4/14/2004

One or Two Other Things:
Did Bush look like he was going to leap off the podium and rip the shit out of the reporter who asked why Bush and Cheney needed to appear together before the 9/11 commission? Bush gave another non-answer, "Because the 9-11 commission wants to ask us questions, that's why we're meeting," which is the answer to the question "Why are you appearing before the commission?" Unfortunately, the reporter pressed Bush to answer the actual question, and Bush repeated his answer.

Bush's basic answer was "I know what I'm doing - you shut the fuck up." And that was noticeable in a little gesture of his: whenever Bush mentioned "America" (or, to be more precise, "Uhmerka"), he pointed to himself. L'etat, c'est moi?