A question from the UK press really caught Bush flat footed (cackles ensued) and made Tony Blair smile and say: "You had kind of forgotten what the British media were like, hadn't you?" (Laughter.)

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This isn't the first time Bush has been asked questions by the UK press, but he sure acted like it. Yes, the British press is a little more "direct," you might say...Makes a person wonder how our political system would operate if our press had that same level of frankness...

Q During the course of this visit it has been confirmed that Gordon Brown is going to be the next British Prime Minister, taking over in 40 days' time. I wonder if I could have both your reactions to that. And, in particular, Mr. Blair, what you say to those people who are saying now there is a new Prime Minister in place, you should go sooner? And to Mr. Bush, whether --

PRESIDENT BUSH: That's a lovely question. (Laughter.)

Q -- however inadvertently, you once said that you would like Tony Blair to stay for the duration of your presidency. He's not doing that. Do you think you're partly to blame for that?

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Great British Company

What Bush doesn't seem to understand.

Denis Horgan:

"Great British” company. If he doesn't appreciate the difference between a Great British country and one from the Middle East that he is so mad to demonize, that is being filled with corpses, theirs and ours, then there is little hope for us. The GOP leaders see this, but they have spent so much time at the Executive's feet that their knees creak when they try to stand up, even to make sense....read on

I haven't been a very big Lou Dobbs fan-you might say, but I received a lot of emails on this segment from last night. Lou takes Bush up on his challenge and uses simple logic to make his points against this deal.
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Dobbs:

"President Bush has put forth a challenge tonight that I simply can't ignore. The president yesterday said he wanted those who are critical and questioning of this port deal to "step up and explain why all of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a Great British company." Well, first of all, Mr. President, to equate any country to your principal partner in the coalition ignores that special relationship this country's enjoyed with the United Kingdom for decades and decades. This also is not just a British company and an Arab company, as I think you well know....read on"

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Sigh*...Another column, another Ronnie reference...guess Washington never got around to passing those necrophilia laws...

DIRELAND: The internationally renowned correspodent for The Independent-- the great British journalist Robert Fisk -- has been banned from entering the United States.

Laura notes the conservative dismay and frustration at the failed Bush presidency: Andrew Sullivan, Dan Drezner, Robert Novak, Robert George...notes the conservative dismay and frustration at the failed Bush presidency: Andrew Sullivan, Dan Drezner, Robert Novak, Robert George...

Meanwhile,

Via Rising-Hegemony

In Great Britain, actual journalists are doing their actual jobs. Journalism is something that is not often recognized among our major media corporations nowadays, but it looks like this, and should Americans be allowed to know such things...they might be angry:

The secret Downing Street memo

Let me summarize...

And their little war puffery was by their own admission a tool to use in the November 2002 elections.

With US or Against US, clearly means with BUSH, and not the United States.