Last week Our Great Leader was interviewed by Neil Cavuto, right there
on Fox News.

Now we can directly compare a Fox News reporter's questioning of
George Bush with a Fox News reporter's questioning of Howard Dean.

Let's go to the transcript to see what kind of pugnacious journalism
Neil Cavuto has in store for us:


NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: Mr. President, welcome to FOX. It's great to have
you.

GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Thank you, Neil.

CAVUTO: We were thinking of you, Mr. President, we knew you had won
the election and now we have heard that you had better grades than
your opponent too in college.

Hmm. Well, I suppose this is the start of the interview.

Perhaps Cavuto needs some time to warm up.


CAVUTO: What did you think with the release of those transcripts?

BUSH: I didn't think much about it. You know, I've always tried to
lower expectations, and I feel like if people say, well, you know,
maybe, you know, I don't think you handle the tough job, and when you
do, it impresses people even more. But my view is the campaign is
over.

CAVUTO: Yes. He was billed as the intellectual, though, and you had
better grades in college.


Right... well, perhaps Cavuto will move onto something more
substantial.

Let's see... what about the economy?


CAVUTO: Let me ask you about the economy, sir. Almost any objective
read tells you that we're still doing very, very well. Productivity is
very high. Had a strong GDP report. Retail sales are very, very
strong. The unemployment rate, at 5.1 percent, used to be considered
full employment when Hubert Humphrey was alive. Do you think you get a
bum rap in the media on the economy?


Whoa - what the hell is THAT?

Is that supposed to be a question?

Uh, let's see, what else do we have here...


CAVUTO: Well, do you think wealthier folks like you, when you retire,
and maybe TV anchors too, should not get Social Security, or should
have their benefits pared?

BUSH: No, I think you ought to get Social Security, because you paid
into the system. But I don't think your benefits ought to rise faster
than the rate of inflation. And I do think poorer citizens ought to
have their benefits rise at the rate of wages, which would enable us
to say two things. One, no one should retire in poverty. In other
words, if you worked all your life in a tough job and you contributed
to the Social Security system, when you retire, you ought not to
retire into poverty. And secondly, such a plan, called progressive
indexing, will go a long way towards solving the Social Security
problem permanently.

CAVUTO: You know, a lot of economists agree with that, Mr. President.


Jesus.

Okay, one more - perhaps there's a tough question in here somewhere:


CAVUTO: I know this is a little outlandish, Mr. President...

BUSH: No, that's all right, Neil.

CAVUTO: Do you think that the focus on Michael Jackson has hurt you?


Okay, that's it. I'm done.



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