An Interview With President Bush
Michael Barone
This afternoon I had the privilege of being one of eight columnists interviewing George W. Bush in the Oval Office. The others were ... Like many others who have been with Bush in the Oval Office, I have found him to be much more articulate and forceful in that setting than he often is in press conferences or in taking questions from traveling reporters. The interview was on the record, so we are posting an MP3 audio recording (High bandwidth | Low bandwidth) of the whole hour. I think you'll find it compelling listening. ...
I'll just make a few observations here. ...
Barone On Bush
Ed Morrissey
One of my favorite analysts, Michael Barone, pens a must-read blog about his meeting with George Bush. The President has decided to go full tilt on defending the mission in Iraq, and Barone covers the effort: ...
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Listen in on a White House meeting
By Michelle Malkin
Thanks to Michael Barone, whose excellent US News.com blog is a model for dinosaur MSM journalists who are still stuck in the 20th century, you can listen to an hour-long discussion President Bush had with eight conservative columnists. It's a terrific public service to post the entire on-the-record conversation. More mainstream media outlets should do this. ...
... By the way: Bush met the last question--about the possibility of impeached federal judge Rep. Alcee Hastings chairing the House intelligence committee--with dead silence. Several of the columnists are heard murmuring: "It's not gonna happen."
Let's make sure it doesn't.