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Re: Clinton, Obama, and Edwards Look “Fragile”

Patrick — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:35:17 -0000

Why, for fuck's sake, hasn't he participated in MORE news conferences? Compare the amount of press-meetings with the current president to those of the past 11 presidents...

Seriously, what is his aversion to tough questioning?
Actually, I guess that's kinda self explanatory.

Re: Clinton, Obama, and Edwards Look “Fragile”

Vinny — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:56:06 -0000

President Bush doesnâ€™t give interviews to anything but the friendliest of reporters: Brit Hume, Bill Oâ€™Reilly, Tim Russert, Jeff Gannon.

Friendly like Matt Lauer on Today, Scott Pelley on 60 Minutes, or maybe Tom Brokaw...

Maybe you mean that bastion of right wing thought, Juan Williams?

Or maybe Jim Lehrer?

Possibly Elizabeth Vargas?

Come on, man. You can do better than that.

Re: Clinton, Obama, and Edwards Look “Fragile”

RKB — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:50:12 -0000

I'm not talking about candidate Bush, I'm talking about President Bush. And I don't know about what he did in 2000, since, clearly, he didn't need to debate anyone to get the Republican nomination in 2004.

President Bush doesn't give interviews to anything but the friendliest of reporters: Brit Hume, Bill O'Reilly, Tim Russert, Jeff Gannon. His press secretary, for goodness sakes, is a former Fox News reporter.

What you'd bolded -- but hereâ€™s what candidates look like when they attempt to choose which reporters are worthy to question them: fragile, egocentric and frightened of tough questions -- is the same thing that President Bush has done since he's been in office. Does that mean he's fragile, too, or simply that he's exercising executive privilege to decide who he wants to be interviewed by?

I'm not saying that he shouldn't be allowed to do whatever the hell he wants, be lobbed the most softball questions, but it's funny when an op/ed says that potential democratic candidates shouldn't do the same thing.

Re: Clinton, Obama, and Edwards Look “Fragile”

Vinny — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:27:23 -0000

Sorry... When did President Bush cancel a debate appearance due to an ideological litmus test?

Re: Clinton, Obama, and Edwards Look “Fragile”

RKB — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:25:14 -0000

Heh. I had to laugh out loud reading this. Everything this article condemns three "prospective" POTUS's for are the EXACT same things that the CURRENT president has done for years.

Already these candidates are being held to a higher standard than the current White House resident.

Can't wait for more of the same of the next couple of years.