalent to the welfare lie.
Also, too, he got away with his assertion that Obama and Clinton hate each other without providing any evidence. If Clinton really hated Obama then why is he campaigning for him?
Anya
@Just Some Fuckhead: true dat!
Donut
Hey Culture of Truth, these guys are kinda biting your style, man. Dang.
Tom Q
@Hill Dweller: I may have this wrong, but I seem to remember hearing that Vandehei had a framed copy of the articles of impeachment against Clinton hanging on his wall. So, that tells you where he’s coming from.
Xantar
My entry:
“The President is black, but many people think your full name is Mittens. Totally equivalent, right?”
mai naem
Governor Romney – Who’s your favorite son?
Governor Romney – How would you describe President Obama? European style socialist or Chinese style dictator?
Governor Romney – Do you think President Obama is a Sunni and Shiite Muslim?
Governor Romney – President Obama has two daughters, You have five sons. Do you think this makes you the more macho candidate?
Tom Q
@maya: I heard Gregory try to assert that the press corps had asked the tough questions in the lead-up to the Iraq War. As I recall, everyone else on the panel was struck dumb with incredulity at hearing him say this.
Anya
This Romney story seems made up:
I am sure Lenore and George Romney were lovely people, and I am sure they loved and supported each other, but finding out about his death this way makes no sense. Did they not live together? Did he die unexpectedly away from home?
piratedan
would like to suggest this one for the hashtag but I don’t tweet…
Governor Romney, does your baloney have a first name and do you spell it O-S-C-A-R?
Anya
Governor Romney, I understand that you have 5 sons and Obama has only two daughters; a lot of Americans think this makes you more manly than Obama. What’s your take?
? Martin
Governor Romney, I earn $8 million per year. How much in taxes will you save me if you win in November?
Just Some Fuckhead
Governor Romney, what is your favorite Clint Eastwood movie? Mine is Every Which Way But Loose. The monkey was funny!
Just Some Fuckhead
Follow up question, Governor: Wasn’t the monkey funny!?
Yutsano
@Just Some Fuckhead: The monkey wuz robbed out of an Oscar I tells ya!
Just Some Fuckhead
Governor Romney, how do you balance your deep love for God, America and Nascar?
Comrade Nimrod Humperdink
@Just Some Fuckhead:
That’s way too aggressive. There’s a follow up built into that question. We only talk about the reasons for favorite colors in quiet rooms.
JoyfulA
@Tom Q: A couple of years back, Vanderhei had his house up for sale and held a open house. Some people went just to snoop. What I heard is that he had a Bush memorabilia room that came close to looking like a shrine.
Comrade Nimrod Humperdink
Governor Romney, why do so many people resent success?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@JoyfulA: gossip has been that he has a copy of the Clenis impeachment articles frames and hung on the wall of his home office
Maude
@Odie Hugh Manatee:
It would be worth signing up for Twitter. This is going to be a fun election season. Obama is really having a good time.
His line today, You’re from Hawaii? You have a birth certificate?
That would show up on Twitter right away.
You can follow John. Tom Levenson does wonderful tweets.
Anya
Governor Romney, many Americans don’t know how dangerous France was in the 60s, yet you were brave enough to volunteer to serve. Please share with us some of the dangers you’ve faced.
I know, I know, it’s too long for a tweet.
Just Some Fuckhead
Governor Romney, if you could be any of the Power Rangers, which one would it be?
trollhattan
Governor, President Bush nicked me “Super Stretch.” When you’re president, what will my nickname be?
mai naem
@Anya: It’s in wikipedia quoted from a book about the father and the NYTimes obit says the wife found him in the exercise room – he had been using the treadmill and had a heart attack. They lived in the older son’s house. I actually tend to believe it. Maybe there’s a bit of exaggeration – maybe he left the rose in the spring and summer when roses were blooming.
SW
“Governor Romney, I think I felt a polyp in there. Are you going to have that checked out?”
Mike in NC
Governor Rmoney, if you could be a tree just the right height, what kind of tree would you be?
