He
does read the newspaper!
White House Pool ReportThe morning began in a panic. President Bush, who has repeatedly told print reporters that he does not read the paper -- especially their paper -- was waiting for the Detroit sheets. At just before 7 a.m., a White House staffer told the manager of the Somerset Inn on W. Big Beaver Road in downtown Troy, Michigan, who was not accustomed to having The Most Powerful Man In The World in the house, "He's waiting for the papers." The manager and front-desk staff said they could not imagine why, at such a late hour, the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News hadn't arrived. One speculated that both had gone to print late after holding for the end of the Red Wings game, which came after 1:30 a.m. Others nodded in agreement. Then one young, clear-thinking employee posited, "Maybe the guys couldn't get through security." It was, all agreed, a good theory and the manager took action. He walked out the front door and looked left, then right. Seeing only swept and sanitized sidewalks, he came back in. The president never did get his morning papers.And yes, I honestly believed he didn't read them. I figured it made sense, given his complete disconnect from reality. That and the whole illiterate thing.
What's most irritating about this is that while I realize it's really not a big deal, if this was about a Democrat it would be dominating the news right now. "What compels him to lie?! Why does he feel the need to mislead us about such small things?!" etc.
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