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Tuesday, March 18, 2003 :::
Does It Bother the President?
I've been trying to avoid the news the past couple days. But I have become somewhat a connoisseur of White House Press Briefings. Its amazing how many ways Ari Fliesher can say "The President is not going to change his mind." The best reporter is an ornery lady named Helen Thomas who asks these flat-out blunt questions that no other reporters have the guts to ask.
Please look at the classic exchange between her and Mr. Fliesher here. A few samples I've culled myself here:
March 13, 2003
Helen: My point is, why is the President going through this charade of diplomacy when he obviously plans to go to war?
Fleisher: Helen, this is a very serious word, the diplomacy. And the President is carrying it out because he believes in the value of consultations.
March 18, 2003
Helen: Does it bother the President that most of the world is against this war, and half of America?
Fleisher: Helen, this is an issue where you and I will never agree when you state your premise about what the people think.
Helen: This isn't you and I. This is a very legitimate question.
Fleisher: There's a new poll showing --
Other Stuff:
Someone from the Justice Department looked at this web site today.
I've tried to change the tag line on this blog for the last five days and it won't seem to take.
A few weeks ago I mentioned CNN news vixen Suzanne Malveaux in connection with the space shuttle crash. She has now passed Abigal Adams as the Google search that has brought the most people to this page.
Quote of the Day:
In this very attitude did I sit when I called to him, rapidly stating what it was I wanted him to do--namely, to examine a small paper with me. Imagine my surprise, nay, my consternation, when without moving from his privacy, Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, "I would prefer not to."
--- Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street, 1853
::: posted by tom at 10:37 PM
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