It's been how long?

Dan Froomkin writes:

Is it possible that President Bush doesn't really enjoy his job?

Asked by a German tabloid to name the most wonderful moment of his presidency, Bush on Friday said it came while he was on vacation, fishing on his private lake.

Bush was obviously joking -- to a point. But the thing about Bush is that he has stock answers to all the expected questions. So it's the unpredictable ones where he's the most revealing.

Remember when he was asked to name his biggest mistake and what he'd learned from it -- and he couldn't name any? (He hasn't held a prime-time press conference since.)

Froomkin doesn't say when that prime-time press conference took place. You have to click on the link to find out.

The date? April 13, 2004

Isn't that amazing? A prime-time press conference is an opportunity for the press to prepare questions and it allows the nation to watch the event. It's what used to be called a real press conference. Instead, Bush has impromptu press conferences early in the morning when most people are getting up and heading for work - or are already there. Often with literally less than an hour's notice.

The country has been fighting a war and fierce insurgency for a little over three years, and yet in the last two of those years, Bush hasn't had a prime-time press conference.


posted by Quiddity at 5/09/2006 09:44:00 PM