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La_Serpiente Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 03:13 PM
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Bush's interview will be presented in a "sinful" British tabloid.
Prez in Topless Tabloid
London Paper Nabs Rare Bush Exclusive

President Bush has gone down-market.

After coming to office with a vow to restore dignity to the White House, the president yesterday took a brief sabbatical from that effort: He granted an exclusive interview to a British tabloid that features daily photographs of nude women and articles akin to those found in our own National Enquirer.

Press secretary Scott McClellan broke the news yesterday with nonchalance. "Good morning," he told reporters. "The president had his usual briefings this morning and just recently completed an interview with the Sun, for a discussion of his upcoming visit to the United Kingdom."

A British journalist for a more highbrow outlet was not about to let that slip by unnoticed. "Just to clarify," he asked, "why has the president chosen to do an interview with the Sun? It's a newspaper which publishes daily pictures of topless women."

Such comments are grossly unfair to the Sun. True, its Page 3 is devoted daily to photographs of women and their breasts. True, it this week named "classy Krystle, the beautiful brunette babe" as this year's "Page 3 Idol" and amply displayed evidence of what it called her "vital statistics of 32C-24-33."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43228-2003Nov14.html
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Spazito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 03:24 PM
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1. Whoo Hoo!
That is an awesome slam at Bush, I love it!

This says it all:

"After coming to office with a vow to restore dignity to the White House, the president yesterday took a brief sabbatical from that effort: He granted an exclusive interview to a British tabloid that features daily photographs of nude women and articles akin to those found in our own National Enquirer."
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Zero Gravitas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 03:31 PM
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2. The Sun
Is a low-brow right-wing paper, a perfect venue for El Presidente Bush. It is even owned by Rupert Murdoch I think.
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 03:34 PM
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3. Payback is the only reason
"Word on Fleet Street is it's an obvious payoff to the Sun's owner, Rupert Murdoch, the conservative publisher behind many Bush-friendly news outlets such as Fox News."
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Buns_of_Fire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 03:59 PM
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4. What better publication to showcase the Wanker-in-Chief?
:shrug:
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DulceDecorum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 04:22 PM
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5. Galore
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central scrutinizer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-17-03 04:30 PM
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6. check it out
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