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Dear @realDonaldTrump: I feel you, bro.
I once badly embarrassed myself with Leslie Stahl as well.
Would you like to hear about it?
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I once badly embarrassed myself with Leslie Stahl as well.
Would you like to hear about it?
/1 https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-abruptly-ended-60-minutes-interview-with-lesley-stahl-report?via=twitter_page">https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-abr...
/2 The year was 1989. I was 20, a junior in college, working at a CBS News in D.C. for Fall quarter doing an internship with Rita Braver, who was then the Supreme Court correspondent.
Late one afternoon I was moping about the CBS DC studio looking for something to do.
Late one afternoon I was moping about the CBS DC studio looking for something to do.
/3 Suddenly, I spotted a young blonde woman over by the copier. I figured she was another intern I hadn& #39;t met yet. Why not, I thought, walk over there and introduce myself? Only wonderful things could happen.
/4 So I strode over for a little of the ol& #39; how-YOU-doin& #39;.
In my defense, (1) it was 1989, (2) I was 20, and (3) I had been denying for several years that I was nearsighted and needed glasses badly.
In my defense, (1) it was 1989, (2) I was 20, and (3) I had been denying for several years that I was nearsighted and needed glasses badly.
/5 I walked over, leaned jauntily against the wall, opened my mouth, and yes it was Leslie Stahl and not and intern and oh shit now what
/6 [roughly from memory]
Me: . . .
LS: . . . .
Me: . . .
LS: ?
Me: . . . . so, that& #39;s a copier
LS: Yes. I believe it is.
Me: Ah.
Me: . . .
LS: . . . .
Me: . . .
LS: ?
Me: . . . . so, that& #39;s a copier
LS: Yes. I believe it is.
Me: Ah.
/7 It occurred to me that there were a number of Supreme Court briefs that I should review in order to be prepared to assist Ms. Braver at upcoming arguments, and so I went to review them for several hours in a convenient stairwell.
/8 I did not encounter Ms. Stahl again.
As it turns out you can do a whole lot of work in journalism without necessarily going into the office or without taking off a hat and sunglasses if you do. Also now I walk out of the room when she comes on 60 minutes.
As it turns out you can do a whole lot of work in journalism without necessarily going into the office or without taking off a hat and sunglasses if you do. Also now I walk out of the room when she comes on 60 minutes.
/9 My point, @realDonaldTrump, is that we all have foibles and lapses in judgment and periods of immaturity, and if you just hang in there 30 years, give or take, I& #39;m sure humiliating yourself will sting somewhat less most of the time.
Very truly yours,
Ken
Very truly yours,
Ken
