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"Mr. Bush" not "President Bush"
NBC Today Show | 1/7/04 | NBC Journalists

Posted on 01/07/2004 7:54:20 AM PST by websterdog

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To: Camachee
Mr. Bush holds our citizens and constitution in contempt with his un-American and socialist policies.

Forget respect, he should hang his blue-blooded head in shame.

41 posted on 01/07/2004 8:33:04 AM PST by AAABEST
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To: websterdog
I recall President George H.W. Bush receiving the same treatment from candidate Bill Clinton during the 1992 presidential campaign. He got away with it and was never called on it. Apparently this is now SOP for democrats and liberals everywhere.
42 posted on 01/07/2004 8:34:39 AM PST by SaveTheChief
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To: demlosers
I don't remember hearing them say 'Mister Clinton.'

But everyone referred to him as Bill Clinton, and to Carter as Jimmy Carter. I have trouble getting excited about all this. Elected officials are our employees, not royalty.

43 posted on 01/07/2004 8:36:54 AM PST by js1138
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To: websterdog
It is going on in my local paper.

Obnoxious letter to the editor titled, "What now, Mr. Bush?"

44 posted on 01/07/2004 8:39:51 AM PST by LurkedLongEnough
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To: websterdog
I've heard many networks refer to him as Mr. Bush sometimes. And President Bush sometimes. I thought as long as he was President, proper address was "Mr. President."
45 posted on 01/07/2004 8:44:41 AM PST by beachn4fun (Have you made your contribution to the Free Republic, yet?)
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To: websterdog
Standard practice is President George W. Bush for the first print reference, or President Bush for the first reference on TV (to save air time); then Mr. Bush OR occasionally President Bush after that.

Of course you're right. They say President Clinton every time they refer to the sleazebag, and I doubt whether you could find "ex-president Clinton" anywhere in a liberal news source. Maybe an occasional "the former president." It falls within the guidelines, but I'm sure a statistical analysis would reveal the usual bias.
46 posted on 01/07/2004 8:55:37 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Camachee
I sometimes do that in posting (say "Bush"). Sometimes I say Dubya. Sometimes I say The Prez. It's called lazy typing.

But as for the Today show, it may be a calculated effort to show disrespect.
47 posted on 01/07/2004 8:56:07 AM PST by altura
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To: beachn4fun
"Mr. President" is the correct form of second-person direct address at a news conference, but not when referring to the president in the third person in a news article.
48 posted on 01/07/2004 8:57:02 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: websterdog
Get over it.

He is called 'President Bush', 'Mister Bush', 'Bush' ' The president'. As long as they don't call him 'George' it's fine.

It's all in the journalism style-book and has been used for years.

No need to get your panties in a twist over something that is so minuscule. Clinton was also referred to as 'Clinton' or 'Mister Clinton'.
49 posted on 01/07/2004 9:00:51 AM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs (I have a photo of myself with Mussolini. He's upside down of course.)
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To: Lancey Howard
" It was from the New York Times and in the (fairly long) report, Roosevelt was referred to every time as "Colonel Roosevelt".

After Roosevelt's presidency, he requested that he be referred to as "Colonel" apparently from his days as a Rough Rider. Eisenhower, likewise, requested that he be referred to as "General". When ex-presidents with a military background request this, their wishes are followed by the press and others.

50 posted on 01/07/2004 9:04:39 AM PST by Irene Adler
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To: Cicero
A news article would not include media coverage, would it?
51 posted on 01/07/2004 9:05:32 AM PST by beachn4fun (Have you made your contribution to the Free Republic, yet?)
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To: AAABEST
Forget respect, he should hang his blue-blooded head in shame.

The respect belongs to the office, not the man. I'm not a big fan of Mr. Bush either, but that's not the discussion here. But since we are digressing....

I paid close attention to Mr. Bush during the 2000 campaign and knew then that he was a moderate, not a conservative. For example, he promised a big fed education bill and some form of CFR and a form of medicaid reform, including prescription drugs, etc. I held my nose and voted against algore and, sadly, got what Mr. Bush promised. I considered voting Dem this time just cuz that would send the House and Senate scrambling to the right and I considered sitting on my hands and voting for every office except President this year to voice my displeasure. But in the end, I will be holding my nose again cuz we just can't put a Dem and the U.N. in charge of our national security.

