A good solid "Cloth Coat Republican" answer. However, Goody, communication is a key, perhaps THE key, part of a leader's job, whether GW personally liked it or not. cf. Ronald Reagan.
If he had this personal antipathy to PR, he should have delegated PR to someone else, and made sure it was effective.
An enduring mystery: Why Republicans, ostensibly the businessman's party, are loathe to do proper marketing and PR. Instead, they tend to fall prey to every marketing charlatan in DC and run campaigns that even a used car dealer would scorn. My advice to the RNC, use the Yellow Pages. You'll get better results.
I guess you never listened to Tony Snow. He was magnificent.
(Please cite evidence that Ronald Reagan defended himself in let's say, the Iran Contra "scandal." I think your fuzzy Reagan memory is...........fuzzy).