“The president will speak to Congress in a joint session — I believe that’s Fat Tuesday, February 24th — much to my chagrin and what I would normally would have wanted to do that night. But you’ll hear the president instead.”
–White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One. Gibbs confessed he used to have a Mardi Gras party.
“He was very polite. He was much more polite than the average Plain Dealer or national reporter, to say the least.”
—Chris Paulitz, spokesman for Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, on Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher making the rounds as a Web television reporter for Pajamas Media. (Hat tip: The Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
