Four Years Ago: Broder, Novak, Russert Discuss 'Mission Accomplished' And Bush in Jumpsuit

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Four Years Ago: Broder, Novak, Russert Discuss 'Mission Accomplished' And Bush in Jumpsuit

By E&P Staff

Published: May 02, 2007 12:15 AM ET

NEW YORK Four years ago, President Bush landing on an aircraft carrier in a jet and climbing out in a jumpsuit under a "Mission Accomplished" banner looks a little different to many today than it looked to some at the time.

Here is part of a transcript from a roundtable discussion on Tim Russert's "Meet the Press" on May 5, 2003.
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RUSSERT: And we are back. Lots of discussion this week, group, about presidential imagery. I want to show you some tape and let’s come back and talk about it . USS Lincoln, and coming back holding his helmet after being co-pilot, greeting the sailors and Marines aboard that plane. Now , contrast that to 1988, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis driving in a sound bite and photo-op that was widely criticized and ridiculed. David Broder, what’s the difference? What happens? Why is one perceived as real and the other as—

BRODER: It has something to do with physical posture and so on. This president has learned how to move in a way that just conveys a great sense of authority and command, which Governor Dukakis never did. But the other thing is that it has something to do with what they had done before they got to that moment. This fellow’s won a war, and Dukakis, to the best of my recollection, never did win a war.

RUSSERT: Bob Novak?

NOVAK: Well, I think he looks good in a jump suit. A lot of people don’t, Tim. Maybe you and I wouldn’t look that good in a jump suit as a fly-boy.

RUSSERT: Maybe an orange prison garb for you there, more likely.:wow: :spray:

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1. I can't believe Russert said that to Novak!!!

[liberal N proud]

2. Novak was right:

He will look good in a jumpsuit, an ORANGE jump suit at the Federal Prison he belongs in.