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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Hypo:
Okay, you're the President and you're having a press conference. You're asked a question you hadn't anticipated at all, but not just any question, the question is:
Can you name (read admit) to one fuck up in fighting terrorists who are attacking your country.
Now, add 1 more fact, you're not like the guy you beat in the election (prediction SS will quote this then post "McCain"?) who would recycle some canned answer to some other question. No. Your style is to actually try and answer a question posed to you.
So rather than saying "no" which is of course impossible, you try and turn the question in your mind to get an answer.
Okay- What else should he have done? quickly made up a mistake? take a complex issue and turn it into a sound byte?
please- I know that part of the press conference is so telling to the 30% of the country that thinks like Ty, but what does it really show?
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I thought the reference to questions he didn't answer was to his inability to explain why he and Cheney were appearing before the commission together. He just plain ducked it, twice.
Halfway to 30-6.
