THESE are the questions they came up with? THIS is what they want to know from the bastard running this supposed war?
One of the questioners reveals that he works for Jeb (oops!) President Persnickety accuses a woman of having made an unpleasant sound. Her heart beats wildly, she swoons, feels faint....OHHHHH HOW do you stay SOOOOOO handsome!
*shutter*
Okay. That's what's on my mind. Now, what's on yours? Yes, sir. Go ahead and yell it.
Q Mr. President, I just wanted to take an opportunity to tell you I think our country is blessed to have you as our President.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.)
Q We are very thankful that you don't make your decisions based on the polls, like previous Presidents have.
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I appreciate that. (Applause.)
Q And my comment is, is that I'm a homebuilder. I'm very happy right now.
THE PRESIDENT: You've got to be. (Laughter.)
Q But I wanted to just keep you apprised that things are good now, the economy is good, interest rates are low..... The times are good now, and I was a builder when your friend, Jimmy Carter, was President, and interest rates weren't so good back then, and those were tough times. And I just want to tell you that I'm blessed to be here today with you in this room, and we all love you. (Applause.)
.....
Q Thank you for being our President. We are all way better off and very safe --
THE PRESIDENT: Thanks. My high honor, by the way. (Applause.)
Q Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: I'm glad I did it.
Q We appreciate it. How do you -- earlier you shared with us some intimacy about how you make decisions, and I felt that was heartfelt. How do you keep it together? What do you really think about when the biggest story this week was Dick Cheney's hunting trip, and not Al Gore blasting our troops and being treasonous in his regard to this war on terror in the Middle East? (Applause.) How do you keep it together?
THE PRESIDENT:"Well, I appreciate that. That's a loaded question. (Laughter.) I keep it in perspective. There's a lot of noise in Washington. There's a lot of flattery, there's a lot of criticism, just a lot of noise. And I keep it in -- I try to keep my life in perspective. I try to -- I don't try to, I do, keep my life in perspective. And I am focused on achieving certain objectives. . . .
"So to answer your question -- and I appreciate that -- first, I'm wise enough not to fall into your trap because -- (laughter) -- there are some keen reporters paying attention to every word I'm saying. (Laughter.) But I really don't let that bother me. I got my perspective, and I got my priorities. My faith is a priority. My family is a priority. And -- (applause.) We got to deal with issues, of course, when they come up. That's part of -- it's part of Washington. It's part of being the President. There's -- issues come, they go, and they -- but I hope that when it's all said and done, people see me as a strategic thinker."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060217-4.htmlNothing -nothing- about Iraq or Iran or cuts to popular programs or spying or New Orleans.
One person -one- asked about the suffering of others. He rattles off a spiel about Darfur -mostly what everyone else should do about it, then says "And so, thank you for bringing up that part of the world. That's very interesting that you would have that on your mind. You're a decent soul, a decent soul. (Applause.)" -Probably not a good time for him to bring up the cuts in foreign aid and disaster assistance.
This must be the alternate universe Matalin went on about last Sunday. They LURVE him.
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