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To: Dale Baker who wrote (9202)	4/14/2004 10:12:55 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 20773

I think I know how they prepared Bush Jr. for the press conference. There was a point where a reporter asked Bush why he had to see the 9/11 commission accompanied by Cheney, he gave glib answer. When the reporter tried to follow-up Bush got flustered and cut him off again. Then the interesting thing happened. Instead of looking at the pool of reporters to get the next question he rapidly scanned a seating map that was on his podium and picked a specific reporter by name without looking up until after he named him. (someone from Washington Times). He not only got a softball question but you could see from his eyes that he was reading the entire (and long) answer from the teleprompter. Even so, he almost lost it. A press conference is one of the milder forms of pressure that come with the office. It's truly frightening. TP

To: Dale Baker who wrote (9202)	4/16/2004 10:46:45 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 20773

It's just awful that the networks are finally kind of doing their job and showing some of the reality on the ground. Shame on them for demoralizing and disillusioning the Us faithful with truthful images! Where are the manufactured banners and the cardboard turkeys, where are the dancing Iraqi maidens to festoon our tanks with flowers? That's what they SHOULD be showing. Not. If Bush becomes anymore of an idiot they will have to plant him in the rose garden, because he will have become a vegetable.