Thread: George "It's Mr. President to you" Bush

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George "It's Mr. President to you" Bush:
The Toughest Interview

(story below and link for viewing interview at link above)

PARODY: Recorded during the U.S. President's recent trip to Ireland. Bush's second interview with an Irish journalist Fintan Dunne proved even tougher than his first. Bush is quizzed on Iraq, PoW abuse, 911 and the God thing. The revelations are astounding -- courtesy of http://www.breakfornews.com
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Mr. President's FIRST interview:

The interview the White House doesn't want you to see: Why does Irish TV ask Bush the questions that our American media won't?

Bush was recently ambushed on Irish TV and you've got to wonder why our media are such pussies when comes to asking the tough questions of the current White House administration. Dubba was embarassingly unprepared for his interview with reporter Carol Coleman of the Irish broadcasting company RTE. Coleman just wouldn't let Bush give his usual stock answers and he became visibly miffed by her tenacity.
When Bush sang the same song, second verse, "nobody can argue that the world isn't a safer place without Saddam Hussein," Coleman responded that the world most certainly is more dangerous than two years ago, that terrorist attacks happen nearly every day now, and even added a less than subtle "surely you can see that?"

You have to wonder if what Michael Moore has been saying in recent interviews is true: if the American media had been asking the White House the tough questions after 9/11, would we even be in Iraq now?

You'll probably never see this footage on American TV, so here it is: Irish TV Interview With Bush It requires Real Time Media Player.

Bush demands he be called 'Mr. President' and don't ask hard questions

American journalists know only too well that they risk the ire of their leader if they fail to address him as Mr. President. "It's Mr. President to you," he has oft been heard snapping.

The Irish network RTE's Washington correspondent, Carol Coleman, religiously adhered to that injunction at the start of each of her questions during a recent 15-minute interview but hadn't read the Bush White House rulebook from cover to cover. Online Journal

I understand him demanding to be addressed by his title. I'd be mad if he didn't. He's the leader of the free world, and if you don't like him then "salute the rank, not the man", as the Army says.

As far as the press goes, I'm sure he's just sick of having to deal with them. Especially the Europeans, who hate him to death anyway.

"If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier - just so long I'm the dictator." George Bush: CNN December 18, 2000

Watch the video
http://www.newsgateway.ca/bush_dictator.htm

CNN Transcript
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/18/nd.01.html

Here is a pic from 2004?



Here is the video clip that it came from.

One Finger Victory Salute


"If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier - just so long I'm the dictator." George Bush: CNN December 18, 2000

Watch the video
http://www.newsgateway.ca/bush_dictator.htm

CNN Transcript
http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0012/18/nd.01.html

I think it is a DISGRACE that the press is absolutely SHUT OUT of this White House. Say what you may about the press but, if it wasn't for an aggressive press, we sure wouldn't have found out about Clinton/Monica. WE NEED the media to be aggressive and ask tough questions and I agree that, if that was allowed in this administration, we might not be in the mess we're in. Bush is just AFRAID of the media. If that were not the case, WHY, when he has a press conference, are the press given a list of questions they can ask? Is this the kind of "President" we want in this country? He also has his little town meetings where the guests are hand-picked and God help you if you say anything derogatory in these so-called open forums. You are out of there FAST.

The 44 percent of people in this country who still say Bush is doing a good job need to WAKE UP and realize that we are being SPOON-FED exactly what the White House wants us to know and NO MORE. Have these people not stopped to think that there must be a REASON for this SECRECY??? If Bush didn't have anything to hide, he would have SERIOUS press conferences and SERIOUS townhall meetings. He is SCARED TO DEATH of a REAL press conference. Can't people see that there is something rotten here????

And, as disrespectful as this sounds, if I ran into him on the street, I would just ignore him rather than address him as "Mr. President". I just could NOT get those words out if it killed me. I certainly have NO RESPECT for the man and he is destroying the OFFICE of the PRESIDENCY to such a degree that I am fast losing respect even for the OFFICE of the Presidency.

