I guess this should not come as any surprise, but our president is an idiot.
We've long believed that he seems out of touch, totally unaffected by events happening around him. Goodness knows (as Rummy would say), the pictures of the abuse at the Iraqi prisons might have SOME effect on him, but apparently not. It has not slowed his campaigning down a bit, and he seemed compelled to tell us how valuable Rummy is.
But the following is from the Washington Post today. It is the "White House Briefings" column.
Bush Prefers the Sports Pages
Tuesday, May 11, 2004; 10:55 AM
President Bush doesn't spend much time poring over news coverage because it would just muddle his thinking and bring him down, he told the author of a new, admiring book about his presidency.
In the second of three reports based on his new book, "Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry and the Bush Haters," Bill Sammon of the Washington Times writes that Bush gets four newspapers -- and reads the sports pages. As for the front pages? He scans and skims.
"Mr. Bush thinks that immersing himself in voluminous, mostly liberal-leaning news coverage might cloud his thinking and even hinder his efforts to remain an optimistic leader," Sammon writes.
"I like to have a clear outlook," Bush told Sammon, who is also a political analyst for Fox News. "It can be a frustrating experience to pay attention to somebody's false opinion or somebody's characterization, which simply isn't true. . . .
"I don't watch the nightly newscasts on TV, nor do I watch the endless hours of people giving their opinion about things. . . . I don't read the editorial pages; I don't read the columnists."
"Yet Mr. Bush regularly monitors the news pages of a select few daily publications," Sammon writes.
"I get the newspapers -- the New York Times, The Washington Times, The Washington Post and USA Today -- those are the four papers delivered," Bush said. "I can scan a front page, and if there is a particular story of interest, I'll skim it."
"Mrs. Bush routinely delves more deeply into the news pages than her husband, who prefers other sections," Sammon writes.
"He does not dwell on the newspaper, but he reads the sports page every day," Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. told Sammon.
In an often-quoted January story in the New Yorker, Ken Auletta wrote about the "declaration of press irrelevance" by the White House.
Do you not find that a little disconcerting. Bush gets all of his news only through his advisors. Outside parties just "muddle" his thinking. How shallow can you be. Bush is setting new standards for shallowness.
We've long believed that he seems out of touch, totally unaffected by events happening around him. Goodness knows (as Rummy would say), the pictures of the abuse at the Iraqi prisons might have SOME effect on him, but apparently not. It has not slowed his campaigning down a bit, and he seemed compelled to tell us how valuable Rummy is.
But the following is from the Washington Post today. It is the "White House Briefings" column.
Bush Prefers the Sports Pages
Tuesday, May 11, 2004; 10:55 AM
President Bush doesn't spend much time poring over news coverage because it would just muddle his thinking and bring him down, he told the author of a new, admiring book about his presidency.
In the second of three reports based on his new book, "Misunderestimated: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry and the Bush Haters," Bill Sammon of the Washington Times writes that Bush gets four newspapers -- and reads the sports pages. As for the front pages? He scans and skims.
"Mr. Bush thinks that immersing himself in voluminous, mostly liberal-leaning news coverage might cloud his thinking and even hinder his efforts to remain an optimistic leader," Sammon writes.
"I like to have a clear outlook," Bush told Sammon, who is also a political analyst for Fox News. "It can be a frustrating experience to pay attention to somebody's false opinion or somebody's characterization, which simply isn't true. . . .
"I don't watch the nightly newscasts on TV, nor do I watch the endless hours of people giving their opinion about things. . . . I don't read the editorial pages; I don't read the columnists."
"Yet Mr. Bush regularly monitors the news pages of a select few daily publications," Sammon writes.
"I get the newspapers -- the New York Times, The Washington Times, The Washington Post and USA Today -- those are the four papers delivered," Bush said. "I can scan a front page, and if there is a particular story of interest, I'll skim it."
"Mrs. Bush routinely delves more deeply into the news pages than her husband, who prefers other sections," Sammon writes.
"He does not dwell on the newspaper, but he reads the sports page every day," Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. told Sammon.
In an often-quoted January story in the New Yorker, Ken Auletta wrote about the "declaration of press irrelevance" by the White House.
Do you not find that a little disconcerting. Bush gets all of his news only through his advisors. Outside parties just "muddle" his thinking. How shallow can you be. Bush is setting new standards for shallowness.
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