Reply #83: of course, WE should defend her right to ask questions [View All]

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I think his little snipe shows what a jerk he is, but I don't think he dodged her questions any more than he would have any man who was interviewing him. And, she was allowed to press forward with her nonsense.

His comment was idiotic, but her questions were condescending and presumed HIS guilt and complicity in the nonsense Bush and some of his military were pushing this weekend.

I would defer to Iranians on this, but I've witnessed some subjugations of women in some quarters of their society and his statement may have been a obliging nod to his own countrymen as he faced off with the 'powerful' American woman from the major U.S. network.

It was an ignorant swipe, but he was determined to avoid addressing her questions (presented as direct charges, as truth). Afterward, he employed the common political technique of answering her charges with his own point of view, changing the subject . . .