At least this time he doesn’t look quite so doped up, but… JEEBUS!! What a pathetic performance! The same pious, egregious, warmed-over crap served up again and again, usually without even a pretence that it has ANY relevance to the question just asked!
So, two topics for discussion: is Bush totally losing it? And is there a sane person out there (with a net worth of under, say, $50 million) who still supports him? And if so (okay, three topics)…WHY???
Somehow I think that from now to November the phrase:
“Maybe I’m not as quick on my feet as I should be,” …
… will be followed most commonly by:
“My name is John Kerry, and I approve this message.”
Only if you had a pre conceived opinion. Since you posted the OP before it was over…
I’m paraphrasing GWB in his press conference, but he said somethhing to the effect of “…freedom is the Almighty’s gift to humanity and it is our responsiblity to spread that gift around the world.” OMG this is a crusade, isn’t it?
I once heard that GWB is a born-again christian. Is this true?
Are you kidding?
Is the Pope Catholic?
BBQ Pit in 5…4…3…
Oh, hell, yeah! I take it all back! He really recovered in those last five minutes – I thought I was listening to Abraham Freakin’ Delano Jefferson!
The man is a JOKE!
If you heard the first five minutes, you heard it all. I was listening to it over the radio and I swore at one point there was a tape error causing the program to repeat itself.
“We will change the world and make America safer” will be his demise. What a moron.
The man is incapable of giving a direct answer to a simple question. I can’t recall him answering any direct question posed. I found his response to the question regarding him and Cheney appearing together before the 9/11 commission priceless.
One thing I have to say, those who called for a slew of softball questions (as those would be the only ones allowed to ask), had it totally wrong. They absolutley reamed him. The two worst were his inability to say that anything the administration had done was in any way wrong or even less than ideal (after two direct questions to that effect) and his response to why he would be testifying with Cheney.
She even reitterated the question in no uncertain terms. “Why will you two be testifying together rather than seperately as the commission requested?” He only answered that he was looking forward to answering their questions.
…because Dubya was just blithering, repeating himself, wandering aimlessly in his attempt to give an answer.
The short answer to the 9/11 apology question was ‘no’ but instead he took a Brownian sort of path that didn’t say anything but seemed to mean that in the end.
Similarly to the question about ‘was there anything you might have done differently’ (this was before the one about 'what was your biggest mistake since 9/11, which was also almost painful to watch).
Yes, the rest of the world, somehow this man became our President. If you don’t mind my doing a Richard Clarke, I apologize to you all. We did everything we could in our power to keep this from happening in 2000, but we were unable to prevent it. We failed. We are sorry.
Republicans everywhere saying, “But… Kerry looks like lurch…” before running from the room crying.
Is it just me, or is Bush the political version of the rich guy’s ugly and retarded daughter they only let out of the basement for her birthday?
Of course, some people won’t find anything wrong with his performance, because they were ja- er, wait, I’m not allowed to say that anymore. (Can we call that the Zagadka Rule?)
Bush seems to have this notion that whatever he does is justified because he is doing the “right thing,” and that is all that matters. That is pretty damned scary.
I must say one thing I did get from the overall dismal performance (remember, I’m a Democrat, just not a rabid one) is that I don’t think he lied. I think he said things that were untrue or ill-considered, but I really don’t think he has the brains to concoct elaborate deceptions. I think he believes everything he says. Much of which I agree with. But he didn’t say anything new nor did he assure me that his plans can be seperated out from those of the Underpants Gnomes. Hey, I’d like me some Profit, but what’s step two?
I also cannot believe how unprepared he was for some of those questions about mistakes and making an apology. Yikes.
Excellent press conference! I couldn’t be happier with it. Bush struck just the right tone.
Transcript for those who, like me, just can’t get enough of this foolishness.
It is like a train crash O_o
Makes about as much sense as what a US general said recently:
“Only bite off the head of the poisoned rattlesnake”
I understand what the guy was trying to say, but… man.
I would be sympathetic to his fluency disorder if he wasn’t a blithering, amoral maroon. I almost wish he was slicker (like Condi), because then I wouldn’t blame some of us for having been bamboolzed. But the fact that he can’t even hide the fact that he’s a blithering, amoral maroon and people STILL respect him just drives me nuts.
I’m hoping most of us saw the naked emperor tonight.
With his withering in the face of mere follow-up questions from different press people, I am salivating at the prospect of a give-and-take debate. Perhaps this was a calculated effort to lower our expectations for debates again. I don’t think that strategy will be successful, now that we all fully understand the pitfalls of (nearly) electing someone from whom we expect very little.
There were so many, many obvious trips and blunders in his press conference that it is hard to focus on one, but I think that the logic of argument about the PDB doesn’t hold water. He claims that the PDB was generated because of his request. I should go to the transcript to quote him, but from memory he said something about his having concerns prior to that time. Essentially, he left it there. My question is, if you had enough concern that you felt you needed a specific PDB, did this PDB reduce your concerns? Damn! I mean, there was that reported briefing in late July that said that al Quada was going to attack within weeks. Then the August 6 PDB. Then … vacation?
I find the argument that he does not have to take responsibility because bin Laden is the one who is responsible also less than compelling. Yes, bin Laden is responsible for attacking us. Bush was responsible for defending us. One succeeded and one failed. The buck must stop somewhere. At some point, even the most strident supporter has to say, well, you just plain dropped the ball.
I was glad the press had the balls to ask good questions.
Did he say anything he thought funny?
I didn’t listen to it all and he usually tries to make a “joke”.
(loved the tie)
It was marginally better than the Meet the Press Interview. I think most folks here were kind and gave him a Gentleman’s “C” on the latter. I think I gave him a D- (didn’t get an “F” because at least he showed up). Presidents rarely answer the actual questions asked during a Press Conference, but al least they can dance more like Fred Astaire than like Jerry Lewis.
He did no better or worse than I expected. I suspect he’ll have looked fine/terribe to the hard-core partisans on whichever side mose people find themselves. Asking the prez the appologize was a stupid question. But he could have come up with a better answer.