Wednesday, June 30, 2004
RTE Postscript
Shortly after posting the earlier entry I was able to view the interview. Far from being harangued, Bush instead was himself far more impolite than Ms Coleman. The idea that this interview would have seriously offended TeamBush is a sad reflection on our nation.
Rather than interrupting, it seemed that Ms Coleman took his pauses as the end of his answer and, given the limited time she had, was in fact trying to pose the follow-up questions which Bush himself kept asking her to wait on. I think the difference was this: Coleman approached the interview as if it were a discussion, albeit a frank one with an important world leader. Bush solely wanted an opportunity to spout platitudes, any number of which contained misleading and overly generalized statements that we now know to be patently false.
It must be hard knowing that so much of the world personally reviles you. One would assume that Bush would at least have some intelligent, diplomatic responses to such questions. Instead he continues to maintain that the citizens of the world must be crazy if they can't see all of the good that has come from his tenure as president. Bush remains shocked, shocked, that the world still doesn't get it. We're the good guys, see? Can't you recognize our white hats?!
Shortly after posting the earlier entry I was able to view the interview. Far from being harangued, Bush instead was himself far more impolite than Ms Coleman. The idea that this interview would have seriously offended TeamBush is a sad reflection on our nation.
Rather than interrupting, it seemed that Ms Coleman took his pauses as the end of his answer and, given the limited time she had, was in fact trying to pose the follow-up questions which Bush himself kept asking her to wait on. I think the difference was this: Coleman approached the interview as if it were a discussion, albeit a frank one with an important world leader. Bush solely wanted an opportunity to spout platitudes, any number of which contained misleading and overly generalized statements that we now know to be patently false.
It must be hard knowing that so much of the world personally reviles you. One would assume that Bush would at least have some intelligent, diplomatic responses to such questions. Instead he continues to maintain that the citizens of the world must be crazy if they can't see all of the good that has come from his tenure as president. Bush remains shocked, shocked, that the world still doesn't get it. We're the good guys, see? Can't you recognize our white hats?!
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