[LarryM]

If there is any doubt that Bush is a coward, then this dispels it. Since he is afraid of being bashed by the left, he is trying to appease them. It is no different than his capitulation to the Saudi dictatorship.

[Poohbah]

I dunno about you, but I'd rather have Bill Clinton talking to a bunch of nobodies in East Timor--all of whom hate his guts--than talking to an ever-fawning press here in the USA.