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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JDN who wrote (152927)	6/13/2001 2:19:08 PM
From: jlallen	Respond to of 769667

Its a matter of judgment. What can you say about the judgment of someone who finds Clinton admirable? Not much in a positive way I'm afraid. JLA

To: JDN who wrote (152927)	6/13/2001 3:20:14 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

He deserves the truth about how I feel. I don't like him and his policies. If our troops were risking their lives on the battle field I would not voice opposition to their cause. Bush's talking to Europeans is hardly an analogy to soldiers on the field. If Bush is not up to the job and can't speak intelligently next to the leaders of foreign countries, he will be worthy of the names he is called.

To: JDN who wrote (152927)	6/13/2001 5:05:35 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

J, this is an interesting comparison. I had never heard about the first rapist losing his head. Interesting take on media bias. Dubya's Euro-Flubs Pale Compared to Clinton's Moscow Meltdown newsmax.com Perhaps the media would have preferrred it if Bush had exploded in a rage at Aznar and stormed out on the King and Queen - which is exactly what Clinton did to NBC reporter Jim Miklaszewski during his maiden trip to Moscow. It was Jan. 12, 1994, the day Attorney General Janet Reno was ordered by the White House to appoint a special counsel to examine Whitewater. The move was supposed to take the media heat off the Clintons. From here on out, all scandal questions could be answered: "I can't comment since that's currently under investigation." But instead, during an in-studio interview the White House hoped would showcase Clinton as a master of foreign policy, Miklaszewski wanted to get his reaction to the latest Whitewater news. Immediately Clinton's face reddened, furious at the NBC reporter's gall for letting scandal intrude when he was trying to play statesman. Then the reporter dared to ask a follow-up question. Suddenly, right there on network television, the supposedly smooth politician exploded. Clinton leapt to his feet, tore the microphone from his jacket, and barked at Miklaszewski: "You had your two questions. I'm sorry you're not interested in the trip." In a rage the leader of the free world stormed off the NBC set, leaving reporter Miklaszewski fumbling for words. Clinton's outburst was far and away the most embarassing and uncomfortable moment in the history of presidential television coverage. Still, by and large, the press treated his televised temper tanrum almost as if it had never happened. Headlines like "Clinton Has Scandal Meltdown on Russian Trip" and "Prez Storms Out of Whitewater Interview" - if they were written at all - were nixed by newsroom editors. In fact, the humiliating incident drew only passing mention in the next day's print coverage. One reporter who did think Clinton's Moscow breakdown was a big deal was ABC's Ted Koppel, who grilled him about it the next day. "Yesterday you lost it," Koppel scolded Clinton. "You lost your touch. You didn't handle the Miklaszewski interview very well. ... Was it fatigue, was it just the frustration of having [Whitewater] come up? ... It just strikes me as strange that you didn't handle it better." Clinton responded that he didn't think the encounter had gone all that badly. Two days later, he blamed NBC for misleading him about the topic - and tersely brushed away further questions about his fit of rage. "There's no point in going into it now," Clinton told the New York Times. "I don't have to talk about it any more." With that, most of the rest of the press obediently fell into line, giving Clinton rave reviews for the balance of his performance in Moscow. The Baltimore Sun, for instance, proclaimed that he had "shown, in essence, that he is sophisticated enough for the assignment." The Moscow trip, they said, "was a public relations success in establishing his basic credentials on foreign policy." Clinton's meltdown didn't bother the Philadelphia Inquirer either: "The President had a lot riding on last week's trip ... and he comes away a big winner. ... All the leaders he met with accepted his vision and signed onto his plans. That is leadership." Newsday's review was equally glowing: "He demonstrated an adroit touch on the diplomatic stage that matched his skill in the domestic area. His knowledge of complex issues was impressive." A rare exception was the Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page, who praised Clinton's trip in print, but observed from his perch on NBC's "McLaughlin Group": "I thought the storming out was really inexcusable. It really made no sense, and it's just indicative of how badly he has handled Whitewater all along." ..... tom watson tosiwmee