Angry White House pulls RTE (Ireland) interview

[floda]

THE White House has lodged a complaint with the Irish Embassy in Washington over RTE journalist Carole Coleman's interview with US President George Bush.

And it is believed the President's staff have now withdrawn from an exclusive interview which was to have been given to RTE this morning by First Lady Laura Bush.

It is understood that both RTE and the Department of Foreign Affairs were aware of the exclusive arrangement, scheduled for 11am today. However, when RTE put Ms Coleman's name forward as interviewer, they were told Mrs Bush would no longer be available.

The Irish Independent learned last night that the White House told Ms Coleman that she interrupted the president unnecessarily and was disrespectful. She also received a call from the White House in which she was admonished for her tone.

little more..


http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1205871&issue_id=11063

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[Citizen Daryl]

1. How DARE You Interrupt Our King!

Now he's soiled his nappy.

[Reciprocity]

37. Yeah How DARE You Interrupt Our King!

The Holy Presidency

Bush: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet!
Democrats: Order, eh? Who does he think he is?
Bush: I am your president!
Democrats: Well, I didn't vote for you.
Bush: You don't vote for presidents.
Democrats: Well, how did you become president, then?
Bush: The blacked robed supreme justices appoint you. That is why I am your president!
Democrats: Listen. Strange unelected individuals living in ivory towers distributing power to one egotistical maniac is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical judicial appointment by people who run around in black robes who are themselves appointed by people in power.

[Maeve]

38. One difference--Bush HAS got $#!! all over him! eom

[WillyT]

58. ROFLMAO !!! - That's Perfect Reciprocity And Maeve, Just Perfect !!!

ARTHUR: Well, I AM king...
DENNIS: Oh king, eh, very nice. An' how'd you get that, eh? By
exploitin' the workers -- by 'angin' on to our outdated imperialist
dogma which perpetuates the economic an' social differences in our
society! If there's ever going to be any progress--
WOMAN: Dennis, there's some lovely filth down here. Oh -- how
d'you do?
ARTHUR: How do you do, good lady. I am Arthur, King of the
Britons. Who's castle is that?
WOMAN: King of the who?
ARTHUR: The Britons.
WOMAN: Who are the Britons?
ARTHUR: Well, we all are. we're all Britons and I am your king.
WOMAN: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an
autonomous collective.
DENNIS: You're fooling yourself. We're living in a dictatorship.
A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes--
WOMAN: Oh there you go, bringing class into it again.
DENNIS: That's what it's all about if only people would--
ARTHUR: Please, please good people. I am in haste. Who lives
in that castle?
WOMAN: No one live there.
ARTHUR: Then who is your lord?
WOMAN: We don't have a lord.
ARTHUR: What?
DENNIS: I told you. We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We
take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the
week.
ARTHUR: Yes.
DENNIS: But all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified
at a special biweekly meeting.
ARTHUR: Yes, I see.
DENNIS: By a simple majority in the case of purely internal
affairs,--
ARTHUR: Be quiet!
DENNIS: --but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more--
ARTHUR: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet!
WOMAN: Order, eh -- who does he think he is?
ARTHUR: I am your king!
WOMAN: Well, I didn't vote for you.
ARTHUR: You don't vote for kings.
WOMAN: Well, 'ow did you become king then?
ARTHUR: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the
purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of
the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Arthur, was to
carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king!
DENNIS: Listen -- strange women lying in ponds distributing
swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive
power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some
farcical aquatic ceremony.
ARTHUR: Be quiet!
DENNIS: Well you can't expect to wield supreme executive power
just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!
ARTHUR: Shut up!
DENNIS: I mean, if I went around sayin' I was an empereror just
because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me they'd
put me away!
ARTHUR: Shut up! Will you shut up!
DENNIS: Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system.
ARTHUR: Shut up!
DENNIS: Oh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system!
HELP! HELP! I'm being repressed!
ARTHUR: Bloody peasant!
DENNIS: Oh, what a give away. Did you here that, did you here
that, eh? That's what I'm on about -- did you see him repressing
me, you saw it didn't you?


Whew...I'm cryin I'm laughing so fucking hard!!!

Thanks!

:yourock:

Oh, forgot: http://www.rit.edu/~smo4215/monty.htm#Scene%203

[Bo]

69. GOOD ONE!!!!!!

That brought back some excellent memories.....I believe "lying in ponds"
is a web site.

[smirkymonkey]

45. That's great!!

I know it's MP, but did you make up the last part? If so, I would like to pat you on the back! :)

[Reciprocity]

55. Thanks for the kudos all!

My beloved husband of 27 years help me with that last bit.

