Also from that chat:
Geneva, Ohio: Are George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on your list? It would seem in view of the debacle they’ve involved the country in Iraq they should be at the top of your list.
Bernard Goldberg: I’ve heard this a lot, and understand your point. But the book is about the culture. It is not about politics. The few politicians in the book are there, NOT because of how they voted on this issue or that, but because of something else they’ve done -- something uncivil, for example.
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I consider Bush’s joking about wmd to be uncivil.
Bush said, "Those weapons of mass destruction got to be somewhere" (amid a slidehsow of a messay room.)
Video:
http://www.truthandhope.org/Funny.mov
Also, if the book is about civility, why not call it "100 People Who Lack Civility?"
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