Bush Is Stumped on Question of Mistakes

AP ^ | 4/14/04 | CALVIN WOODWARD

[ChewedGum]

Actually, he should have said that the Steel Tarriffs were a mistake. One which has now been corrected.

Gum

[verity]

The only mistake was not beating the crap out of the journalist!

[MrB]

left the keys in the ignition...?

left the 'W' keys on the keyboard?

[bobwoodard]

Bush is right to avoid the blame/mistake issue. Imagine the propaganda that will go on and on, if the President in any way says that he apologizes, made a mistake, etc. Example: "Bush apologizes for 9/11", "Bush accepts blame for 9/11"; much less what our enemies in the ME will come up with. Basically, nothing will advertise weakness (and encourage our enemies) more than contrition at this point and time.

[biblewonk]

It's times like these when I'd pay to see Dubya morph into Coach Bob Knight, telling the press whores a thing or two about their stupid questions.

King David would have kilt the first person that axed one of those questions then asked "Any more questions?".

[dmz]

I recruit for a living, and the strength and weakness question is in no way moronic. While I prefer to ask the question differently, someone who cannot come up with an area in which they could improve probably will not get the interview with the hiring manager. A good candidate is as aware of their areas of weakness as they are aware of their strengths. If someone can't answer that question intelligently, I'm thinking "Great, another arrogant know it all is just what we need."

That being said, I thought asking GW that over and over was ridiculous.

[Frunabulax]

"My biggest mistake was expecting intelligent, well-intended questions at this news conference."

Good answer. It's a shame he's too darned honest to lie like that.

[JimRed]

They're ticked off because his answers left the Keery campaign without new soundbites.

[Ima Lurker]

Funny, they are not harping on Madelin Halfbright who said looking back she would not have done anything differently. Sad thing is, I believe her.

[JimRed]

Kerry, not Keery! Preview is your friend, JimRed!

[eastforker]

We will not waver; We will not tire; We will not falter; We will not fail. Peace and freedom will prevail. George W. Bush,September 2001. I believe he has prety much stayed the course.

[Frunabulax]

I recruit for a living, and the strength and weakness question is in no way moronic. While I prefer to ask the question differently, someone who cannot come up with an area in which they could improve probably will not get the interview with the hiring manager. A good candidate is as aware of their areas of weakness as they are aware of their strengths. If someone can't answer that question intelligently, I'm thinking "Great, another arrogant know it all is just what we need."

Job candidates and politicians are completely different animals. The strength/weakness question is not analogous. An equivalent question in the job world might be "why did you stop stealing from your last employer?".

[IamHD]

"I'm sure something will pop into my head here," he said Tuesday. It didn't.

I feel for our president! He can do no right, ever, in these peoples' eyes. It wouldn't matter one way or the other to them, no matter what he may say! They just pick and pick and pick!

[Hugin]

I counted at least three reporters who asked the President to name mistakes he thought he had made. Of course if he had named one, that's all the media would have talked about out of the entire conference.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

We need to contact the media.
I've about had it with their negative coverage on Iraq, etc.
We need to ask them why they support Hanoi Kerry
INSTEAD of our President and the troops.
When was the last time you saw them run a story on the
positive impact of our military in Iraq, or Afghanistan?
When was the last time any TV or Cable newsroom was "fair and balanced"?
When was the last time a TV or Cable newsroom exposed Hanoi Kerry
for his treason to our country?

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[Frunabulax]

I counted at least three reporters who asked the President to name mistakes he thought he had made. Of course if he had named one, that's all the media would have talked about out of the entire conference.

Yeah, not to mention the ones who kept demanding that he apologize to to nation because our enemies fight us instead of walking meekly into their graves. They have the nerve to waste everyone's time taking cheap shots and asking trick questions, then they whine that they learned nothing new.

[ironman]

"Bush was asked in his prime-time news conference if he had made any mistakes."

AP can't even report accurately. The question was: "After 9/11, what would your biggest mistake be, would you say, and what lessons have you learned from it?

He should have said "Thinking the media would give an accurate view of the progress in Iraq" or "Thinking the media would eventually stop asking these repetitive stupid questions."

[dmz]

Try reading the post I responded to first. The poster specifically mentioned the moronic interview question about weakness. Thanks for the tip about politicians and job candidates being different, though. That might really help me in my job.

[Cicero]

What the dickens is going on at AP? They used to be leftist, but not so extreme as Reuters, BBC, CNN, or half a dozen other outfits. Now they seem to be striving to be the biggest liars of the whole bunch.

Does anyone know why this is happening, or who is in charge there? This can only be deliberate policy from the top, IMHO.

[m87339]

Of course if he had named one, that's all the media would have talked about out of the entire conference.

Reporters to Bush: "Please write John Kerry's next campaign ad."