Quote of the week
after all the simpering, pandering wh press briefings where the pall of fear and public chastisement hangs in the air like cigarette smoke in a blue-highways bar and correspondents would rather pee themselves than draw the spotlight by asking a tough question, the newsweek affair seems to have struck a chord... case in point: terry moran of abc news who lobbed this hand grenade at the podium and stepped back and watched scott mcclellan scramble...
"With respect, who made you the editor of Newsweek? Do you think it's appropriate for you, at that podium, speaking with the authority of the President of the United States, to tell an American magazine what they should print?"
"with respect..." ya gotta love it... and where does it go from there...? why downhill, of course... (full transcript here...)
MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not telling them. I'm saying that we would encourage them to help --
Q You're pressuring them.
MR. McCLELLAN: No, I'm saying that we would encourage them -- Submit To Propeller
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"With respect, who made you the editor of Newsweek? Do you think it's appropriate for you, at that podium, speaking with the authority of the President of the United States, to tell an American magazine what they should print?"
"with respect..." ya gotta love it... and where does it go from there...? why downhill, of course... (full transcript here...)
MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not telling them. I'm saying that we would encourage them to help --
Q You're pressuring them.
MR. McCLELLAN: No, I'm saying that we would encourage them -- Submit To Propeller
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posted by profmarcus at
5/20/2005