Until we DEMAND that this White House answers REAL QUESTIONS to the media and to the PEOPLE of this great nation, we will NEVER know what's going on in this Administration. I, for one, am GLAD that the Irish reporter asked tough questions. I would be willing to bet the farm that she didn't get answers for them. This administration is so entrenched in their LIES and DECEPTION that they CAN'T answer the questions for fear of tripping on their own feet.

redrebel--A President of the United States who heretofore may have been considered a "leader of the free world" would deserve the salutation, "Mr. President". Today, with what we know about the agenda of this man now sitting in the chair of the Oval Office, I'm not sure that's necessarily appropriate any longer. With what we have learned in the past 3 to 4 months about George Bush, is shocking and sickening. I'm a 4th Generation Republican that voted for this man twice and his pappy twice, that thought we had a family in politics that cared about the United States, that cared about the welfare and future of the American People and our Nation.

What we have learned, however, disputes that...irrefutably. When I connected the dots, I vomited for 4 hours with the horror of what these discoveries meant for the American People; the United States; and the "free world" that is linked unequivocally to our survival as an independent free nation complete with territorial sovereignty; domain over our own national security; complete control over our economic well-being; and absolute determination of both our self-rule and civil liberties.

This is no longer the case thanks to the man you think deserves the title "Mr. President".

As a matter of protocol, the press should continue as a "formality" to address him as Mr. President to avoid the spectacle of calling him something else in the Media. But to sympathize with this man who may be "just sick to death" of questions he has never answered doesn't make a great deal of sense to me.

The US Press that is "allowed" into the Press Conferences is not free to ask any question they want. They are restricted by a protocol that if you ask hard questions the President doesn't want to answer, you don't get back in next time. That is a shut-out; that is a suppression; that results in an uninformed American Public; and a leader that can get away with anything.

That just doesn't make alot of sense to me in a nation where we used to enjoy believing that our President was the Leader of the Free World. No such person, intent upon suppression of news about his activities, his statements, his actions, his agenda, his policies...can possibly be considered a "leader of the free world".

Such a person is working in opposition to a free world including ours.

And, if past history with Bush is any indication, this country will no longer be the leader of the free world. Our freedoms are being challenged every day.

It is the RIGHT of the public to know what is going on with the people we have elected to represent us and the ONLY way we have of getting the TRUTH is through the press. I admit that the press can be difficult at times but, in order to thoroughly do their jobs, they HAVE to be difficult. It makes me cringe to think what could possibly be going on in the White House because they have squelched the "Free Press". I think about Watergate since that has currently reappeared in the public eye and see how very important it is to maintain a free press.

It is just very scary to me to know that this administration refuses to allow a free press in the White House or at their town hall meetings or at a press conference. To think that the American people are sitting back and ACCEPTING the fact that the press is provided with a list of questions that they can ask the President or that people are hand-picked to attend these meetings is just beyond my understanding. We ought to all be up in arms DEMANDING that this administration answer ANY and ALL questions from the media so the American people can be truly informed.

I can assure you that this will never happen because this administration has so much to hide that they can't risk laying themselves wide open to scrutiny from the press.

Hey, 51% of the people in this country voted him in. Like it or not, he is the President. Now, you could always be like Julia Roberts et al, huffing and puffing about how he's not "MY President", but the fact is that he won.

If we let the press bully the President around it makes us all look like a bunch of weak punks, especially to the Europeans who feel that they are just SO superior to us in every way. Never mind that we kicked their asses and bailed them out numerous times in history.

I hate this man's policies about as much as anyone on this board, maybe more than most. Domestically, he will kill us. But if there is going to be any sanctity for the position of President left from the American people towards Tom Tancredo when he wins in '08 we need to respect the fact that he did win and take it from there.

There were plenty of officers that I worked with in the military that I thought were snot filled idiots that couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag or lead troops to the port-a-johns. But I always saluted and called them Sir or Ma'am, because regardless of the individual they held the title. And it's the TITLE and the position that title represents that must be protected and cherished, even if you don't approve of the person holding it. Somebody else (or in Bush's case, a majority of the citizens) did. Everyone has to respect that if nothing else.