[cease_fire]

52. That's Brilliant!

Way to go Reciprocity!

Once again, clever art beats power policitcs any day of the week.

[Beware the Beast Man]

64. " I'm being repressed!!!"

nt

[Maeve]

65. Come see the violence inherent in the system!

Bloody peasant...:D

[Toucano]

2. They better get dialing

They're going to have to admonish a lot of people for our tone because most of us are pissed off!

Do they have a clue about that yet?

[Reverend_Smitty]

3. Heaven forbid a news organization asks the "hard" questions during a war

It's just a shame it had to be a foreign news organization. Just another sign that American news has lost all of it's integrity

[PaDUer]

23. The jerk kept blabbing away to run the clock

as he's been advised to do as we've witnessed during the 911 investigations.. They all can go fuck themselves!

[DoYouEverWonder]

4. I think Ms Coleman was very brave

when she found herself face to face with a tyrant.

If the WH is worried about people who are rude and interrupt unnecessarily maybe they better start teaching W some manners. Good manners start at home.

And while they're at, in the words of Dick Cheney, go f**k yourself.

[2Design]

13. tryant .....that is a good definition of his interviews...they are diatrib

diatribes....his view only.....no answers...

[havocmom]

66. He wasn't answering the questions and she kept making that point

He has probably never had that situation come up. Hope some American journalists were paying attention. But I doubt the shrub will ever do another interview. :evilgrin:

[dand]

5. We need Carole Coleman over here

to replace the note takers in the White House press corps.

[Shopaholic]

78. She is RTE's Washington correspondent. . .

so I guess this means that Carole Coleman is about to lose her White House credentials and be deported from the U.S.

[Reciprocity]

86. I totally agree.

If our so called press had not been such cheer leaders for this war. We may have not gotten into to it in the first place.

[LittleApple81]

6. Boy... we don't need to do much... they are hanging themselves

How do you think this is going to play in Europe? Especially if they broadcast his interview with Ms. Coleman...It was an unbelievable demonstration of arrogance, repeating of memes, and stupidity on HIS part. She was right in interrupting the memes that everybody has heard 1000 TIMES!!!!

[Frances]

10. In the interview, Bush asks a question.

When Ms. Coleman starts to respond, Bush interrupts and says, "Let me finish."

I was like "Huh?"

Personally, I thought Bush was arrogant. He assumed this "interview" would not be an interview, but a chance for him to put his propaganda before the public.

[soupkitchen]

7. I hope she told them to "Go Fuck Themselves"

[EdGy]

8. "disrespectful" = asked smart, hard questions

This is a perfect example of how Bush tries to control the US press.

If they ask hard questions, if they do their jobs as journalists, they are threatened with getting all access cut off.

So they don't ask these questions, they don't push him when he spews his bullshit.

The interview was excellent, the interviewer was excellent.

She could tell he was not answering her questions, or answering them wiht lies, and bullshit, and she tried to call him on it, but he kept using up the little time they had by not answering her questions and acting all huffy.

Compare how he behaved to Clinton's interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now election day 2000. She was asking hard questions, and pushing him, but he answered her, he took her to task a bit, but showed himself to be smart, on top of the issues, and was able to actually answer tough questions.

Bush is incompetent, this interview was proof of it. No wonder they're punishing Irish TV.

[donsu]

9. thank you Ms Coleman, don't let the MCPs stop you

nt

[2Design]

11. he is such a wuz....he was blathering on about sadaam and not

answering her questions about usa torture of POWs

he was using that stonewalling that RW do. They just keep repeating their version of the propoganda and never answer the question....

he deserved it....

the Irish aren't the mealy mouth that our press is... they don't treat our illegal resident with respect because he doesn't deserve it...

[Frances]

12. A lot of Irish Catholics

went over to Reagan in the 80s and have stayed Repub.

I hope they see this interview.

Coleman's tone was not belligerant; it was questioning.

[Maeve]

14. I sent RTE newsonline a thank you for that interview

Also said we'd try to get her someone better to talk to next year..

[K8-EEE]

29. Great Idea, I Will Do the Same! eom

n/m

[sandraj]

61. lol, great response

n/t

[playahata1]

72. link for RTE, please.

thanks

[Snazzy]

76. here's some email addys

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

[Maeve]

77. Certainly! My pleasure

http://www.rte.ie/news/ for the site, e-mail is [e-mail]

[LizW]

15. They really are idiots, aren't they?

If they had just kept quiet, Bush's horrible performance during that interview might have passed relatively unnoticed. But since they insist on being assholes, now EVERYONE is going to be watching the interview to see what the reporter said that was so bad.

