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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I thought Bush's response ("I didn't ask you that") made him sound like a jackass.
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I don't see the Webb retort ("between me and my son") in there, but perhaps you get the super-insider version of the paper or something.
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I read the story in the Washington Post, not The Hill. I wasn't accusing you of selective editing. (The Post story didn't have the part about Webb wanting to slug him.)
I guess I was wrong about your motive for posting it. Lots of conversational meaning depends on things such as tone and body language that we can't judge here. Still, I don't think Bush's response (as written) makes him look bad, given that he got a combative political response to a personal overture at a reception.
Webb has certainly made it very clear that he is not interested in being friendly, which is his right. (Didn't even go through the reception line or get a picture with Bush.) Sort of fits with his non-politician, non-diplomatic persona.
I guess I'm too polite for politics. One of my basic rules is that, when you're at a party, you don't say "FU" to the host.
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