George H.W. Bush: “I strongly support the EC - 12 declaration in response to the Iranian threats against Rushdie.”

bigotry seems emboldened.

I think you are engaging in the soft bigotry of low expectations.

American officials must heed the lessons of the short-lived coup in 2002, when Bush Administration support for Chavez's ouster undermined America's standing in the region and damaged our credibility as a defender of democracy.

I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy that we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. I mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it's important for the media to call to account…