Terry Moran
I’m very impressed with Mr. Moran! He’s the White House correspondent
for ABC news. He asked a real humdinger of a question to President Bush
today. I thought they weeded out or at least didn’t call on people who
might ask tricky questions particularly with answers that would entail
moral ambiguity.
How much do you want to bet that Terry Moran will be on some other assignment within a month?
“I don’t know the facts, Terry”
ABC
News’ Terry Moran came armed to this morning’s presidential press
conference with a gotcha question of sorts for George W. Bush. About
Bush’s goal of bringing freedom and democracy to all the world, as he
articulated in his inaugural address, and convincing allies of the need
to “continue to work together to help liberate people,” as Bush stated
during his press conference this morning, what about our ally Jordan,
Moran wanted to know. Here’s the exchange:
named Ali Hattar was arrested after delivering a lecture called “Why We
Boycott America.” He was charged under Section 191 of their penal code
for slander of government officials. He stood up for democracy, you
might say. And I wonder if here and now you will specifically condemn
this abuse of human rights by a key American ally. And if you won’t,
sir, then what in a practical sense do your fine words mean?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I am unaware of the case. You’ve asked me to comment on something that I didn’t know took place.
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