Liberal media?
CNN
Bush stands firm on Iraq, war on terror
'I don't plan on losing my job'
New York Times
President Makes a Case for Freedom in the Middle East
"We're changing the world"
Fox News
Bush Addresses Iraq, 9/11 Probe
"Most of Iraq is relatively stable."
Bush managed to not give one solid answer to the 15 questions. Here are two examples.
Excerpts from last night
Q "Mr. President, why are you and the Vice President insisting on appearing together before the 9/11 Commission?"
THE PRESIDENT "...because the 9/11 Commission wants to ask us questions, that's why we're meeting."
[followed by an attempt to make the question clearer]
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."
Is this really his answer? It's like a bad "Who's On First?" skit as played out by a child. He completely avoided answering the question, TWICE!
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.
[con't]
"I hope I -- I don't want to sound like I've made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't -- you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one."
Reading this does not do it justice. You had to see it. Absolutely pathetic. The pausing, the stupid laugh. Bush took the short bus home after this farce of a press conference.
Simply put, Bush sees the world like a child. Everything is good. No foresight or critical thinking. Only as good as his script in front of him. Can't think on his feet. He doesn't comprehend terrorism as a concept, he thinks it is something you can beat and then it goes away.
Complete press conference transcript.
[Inspired by http://www.1115.org]
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