Was That Question A Plante?
Yesterday, after the brief appearance President Bush made with Karl Rove, Bill decided to do what correspondents sometimes do: he yelled a question. That attracted no small amount of attention in the blogosphere, and Bill has now written about yesterday's experience over at Public Eye:
Rove has been a controversial figure in this administration, the man most often credited or blamed with framing support for the war by politicizing terrorism.Check out the rest of the story and draw your own conclusions.There was no time to frame that question because the event this morning was a statement, not a news conference. So I asked a more direct one. I thought it unlikely that they would answer, but it's always worth a try.
This isn't the first time I've been blasted for yelling. Twenty or so years ago, I yelled a question at President Reagan as he left the Rose Garden after the annual Teacher of the Year ceremony.
One woman wrote to tell me that I was a guest in the President's house and ought to be behave as one.
Ten years ago, I asked President Clinton a question which brought a red-faced angry response.
The point is that reporters are not here as guests. We're here to ask questions.
One thing is sure: we haven't heard the last of Karl Rove. Or Bill Plante.