The world is going to see that the person who comes off as an interrupting, rude jerk with a condescending tone is none other than George W. Bush.

Morons.

[displacedtexan]

16. Yassar Arafat treated Christiane Amanpour the same way...

but I don't remember anyone getting upset with her.

This is so typically Bush* League!

[Jack Rabbit]

17. Carole Coleman asked the Frat Boy real questions

The Frat Boy presfers scripted "reporters" throwing him softballs to a jouranlist asking him hard questions.

Since he made a fool of himself in front of the friendly Tim Russert, you can imagine what a real journalist would do to him.

But why just imagine? If you have Real Player, have a look here.

(If that doesn't work, go to this threead and try there from the root post.)

[ixion]

20. the man (and I use that term loosely) is an embarrassment

to the US.

How many times did he say 'Will you let me finish?'. I would bet more than half a dozen. It was almost the interview reprise. As usual, the chimp, stammers the same stale backwards logic sound bytes, and does so with his usual lack of composure and grace.

I cannot recall a pResident who represented this country so poorly, except for maybe Wilson. :-(

[leftchick]

18. He interrupted her for god's sakes...

I watched the interview and it was a disgusting display of arrogance never seen before in an American pResident. He answered her questions with questions not unlike the repuke pundits do. IT seemed as though he wanted to interrupt each of HER questions with the same "let me finish the question" in order to avoid answering more questions. bush* logic at its worst! :crazy: :puke: :grr:

[TankLV]

85. Just like his daddy.

During his interview w/Dan Rather, Rather confronted him w/his comments about "being out of the loop" or "not present" when the arms for hostages crime was being committed during the Iran-Contra crimes, and king george I danced all around the question and wouldn't answer the question. Rather confronted him w/this, saying please answer the question. bush petutantly responded that he DID answer the question, Rather insisted, and bush I was clearly angry - never did answer the question. Rather was crucified and villified for "disrespecting the President" at the time.

I will never forget this. The first time I thought this group/family was really criminal.

[rumguy]

19. Bush's cowardly side is showing...

He's a fuckin' coward...a stupid piece of shit coward.

[saigon68]

56. I ALWAYS SAID HE WAS A COWARDLY DRAFT DODGER

Now look at him !!!

[54anickel]

21. Somehow I don't think an interview with Pickles is a huge loss for RTE. I

wonder if from now on, Shrub will hide behind Pickles - you know, something like "you go first honey. If they treat you nice then I'll give an interview."

Use Pickles to screen the interviewers from now on. :eyes:

[PartyPooper]

25. LOL. I was thinking the same thing.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

22. She didn't follow the script:

And it emerged last night that presidential staff suggested to Ms Coleman as she went into the interview that she ask him a question on the outfit that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern wore to the G8 summit.
http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1205871&issue_id=11063

[devinsgram]

24. Ah, a real journalist.

What do they look like, I've forgotten.

[grasswire]

26. WIMP

It's time to revive the "WIMP" label that so infuriated his father.

He is!

Wimp. Pussy. Coward.

[K8-EEE]

27. White House To Irish Reporter: WAAAAAH!!!

God what a fucking BABY! God forbid you challenge GWB's stock non-answers....good for her!

[punpirate]

46. White House to RTE: "We won't let you...

... talk with Laura Bush!"

RTE: "That's okay. We just got in the habit of interviewing both the President and his wife ever since the Kennedys. I suppose the president and his wife aren't like the Kennedys, after all...."

[laylah]

28. What a bunch of

:puke: It's Ireland...HELLLLLLOOOOOOOOO...not some smarmy, knee pad clad, butt lickin', a$$ kissin' 'Murican reporter we're talking about here....

Jenn

Edited to add that I also have strong Irish on me da's side :toast:

[DoYouEverWonder]

32. So will Ireland become a new member

of the axis of evil? I hear W needs a replacement for Iraq.

[PA Democrat]

54. Yes, that would keep it simple for boy wonder.

Ir..aq, Ir..an, Ir..eland.

I mean this is the guy that STILL cannot pronounce Abu Ghraib.

[K8-EEE]

30. Stray Off President's Script, And They Deny Access...

Just like Michael Moore said! I guess Bush isn't used to a free press that actually asks hard questions and challenges lame answers.

[havocmom]

68. Why doesn't the US press wise up? If the WH denies access, good, don't

give the assholes any press! A whole lotta problems would be solved if Rove was denied the use of the press.

