Remember Carole Coleman, that awesome Irish reporter who interviewed Bush last year? She has written a personal recount of the entire event, before, during, and after the interview. A really fascinating read.
[A White House press officer's assistant] suggested that I ask the president about the yellow suit the taoiseach had worn the previous week at the G8 Summit on Sea Island in Georgia. I laughed loudly and then stopped to study his face for signs that he was joking — but he didn’t appear to be. “The president has a good comment on that,” he said.
“Mr President, thank you very much.”
“You’re welcome,” he replied, still half-smiling and half-frowning.
It was over. I felt like a delinquent child who had been reprimanded by a stern, unwavering father. My face must have been the same colour as my suit. Yet I also knew that we had discussed some important issues — probably more candidly than I had heard from President Bush in some time.
I was removing my microphone when he addressed me.
“Is that how you do it in Ireland — interrupting people all the time?”
I froze. He was not happy with me and was letting me know it.
“Yes,” I stuttered, determined to maintain my own half-smile.
I think she did the right thing. She can look at herself in the mirror every day, unlike most of the clowns (posing as journalists)here in the USA who should be horsewhipped for facilitating this lunatics efforts to make World War Three a reality.