White House reporters lose interest in Bush.
White House reporters lose interest in Bush.
The Politico reports today that with a “minimalist agenda of an unpopular president,” correspondents on “the White House beat during these lame duck days” have become bored. Many “describe a scene where one might expect tumbleweeds lazily blowing across the finely manicured lawn on Pennsylvania Avenue.” Some reporters explain:
“You can’t attribute it all to the presidential campaign,” said Julie Mason, White House correspondent for the Houston Chronicle. “[Bush's] rhetoric is so exhausted. He rarely makes any news.” [...]
Carl Leubsdorf, Washington bureau chief of the Morning News, said that with the public interested in the campaign, and the fact that “this president’s long passed the point of getting any initiatives enacted,” there’s not a lot of news coming out of presidential day trips.
The report added that the current Bush fatigue “outranks the waning days of the Clinton administration.”
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If only it were a case of fatigue and boredom…
If only…
March 19th, 2008 at 11:09 amHere’s hoping Den Hague prosecutors don’t ‘lose interest in Bush’…
March 19th, 2008 at 11:12 amThe Republic of Stupidity Says:
March 19th, 2008 at 11:09 am
If only it were a case of fatigue and boredom…
If only…
It’s mostly disgust, revulsion, nausea, horror…
March 19th, 2008 at 11:12 amMaybe it’s time for the “reporters” to pull their heads outta their collective a$$es and ask some REAL questions then?
March 19th, 2008 at 11:13 amMaybe it’s time for the “reporters” to pull their heads outta their collective a$$es and ask some REAL questions then?
Don’t hold your breath.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:14 amA white house press briefing sounds about as interesting as watching cow patties dry.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:16 amSo?
snark/off
March 19th, 2008 at 11:18 amwell, let’s face it. it’s not like there was any useful information coming by way of these white house stenographers anyway.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:18 amIMPEACH & CONVICTS THESE TRAITORS/WAR CRIMINALS NOW!
March 19th, 2008 at 11:19 amA white house press briefing sounds about as interesting as watching cow patties dry.
Actually, it’s the same as watching cow patties dry.
Every time that GDumbya or Bimbo Perino open their mouths, they produce a brand new pile of steaming crapola.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:19 amWell, if they’re so bored, some should try their hand at, say, investigative journalism. You know, doing the job they were (presumably) hired to do in the first place. They might learn something about what’s been going on at 1600 Penn Ave over the past 7 years and, in turn, so might we. Lord knows, the current Congress ain’t going to change the timing of W’s departure.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:19 amMaybe if Bush tap danced and crooned a bit more, the press would take notice, eh?
March 19th, 2008 at 11:20 amIt’s mostly disgust, revulsion, nausea, horror…
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And utter rage… and contempt…
Don’t forget the rage and contempt, Fritz.
A stew just isn’t a proper stew w/out all the ingredients…
March 19th, 2008 at 11:20 amA white house press briefing sounds about as interesting as watching cow patties dry.
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Heh. One of my never ending chores after a wildland fire is mopping up, which in this neighborhood entails putting out burning cowpies. Once dried, they burn for a long time…
March 19th, 2008 at 11:22 amWhat a crappy job being a transcriber, er, uh, reporter on the white house beat these days.
The steady parade of idiots sent out holding five gallon buckets of BushWater out on each extended arm, and twisting in the wind to prevent their noxious messages from gagging the audience must be hell to endure.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:23 amBurning cowpies…
Somehow an appropriate image for this admin…
Do they ever burst into flame of their own accord? That’d make them the PERFECT image for this bunch. Self-combusting sh*t.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:25 amIts such a horrible boring job to sit there, turn on the tape recorder, and then go back to the office, directly transcribe what you’ve been told, and then call it news….
Oh, the horror of these poor poor reporters
March 19th, 2008 at 11:26 amConsidering the fact that they are only allowed to ask approved questions, it’s no wonder they are bored.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:26 amAnd utter rage… and contempt…
Don’t forget the rage and contempt, Fritz.
Heh heh…agreed The Republic of Stupidity…agreed.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:26 am“White House reporters lose interest in Bush.”
They would have lost interest a long time ago if the WH hadn’t brought in Show Boat Tony Snow and Perino Cat Chow-Chow-Chow
March 19th, 2008 at 11:27 amDo they ever burst into flame of their own accord?
Yes.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:28 amAmerican journalists are getting so lazy, like dogs waiting for a friendly belly scratch instead of actually earning their salaries. Really sad. How many journalists even bothered with all the anti-war protests coverage this last weekend. I heard nothing from any news channel. Thank goodness there is the internet.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:30 amNevar Says:
March 19th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Do they (dried cow pies) ever burst into flame of their own accord?
Yes.
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Wow… then they ARE the perfect metaphor for this admin.
Self-combusting piles of SH*T!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…
That’s waaaaay too perfect.
Self-igniting cow patties… who’d a-thunk it?
March 19th, 2008 at 11:33 amGiven the cow-pat theme:
March 19th, 2008 at 11:35 amKarl Rove, more than Bush, Cheney and all the other cowhands represents the Bush Adminstration like no other. He is the burning “turd-blossom” in a paper bag on AMerica’s front porch.
Well, on the other hand, voters ate it up when every debate question to bush was answered “no child left behind.” Didn’t matter what the question was. Bush only has 10 sentences for any question. I can’t stand to watch s.o.b.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:39 amTYPICAL!
When the public demonstrates significant and sustained interest (and disapproval) of something–actually, everything the days—the Press chooses to ignore the relevant subject(s) and look for something new. It’s called ADD.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:41 amBush only has 10 sentences for any question. I can’t stand to watch s.o.b.
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And no more than 3 words per sentence…
“Who dat?”
