Word: stolberg
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...gyrations, you're looking beautiful today, Dave." After a slightly rocky start, Bush even felt bold enough to mockingly chastise one journalist's query about "the eavesdropping program." "We call it the 'terrorist surveillance program,'" he interjected, eyebrows wriggling. Then there was a forcefully jocular exchange with Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times, who explained her rather informal greeting - "Hi, Mr. President" - by saying "We're a friendly newspaper." The gathered reporters started giggling even before Bush could deliver the pat punchline: "Let me just say, I'd hate to see unfriendly...
...Bush's joshing with the press hardly indicates he's friendly with them. If anything, it's a reminder that he's the one with authority to snap towels. (Something about President Bush's fraternity-guy demeanor demands that particular colloquialism.) His back-and-forth with Stolberg, for instance, started because Bush clearly objected to a greeting with any number of syllables less than two. This, moments after flirting with David Gregory. Don't forget who's in charge, okay...