August 23, 2009
barry does baby talk to try and explain August in Washington to fellow Democrats during his “Organization for America National Health Care Forum” at DNC headquarters.
Folks, you can’t make this stuff up.
(8-20) PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES talking to fellow politicians (all adults).
And of course, the TV cameras aren’t there when you’re doing all this. And when you notice that nobody is paying attention to what you’re doing, just remember we’ve been through this before. Some of you were involved when we were in Iowa, 30 points down, and all of Washington said, oh, it’s over — hand-wringing and angst and teeth-gnashing. And then last year just about this time, you’ll recall that the Republicans had just nominated their Vice Presidential candidate, and everybody was — the media was obsessed with it, and cable was 24 hours a day, and “Obama’s lost his mojo.” You remember all that?
There’s something about August going into September where everybody in Washington gets all wee-weed up. I don’t know what it is. But that’s what happens.
(8-21) PRESS BRIEFING:
Q: what is “wee-weed up“?
GIBBS:
I don’t know if I should do that from the podium. (Laughter.) It’s a phrase I use, but —
Recall these words when he was asked about the birth certificate: “I almost hate to indulge in such an august setting as the White House“. References to relieving himself from the podium?
Q I’m not asking for a demonstration. I just –
GIBBS:
Well, I was going to have Bill do that. (Laughter.)
Let’s do this in a way that is family friendly. I think wee-weed up is when people just get all nervous for no particular reason…So this is just — this is sort of an August pundit pattern between people getting overly nervous for something that still has a long way to go.
Bed-wetting is — would be probably the more consumer-friendly term for — (laughter.)
