White House spokesman Robert Gibbs might not know how to dance, but he’s always willing to tango with his tongue.
Gibbs appeared on FNC’s Fox and Friends to provide a preview of the president’s speech Wednesday morning, and, as Media Bistro notes, “he took a shot at the FOX broadcast network for not carrying the address.”
“I do hope the viewers of FOX will find a way to watch this speech tonight,” Gibbs said. “I know the network, instead of dealing with the reality of millions of people on health insurance reform have decided to show a reality show called ‘So You Think You Can Dance?’”
Fox’s Alisyn Camerota quickly retorted, “But you can watch it right here on the Fox News Channel. We’ll be covering it in its entirety.”
But Gibbs couldn’t help taking another shot at the broadcast channel’s decision: “I do hope people will check in to the reality of what’s going on in America rather than the distraction of a reality TV show.”
Gibbs said that Obama would be discussing a lot of ideas that Republicans have brought up in the health care reform debate, and that he hopes that it will lead one-time congressional foes to “come on in and work with us on reform.”
