April 25, 2008

Oh, Gehrke!

ABC News' Jake Tapper today ribs DNC Research Dir. Mike Gehrke for cracking wise -- on his Facebook page, of all places -- about John McCain's age.

Gehrke, whose Facebook photo is ...

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... lifted a yuck from Jay Leno: "You know what you call someone who digs up dirt on John McCain? An archeologist."

DNC spokeswoman Karen Finney told Tapper that Gehrke "has been reprimanded." Gehrke tells On Call: "From now on all the jokes I steal will be on background."

(JENNIFER SKALKA)


Posted at 03:09 PM


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