Guess Mike Wallace is easily impressed.
Bruce
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,207664,00.html
Mike Wallace Says Iranian President an 'Impressive Fellow'
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
NEW YORK - Twenty-seven years after a chilling sit-down with Ayatollah
<javascript:siteSearch('Ayatollah%20Khomeini');> Khomeini that was one of
Mike <javascript:siteSearch('Mike%20Wallace');> Wallace's most memorable,
the CBS newsman snagged an interview this week with current Iranian
President <javascript:siteSearch('President%20Mahmoud%20Ahmadinejad');>
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran.
The 88-year-old Wallace had been pursuing the interview for so long that he
had to be reminded by Ahmadinejad when he first asked for it.
A portion of Wallace's interview, conducted Tuesday at a crucial time in the
Mideast with Israel fighting the Iran-backed
<javascript:siteSearch('Hezbollah');> Hezbollah, will be shown Thursday on
the "CBS Evening News." A fuller report will air on Sunday's "60 Minutes."
In the interview, Ahmadinejad said of the Bush administration, "see how they
talk down to my nation."
During the midst of the American hostage crisis in 1979, Wallace interviewed
Iranian leader Khomeini, locking eyes with the cleric when he asked for a
response to Egyptian
<javascript:siteSearch('President%20Anwar%20el-Sadat');> President Anwar
el-Sadat calling Khomeini a lunatic.
Of Ahmadinejad, Wallace said, "He's an impressive fellow, this guy. He
really is. He's obviously smart as hell."
Wallace said he was surprised to find that the Iranian president was still a
college professor who taught a graduate-level course.
"You'll find him an interesting man," he said. "I expected more of a
firebrand. I don't think he has the slightest doubt about how he feels ...
about the American administration and the Zionist state. He comes across as
more rational than I had expected."
Wallace said he and producers Bob Anderson and Casey Morgan had been seeking
the interview for more than a year, since he sat next to Ahmadinejad at a
<javascript:siteSearch('United%20Nations');> United Nations breakfast and
told the Iranian leader that he'd like to come to Iran to talk to him
someday. Wallace admitted he had forgotten about that encounter until the
Iranian president brought it up.
Summoned to Iran for the interview, Wallace and his team waited for nearly a
week until he was brought in to speak to Ahmadinejad.
Tehran in August isn't Wallace's usual haunt; that's when you'll usually
find him in Martha's Vineyard. It's also no way to spend retirement. CBS
News announced in the spring that Wallace had retired as a regular "60
Minutes" correspondent, although he would still be available for special
interviews.
Wallace said he nearly fell out of his chair when Ahmadinejad told him, "I
hear this is your last interview."
Wallace said he replied: "What do you think? Is it a good idea to retire?"
He said the Iranian president told him it was important to keep doing
interesting things. And Wallace is already thinking about his next story: he
said he's trying for an interview with
<javascript:siteSearch('Supreme%20Court%20Justice%20Ruth%20Bader%20Ginsburg'
);> Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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