Bush pleads for courtesy [Washtimes]

[truthisfreedom]

http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20040625-030647-7851r.htm

Bush pleads for courtesy

Washington, DC, Jun. 25 (UPI) -- An Irish reporter threw courtesy aside and repeatedly interrupted President George W. Bush during a television interview at the White House.

"Let me finish. Let me finish. May I finish?" Bush said early in his interview ...

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"Let me finish. Let me finish, please. Please. You ask the questions and I'll answer them, if you don't mind," he said in a second interruption moments later.

The two pleadings were followed by three more during an 11-minute exchange in advance of Bush's trip to Ireland, where he was to attend a summit meeting of the European Union.

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hey, bush, you should take a lesson from dick "f.u." cheney and just start showing your outrage. go ahead. you'll feel better, and it will stop you from wandering the halls of white house and muttering psychopathically to yourself.

[bahrbearian]

1. AAAAA just let me ummmm fin aaa ish uummm please umm let aaaa

[silverweb]

2. Hey, George...

How about we be polite when you start being fucking honest.

Deal?

I didn't think so.

:nopity:

[AussieInCA]

3. nice bias WT: how about "Bush dodges tough questions"

or "Bush refuses to answer questions on the conesquences of his policies"

or "Bush not understood by rest of the world, can't explain why"

or "Bush can't stand up to tough questions on failed policies"


but noooooo..

he is a poor victim of that nasty Irish reporter....she so baaaaaaaaaaaad.

[InformedSource]

4. They want people to treat them with courtesy but they say . . .

Cheney Utters 'F-Word' in Senate - Aides


WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney blurted out the "F word" at Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont during a heated exchange on the Senate floor, congressional aides said on Thursday.


'GO F___ YOURSELF' CHENEY SNARLED AT SEN PATRICK LEAHY
Vice President Dick Cheney was chief executive officer of Halliburton before he became George Bush's running mate.


http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0624-13.htm

[pinto]

5. Fuck yourself, George.

[struggle4progress]

17. How great to be able to quote the VP!

[KathCO]

6. It's like he doesn't know how to have a normal conversation

[pinto]

7. my brief letter to WashTimes:

"Between Mr. Bush wagging his finger in the reporter's face and questioning the Irish 'understanding' of America, I would expect the President to plead for leniency."

[Mike Niendorff]

8. re: "Let me finish. Let me finish. May I finish?"

"Now, to pick up where I left off:

Saddam Hussein.
Nine Eleven.
Evil people.
Scary world.
Terror terror terror.
Al Qaida.
African uranium.

And, furthermore ...
<flips to next page of notes>

Spaghetti.
Fudgesicles.
Bananas.

(Whoops, wrong list.)

<*ahem*>

Evil.
Death.
Fear.
With us or against us.
Democratic Iraq.
Only hate us for our freedoms.

..."

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MDN

[koopie57]

13. he never says anything new of different

it is the same old same old same old crap. And he rambles on and on like he thinks people hang on his every word.

[Booster]

14. Made me laugh out loud.....eom

[silverweb]

16. *LMAO*

Almost spit tea all over my keyboard.

:D

[Tight_rope]

35. ROFLMBAO!....you got Bush packed down.

[unblock]

9. ah, unbiased reporting. remember perot?

when perot was constantly interrupted, he said, "kin ah finish, kin ah finish"?

he got LAMBASTED for that. ROASTED.

but with bush, of course, it's the reporter that 'threw courtesy aside'.

with perot, no one EVER complained about the interrupting reporters and interviewers. they only ever joked about perot's responses.

p.s., not a perot fan. just pointing out the inconsistent media coverage.

[snippy]

10. So Cheney should stop telling Bush to go fuck himself? n/t

[oasis]

11. You can finish if you answer the effin question, Chimpyboy.

[ET Awful]

12. Am I the only one thinking of the South Park movie? :)

Let me finish.
Can I finish?
Will you let me finish? . . . .

Okay, I'm finished.

[Snazzy]

15. I was getting Perot/Dana Carvey

http://www.wavsource.com/tv/snl/carvey_perot_finish.wav

[Zhade]

22. No - it's what I first thought of when I read this.

"Ahem. Fuck Canada!"

Sigh. Brilliant movie. Shithead "president".

[DemBones DemBones]

18. From what I read earlier, the Irish reporter was

just trying to get Bush* to give an answer and he kept rambling on in his usual vague and disconnected manner.

[Geo55]

21. Ever see one of those

little wind-up toys get stuck in the corner....same deal

[Damn Hippie]

38. Too funny

Now I understand what all those messages about "making coffee(or whatever) come out my nose" are all about.

Damn, that hurts.

[Manix]

19. The "Ugly American" pleads for courtesy....too much!

[JusticeForAll]

20. Hey George, Fuck Off! Isn't that how your Administration shows courtesy?

[Enraged_Ape]

23. All together now: GO FUCK YOURSELF!!!

That is going to be my anti-Republican mantra for the next five months.

