In the zaniest White House press briefing (a low bar, for sure) since Robert Gibbs started collecting cell phones, the press secretary took an out-of-the-blue swipe at the Fox News channel when a reporter mistakenly said that the deficit "keeps [Obama] asleep at night," instead of awake. Gibbs corrected him, and added, "Fox is what puts him to sleep."

As luck would have it, Fox would shortly get a shot at revenge. Gibbs announced that he would be among the victims in the Congressional Luau's dunk tank. Those of us in the press corps went nuts, challenging Gibbs to let us take some shots at him. He agreed. As we walked out to the South Lawn to witness Gibbs's fate, the president stuck his head out of the Oval Office and shouted, "Go get him, guys!" Great boss.

Watch video of the dunk tank affair, after the jump.

Four correspondents were chosen. Thankfully, I was spared because of my old hunting/fishing/barroom-brawling shoulder injury. The first contestant to wield the ball against Gibbs? Fox News correspondent Mike Emanuel.

As you'll see, Gibbs gets in Emanuel's head after his first two misses, saying, "He hasn't missed to the right once yet!" Emanuel's next pitch sailed over Gibbs, and is still rolling toward the Washington Monument.

Alas, Gibbs would eventually have to pay the piper, in the form of AP reporter "Rapid" Ben Feller and cell phone offender Bill Plante from CBS. Now, if we could only get Dick Cheney in that tank ...


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