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

[jade7243]

This is the new and improved enhanced water-based interrogation technique. Fox reporters are encouraged to climb on and give it a go. Of course they'll be tied on nice and tight for their own safety.

[grata2ude]

Fox is to News as Scientology is to religion.

[SlimPickins79]

doesnt really work. thats insinuating that any other religion doesnt sound just as crazy when you break it down.

[Jaladeno]

Okay, how about Fox is to news as ketchup is to vegetables?

[gallimaufry03]

Fox is to news ...
as walmart is to ethical;
as comcast customer service is to actual customer service;
as ahmedinijad is to leader;
as gun nuts are to military;
as carob is to chocolate.

[coastalcarla]

Fox is to News as Etch-a-Sketch is to art.

[WRPrintz]

Fox is to News as
A Rash is to a radish

They sound slimilar and you might confused the two if you were a four year old.

[Jamchinadian]

How can you help but love this administration. A REAL press secretary for a change: a real human being, intelligent, forthcoming, pleasant and funny. Such a change over the wooden McClellan, the smirky spinning Fleischer, and the wooden and non-forthcoming Perino.

[mychagal]

Jamchinadian,

I completely agree. It's called the republican paralysis.

[vernonbc]

Chuck Todd said something once on Morning Joke that impressed the heck out of me. Joke was giving him a hard time about something or other about the administration and Chuck said 'Gibbs tells the truth. I've worked with or around him for over ten years now and he's never lied to me. So whether I like what he's saying or not, I believe him.'

I thought that was an amazing reputation to earn in Washington and it says an awful lot about Pres Obama and his administration.

[realpolitic]

Fox News is not even really a news channel, but ideological indoctrination for the far right.

[mychagal]

Correct. FOX is not a real news channel. Instead of facts and truth, they spout propaganda.

[littlepuffycloud]

Good come back Robert! And who cares if his legs are 'bone-white'? Keep staying out of the sun; it's bad for you.

[denicci1977]

LMAO ! Good comeback Gibbs "Fox is what puts him to sleep" LMAO !

[barackobama4prez]

co-sign!

[Solja]

Double co-sign!

I love Gibbs! He's the man! Don't get him wrong or he'll get in that a$$!

[PollyTics]

I've always liked Gibbs, so it's not a surprise to now nice see a Press Secretary with a good sense of humor. Finally!

[jjgg5]

"Fixx News" always aims low.

[smiththomas]

Gibbs is a smart elick

[Merckx]

Yeah, very cool.

[LaShanda Jackson]

Its good to know my message got to Gibbsy!!! I called the WH last week and told him his job is to get the President's message, but it is also to not the President be misrepresented or disrespected.

Good snark Gibbsy!

[dimplesmile7]

The only skills the repigs have is complaining. They fail at everything else.

[DASChicago]

LOL!!! "repigs"

[swan1]

Faux always misses the mark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vgirl1]

Gibbs, truly a good sport.

It is so refreshing to see.

My hat is off to him.

[Dystopic]

you still wear a hat?

[Telemachus]

There was a Limbaugh-shaped pinata, too, but they had to cancel that at the last minute. Apparently it scared the children.

[Dystopic]

and blocked out the sun, and set up its own gravitational field pulling in NEOs

[Telemachus]

So Gibbs is in the tank for the AP and CBS, not the other way around? Who's going to break the news to Boehner?