“Don’t know…”
“Don’t care…”
“Clinton did it…”
“Nu-cu-… nuc-le… atom bomb…”
March 19th, 2008 at 11:43 amNevar Says: March 19th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Do they ever burst into flame of their own accord? Yes.
Spontaneous Cowpie Combustion?
I’ve heard of Spontaneous Human Combustion, as well, but I guess
March 19th, 2008 at 11:48 amwe’ll just have to wait…and hope.
I’m sure Jeff Gannon hasn’t lost interest in Bush. George Bush, that is.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:50 amMaybe things will get a bit more interesting once the prosecutions start. What does W have to say about the emails? He should be asked every time he sticks his sneering face into the Public’s air.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:52 amMethinks these so-called reporters had better pay attention and sharpen their pencils in the waning days of this most corrupt administration. They didn’t question, didn’t report on the shenanigans then, and Bush got away with murder. If he sees they’re not paying attention, guess what’s going to happen.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:53 amThat pathetic bunch of toadying, sycophantic boot-lickers “lost interest” in reporting the NEWS eight years ago.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:54 amtook’em long enough.
simps.
March 19th, 2008 at 11:55 amWell as long as bush panders to the rich he will be protected. It is only when you speak out for the citizens that you end up the end of a wire tap.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:00 pmstick around.
he may do a dance.
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March 19th, 2008 at 12:00 pmOf course, no one pays attention to the boy-king any more. His foolishness, his doltish behavior, his ridiculous language, etc. etc.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:04 pmHowever, his ego certainly demands that he keep the spotlight on himself, so I look for him to make some stupid move soon and get the press (and the public) to pay him some attention.
Five years on, Bush says no regrets on Iraq war
bet you that statement pisses 4000 dead America soldiers families
March 19th, 2008 at 12:07 pmSo… that’s IT?
WH reporters have only two modes? Stenographer and bored?
What ever happened to the free press that was supposed to hold accountable those in power? Is tat just a quaint old notion these days?
March 19th, 2008 at 12:16 pmWell the comedy writers have always found plenty of material to write about.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:17 pmThey have never shown much interest in Bush’s WAR CRIMES, CORRUPTION, ILLEGAL WIRE TAPS, WAR PROFITING, ELECTION RIGGING, CONSTITUTION RENDERING, KIDNAPPING, TORTURE, ILLEGAL INVASION, NON EXISTENT WMD, NON EXISTENT TIES BETWEEN AL QAEDA AND SADDAM, NEW ORLEANS, CRONYISM, INCOMPETENCE, AUTHORIZING ANTHRAX ATTACK, CONSPIRING ON 911, BUILDING 7 and that is just to name a few items they could have spent a little more time on.
Bush/Cheney
March 19th, 2008 at 12:19 pmHague Trials ‘09
Last Year 2.3 million Died because of floors and stairs in the US alone! What we need to do is start a campaign banning all hard floors and stairs in the US.
Straw man on aisle 4, straw man on aisle 4, cleanup needed.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:21 pmThemanwhocantspell
Lookie, all stoopid n suh, lookie, I post off tapic crape, lookie, I doomb as rok, lookie, I not shaeprst toul in shede, lookie, I ned attentun, lookie, I 12 yeers old n piss my bed nitly.
Translation: Themanwhocantspell is afraid and ignorant as hell.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:25 pmThemanoncecared Says:
March 19th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Useless. Utterly useless. Not even clever enough to be entertaining.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:29 pmDon’t let the moron get wind that he is not their focus of attention. He’ll freaking bomb Iran just to get the spotlight back on him!
March 19th, 2008 at 12:32 pmThe report added that the current Bush fatigue “outranks the waning days of the Clinton administration.”
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On one level, that’s hardly surprising — the man has basically been saying nothing but variations on the same theme (Terrorism! Be afraid! Anything and everything we’re doing is in order to keep America safe — so if you’re not with us, you’re with the terrorists!) It’s no wonder that the White House press corps are tired of hearing the same thing over and over again — I’m surprised that they’ve been able to put up with it for this long.
On the other hand, as Stephen Colbert pointed out during his famous speech at the White House press corps dinner a couple of years ago, perhaps they wouldn’t be so bored if they had ever bothered to ask challenging questions instead of simply swallowing most of what they were told. “No comment” is, after all, still an answer — and it says more than some people think it does. If someone refuses to answer a legitimate question, that in itself raises important questions.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:34 pmThat’s the way he likes it. He pulls his shenanigans when nobody’s watching.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:52 pmMaybe the louts could try their hands at invetigative reporting–maybe they can take a course somewhere in how to do it?
March 19th, 2008 at 12:55 pmRemember how Woodward and Bernstein uncovered the Watergate scandal by asking Nixon “Are you a crook?” and the president replied “Yes I am a crook.”?
March 19th, 2008 at 12:58 pmIt’s nice to see Dubya claiming his rightful place in history; as a cipher, with nothing to offer other than displaced air.
March 19th, 2008 at 1:59 pmYes cairngman, lets start wars on countries with wood floors, and then since people die of heart attacks we will start bombing fast food joints.
And, BTW, cairngman, the number of slip and fall deaths in the US are about 16,000 with 11,000 of those being elderly. But hey, what do you care about the elderly?
March 19th, 2008 at 2:47 pmThese bozo’s have failed in there jobs for the last 7+ years, instead of calling out this murderous,traitorous administration for countless lies, and corruption-they have sat puppet-like and mindless, then “parrot” this same B.S. thru corporate media. They make me sick- I would have walked out on any function that Bush and his minions used as a platform to espouse propoganda. P.S. Please excuse spelling errors-borrowed computer with no spell-checker and I won’t waste any more of my time on these thugs.
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:22 pm