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| President Bush Meets with N.Z., Milbloggers |
| 2007-09-14 |
| You might wonder whether the President of the United States pays any attention to blogs supporting the war effort. Is he aware of the contribution that milblogs and new media more generally are making to the effort to educate the American public on the war and convince them of the necessity of victory? You can stop wondering. I am here today to happily report that he is indeed aware, and does indeed appreciate the work bloggers are doing. This morning, I had the privledge of being among a small group of eight bloggers invited to the White House for a personal meeting with the President. We spent a full hour in the Roosevelt Room with President Bush and a few senior staff, including both outgoing press secretary Tony Snow and incoming press secretary Dana Perino. In addition to the folks in the room, we had two embedded bloggers videoconferenced in from Baghdad. After the discussion, the President showed us into the Oval Office, did some quick photos which each of us, and then led us out to the patio where he continued out to Marine One and we watched him take off while the assembled press watched us, clearly wondering "who the heck are those people?". Not surprisingly, the President did not break any news with us, but he did have a few great comments and was overall just as engaging in person as I had expected him to be. The biggest impression I came away with is best expressed in a thought that occured to me during the session, which was that anyone who sat through an hour with this man as I did and came away unconvinced that he sincerely believes in the message of freedom and the necessity of this fight would have to be crazy. More juicy details at the Victory Caucus blog. Just click on the headline above to go straight there. Enjoy! |
| Posted by:trailing wife |