Howie Kurtz's sole remark on Gropegate

[kskiska]

Aside from a blurb from Maureen Dowd's column, this is all he had to say at the very end of his column:

Finally, did you get a look at Bush's hands-on diplomacy with Angela Merkel? Is it me, or does she look not all that thrilled at the shoulder massage?

Is that all there is?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI2005041100587.html

[bridgit]

1. she looked as though she was creeped out to the core of her spinal...

fluid x( her response was similar to a 'break maneuver' women are shown in rape-by-attacker classes

[Spazito]

2. LOL, Howie probably thinks that miniscule, content- empty comment

is the ultimate in criticism of bush and, just watch, he will allude to it whenever anyone accuses him of being a bush shill.

[flowomo]

3. boy, you really are from the cup-half-empty school....

He mentioned it in a column read by millions. It's a negative comment on Bush. He raises curiousity about the incident. People will Google; they'll see video; they might even come here.

I'd say: half-full and grateful for it (since he could have said nothing at all)

[Spazito]

5. The President of the United States humiliates and embarasses

his country at a World Summit,inappropriately manhandles the Chancellor of Germany, a female, and you think this:

"Finally, did you get a look at Bush's hands-on diplomacy with Angela Merkel? Is it me, or does she look not all that thrilled at the shoulder massage?"

is all that is needed to be said?


Wow.

[flowomo]

6. nope, but it's better than nothing.

[Spazito]

7. Ahhh n/t

[flowomo]

8. if Kurtz is such a bought-and-sold shill....

then I'd expect silence. Instead, he keeps the issue alive (albeit just by a teeny amount). Grrrreat, I say. :)

[Spazito]

11. If it had been Clinton, do you believe he would have practiced the

same brevity? I highly doubt it. His little throw-away comment means nothing, imo. Why didn't he provide a link to the German site, now, had he done that, I might be a little less critical. Howie is a shill, imo, and this mention changes nothing for me, he is still a shill. Were he to write a column, hell even a mere paragraph about at bush behaved at the G8 Summit and how it reflects poorly on the US, I would be the first to applaud him.

Edited to add: I have to eat crow, I could delete my words that are forcing me to eat crow but that would be dishonest. It is these words:

Why didn't he provide a link to the German site, now, had he done that, I might be a little less critical.

that are causing me to pluck feathers from my teeth, as he DID provide the link to the German article. I apologize to both Howie, like he cares, lol, and to the poster to whom I responded. Anyone know of a good sauce that goes well with crow?

[flowomo]

13. all is forgven.... see my other posting.... "anybody read German"

in GD if you want some real laughs

[Spazito]

14. Will do, it was that post , when you first posted it, that made me realize

crow was in order. I will check it out again to see the responses, I have no doubt it will have some good stuff!

[CatWoman]

4. If it were Clinton, he would have written a 10-page manifesto

:hi:

[NYCGirl]

9. But then Clinton was actually known (at various times) to make love,

and not war.

[Mandate My Ass]

12. In private

Why anybody gives a rat's behind about the sex lives of people other than themselves and their partner is beyond me. This isn't about the sex lives of presidents, this is about grossly inappropriate and insulting behavior toward a female head of state at a world summit. :eyes:

"Clinton did it" is so 2000. :eyes:

[NYCGirl]

15. What I'm pointing out is that the media loves to report on SEXY people —

of which Bush is not one.

[Little Star]

10. How come our media isn't

playing that clip 24/7 like they did Putin's belly kiss....:sarcasm: