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[orb8]

Does the Bush administration OK questions from interviewers ahead of time? You be the judge:
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another pretty good read about it is here:
Still, one could feel a little sorry for Bush, as he has grown so accustomed to reporters who are stenographic, not confrontational. Since he has done so few interviews outside this feel-good bubble, he couldn

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[gonzoperson]

It looks as though European reporteres don't know how to wait for a complete answer before they begin to ask other questions. It's easy to take that type of interview style and get whatever kind of response you want by just interrupting often enough and taking the segments out of context. It would help if they would wait for an answer, whether it's the answer they were hoping for or not, just to see what the result would be.

No matter, I'm sure the Bush administration could dodge the question. They've had lots of practice. I don't think I've heard any of them give a straight answer to anything, whether to the American press or to anyone else. :)

[orb8]

have you even seen the interview?

[gonzoperson]

Yes, I watched the whole interview when you had a link to it the other day.

[orb8]

this is what i wrote to heath, who thinks the same as you:

i know there's different tactics interviewers can use, but i honestly just see a interviewer who starts out asking her questions and is initially trying to wait for the answer while he goes on rambling sidetracks without really saying anything. halfway into the interview, she begin to realize he is not adressing her question, she then tries to cut him off to ask the question again but to no avail.
i also didnt really see her as a particular aggressive interviewer, not with european standards anyhow. by the end of it, she looked mostly resigned...

[gonzoperson]

Yeah, it's difficult to ever get a straight answer about anything from the current administration - Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and even Condoleeza Rice all answer questions the same way. They will ignore the question and ramble on about something else for a few minutes, hoping you will forget what you asked them in the first place. It's called "dodging the bullet" and it's something they're very good at

[orb8]

youre totally right about the actual unemployment percentages and what kindof longterm effects outsourcing will have on the economy. what is even more scary is when the baby boomers (25 million people) who have been having their pension plans tied up in tax free shelters. by 2016 (at the very latest)they are required by law to pay the tax, so it will be a mass selling of stocks, mutual funds and what have you. there are not going to be enough buyers for all this and the stock market is gonna plummet. some predictthere's a very good chance we will have depression that will be worse than the 1929 one. also the babyboomers own a massive amount of equity in businesses, houses and plain old stuff... they are gonna be selling these within the next few years. the market are going to be overflowing with things that younger generations simply dont have the money to buy

[gonzoperson]

It's all too scary. I just try to take it one week at a time and hope for the best.