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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
No, you graciously allowed me to have an opinion, although you have tagged it as "meaningless tripe", but also made it quite clear that you regarded only opinions which come from those with professional/specialized knowledge as being worthwhile. I respectfully disagree.
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Your sentence was meaningless because it lacked any substance, not because you're a layperson or whatever.
Your condemnation of Bush's statements is ironic given the lack of expertise - he's "nervy" for defending himself, but you're fine judging from afar, that was my point.
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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
eta - to get back on topic. Those of you who saw the press conference - what do you think of Bush's "defense"?
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I found it refreshing to see an elected official have a sort of comfort with speaking from the hip - we don't often see these guys "unplugged" and given that Bush is an unusually poor public speaker for a President, he seemed markedly more comfortable than I would have expected.
Now, it was still awkward - obviously nowhere near 30,000 people were pulled off roofs, so he's still not exactly factually correct - but it kind of reinforced my image of Bush as a guy who I'd probably want to drink a beer with, someone who is most likely a Peter Principle victim to a certain extent but likely not the functional retard he's been portrayed as in certain places. Maybe that's how low the bar has been set, but I enjoyed it much more than I expected. It's not 'normal' charisma, but there's still a little there for GW, at least enough to see how he got where he is now.