Posted on 06/26/2004 4:09:11 PM PDT by areafiftyone
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 And it is believed the President's staff have now withdrawn from an exclusive interview which was to have been given to RTE this morning by First Lady Laura Bush.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. 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.
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The BBC article says he was wearing a "vest." Is that their term for a T-shirt?
Yes.
Ask Dick Cheney or Leaky Leahy.
Ireland feels American Irish are less than pure, less than Irish. This attitude alone makes one whose Irish ancestors emigrated to the US less inclined to give them wide berth when dealing with the rest of the eurotrash, excluding the English themselves who seem to not be under the allure of stench of the French.
I don't know RTE's politics, but left or right the management can't be happy about losing this plum.
It is time for the Irish to look at them selves and then GFO.
LOL Cheney is my man. Sometimes you just need to tell people to go 'in a corner' hehehehe.
I know this for a fact, as my brother-in-law is Irish, born and raised in Dublin, and he doesn't think Irish-Americans are "real" Irish, either.
But, in truth, he's right, even though he says it without goodwill and I say it just as a matter of fact. They aren't real Irish. They're Americans...of Irish descent. The Irish came to this country and made a name for themselves and created a niche for themselves that is uniquely theirs; not shared by their cousins back in the Old Country.
I just e-mailed the BBC Jerks, and let them know exactly what I think of their coverage and manners!!!
Pinging redlipstick to this thread, but also this link at #16.
Nasty and smarmy are the words that spring to mind.
A correction is needed in the above passage, IMO, it should read,
Let's see if Lady Norah O'Donnell and Lord Lady ratface David Gregory will get the hint.
OK, so what was the Taoiseach wearing ?
Ireland had better damn well wake up and remember which end of the bottle the booze comes out of.
Lots of people (including me) are fond of Ireland, but in the overall sense of things, Ireland means nothing.
A strong whiff of Presidential displeasure can make things very uncomfortable for a lot of people.
I think they want you to believe the White House staff was making fun of what the Bertie Ahern was wearing.
'Best vest man' ... apparently, an undershirt is called a "vest" in Ireland.
Bravo! First Lady Laura Bush! Excellent! No battered women's syndrome for you. :)
'Hey RTE, GFY! ;-)'
Following in the footsteps of Dick Cheney,
I believe the new Republican battle cry should be:
FY-ATHYRIO!
Whose idea was it to have the President travel to Ireland? Heads in Washington should roll.
Why did you send a complaint to the BBC? I understand that Ms. Coleman works for the Irish News not the British.
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