Election Coverage

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Originally posted by Happy Monkey
Actually, the reason Bush will appear with Cheney is that he can't come up with a correct answer every time. His problem with eloquence is the reason for the camera ban.

The cameras would actually diminish the spin. As it is, when the commisioners come out of the closed session, each side will report their spin on what happened. If there was footage, then at least C-SPAN would have spin-free information.

to a point - i agree with you. we all know bush is the king of the misspeak. his ability to fumble for words is unmatched. if he goes in and just starts blasting out answers to the same old questions we've be hearing - HE WILL FUMBLE AND MISSPEAK. and they will pounce on it. the commissioners would go after that one point until is just disgustingly adversarial. the media would play the sound bytes. and everyone will jump on their computers to quote the latest bushism. bush is in a no-win situation with this issue. he looks stupid if he allows cameras and/or speaks alone. he is accused of the exact same thing if he allows it. and let's face it - most of the people already have their minds made up anyway. if they don't like bush then everything he says will be a lie. (and yes, there are bush sycophants out there as well, who would believe him if he stated that he crapped golden eggs)

i'm sick of it. this commission is purely political showmanship. we will learn nothing new by it.