Bush Insults BBC Political Editor at Press Conference

[donsu]

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003619296


At a recent press conference at Camp David, President George Bush insulted BBC political editor Nick Robinson, the Daily Mirror reports.

Robinson, who has asked Bush pointed questions in the past such as whetherthe president was “in denial” over the Iraq war, posed a question to Bush about whether he could trust visiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown not to “cut and run” from Iraq.

Bush replied with a dismissal: “Are you still hanging around?”

Later on, Bush poked fun at the bare-pate of Robinson, joking, “You’d better cover up your bald head, it’s getting hot out.”

The respected British reporter shot back, “I didn’t know you cared.”

Bush responded with a cool, “I don’t.” The Mirror reports that Bush then “snorted disdainfully” and “walked away to laughter.”
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may smirk fall down and never get up

[acmavm]

1. An uncouth, classless, ignorant, rude bufoon. That's what the

man is. And more.

What the fuck did anyone ever see in this man to think they could 'sit down and have a beer' with the guy?

[Dervill Crow]

2. Why would anyone want to have a beer with an alcoholic, anyway?

I always wondered about the wisdom in that. :eyes:

[Amonester]

6. Maybe just to have the 'opportunity' to smash him in the teeth as soon

as such 'opportunity' would certainly present itself?

Just (almost not...) kidding!

:sarcasm:

[liberal N proud]

3. More of his attraction to bald men!

What an ass!

[NoodleyAppendage]

5. Maybe he likes things that look like a big phallus. Closet, self-loathing gay would explain alot.

J

[NoodleyAppendage]

4. One of the few truthful statements to come out of this ASSH*LE'S mouth.

I so despise our Dictator in Chief. No wonder the rest of the world hates us.

J

[lpbk2713]

7. I wonder if the USA will ever be able to repair the immense damage done to its image

in the eyes of our former friends and allies on the world scene. First order of business in January 2009 (after the indictments) should be to issue profound apologies for the previous eight years.

[baldguy]

18. When the corporate news gets people like Nick Robinson.

When is Bush going to get his "No, Mr. President, are you?" moment?

[MADem]

8. That'll ensure him some "even handed" coverage by BBC. What a bridge-burning asshole!!! nt

[yardwork]

15. Good. Go BBC!

[UKProPeace]

9. Most people over here just ignore

the criminal lunatic in chief these days most people here have never liked the maniac in the White House....while Brown is just waiting for January 2009.

[yurbud]

10. is there any physical infirmity he hasn't goofed on to the person's face?

He goofed on a bald reporter at a press conference in Crawford in 2001 AND he goofed on Australian PM for being bald:
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0828-30.htm

He did a similar one recently when he dissed a reporter who had half his head blown off:
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/58066/

and the blind reporter, and an old lady in a wheelchair and...


Isn't this the kind of behavior you have a stern conversation with your five year old about? And when coupled with the power differential, it's just plain bullying.

[ezgoingrl]

11. Good grief.

If my 12 year old son said something like that, his world would change immediately. Good job Barb, * Sr. You should be oh so very proud. I know I am.

:sarcasm: :yoiks:

[redacted]

12. Bush is worried that BBC News24 will soon be available live in the U.S.

either on cable systems (as BBC World) or online for free in broadband, which the UK has had for several weeks now.

[Supersedeas]

13. ah, but to be the Frat-Boy-in-Chef....the decider guy strikes again

[butterfly77]

14. I saw it and then when he cut off the press conference...

he said some other remark and began laughing like a big goofy kid. He always tries to make fun of someone but he can't stand anyone else's critcism good or bad.

[WinkyDink]

16. The only reaction is to look at him in silent contempt.

[fasttense]

17. We have a 12 year old boy pretending to be the pResident of the US. n/t