So who should go in Helen Thomas’s empty seat in the front row of the White House Press Corps? My vote, as always, is for Mr. T. I think he’ll get along well with Gibbs since Mr. T pities the fool, but at the same time he won’t put up with any jibber-jabber.
So who do you think should take the seat?
Well, the obvious answer was TV’s Gary Coleman, but now that’s not possible.
“What chu talkin’ about Gibbs?”
Ms. Vuvu Zela. Her comments will be far, far more intelligent than Thomas’, and teh droning sound will be about the same.
You puts up with jibbe-jabba you only gets more jibbe-jabba.
It’s obvious that a fair, impartial and serious news journalist should get that seat. The only real choice is Keith Olbermann…
Perhaps someone more vibrant and alive looking…how about the mummified remains of Tutankhamun?
Mr. T would be perfect.
Interviewer: “What do you think of the president, Mr. T.”
Mr. T: “Foo!”
Betty White.
Rosie O’Donnell is between gigs. She’s crazy enough, journalistically unqualified enough, ugly, ignorant, and obnoxious enough.
But the chair would need some widening and reinforcement.
I’m thinking Glen Beck. He is crazy enough and it would get him off the radio. I think the crying would disturb the others though.
Dick Cheney… You think Gibbs the Phoneme King stammers and squirms now… He’d be sweatin’ like a Danish cartoonist in Mecca.
Serious answer: Major Garrett. Or Jake Tapper.
@5 and 1,
Perhaps someone more vibrant and alive looking.. Well, the obvious answer was TV’s Gary Coleman, but now that’s not possible.
Are you sure? Gary Coleman would be definately more vibrant, alive looking, and intelligent. Even in his current state.
The student on the street, but I don’t know his name.
In that case, Son of Bob, might I suggest Mark Messier?
A slug.
A slug.
The question was “who should replace Helen Thomas?”, not “what is Helen Thomas?”
Keith Olberman isd a poor choice. This is a press breifing, not Deep Throat.
Mr. T is a great choice, for all the reasons Frank mentions and more. Imagine Gibbs and Obama getting hit with a mohawk grenade!
I don’t know Rampage Jackson did a pretty good job in the new A-Team……
I vote for Mr. T.
When asked “What does Mr. T say?” my two year old son uses his “Mr. T” voice and says “I pity the fool!”
It’s adorable.
A slug.
(That caused an involentary LOL.)
(*involuntary. LOL’s cause neural malfunctions – which is why I can’t quit this place.)
I’m thinking of another 70’s TV icon —-> Charo. We upgrade the sex appeal and intellect, while keeping it reserved for an elder stateswoman!
Cuchi-Cuchi!.
My St. Bernard, Pete. He looks a lot like her so Gibbs would feel right at home but as a secret right wing attack dog, he could ask much more meaningful and intelligent questions than Helen ever did.
Aunt Zeituni!!!!! She doesn’t need the job since everything’s free in America but I’m sure her and Helen and Barry see eye to eye on lots of things.
Good point Plenty. Marko, should I be a little scared that you had that photo?
How about one of those obnoxious plastic horns they’re using at the World Cup?
The equipment that will taser the Presidential Spokesman every time he tells a lie… It will require multiple loads for each press conference so it might be a bit large but we can make it work!
Fred Thompson, Chuck Norris, Ann Coulter.
That’s who I would like to see.
How about a ceramic garden gnome? It would stare at Gibbs with rapt attention and never ask any difficult questions. Gibbs would like that.
I’d vote for Sébastien Loeb, reigning winner of the World Rally Championship, which he’s won six years consecutively. America loves a winner, and there’s never been a winner like Loeb! Ignore rumors of a deal with the devil, they were started by losers.
I vote for George Bush (W).
He’d have the most fun of anybody.
Frank J.
‘Nuff said.
Hannah Giles, wearing her hooker outfit.
I believe Helen Thomas’ press seat has already been taken.
By Jan (Damon’s wife) in the Day By Day cartoon strip.
Please see the following link:
http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/2010/06/10/
Fred Thompson should take Helen Thomas’s seat.
Iowa Jim is onto something. Redeye has the infamous “leg chair.” Mebbe the White House press corps could follow suit.
I think (2.) 2klbofun and (26) Joe Schmo are on to something.
The Press Corpse ought to be blowing vuvuzuelas until Gibbs answers a question truthfully.
Seriously, tho, Glenn Beck asks great questions,
it’d be nice to see someone do that for a change.
obviously, she should be replaced with a foreign correspondent. American Press has enjoyed far too much access to the American government. Although the U.S. makes up roughly 1/200th of the world’s countries, they take up most of the available seats at White House press briefings and ask most of the questions. This HAS to stop. Who do these American Press people think they are? It’s time correspondents from other countries got their fair share of access to the American government and got to voice their concerns.
How about more representation from Progressive countries like Venezuela or Cuba or Iran? Maybe bring the concerns of North Korea to the table. And while we’re at it – why are all the press briefings in English??? Shouldn’t we hold them in languages that more people speak? How about Chinese or Spanish, both of which are more popular than English…or Arabic…because we’ll get bombed if we don’t.
I was thinking Donald Trump it would get the apprentice off the air and also if nothing else he could always fire Gibbs if he pissed him off to much.
porky the pig
comments #28 and #32 beat me to it – it should be either you or fred
I was gonna say the Zero after he loses his job, but he isn’t qualified and wouldn’t be hired.
Let an Israeli journalist sit there for the next 40 years, just to be fair.
I like #43…(4of7). But a slight modification of responsibilities. An Israeli journalist with a taser. Then every time Gibbs or one of the other robots speaks, er I mean lies…..ZZZZZZZAP!