Blatant earpiece moment

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/04/print/20040413-20.html

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Q Thank you, Mr. President. Two weeks ago, a former counterterrorism official at the NSC, Richard Clarke, offered an unequivocal
apology to the American people for failing them prior to 9/11. Do you believe the American people deserve a similar apology from
you, and would you be prepared to give them one?

THE PRESIDENT: Look, I can understand why people in my administration anguished over the fact that people lost their life. I feel
the same way. I mean, I'm sick when I think about the death that took place on that day. And as I mentioned, I've met with a lot of
family members and I do the best I do to console them about the loss of their loved one. As I mentioned, I oftentimes think about
what I could have done differently. I can assure the American people that had we had any inkling that this was going to happen, we
would have done everything in our power to stop the attack.

(GETS ANSWER THROUGH EARPIECE)

Here's what I feel about that. The person responsible for the attacks was Osama bin Laden. That's who's responsible for killing
Americans. And that's why we will stay on the offense until we bring people to justice.

perhaps you overestimate his intelligence.

But certainly this answer was prepared, as the question was to be expected.

They are both fire and brimstone spewing televangelists if you think about it. They both play on the ignorant too.

Don

the "mistakes" question came up. He was obviously trying to listen to what was being said and think at the same time which completely confused him. Not that anyone else wouldn't get confused listening to an earpiece and trying to think at the same tie. But Bush was actually frozen with confusion and reduced to babbling nonsense.

Then there are the real Presidents that don't need an earpiece. Even Reagan was superb on his feet. George I wasn't bad either. In fact every other president was not a blithering idiot like this guy.

Damn, this guy's stupid.

I did not notice he was being fed answers, though it doesn't surprise me. There were, I saw, several times that he made no sense whatsoever...I just chalked it up to ineptitude.

and even when this guy was TX guv that his handlers don't trust what might come out of his mouth.

When he was TX guv, Karen Hughes was famous for actually stepping in front of Bush and saying, "What the governor means is..." They know the guy's an idiot.

Bush is nothing more than image. Bush is a concept. There is no substance to him. He has no vision. He has no sense of direction of where he thinks the country should go. There has never been a president that is such a puppet for others' interests. Bush is nothing more than a bot.

I'd like to see it. MSNBC was the station hubby had on to watch the "festivities" and I never got a good look at the chimp from the side. Somebody on here said that CSPAN had a very clear view of the earplug at one point...

Does anybody have a photo of it?


Laura