Is Anyone Listening?

I had the great misfortune to be woken up by my clock radio alarm blaring the broken English of the man from Crawford. President Bush is continuing to stump for support for the Iraq debacle and today's press conference revealed nothing more than a man at the end of his rope. My cat recognizes the man's lack of mastery of his native tongue but leaders shan't be judged on their loquaciousness alone. With that said, George Bush couldn't broaden his message beyond five reporters' questions. Here's what I learned from the president today:
1. there are people out there not happy with Iraq.
2. television shows some pretty bad things.
3. no one's losing his or her job.
4. all I do as president fits under the blanket of being a "war president".
5. all I do as president fits under the blanket of being a "war president".

The state of the economy? A possible shake up in Congress with the midterms? Katrina "clean up"? Why the debacle with the Dubai Ports deal? Nope; all ignored. Bush was, as usual, terribly out of his element talking and thinking at the same time and any time he was asked a question he couldn't answer, he attempted to smooth things out by joking with the reporters and cracking one-liners that sank faster than his approval ratings. As the press conference ended, the only thing more sickening than Uncurious George's dialogue was the hand-job much of the mainstream press gave his response. Listening to ABC and Diane Sawyer made me re-think those rumors that maybe she was Deepthroat...