Bush is a fool
Did anybody catch the televised press conference on Tuesday? If you didn't then you can go to
whitehouse.gov and catch the transcript.
It was better than Saturday Night Live.
Here are my favorite bits.
Q Mr. President, why are you and the Vice President insisting on appearing together before the 9/11 Commission? And, Mr. President, who will you be handing the Iraqi government over to on June 30th?
THE PRESIDENT: We will find that out soon. That's what Mr. Brahimi is doing; he's figuring out the nature of the entity we'll be handing sovereignty over. And, secondly, because the 9/11 Commission wants to ask us questions, that's why we're meeting. And I look forward to meeting with them and answering their questions.
Q I was asking why you're appearing together, rather than separately, which was their request.
THE PRESIDENT: Because it's a good chance for both of us to answer questions that the 9/11 Commission is looking forward to asking us, and I'm looking forward to answering them.
OK. Great, you're looking forward, but why are you appearing together?
"The American people may decide to change -- that's democracy. I don't think so, I don't think so."
What does that mean? Does that mean that the American people's version of democracy does not correspond to that of George Bush's? Does that mean that he will, in fact, completely disregard their desire to end this war to achieve his own goals?
Q Thank you, Mr. President. Sir, you've made it very clear tonight that you're committed to continuing the mission in Iraq. Yet, as Terry pointed out, increasing numbers of Americans have qualms about it. And this is an election year. Will it have been worth it, even if you lose your job because of it?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't plan on losing my job. I plan on telling the American people that I've got a plan to win the war on terror.
You might not be planning on it but we are. Oh and thanks for planning to tell us about your plan. Now-ish would be good.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. In the last campaign, you were asked a question about the biggest mistake you'd made in your life, and you used to like to joke that it was trading Sammy Sosa. You've looked back before 9/11 for what mistakes might have been made. After 9/11, what would your biggest mistake be, would you say, and what lessons have you learned from it?
THE PRESIDENT: I wish you would have given me this written question ahead of time, so I could plan for it. (Laughter.) John, I'm sure historians will look back and say, gosh, he could have done it better this way, or that way. You know, I just -- I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn't yet.
Because if the reporter had wanted your staff to answer the question he would have asked them.
whitehouse.gov and catch the transcript.
It was better than Saturday Night Live.
Here are my favorite bits.
Q Mr. President, why are you and the Vice President insisting on appearing together before the 9/11 Commission? And, Mr. President, who will you be handing the Iraqi government over to on June 30th?
THE PRESIDENT: We will find that out soon. That's what Mr. Brahimi is doing; he's figuring out the nature of the entity we'll be handing sovereignty over. And, secondly, because the 9/11 Commission wants to ask us questions, that's why we're meeting. And I look forward to meeting with them and answering their questions.
Q I was asking why you're appearing together, rather than separately, which was their request.
THE PRESIDENT: Because it's a good chance for both of us to answer questions that the 9/11 Commission is looking forward to asking us, and I'm looking forward to answering them.
OK. Great, you're looking forward, but why are you appearing together?
"The American people may decide to change -- that's democracy. I don't think so, I don't think so."
What does that mean? Does that mean that the American people's version of democracy does not correspond to that of George Bush's? Does that mean that he will, in fact, completely disregard their desire to end this war to achieve his own goals?
Q Thank you, Mr. President. Sir, you've made it very clear tonight that you're committed to continuing the mission in Iraq. Yet, as Terry pointed out, increasing numbers of Americans have qualms about it. And this is an election year. Will it have been worth it, even if you lose your job because of it?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't plan on losing my job. I plan on telling the American people that I've got a plan to win the war on terror.
You might not be planning on it but we are. Oh and thanks for planning to tell us about your plan. Now-ish would be good.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. In the last campaign, you were asked a question about the biggest mistake you'd made in your life, and you used to like to joke that it was trading Sammy Sosa. You've looked back before 9/11 for what mistakes might have been made. After 9/11, what would your biggest mistake be, would you say, and what lessons have you learned from it?
THE PRESIDENT: I wish you would have given me this written question ahead of time, so I could plan for it. (Laughter.) John, I'm sure historians will look back and say, gosh, he could have done it better this way, or that way. You know, I just -- I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn't yet.
Because if the reporter had wanted your staff to answer the question he would have asked them.
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