But it's a pretty crappy choice if you ask me.

52 posted on 01/07/2004 9:50:49 AM PST by Camachee (`)
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To: LandofLincoln
Anymore legislation like the crap he has done this far, and I will do ALL I CAN to make him Mr. Bush. How is that for conservative?

I guess you're ready for "doubletalk". He's done as far as we're concerned, no votes for him! Just like that Patriot Act that screwed everyone also.

53 posted on 01/07/2004 10:03:51 AM PST by Bella
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To: Camachee
It's called NO RESPECT!!

It's from the Me Me Me generation .. they have discarded the former civil acts of simple respect for a person .. even if you disagree with his policies.

To the current leaders of the left .. disagreeing with their policies is HATRED of them. Poor things!
54 posted on 01/07/2004 10:04:35 AM PST by CyberAnt (America is the greatest force for good on the planet ..!!)
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To: Camachee
I understand where you're coming from when you say "the office" needs protection. Unfortunately I think that's a notion that's long gone due to the behavior of some of it's occupants.

I could be wrong but I'm guessing you're probably over 50 (I'm a bit younger) and remember a time when the office engendered respect.

I'm very sorry for what has happened to our country in general and "the office" in particular over your lifetime. I very much feel your pain sir (no sarcasm at all).

55 posted on 01/07/2004 10:05:44 AM PST by AAABEST
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To: demlosers
I referred to him as the” horse’s ass" when he was president!
56 posted on 01/07/2004 10:09:55 AM PST by angcat
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To: websterdog
The trend by the liberal media to use Mister rather than President started when Reagan was president.
57 posted on 01/07/2004 10:12:51 AM PST by Jeff Gordon (arabed - verb: lower in esteem; hurt the pride of [syn: mortify, chagrin, humble, abase, humiliate])
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To: AAABEST
Mr. Bush holds our citizens and constitution in contempt with his un-American and socialist policies.

Then vote for Dean next time. Problem solved.

58 posted on 01/07/2004 10:13:08 AM PST by Johnny_Cipher ("... and twenty thousand bucks to complete my robot. My GIRL robot.")
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To: websterdog
I believe the NYT also does this. They just can't stand him.
59 posted on 01/07/2004 10:13:45 AM PST by nmh
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To: AAABEST
"Mr. Bush holds our citizens and constitution in contempt with his un-American and socialist policies."

Un-American?! What are you smoking?!

Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 35 months

 

Banned Partial Birth Abortion

Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy

Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty

Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court

Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California.

Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules that would have shut down every home business in America.

Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses


Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first ten ABM silos in Alaska so that America has a defense against North Korean nukes

 

Pushed through THREE raises for our military.

Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during the previous 8 years

 

Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.

Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals

Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act

Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit

Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers

Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined *collective* right


Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)

Disarmed Libya of its Chemical, Nuclear, and biological WMD's without bribes or bloodshed

Successfully executed 2 wars: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50 million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom

 

Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation to track funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's funding and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network)

 

Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed

Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.

Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia

Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE was critical.

Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the Presidency

Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the Department of Homeland Security.

Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts.

Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for bid...weakening unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based promotions/raises only.

Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House AND the Senate.

Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for Congress.

GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes)

Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.

Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals.

Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar value tax cut in world history


Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains

In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.

Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people


Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations)

Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.

Signed trade promotion authority

Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men and women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa

Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well as included a ten year Privatization option)

Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits

Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims

Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action (works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc.)

Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else -- to one in which every single American understands that he or she are responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself. " -----this quote was too good to leave out)

Started the USA Freedom Corps

Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.

Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"

Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely irrelevant)

Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.

Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.

As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger.


Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.

President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal Aliens
S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by President Bush on December 3, 2003.
It extends for five years the workplace employment eligibility authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the pilot programs from the original five states to all 50 states.


60 posted on 01/07/2004 10:18:23 AM PST by Southack (Media bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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