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From: LindyBill	12/9/2005 4:04:08 AM
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Leherer was overmatched in his Rumsfeld interview. JIM LEHRER: Does it bother you -- I looked at the public opinion polls the last, recent ones that mention you. And you don't come out very well in terms of the public. I couldn't find one where the public had approved of the job you were doing, less than 50 percent. Does that bother you? DONALD RUMSFELD: Well, you know, you'd love to have acclamation and unanimity in everything one does. But in this position, in a war, and wars are tough. Someone told me the other day that Clemenceau made the comment that wars are a series of catastrophes culminating in victory. And they're tough. And so it doesn't surprise me that there are feelings, the feelings are strong on both sides. [-] JIM LEHRER: You made a speech earlier this week where you said the news media should reassess the way it covers Iraq. What do you mean? DONALD RUMSFELD: Oh, I think that it's -- if you look where the news media is, it's down very low at the polls. If you want to get into public opinion polls, people in that business are right down near the bottom. JIM LEHRER: Tell me about it. DONALD RUMSFELD: You know that. Yeah, does it bother you? JIM LEHRER: (laughter) Hey, I ask the questions here! pbs.org

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