As I listened to the news on the radio today, I heard a very strange thing. An actual interview with President Bush. Wha?!
The President's interview today was so remarkable because of its past absence. To my knowledge, this was the President's very first interview with NPR after more than 5 years in office. It took me aback because I realized just how rare such an interview was and what a huge change in behavior it reflects.
For years, I have heard excerpts from speeches and interviews the president has made to other groups, almost always being military schools, veterans groups or FOX News. But National Public Radio, our nation's only commercial-free news outlet partially funded by tax dollars, never got access to the President. For the first time ever, the President has come to my house to talk to me and let me say, it was a welcome change.
Until now. What's next? A fireside chat with President Cheney? One can hope.
