American Town Hall Meeting

President Bush, who is supposed to be enjoying a get-to-know-me tour through Europe, has just cancelled the centerpiece of his German visit, an American-style town hall meeting. As we've pointed out before, American-style means getting the questions approved in advance. Seems the Germans weren't going to allow for a scripted event so it's been unceremoniously dropped from the schedule. Perhaps expecting someone to answer honest questions extemporaneously is considered too elitist by this administration.