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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Cogito who wrote (52692)11/1/2006 8:55:51 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
Man, that really is true of Bush, isn't it? Asked in a Press Conference whether he could think of any mistakes he had made during his Presidency, he stood there like a mute.

That's one press conference not a pattern of behavior. In any case why would Bush campaign against himself. Still active (as opposed to retired) politicians tend to either side step such questions, or turn them around to an attack on their political enemies ("my mistake was underestimating the viciousness of X") or talk purely about tactical errors ("I overestimated how much support there would be for the bill, I should have delayed introducing it until") At best you get very minor mistakes about issues almost no one really cares about, or you get recognition of a mistake when its impossible to argue that some sort of mistake has not been made.
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