Now, the fact that the leader of the free world was tossing out some salty language isn't very surprising, but it IS news. According to news reports, President Bush was engaged in a little light luncheon banter on the subject of Israeli-Hezbollah tensions when one of the microphones at his table picked up the following:
"See the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this s--- and it's over..."
Okay. The Prez said the s-word. It's not the first time (remember the "major league" A-bomb that Bush/Cheney dropped on NY Times reporter Adam Clymer?) nor will it be the most famous (Ronald Reagan's "We start bombing in five minutes" is the all-time oopsie moment.) Remember:
- The microphone is ALWAYS on (never trust a sound engineer to turn things off.)
- The camera is ALWAYS pointed at you (and you'll always be doing something embarrassing when it is.)
- You're ALWAYS "on the record" with a reporter (no matter how many times you tell them otherwise.)
Keep those rules in mind when you're in a public forum and you'll never have to worry about about what you did or said winding up as the lead story on the news.
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