It's like what Jon Stewart said to the caller who asked why anyone would be interviewed by the comedians who do his show. They wanna be on TV. Gads, reporters are that insecure? They will act the fools and be treated like excrement just so they get a minute of face time?

Guys, take a cue from Helen Thomas (long may she live and annoy) get some backbone! They need you, not the other way around! They never say anything true, so why bother to cover their same old same old?

[keithyboy]

31. Bush was the one who was disrespectful.

Plus, you get respect when you earn respect. Bush is "toast' all over the world. Such cry-baby antics when people stand up to their bullying. I thought the "adults" were in charge?

[Nancy Waterman]

39. That interview was unbelievable

He was irritable, rude, and arrogant, bragging about how wonderful America is, and how wonderful he is at saving the world. He was horribly rude to her. And that they they called HER to complain is just unbelievable. This really supports the charge that he is losing it. He basically had a hissy fit over nothing and projected all the aggression onto her, when he was the aggressive one.

[smirkymonkey]

48. That's all this administration does: Project

The project all thier evil, hatefulness, immaturity, deceit, etc. on to the other. This administration is collectively mentally ill in a big way. They simply cannot face the truth about themselves and neither can thier minions.

What a hateful little coward. It's disgusting.

[Geo55]

33. This is why the handlers try to keep him isolated......

They probably "crap a bigger one than he is , to paraphrase Ron jr.) every time he gets into a non-scripted situation....they try to aviod it , but I guess they have to take the chance once in awhile.

[peterh]

34. Great…more ammo to feed back to the Irish….

Most Presidents are warmly welcomed on Irish soil, some more than others, but definitely not this twit…


Irish Eyes Aren't Smiling as Bush Visits

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-bush26jun26,1,1156988.story?coll=la-headlines-world

"In Ireland, an American president has for the first time become an overwhelming figure of hate."

[struggle4progress]

RTE losing that interview may be a disguised blessing for their readers.

[llmart]

35. So, let me see, there will be no interview with Laura?

Wow! Now that's a huge loss (sarcasm intended). I remember one of her interviews: "He's fun. He's funny. He's a fun guy." How intellectual.

[Sandpiper]

36. Bush isn't used to anything but the softball questions

That get underhand tossed to him by the lapdog U.S. media.

[opihimoimoi]

40. People are asking for the link.

oops, of the interview. In my opinion, it was he that was rude, not her.

[Maeve]

41. If you haven't seen it, folks--here's the link

http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0624/primetime/primetime56_1c.smil

And here's what she said after the interview (at the end of the clip)
http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0625/6news/6news56_1e.smil

Note: the White House had her questions for three days before the interview and she shook hands with him after the interview--then he had his private snit, apparently

[Toucano]

70. Questions in advance? The world is this man's stage!

Strut and fret, oh mighty one, for your hour is nearly done.

Another "..tale told by an idiot", I guess.

[Francine Frensky]

75. I would LOVE to see Bush and Kerry go one-on-one in a debate

Why don't we have a debate without the stupid moderators and just let the two candidates go back and forth???

Bush was really rattled by the comment that his actions have made the world more unstable. That was a direct hit!!!!!!

[Hortex]

42. i watched the interview and

i am still blown away how fuckface can sit there and say the UN voited for him to disclose and disarm. WTF Fratboy. Didn't the inspections team go in. Didn't Iraq hand over full documentation to the UN? Hasn't it's accuracy been all but proven with our inability to find WMD?

Pease get hit by a bus.

[hyphenate]

43. Good

We won't have to listen to the Stepford wife. Mother of all gods, this fucking shit from the white house has got to stop. Don't they realize what true fuckers they're showing themselves to be? I would just plaster anything and everything (as long as it's true!) about them, regardless of what the fucking white house wants. Show the rest of the world at least, even if the idiots in the States don't want to know, what a bunch of whining little pissants this group is.

[Judi Lynn]

44. Guess what! "Sorry but the site is down for maintenance.....

It will return shortly. Please try again Later."

Looks like they're getting more traffic than they can handle.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Oh, oh! Can you believe this?

From the article:

And it emerged last night that presidential staff suggested to Ms Coleman as she went into the interview that she ask him a question on the outfit that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern wore to the G8 summit.

Here's Taoiseach Bertie Ahern with Bill Clinton.



On another trip, Hillary Clinton toured Trinity College:



More small photos of Clinton trips, some following a trip to Russia:
http://clinton3.nara.gov/WH/New/Russia/photo4.html
http://clinton3.nara.gov/WH/New/Russia/photo3.html





Greeting the people of Omagh, Northern Ireland, September 3.

