Souter Officially Stepping Down

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John Cook

05/01/09 02:55PM

Filed to: jurisprudence

It's official: Supreme Court Justice David Souter is indeed retiring. Confirmation of the news came from Barack Obama himself, who just crashed the White House daily press briefing.

While Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was at the podium deflecting questions about Souter, whose resignation had not yet been confirmed, Obama walked into the room and said, "I'm tired of Gibbs screwing this thing up!" (We are too.) Obama continued, "when there's a job to do, you've got to do it yourself."

Obama said he just got off the phone with Souter, and officially announced his intention to step down.

After the appearance, NBC News' Savannah Guthrie said, "I felt a little bit like I was having a dream sequence... We attend those briefings every day and rarely are they so exciting."

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philaDLJ John Cook 05/01/09 03:24PM

So glad we're in a time of having fun and making intentional jokes, which is quite a different thing from the tragicomedy of the Bush years.

philaDLJ John Cook 05/01/09 03:22PM

Awesome as always.

Gunsetpark John Cook 05/01/09 03:09PM

I believe it's at 1:24, when you can actually hear Savannah Guthrie jizz in her pants.

persimmon Gunsetpark 05/01/09 03:18PM

@Gunsetpark: There's something kind of icky about the chummy, cozy atmosphere at these press conferences. Hey, White House press corps, you don't have to giggle and coo at every single mild joke the President or his staff makes.

MrInBetween persimmon 05/01/09 03:39PM

@persimmon: They giggled and cooed every time W. raised his eyebrows after one of his lame jokes, too. That's what the WH press corps does. Giggles and coos and, now, twitters and stutters.

persimmon MrInBetween 05/01/09 03:46PM

@MrInBetween: Of course they did. After years and years of this nauseatingly obsequious behaviour, their neurons aren't wired for anything else. Their laughter's almost a Pavlovian response at this point.

CheapCynicism John Cook 05/01/09 03:08PM

The best part is the pleading "Come back..." from one of the women as he walks out the door. I'm sorry, doll, but he's just not the settling down type.

Mike Byhoff CheapCynicism 05/01/09 03:29PM

@CheapCynicism: He's a ramblin' man.

Mama Penguino Mike Byhoff 05/01/09 04:12PM

@Mikey-B: Wherever he lays his hat is his home.