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To: Egon
What Tony Snow should have said: "On a related note, please refer to the president as 'President Bush'."

Precisely. . .it is pityful the disrespect; their absolute refusal to go there. (Wendel Goler; on Fox News; has NEVER slipped up. . .) GW get Mister Bush. . .or is referenced as 'the president'; seldom, if ever; do we hear; or more importantly, does President Bush here; himself referrenced with the respect and dignity and by the title, he deserves.

51 posted on 01/29/2007 10:23:20 AM PST by cricket (Save a Terrorist - join the Democrats/Live Liberal Free; or suffer their consequences)
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To: cricket
Dan Rather to Saddam Hussein during his 2003 interview:
Translator For Saddam Hussein: With one exception. Might be important to you and the American people. In 1991 Iraq was not defeated. In fact, our Army withdrew from Kuwait according to a decision taken by us. Yes, it withdrew and -But when we were back within our boundaries, the boundaries of Iraq, the Iraqi Army was not defeated. Nor was the people of Iraq.

Iraq was not defeated in 1991. And you will remember that the (UNINTEL) were published, talking about the battles, especially the tank battles that took place in the south, near Basra., and how Bush, the father, came out on a - Mr. Bush. Mr. Bush.

Translator For Saddam Hussein: I actually want to take time to explain to you that we're always gentle, we refer to people as gentle.

Rather: I understand when he calls him Mr. Bush. [ NOTE: WE know what Dan Rather means. After Saddam explains (the following excerpt), Rather says "I understand now" which means it ISN'T the same as Saddam's explanation]

Translator For Saddam Hussein: Yes.

Translator For Saddam Hussein: When Khomeini died, bless his soul, and when I heard about his death, the Minister of Information at the time, do not gloat over the death of Khomeini. It is the law of God. That is the law of Allah. Let me tell you, in jest, I didn't used to say Mr. Bush when I addressed him when he was in power. But when -- as soon as he left power – I -- whenever I have referred to him, I refer to him as Mr. Bush. And in any case - And in any case, the law of faith says even your enemy, you have to respect his humanity. For that reason that I refer to Mr. Bush.

Rather: I understand now.

Translator For Saddam Hussein: So when Mr. Bush came out--

Rather: Senior?...


64 posted on 01/29/2007 10:34:43 AM PST by weegee (No third term. Hillary Clinton's 2008 election run presents a Constitutional Crisis.)
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To: Egon
Precisely. . .it is pityful the disrespect; their absolute refusal to go there. (Wendel Goler; on Fox News; has NEVER slipped up. . .) GW get Mister Bush. . .or is referenced as 'the president'; seldom, if ever; do we hear; or more importantly, does President Bush here; himself referrenced with the respect and dignity and by the title, he deserves.

I did not write this. . .because I know how to spell 'pitiful' for starters; and that 'get' should be 'gets' and I know here 'here'. . .is really, hear. . .anyway; nuff said. :^#

113 posted on 01/29/2007 6:32:40 PM PST by cricket (Save a Terrorist - join the Democrats/Live Liberal Free; or suffer their consequences)
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