Press conferences/Bush (8) Clinton (33) Bush Sr (61) at this point in term

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

"THE PRESIDENT is about to head to his ranch for the month of August, but before his bags are packed, we have what might seem like a far-fetched notion: What about a news conference? Mr. Bush answers reporters' questions on the run or perhaps two at a time in sessions with foreign leaders, but he has not held a solo news conference for nearly five months. His last such event was March 6 -- before the war with Iraq, before the passage of his tax cut, before the latest outbreak of violence in Liberia, before the release of the 9/11 report, before -- well, you get the idea. Nor is this lag time unusual for the Bush presidency: During his more than two years in office, Mr. Bush has held just eight solo news conferences. The last one before his March appearance took place four months earlier. By contrast, President Clinton had held 33 such events at this point in his term, and the first President Bush had held 61....."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59679-2003Jul28.html

[leftchick]

1. easily most of those should not even count as "press conferences"

Remember the last one? What a fucking joke. Prechosen questions from prechosen reporters. Sheesh, if only Bill had had it so easy..

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

2. I guess our country is doing so great that

the reporters have nothing important to ask and Bush can afford to go on extended vacations.

[TahitiNut]

3. Exactly.

Junior doesn't do "press conferences"; he does "presstitute posturing." It's a puppet show.

[TahitiNut]

4. Perhaps Cheney could come out of hiding and stand up with Junior?

It's appalling -- compare the amount of time these fascists invest in fund-raising to the time they spend answering to We the People, their titular 'employers'. How many employers would continue employing a person who spent far more time (on the 'clock') doing odd jobs for others than they spent performing their duties and reporting to their employers themselves?