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President Bush’s Press Beating
Posted by Raven on April 29th, 2005
I watched President Bush’s press conference last night, and he did a good job…He was in command and he appeared very comfortable being so. Of course the media treated him terribly, but he gave it right back and it was good to see that.
Some quotes:
“I know some Americans have reservations about investing in the stock market, so I propose that one investment option consist entirely of treasury bonds, which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government,”
“Ten years ago, if we’d have had an energy strategy, we would be able to diversify away from foreign dependence. But we haven’t done that. And now we find ourselves in the fix we’re in. It’s taken us a while to get there, it’s going to take us a while to get out,”
“I think people are opposing my nominees because they don’t like the judicial philosophy of the people I’ve nominated. And some would like to see judges legislate from the bench. That’s not my view of the proper role of a judge,”
“John Bolton is a blunt guy. Sometimes people say I’m little too blunt. … It seemed like to me it made sense to put somebody who’s capable, smart, served our country for 20 years, been confirmed by the United States Senate four times and who isn’t afraid to speak his mind in the post of the ambassador to the U.N.,”
Bush gets pissed off:
QUESTION: Do you think that’s an inappropriate statement? And what I ask is…
BUSH: No, I just don’t agree with it.
QUESTION: You don’t agree with it?
BUSH: No. I think people oppose my nominees because of judicial philosophy.
QUESTION: Sir, I asked you about what you think of…
BUSH: No, I know what you asked me.
QUESTION: … the way faith is being used in our political debates, not just in society generally.
And this was my favorite:
You know, I’ve said this before to you, I’m going to say it again: One of my concerns after September the 11th is the farther away we got from September the 11th, the more relaxed we would all become and assume that there wasn’t an enemy out there ready to hit us.
And I just can’t let the American people — I’m not going to let them down by assuming that the enemy is not going to hit us again. We’re going to do everything we can to protect us.
