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rfranklin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 06:49 AM
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Anyone have a link to Bush unable to answer Dutch students?
I want to write a LTTE about what an embarassment Bush is when they let him out of his box.
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In Truth We Trust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 06:52 AM
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1. I don't have a link and I hadn't heard about what you are referring to but
I would love to know. What was their question for the chimp?
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 06:55 AM
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2. Isn't that the situation where they ushered out all the reporters first?
So there won't be any report of what happened, I imagine, unless the students dish. All I read was that somebody heard the first question, and it was a toughie, not at all what the little cowboy is used to getting. Do I remember that right?
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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 06:58 AM
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3. Here, I googled it for you:
ADMINISTRATION – ALL THE WAY TO HOLLAND TO GET THE TOUGH QUESTIONS: When performing before hand-selected crowds of staunch supporters, and keeping out any opposing viewpoints, it is easy to be convinced that maybe one is not really just preaching to the choir. During a youth roundtable in Holland, President Bush was quickly brought back to reality when the youths were given "a rare, unscripted opportunity to ask questions that some Americans might want to pose if given the chance." Judging by the "questions asked in the first half-hour, before reporters were ushered from the room," it is doubtful that the Dutch students will be invited to the next townhall meeting. One student put President Bush on the defensive with the issue of balancing national security and civil liberties; surprisingly, Bush did not provide his usual resounding support for the Patriot Act but rather "explained that Congress was reviewing the Patriot Act." However, the question that seemed to be the tipping point – "the last heard by reporters or included in the White House transcript" – brought up the exorbitant costs of the Iraq war. The young interrogator had "recently received a brochure seeking donations for poor people in the United States and asked Bush: 'What's the balance between the responsibility to the world and the responsibility to your own people?'" According to the Los Angeles Times, the president's answer "resembled a campaign stump speech."

that's from http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:41h0IaKKYccJ:www.progressreport.org/+Dutch+students+reporters&hl=en&client=safari
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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 07:03 AM
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4. But it's not responsibility to the world. It's corporations!
Forget the people. Forget the world. Corporations and their money are the only thing that counts with these people.
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In Truth We Trust Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 07:05 AM
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5. Thank you very much DemIT. You obviously used a better search string than
I did with google. I did a google news search of "bush questioned by Dutch stuidents" and it came up rather empty.
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Flammable Materials Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 07:19 AM
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6. When the reporters are forced out of the room ...
... that's when you know that you're officially fucked.
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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 07:57 AM
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7. Here's how they usually go
During a propaganda tour, President Bush visits a school to explain his politics to kids. He invites the kids to ask him questions. Bobby stands up and tells him "Mr. President, I got 3 questions":
1. How come, that although the count of votes was not in your favor, you still won the election?
2. Why do you want to attack Iraq without an imminent reason?
3. Don't you also consider the bombing of Hiroshima the biggest terrorist attack of all times?
Before the president can answer, the recess bell rings, and the kids leave the room. After they came back, Bush invited them again to ask questions. Joey stands up and tells him "Mr. President, I got 5 questions":
1. How come, that although the count of votes was not in your favor, you still won the election?
2. Why do you want to attack Iraq without an imminent reason?
3. Don't you also consider the bombing of Hiroshima the biggest terrorist
attack of all times?
4. Why did the recess bell ring 20 minutes early?
5. Where's Bobby?



Keith’s Barbeque Central
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demo dutch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-11-05 07:58 AM
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8. It was in the LA Times here's the link..
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