I knew, once the Bush administration chose him as a press secretary, that we were living in 1984.
It was a shrewd move by Bush, too, as the press would have at the podium one of its colleagues. He would know who the questioners would be, know how to deflect, know how to misdirect, how to work the audience.
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Date: 2008-07-13 08:46 am (UTC)I never really liked him, but he was excellent at his job.
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Date: 2008-07-13 09:20 am (UTC)It was a shrewd move by Bush, too, as the press would have at the podium one of its colleagues. He would know who the questioners would be, know how to deflect, know how to misdirect, how to work the audience.