The Bush Interview flopped...is it any wonder?

Well Drudge Report just posted a link to mediabistro.com which is reporting that the Bush interview flopped.

Let's correct something here. The Bush interview didn't flop. The Lauer interview flopped. NBC flopped. Negativity flopped. Fake journalism flopped.

TVnewser at mediabistro.com, which you can click the link to up in the first paragraph, is saying that the interview came in fourth place last night in it's time slot behind the other networks. I'm not surprised. I tuned in for a good portion of it to find that it was exactly what I expected: Matt Lauer weakly attempting to steer the conversation into a negative and simplistic interview. As Lauer only asked about things he obviously perceived to be mistakes and gaffs of Bush's Presidency, he failed to portray anything in a positive light, save perhaps the brief mention of Bush's father reaching out and touching his arm in a touching moment after he gave an address at the Cathedral in Washington in the days following September 11th.


President Bush gave straight-forward and unapolagetic answers about his Presidency. As one friend on facebook put it, "He showed so much integrity, pride, and heart in the interview. Now that was a President."

I always chuckle when I hear about NBC's trouble. When you live by the liberal sword you die by the liberal sword. I'm no dogmatic Bush supporter. The man spent too much money, bailed out the banks at the end of his Presidency, and failed to defend his decisions and his Presidency, (although I certainly respect his reasoning. He felt it was above the institution of the Presidency to answer such idiotic and harmful statements such as Harry Reid's claim that the Iraq War was lost.) Yet he was a leader and defended America. Even if one wanted to make the argument that he didn't defend America, I don't entertain anyone's suggestion that the former President doesn't love America and isn't a Patriot.

So as I chuckle at NBC flopping after clearly expecting great success, there is part of me that's disappointed. It's too bad more people didn't tune in and watch President Bush come in and beat Matt Lauer at his own game.