[thinkingwoman]

26. YES!!!

And whenever a repuke's eyes roll back in their head and they criticize the language of that response, follow up with:

If it's good enough for the v.p. on the floor of the senate, it's good enough for me.

[muriel_volestrangler]

24. My own partial transcript

GWB: And no-one can argue that the world is better off if Saddam Hussein were in power.

CC: But Mr. President, the world is a more dangerous place today. I don't know whether you can see that or not.

GWB (interrupting): Why do you say that?

CC: There are terrorist bombings every single day. It's now a daily event. It wasn't like that two years ago.

GWB: What was it like Sept 11 2001? It was a relative calm. It ...

CC (interrupting): But if your response to Iraq ...

GWB: Let me finish please. You ask the questions, I'll answer them if you don't mind.


Well, Junior, it seems to have escaped your notice that you were asking the questions there. If you're going to interrupt, and behave like a TV pundit (asking your own questions and then answering them), then you have to expect to get interrupted back. This isn't a speech.


And, of course, Junior is implying that Saddam was linked to Sept 11. Again. Does this lying sack of shit never give up?

[DoYouEverWonder]

25. Maybe if Bu$h wasn't so rude and obnoxious

people would be more willing to treat him with courtesy?

Do unto others has you have done unto yourself, Georgie. You remember that part from the Bible don't you. Oh that's right, Georgie only read the Cliff Notes version of the Bible. They must have left out that part.

[dusty64]

27. chimp "go fuck yourself",

hows that for courtesy?

[sandraj]

28. Oops. The WT got this story all wrong

The reporter showed stellar professionalism under the circumstances. Bush was the one who "threw courtesy aside."

[sandnsea]

43. That's what I saw

I don't remember where, but I saw some of this interview. He was a beligerant ass!!

[moondust]

29. "Bush's Victims Plead for Their Lives"

"Let me live. Let me live. May I live?" one said.

[kentuck]

30. If you notice, he never let her finish her "question"...

then accused her of interrupting his answer????

[DeaconBlues]

31. Did anyone see the part of the interview where Bush

started singing praises of Great Britain, and how cooperative they have been in the war on terra.

I bet that will go over big in Ireland. :eyes:

[RedSock]

32. a calm and boring day

GWB: What was it like Sept 11 2001? It was a relative calm. It ...

**********

Yeah, that was a pretty calm day. I don't remember anything much happening, relatively speaking ........

[Geo55]

41. Yeah, that was a pretty calm day....

just doing a liitle light research reading...was about goats I believe.

Let's ALWAYS remember !
9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ)
9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ)

don't interupt me,

9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ)
9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ)
9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ)
9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ)

I said , DON'T INTERUPT ME ! , a little courtesy PLEASE !
...now , where was I ?

9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ),9/11 (IRAQ)...........

[scared]

33. But but but........

If I don't run out the clock, you might ask me another question I can't answer, or follow up on a question you've asked and I've dodged.

[Jack Rabbit]

34. What he didn't like about Carole Coleman is that she asked real questions

He can't get Tim Russert to throw him softballs all the time.

If he wants to talk about courtesy, he should have a word with his campaign staff over that outrageous spot now appearing on his website or his running mate about inappropriate places to use profanity.

[Fovea]

36. Welcome, George

to the world you have turned against yourself.
The rest of the world wants you gone, and America back.

So do all of us here.

F911, the temperature at which the Bush/Cheney candidacy burns.

[FranzFerdinand]

37. Erin Go Brah, bitches!

and that's why we're proud Americans with Ireland in our blood...

[Auntie Bush]

39. I don't remember Clinton admonishing the press for

asking him rude sexual questions and treating them with utter disrespect which was beneath his dignity. Bush has himself so high on the tip of the sword that a journalist is formally and publicly admonished for having the NERVE to interrupt the COMMANDANT-in Chief!
Me thinks Herr Bush should take Cheney's advice.

[stimbox]

40. Transcript?

Does anyone have a link to a transcript of this interview?

[Nalgenelover Snort]

44. Here's a link to an audio file

http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/rte-carol-coleman-bush.mp3

What a pompous asshole. He acted like the Irish were too stupid to understand the Good Ol'American Way and dodged questions with a bunch of drivel about how kind-hearted and wonderful the United States is. It felt more like a sales pitch than an interview.

[ElectroPrincess]

45. Here's the link to the video

This is the RTE Irish TV Interview ... Carol Colman rocks!

http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0624/primetime/primetime56_1c.smil

Real Audio link - Bush is even more embarrassing to watch in living color. :P

[Dr Fate]

42. Please- why cant you act like the Press I bought back home???

The good ol American press dont never ask me these tough qwuesthuns.

Boy I sure miss Murcka.