Bush: "Next time I'll just use a different needle."

[Human Torch]

Bush Apologizes for Teasing Legally Blind Reporter

Nedra Pickler, Associated Press

June 14, 2006, 8:26 PM PDT



Wallsten said Bush called his cell phone later in the day to apologize and tell him that he didn't know he had the disease. Wallsten said he interrupted and told the president that no apology was necessary and that he didn't feel offended since he hadn't told anyone at the White House about his condition.

"He said, `I needle you guys out of affection,"' Wallsten said. "I said, 'I understand that, but I don't want you to treat me any differently because of this."' Wallsten said the president said he would not treat him differently, so Wallsten encouraged him to "needle away."

"He said, `I will. Next time I'll just use a different needle,"' Wallsten said.

Wallsten said he thought that was a pretty good line. And his only complaint is that the president didn't answer his question at the news conference.

http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-bushapology,0,6675.story?coll=ktla-news-1

[question everything]

1. I like this photo better

which will "justify" freepres claim about the "liberal media" thogh it is clearly missing from just listening to all the non-Faux broadcasts.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060615/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_apology

(cannot copy it, perhaps someone else can)

[Human Torch]

2. Here you go:

:patriot:

[question everything]

8. LOL, thanks. "Perhaps I should have showered after that long flight

from Iraq"

[Supersedeas]

9. arrogant piece of dawg crap

[MaineDem]

3. He really said that???

What a scum sucking low-life. And this man is President! How sad.

Did he ever use a needle? I thought he snorted the stuff.

[Human Torch]

7. And you know what the interesting part is?

I read the "needle" remark earlier today. I went back to Yahoo News, then Google News, and couldn't find it. At least 3/4 of the news agencies are running it as s straight apology / "he didn't know" piece. The other 1/4 have the full bit.

DAMN that Liberal Media!

:evilgrin:

[gratuitous]

4. Wallsten's complaint is that Bush didn't answer his question

What, is he looking for some kind of special treatment just because he's legally blind? Bush doesn't answer anybody's question, dummy.

[Cosmocat]

5. "I needle you guys out of affection,"'

Yeah, OK ...

[Human Torch]

6. "But seriously, I kid the Elephant Man..."

...an "in joke" from an old episode of SCTV...couldn't resist. Fans of the series will undoubtedly recognize it.

:evilgrin:

[lindisfarne]

10. "Bully" is a much better word for it. Bush uses his nicknames and

"needling" as ways to bully people - to show that he can do it, to establish a hierarchy with others.

[allalone]

11. I kid with love

isn't that a line that cheesy Catskill comdians used to use?