Fox News Reporter Tries, Fails To Get Revenge On Gibbs (VIDEO)

It's Friday afternoon, so here's the marvelous story of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, getting tanked. That is, soaked in DUNK tank.

As you may have heard, last night the White House hosted the first ever White House Luau, and set some sort of record for the number of macadamia nuts brought to Capitol Hill. In keeping with island traditions, there was a dunk tank. And Gibbs offered himself up as one of the victims. Tommy Christopher, on hand for Asylum, documented the action on video, and provided some fascinating back story:

In the zaniest White House press briefing (a low bar, for sure) since Robert Gibbs started collecting cell phones, the press secretary took an out-of-the-blue swipe at the Fox News channel when a reporter mistakenly said that the deficit "keeps [Obama] asleep at night," instead of awake. Gibbs corrected him, and added, "Fox is what puts him to sleep."

As luck would have it, Fox would shortly get a shot at revenge.

Ahh, but the path of dunking Robert Gibbs in some water for trash-talking you in the press room never does run true. As it happened, Fox's correspondent, Mike Emanuel, couldn't close the deal, at one point, missing the tank entirely:

But the throngs were not to be denied seeing Gibbs soaked, thanks to the ice cold veins of Associated Press reporter Ben Feller, and CBS' Bill Plante. (Seriously, there was no way Plante was going to fail. He was born to drop press secretaries in dunk tanks.)

An observation: Do legs come any paler than Gibbs'? Look at those bone-white stalks! Get some sun, dude!

Also, the Washington Post's Mary Ann Akers reports that a toss from Sasha Obama landed Rahm Emanuel in the drink, and that "One guest at the luau 'lost count' after Peter Orszag was dunked for the 12th time."

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Comments

[Girl28]

02:15 AM on 06/28/2009

I would've loved to have seen Sasha dunk Rahm! She is too cute.

[magnolialiberal]

07:51 PM on 06/27/2009

What, no video of Sasha dunking Rahm? Would really like to see that.

[LeCanadien]

10:38 AM on 06/27/2009

FOX misses the mark yet again.

[hauty007]

06:18 AM on 06/27/2009

Oh just want to add something else, as a Democrat and Fox viewer,

FOX bashed GW Bush on the stuff he botched, it was Classic.

Surprise, none of you noticed, guess you missed all the GW Bush Fox bashing stories.

[madisonhack]

08:58 AM on 06/27/2009

Post a link, please.

[philp71]

09:12 AM on 06/27/2009

What an interestin­g dream you had, I think you should interpret it as saying your really a conservati­ve .

[hauty007]

06:15 AM on 06/27/2009

Tommy Christophe­r has a great ARM, no wonder he hits a story with a one two punch.

Do you think the USA has been hijacked and Congress needs to STOP spending, you decide.

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[RedKnuckles]

12:34 PM on 06/27/2009

How pathetic, linking to nutbag teabag sites...

[MAUIMONKEY]

05:57 PM on 06/27/2009

You republican­s are constantly teabagging each other. Its a wonder you get anything done!

[skippy20008]

06:08 AM on 06/27/2009

"In keeping with island traditions­, there was a dunk tank."

As a resident of Hawaii, I must say, THERE IS NO ISLAND TRADITION INVOLVING DUNK TANKS!:

[MAUIMONKEY]

06:01 PM on 06/27/2009

I agree with Skippy. That's not a tradition in Hawaii. Now if they had mentioned those clown- shaped airbags that the kids bounce around in at every party, I would have laughed.

[HHarvey]

06:05 PM on 06/27/2009

Yes, as someone from the mainland who visits Hawaii often I don't recall seeing dunk tanks all over the place. Who the heck wrote that?

[genia]

02:33 AM on 06/27/2009

I just love that this administra­tion treats FNC as the joke that they are.
Love it !!!

[KLordsha]

12:46 AM on 06/27/2009

To sum this article in one word.. Ha! Its not surprising­....they tend to be off target with alot of things.. like their reporting.­..their facts...th­eir balance... and what compromise­s fair..and unfair. The White House is not in the tank for fox... they already had 8 years of that.

[JScott]

11:29 PM on 06/26/2009

Figures and FNC goes with the territory.­...can't do decent journalism and can't throw a ball to a target.
And the bit about 'throws like a girl', jeez they'd be lucky if they are that good (besides that's sexist) maybe more correctly like a monkey throws s*it.

[HST]

10:13 PM on 06/26/2009

Fox news reporters throw like girls.

[HonorJusticeTruth]

10:46 PM on 06/26/2009

Among other bodily functions.

[llisa]

12:22 AM on 06/27/2009

Nu uh. A little girl knocked him into the water. Girls rule!

[KLordsha]

01:05 AM on 06/27/2009

Greta's face would have cracked on the windup...

[levibatgirl]

08:08 PM on 06/26/2009

Ha ha ha!

loser.

[KarlaElisa]

07:51 PM on 06/26/2009

what a fun white house. i wanna party there.

[smchp]

07:41 PM on 06/26/2009

Faux is about as fair and balanced as the Iran election.

[smchp]

07:38 PM on 06/26/2009

I am amazed there is no feined outrage over the cost of this shindig from Faux.

[SlimPickins79]

07:43 PM on 06/26/2009

give em a day

[samilli3]

09:31 PM on 06/26/2009

they have a special on it this saturday..­.only came across it while watching Shep Smith's excellent coverage of M.J..I changed the channel after that..

[GeorgeP922]

07:29 PM on 06/26/2009

Tommy Christophe­r has a press pass to the WHITE HOUSE!

WHAT! Dude (if you are reading) you have any idea how proud of you I am!

I remember when you were just a TYT listener, I shared your enthusiasm but not your resolve, you took guerilla journalism over the top and now you are butting heads in the big league, Call Cenk or Ana and do an interview.
A TYT intern made it big, but you were just a fan!