The Press Conference
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Tuesday, April 13, 2004
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Believe it or not, I completely forgot about it. D’oh.
Plenty of bloggy coverage out there:
- Glenn Reynolds is bemused that WaPo had a summary of it beforehand
- Kevin Drum simulblogged and has mixed reviews
- Spoons missed part of it but had mixed reviews
- Blackfive thought Bush “didn’t do so well” and repeated his talking points too often
- Laurence Simon thought Bush was refreshingly candid
- Michael Demmons thinks Bush dodged every question
- Michele Catalano is impressed that Bush stood tough against an asinine series of questions
- Jeff Jarvis thinks Bush should have invited more bloggers
- Steven Taylor though the president did well but needed a haircut
- Rooftop Report hated Bush’s tie
WaPo has a transcript.
Remember Taylor’s Axiom on this one, though: It’s not the performance, it’s the sound bites. I’m very seldom impressed with a Bush press conference or speech even though I like him; the sound bytes almost always come out better than the “live” version. And it’s the sound bytes that get remembered.
Update: Robert Prather offers, “If he held more of these press conferences he would be better at them.”
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I would like him to have said: “Ahmmm…does anyone have a question for me that doesn’t imply that I directly ordered the attacks on the WTC?”
While I do think he dodges questions, I also think it was because he was getting fed up with the same thing over and over again. He just should have called the press on it, in my opinion. It was obvious, to me anyway, that they were all looking to trip him up anyway.
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