Kai Diekmann bringt George W. mit kniffligen Fragen in Bedrängnis – das ungekürzte Transkript des Interviews auf der Website des Weißen Hauses (via Bildblog):

THE PRESIDENT: Listen, the World Cup is a — first of all, most Americans, up until recently, didn’t understand how big the World Cup is. And we’re beginning to understand. And the reason why is, a lot of us grew up not knowing anything about soccer, like me. I never saw soccer as a young boy. We didn’t play it where I was from. It just didn’t exist. I can’t even …

– I’m thinking about all the — between age six, when I can remember sports, and 12 or 13, I just never saw soccer being played.