WHAT? An AFP article on Yahoo quoting Bush's "asshole" quote from 2000

[progressivebydesign]

The article is about Bush not caring about Cheney's fuck you event..
SNIP...

..."The president is someone who has always worked to elevate the discourse in Washington, DC. And it is difficult to change the tone in Washington, given the history" of political discourse there, said McClellan.


Bush himself has used obscenities when he thought no-one could hear, famously calling a New York Times reporter a "major-league asshole" at a campaign rally with Cheney during the 2000 race when he believed the microphones were off.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040627/pl_afp/us_vote_cheney_bush_040627174018


That story was filed from ANKARA (AFP). I'm not sure what news service that might be, but the story is presently on the Yahoo front page! I can't believe it.. The White House is probably on the phone right now to Yahoo!

[DaveSZ]

1. Yahoo used to have this story up too:

http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=24164

They pulled it within an hour or two.

Bastards.

[Cha]

5. Thanks!

[sundancekid]

2. nice find of a story, Caliphoto ... more on AFP below

http://www.afp.com/english/afp/?cat=history

the AFP stands for Agence France-Presse, and their stories come in Arabic, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian

[nosmokes]

3. AFP = Agence France Press

the 3rd largest agency in the world.

and the GOPosse hates it when they're a source, so i try and use them often.

[Cha]

4. I rated that baby a FIVE!

"elevate the discourse"...my Democratic :kick: