The Nerve!

.....of the President of France to walk out of a "60 Minutes" interview, or of the reporter to interrrogate Sarkozy about his personal life? Which answer is chosen might be a good litmus test as to one's generation, or how one regards the role of the Fourth Estate, or whether or not the media are at all relevant any more. A lot of things....and one thing the media hardly ever, ever does is roll over on its own....hence Breitbart TV's headline "French President Sarkozy Bolts From ‘60 Minutes’ Interview." Looked like he just took off the mike and walked out. I see "bolting" as exiting at a full gallop. He didn't want to talk about his personal life; why should he?

{Mind you, I am not suggesting there was any agenda in the character of the "60 Minutes" interview, stemming from the fact that Sarkozy is a pro- U.S. President who is establishing a hard line toward Iran. Given the sterling track record of CBS and "60 Minutes," certainly no one could harbor any suspicions that there might be a political agenda involved. I'm sure that if the former French President, Jacque Chirac, almost openly hostile to the U.S. and the Bush administration, had been involved in a similar divorce, I'm just sure "60 Minutes" would have conducted the same sort of interview. I do.....don't you?}