ETC., ETC. Lots more photos for anyone interested in google images,
Clinton Ireland

Why is it, do you believe, Clinton didn't get into a feud with any reporters, and end up squashing interviews, and make an ass of himself when he was in Ireland?

[acmavm]

47. I really don't think the majority of the Irish give a damn what they think

http://www.unison.ie/polls/index.php3?ident=Irish%20Independent&mypollid=1233&vo=1

<snip>
Selected Irish Independent Poll:

Do you think McDowell is right to voice his opposition to US policy on the eve of the Bush visit?
yes
71%

no
29%

<snip>

[Tracer]

49. I saw the repeat of the interview last night on C-Span.

It was an appalling combination of ignorance and snottiness.

Since the interview was only about 10 minutes long, I'm sure Ms. Coleman wanted to get in as many questions as time would allow. But the Jerk-In-Chief had his own plan Ñ which was to blather on and on with his talking points and not allow her to ask more than a question or two.

The worst part was at the end when after he had told her to stop interrupting for the umpteenth time and she started to ask a follow up Ñ he squinted his eyes closed, dropped his head and put on a disgusted face.

What a loathsome excuse for a human being.

[Edmond Dantes]

60. I just watched the clip and I agree

Ms. Coleman was extremely tolerant of W's rambling. You can't blame her for trying to move the interview along. W was clearly coached to put on that "please let me finish" act, in an effort to limit the number of incisive questions she could ask.

Did anyone notice that HE interrupted HER at least twice?

[Solly Mack]

50. Hey Bush - Go Fuck Yourself!

I feel ever so much better.

[pfitz59]

51. Up the Irish!

And down with King George!

[truthisfreedom]

53. president chickenshit fills his drawers again

can't have the first murderess subjected to real questioning, can we?

[Dr Fate]

57. Must be tough having to face a press that is still free...

...dont worry Bush, you will be safe, back in the arms of CNN, FOX, NBC & Clearchannel soon enough...

[Kelvin Mace]

59. Respect must be EARNED

Aw, poor baby! What's the matter can't handle a REAL reporter? A little different than the US puppy dog press, isn't it? REAL, HARD, questions instead of a fawning Tim Russert simpering, "Yes, Mr. President! No, Mr. President! Tongue-massage your prostate, Mr. President?

David Allen
www.thoughtcrimes.org
Distrusting the Government Since 1984

[dand]

62. The coward in chief was terrified of her,

he looked like a deer caught in headlights, he knew he was in over his head with this reporter, Cheney loses it in the Senate with Pat Leahy, it is really unraveling with this pack of fucking war criminals.:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[monobrau]

63. Brave sir Georgie ran away!

I am sick of being humiliated by this warm bowl of pus.

[symbolman]

67. Where's Wonk?

Anybody got an footage that can be mirrored on another site?

I'd like to do something with this flash wise..

[Malva Zebrina]

71. an interview with the frump, Laura Bush is "exclusive"

they are probably :bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:
all over the place to be spared the horror of trying to make this manufactured, joker smiling, banal nothing ,of a cow's ass into a silk wallet or something like that.

[ElectroPrincess]

73. Here's the EU Business Sites Take on our pResident

Too funny, here's the link:

http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/040626185643.tdutxspl

"No explanation was given for the schedule change, but journalists traveling with the Bush entourage in Europe noted that the cancellation had come a day after George W. Bush's less-than-sunny showing in his RTE exclusive."

[ElectroPrincess]

74. Excellent RTE Report

Europe hates Bush, the "Toxic Texan."

A RealAudio Video ... Gives perspective:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0624/primetime/primetime56.smil

[Shopaholic]

79. So will our press have the balls to report how BushCo are trying

to suppress this brave Irish reporter? Will they even bother to report this story about Bush lodging a protest with the Irish government about Carole Coleman? Will our press have the courage to report how this one woman had more courage than all of them have combined?

[PROUDNWLIBERAL]

80. A Modest Proposal

Wouldn't it have been nice for the local IRA to have taken action against the chimp!

[MaineDem]

81. I'm sure they did

Sinn Fein - the political arm of the IRA - members were probably in the crowds. I don't particularly like the idea that I think you were proposing in your message, however.

[fishnfla]

82. Big mean weporter meanie to wittle georgie? Awwwwww

This is so pathologically petty it makes me laugh

[thinkingwoman]

83. as a journalist I have received calls

like that--attempts to intimidate me. The local prosecutor actually paid me a before hours visit several years ago when I was pressing him to charge a man who killed his girlfriend.

My typical response? Go f*ck yourself, of course...long before Cheney made the phrase "cool."

[dusty64]

84. Another tantrum,

how "adult" of him.