Bush Prefers the Sports Pages [from washingtonpost.com]-- an article by Dan Froomkin, commenting on Bill Sammon's new book, MISUNDERESTIMATED: The President Battles Terrorism, John Kerry and the Bush Haters.

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Sammon of the Washington Times writes that Bush gets four newspapers -- and reads the sports pages. As for the front pages? He scans and skims.

"Mr. Bush thinks that immersing himself in voluminous, mostly liberal-leaning news coverage might cloud his thinking and even hinder his efforts to remain an optimistic leader," Sammon writes.

"I like to have a clear outlook," Bush told Sammon, who is also a political analyst for Fox News. "It can be a frustrating experience to pay attention to somebody's false opinion or somebody's characterization, which simply isn't true. . . .

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Maybe washingtonpost.com and its parent company are just peeved Bush doesn't read their political coverage. Lucky thing Bush watches 60 Minutes II or he'd really be out of the loop.

   posted by Sal Towse at  1:23 PM|| |