White House Press Secretary still waiting for Canadian Hockey Jersey

LOL... you've gotta love the White House Press Corps... they're all looking forward to seeing Press Secretary Robert Gibbs don the Canadian jersey! Looks like they've made it their number one issue, getting on his case about it first thing every single day!!!

Check out the intro from the last couple of days... love this quote on March 1st: "Trust me... the Canadians have kept in very close contact for this."




Transcript March 1:

The White House - Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release - March 01, 2010
Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 3/1/10
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
2:00 P.M. EST

MR. GIBBS: Sorry, guys, no --

Q Where's the jersey?

MR. GIBBS: We're in the process of getting the hockey sweater -- thank you, Major, for correcting a southerner's -- it's on its way. Trust me, the Canadians have kept in very close contact for this. And we are working on delivering that, figuring out the best way to --

Q What size is that?

MR. GIBBS: Oh, I'm definitely a medium. I mean, can't you tell? (Laughter.) We'll have -- I presume before the week is over you will have the opportunity to see that. It was a fabulous game.

Transcript, March 4:

The White House - Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release - March 04, 2010
Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 3/4/10
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
1:31 P.M. EST

Q Oooh!

Q Booo!

MR. GIBBS: It's usually after like the third or fourth answer when I get a reaction like that. (Laughter.) It's sort of a tough crowd. The jersey update -- it's supposedly en route. It was not delivered to my house yesterday, as you can tell.

Q And the beer update?

MR. GIBBS: I drank it all yesterday. Sorry.

Fire away.