Gee Dubya Dumbass held a press conference tonight. Bush has held very few press conferences and given few televised speeches in his term, so you know shit must be up if his handlers are willing to let him loose in front of reporters. My guess is that they don't allow events like tonight's unless they feel they absolutely have to.

Christ is watching Bush painful. First off, I just can't stand watching him and that fucking smirk. Then there's the fact that Bush is so awful at public speaking. This is a double-edged sword; on one hand, it's neat to see someone I hate embarrassing himself, but on the other, I almost feel bad for him because he comes across so poorly. In the end, I'm just glad it's over for the time being.

There were many interesting facts presented in the speech and the Q&A. For example, did you know that the United States wasn't on a war footing before 9/11, but we have been since then? It's true. Most of what Bush had to say was just a re-hashing of shit we've been over before with him. Saddam was bad, no there weren't weapons, but he was bad, and he was a threat because we were told he was, and terrorism is bad, and they're doing stuff to fight terrorism, and the PATRIOT Act is good, and blah blah blah. Nothing we haven't heard a billion times before.

One of the biggest blunders was when Bush started talking about freedom, and how it's a gift from the almighty. I don't remember his exact words, but he then went on to say that it was incumbent upon us to spread freedom to others. Good job, fuckwad: turn this into a mission from god. That's a real good play when we're trying to convince people that this isn't a clash of civilizations. Why don't you just go back to calling it a "crusade," shithead?

I'd classify the questions as falling in to one of two categories: questions Bush evaded or ignored, and questions Bush used to blame the FBI for everything. Like all politicians, Bush pretty much answered every question with a response that allowed him to get across whatever it is he wanted to say while completely disregarding the original question. The tried and true method of "answering the question you wish you were asked." Bush did all this in his own particular style, with lots of stumbling around before staggering his way through a response.

I also like how every question Bush was asked was initially met with a "Yeah" or "Mmm hmm." Makes me wonder if it was just some sort of cro-magnon initial response, or if he had some kind of earpiece where someone was translating the question into Dumbass for him.

One thing that was surprising was that the reporters did actually ask some tough questions. Questions which, of course, were avoided. One of the best moments, though, was when a reporter asked him something along the lines of what, if any, specific mistakes Bush could point out that he had made. That really fucking nailed Bush. He even admitted he wish that he had been given the question in advance so that he could have prepared an answer. Seeing him even more flustered than usual all while admitting that he didn't know what the fuck to say was priceless.

In the end, though, it was all same shit, different day.