George Bush meets the Google

If you've been busily e-mailing President Bush with kudos, questions or complaints, you can stop now; he's not reading them.

When CNBC's Maria Bartiromo got a sit-down with President George Bush recently, one of the things she quizzed him on was his use of technology.

"I tend not to e-mail or--not only tend not to e-mail, I don't e-mail, because of the different record requests that can happen to a president," he said. "I don't want to receive e-mails because, you know, there's no telling what somebody's e-mail may--it would show up as, you know, a part of some kind of a story, and I wouldn't be able to say, 'Well, I didn't read the email.' 'But I sent it to your address, how can you say you didn't?'"

As for the rest of the Internet, Bush said he had visited Google occasionally, adding that he likes to use Google Earth to check out satellite images of his Texas ranch.

Bloggers poked a bit of fun at Bush's answer; according to the transcripts he referred to the site as "the Google."

Blog community response:

"No wonder he can't get one piece of accurate intelligence. If you're using thegoogle.com, you're not going to get many accurate search results. You will get a lot of pop-ups though."
--Bring it on

"So, Maria Bartiromo asks that guy about his internet habits...which is interesting in a way. I mean, until a couple of years ago, I worked IT in the HQ of the largest Defense Agency, and when Bush came into power, the CIO still hadn't learned to use email. Or even turn on his pc, as far as I know. And he was sharper than what came after."
--The Aristocrats

"Google have not yet sent their own satellites into space, so their photos cannot be better than anything the American Government has. Maybe the technology is just more user-friendly?"
--PHDiva

"How inconsiderate! Now we'll have to hear this a jillion times just like that thing about the tubes."
--Paul Boutin