[Republican Red]

"Paul said I was disengaged because he talked to me for 45 minutes and I didn't say a word. I wasn't disengaged. I was bored as hell and my mother told me never to interrupt"

Got to love this President. I wish he had said this during the SOTU speech.

[OldFriend]

Love the guy!

As for his unwillingness to listen to Christie Whitman spew on Kyoto......the Pres was right to simply tell her that he had made up his mind. NO KYOTO......

Tough if that offended O'Neil or Whitman's sensibilities.....they've been around the block and if they can't take it......too too bad!

[lilylangtree]

W, you're da man!

[AmishDude]

I don't know. This sounds like some sort of "bit". It really doesn't sound like W at all.

[anniegetyourgun]

Don't miss this!

[plain talk]

THAT is George Bush. I'll never forget the first time I saw a one on one interview of George Bush - probably in 1998-1999. The guy killed me. Of course, being from Texas I can identify with him. My favorite is his imitation of the woman murderer that was put to death in Texas.

[mystery-ak]

You're gonna love this1

[VaBthang4]

LOL!!! Did GW say that? Hahahaha...that my Bush!

[onedoug]

"Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep about
To find ourselves dishonourable graves."

[Liberty Valance]

LOL! Go Dubya! Barb raised him right.

[cyncooper]

Did he really say that?!

LOL!

[CyberAnt]

That is an absolute classic!! No wonder I love this guy.

[Montfort]

And if Bush had been more engaged, O'Neil would have complained that Bush constantly interrupted him.

I tend to be a very engaged, interactive, listener-- which means I interrupt people a lot. It is usually considered more polite to do what Bush did.

It is so great to have a first-rate President for a change.

[alrea]

Sounds like Bush still has manners, unlike O'Neill, or Dean.

[DrDeb]

You gotta love a plain-spoken Texan gifted with a salty sense of humor!!!!

[kayak]

Come join the fun .... :-)

[Lancey Howard]

Every time I get irritated by some Bush proposal (or by some distorted report about a Bush proposal) that rubs me the wrong way, I just remember the chilling, disgusting nightmare of the previous eight years when parents visiting Washington DC were ashamed to point out the White House to their kids, and when "stroke of the pen, law of the land, kinda cool", ruled the day. Dubya is awesome. It's really not hard to like the man and very easy to trust him. Dubya is a leader.

[freekitty]

I just love President Bush. He knows himself; that's for sure.

[Maigrey]

What a line!

[bushfamfan]

I just saw a bit of Anderson Cooper mentioning this on CNN. Of course, he 'reported' it like the President meant it literally. Saying how Bush verified O'Neill's statement that O'Neill did all the talking for their first meeting and Bush just sat there and then he said Bush said it was because he was bored. Then the S.O.B. went on to say in his 'report' that he finds economics, the economy 'boring', for the 'boring' people, along those lines. It was really nasty and shows you CNNs got problems.