Just Some Fuckhead
Governor Romney, what worries you most: Obama turning America into a Muslim Caliphate or Obama turning America into a Socialist Hellhole?
danielx
David Gregory, if you were a tool, what kind of tool would you be?
Anya
Governor Romney, is it true that your deep love for America keeps you awake at night? Why is that?
Nellcote
@Just Some Fuckhead:
fxt
patrick II
My favorite so far,
So, magic boxers or magic briefs?
mai naem
Governor Romney, what kind of blow job do you enjoy the most?
Governor Romney,if one made $8M,how can they avoid paying taxes?
Governor Romney,which Staples location is your favorite?
Governor Romney,which Marriott is your favorite Marriott Hotel?
Governor Romney, are you named after Willard Marriott?
Odie Hugh Manatee
@Maude:
Tempting but I’m not a twit so I have nothing to tweet! ;)
@danielx:
I can answer that! “A hacksaw, a worn out hacksaw with no teeth left on it because they rusted away from lack of use.”
Cacti
Governor Romney, if you were a tree, would you be the right height?
Just Some Fuckhead
Governor, can we really succeed as a nation if parents are too selfish to lend their children business startup money?
Steeplejack
@hilts:
Oh, I’m sorry, I thought he was talking about military-industrial profiteers, bailed-out banksters and red states with high federal-cash-received-to-taxes-paid ratios. My bad.
Cacti
Governor Romney, are corporations people my friend?
Just Some Fuckhead
Governor, which recent God is more powerful, Xenu or Elohim?
Susan K of the tech support
I kinda like this one:
#DavidGregorysToughQuestions Coming off your dazzling performance in Tampa, what bold moves are you making once Obama is reelected?
Petorado
I’ll dust off this Bush-era gem:
“Governor Romney, do you think you will be a great president, or the greatest president ever?”
Just Some Fuckhead
Governor Romney, how do you stop Mexican illegals from escaping your compound?
Lyrebird
@Anya: Good question… I’m hoping for lemonade out of that stupid maneuver though. The more people who watch Clinton’s remarks, the BETTER.
Odie Hugh Manatee
Governor Romney, what is the secret temple name you were given and do you think your church elders chose one that fits you personally?
Odie Hugh Manatee
Bishop Romney, have you baptized any dead people?
yopd1
This certainly explains a lot.
Jebediah
@Just Some Fuckhead:
By having walls of just the right height, for Pete’s sake!
Dazedandconfused
Dicks interview with Dave Petraeus -Bobblespeak translation
http://moonshinepatriot.blogspot.com/2010/08/meet-press-with-gen-petraeus-august-15.html
tjmn
@mai naem:
With mom jeans, not so mucho macho.
Kathleen
Governor Romney: What time do you want to practice our dance steps?
maya
@danielx:
Toss up: monkey wrench or plumbers friend.
Michael Bersin
@suzanne:
Heh.
Michael Bersin @MBersin
Governor Romney, Star Wars or Star Trek? #DavidGregorysToughQuestions
Michael Bersin @MBersin
Governor Romney, think Yoda is the most awesome character in movies do you, hmm? Hmmmmmm. #DavidGregorysToughQuestions
Michael Bersin @MBersin
Governor Romney, doctor, not a bricklayer? #DavidGregorysToughQuestions
Drive-by Nomad
#DavidGregorysToughQuestions Please tell us about the Romney-Ryan Coathanger & Butcher Knife Birth Control Plan for our daughters. @GOP
marv
@mai naem:
One of those made me laugh out loud. I had a childhood friend (very early childhood, a very long time ago) who when she got really mad would scream – Oooh, you a pig and a cow! My vision of the primal wingnut from now on will be – Oooh Obama, you a sunni and a shiite.
Kathy in St. Louis
@hilts: Never heard of this guy, never want to hear of him again. Free country and all, but really, what a creep.
Kathy in St. Louis
@Anya: Um, that would mean that he called the florist every morning to have that rose delivered, that’s what’s wrong with the story. What person, and I really liked his father and thought he was a pretty efficient guy, wouldn’t have had a standing order. I call total bullshit on that one.
Sammy
@Just Some Fuckhead: Using government handhouts?