*Ø* Blogmanac | Former Treasury Sec. Paints Bush as 'Blind Man'
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill likened President Bush at Cabinet meetings to "a blind man in a room full of deaf people," according to excerpts on Friday from a CBS interview.
"O'Neill, who was fired by Bush in December 2002, also said the president did not ask him a single question during their first one-on-one meeting, which lasted an hour.
"'As I recall it was just a monologue,' he told CBS' [sic] '60 Minutes,' which will broadcast the entire interview on Sunday.
"In making the blind man analogy, O'Neill told CBS his ex-boss did not encourage a free flow of ideas or open debate ..."
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"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill likened President Bush at Cabinet meetings to "a blind man in a room full of deaf people," according to excerpts on Friday from a CBS interview.
"O'Neill, who was fired by Bush in December 2002, also said the president did not ask him a single question during their first one-on-one meeting, which lasted an hour.
"'As I recall it was just a monologue,' he told CBS' [sic] '60 Minutes,' which will broadcast the entire interview on Sunday.
"In making the blind man analogy, O'Neill told CBS his ex-boss did not encourage a free flow of ideas or open debate ..."
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