[StarFan]

Has anyone ever heard a journalist say “Mr Clinton” as they have been saying “Mr Bush” for the past seven years?

A point that has struck in my craw for years and I never doubted it wasn't deliberate. It was Wendel Goler (sp?) of Foxnews who first made me aware as his refusal to use President Bush in the same sentence was upsetting as I expected more respect from Foxnews. BTW they used to say Former President Clinton and even that has gone by the wayside as he's now simply President Clinton.

[Mo1]

Clinton suggests tapping wages
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080203/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp_30

(SNIP)

WASHINGTON - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday she might be willing to garnish the wages of workers who refuse to buy health insurance to achieve coverage for all Americans.

The New York senator has criticized presidential rival Barack Obama for pushing a health plan that would not require universal coverage. Clinton has not always specified the enforcement measures she would embrace, but when pressed on ABC’s “This Week,” she said: “I think there are a number of mechanisms” that are possible, including “going after people’s wages, automatic enrollment.”

[snugs]

I notice that it seems standard though I doubt it will be for the current President that Americans tend to call people by the last position they held such as Secretary this or that, Mr Speaker, President etc. Has this always been or is it something that evolved over the last half of the 20th century.

[maica]

It was Wendel Goler (sp?) of Foxnews

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Yes, Wendell Goler standing right in front of the White House to make his report and saying Mister Bush used to make me cringe. Eventually I learned to live with the tv off.