Maybe you are right about the title but, as far as I'm concerned, he doesn't live up to the title. AND, even though 51% of the people voted for him, a LARGE percentage of them regret it. He would not win if he ran today. He would not have won last year IF there had been ANYONE with a brain running against him.

As far as the press is concerned--I absolutely do NOT agree that, by asking LEGITIMATE questions of the President, the press is "bullying " him. We, the people of the country, DESERVE answers to those questions and NOT just the questions that the White House ALLOWS the press to ask. Surely, you can't think that this is a free press which is a right guaranteed us if they can't pursue answers to ALL of the questions.

Just because he won the election does NOT mean he has earned my respect. In fact, he has consistently eroded the respect of MANY people who voted for him. Since he won the election based on lies that have since been exposed, it just further diminishes his credibility.

And, if you think that I would pay homage to a man who was so CRASS as to give the finger to the people who refused to be strong-armed about CAFTA in the HALLS OF CONGRESS, you are sadly mistaken. I do think that the press should, and DOES, address him as "Mr. President" in this country HOWEVER he is NOT the President of IRELAND so I see absolutely NO REASON that an IRISH reporter should address him as such.

redrebel...I hear where you're coming from and I agree that the US Press should continue as a "formality" to address him as Mr. President. Otherwise the name-calling could get out of hand and no one would know who was asked the question. I also understand the protocol of the military.

Civilian life is different.

Jorge is the Commander-In-Chief of the US Military and I realize that chain of command and the protocol required.

But Jorge is not our Commander-In-Chief. We can call him whatever we want.

The Irish Press did not elect him, he has no authority over anything in Ireland, and I believe they can address him however they want...Mr. Bush, George, Jorge, "hey you", whatever they feel comfortable with.

Just my opinion. I respect yours, too, and understand where it's coming from. Our best allies frankly to solve the outrageous problem we now have since CAFTA passed will be our European Friends, and I am referring to Europen Friends of the American People who saved Europe.

They will be saving US this time.

What you all have to realize is that 2006, 2008 is too late. By the time we have a new President, that new President will not have any power over national security or trade. He'll still have power to tax us to pay for all the immigrants. He'll still have power to fix potholes. BUT, that's about IT.

You have to understand what CAFTA meant and its TRANSFER OF POWER of American power over our own trade, commerce, and business activities including labor, environment and civil liberties when associated with trade, commerce, and business to the World Trade Organization.

We no longer govern these things with Central America, Mexico or Canada.

If the FTAA is ratified which I'm sure it will be, we no longer govern these things with Central America, Mexico, Canada or South America.

When the Global Trade Deal through the WTO involving another 148 countries goes through...I'm not even sure Congress gets to vote on that....we will no longer govern these things AT ALL!

See how serious CAFTA was?

They have the votes in the Senate; they have the votes in the House; they have the votes on the US Supreme Court.

We're "cooked" as they say!!

So, if everyone wants to do something, the only thing we can do is bring down this President, charge him a Traitor and try to use that to void the agreements on the basis that he did not have the authority.

Maybe enough nations will realize by that time that the WTO is not a "trade dispute council' but a ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT organization and disband the whole thing and line them all up for prosecutions for trying to instill CORPORATE RULE OF THE WORLD ending the Free World in the process.

You're dead on, Judy. This President has, with the stroke of a pen, sold us down the river. And, NOTHING we do henceforth will regain what he has given away. I wish there was the least hope of an impeachment because that is our only salvation. Maybe there "FREE" trade deals could be overturned. Maybe we could have him impeached on the grounds that he is mentally incapable of running the country??

I also understand the chain of command issue and am thankful I am not in the military. I think it would be even MORE difficult for me to think of him as my Commander In Chief.

But, as far as any European press is concerned, they have absolutely NO obligation or even any right to address Bush as "Mr. President". And, Judy, I think you're right about Europe being the only countries that can help us out of this mess we're in after CAFTA.

WOE IS US!