The President's interview that has the White House in a tizzy
Posted by Little Ms Purple at 5/20/2008 9:52 AM 
Categories: 2008 Election, Political strategies, All Posts
Categories: 2008 Election, Political strategies, All Posts
Ed Gillespie, newly minted White House Official, is up in arms over how NBC edited Richard Engel's interview with President Bush. HuffPost has the run down of the slap fest between Gillespie and NBC which you can read here but I wanted to give you the opportunity to see the full interview below. It seems that this started when Bush stated in his speech to the Israeli government that talking/negotiating to enemies amounts to appeasement (it doesn't) which was clearly aimed at Obama and the domestic race currently going on (even WH aides said as much on background prior to the speech). McCain parroted Bush's sentiment and Obama struck back. Richard Engel asks a simple question, "were you directing that comment to Obama?" (or something to that effect), which Bush dodged and now the White House is upset? HERE is Gillespie's letter to NBC complaining about their segment. I just don't get it. Anyway, below is the full interview with NO editorial cutting so you can make your own judgements:
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