Bush's Response to Downing Street Memo Questions

You know, if I didn't hear him misstate or outright lie at least 5-6 times otherwise in his little press gaggle with Tony Blair today, I might have been a hint more likely to believe what he said when he completely discounted the possibility he decided to attack Iraq and find a reason later. That's the problem with someone who lies with almost every breath: you reach the point where if he tells you the sky is blue, you begin to assume it's purple or green instead since you know the likelihood of it being blue with his "truth" track record is nil.

But his attitude of "Well, what's the problem with you that you even think I have to waste my life accounting for what I choose to do? What the fuck do you think this is, a democracy or somethin'" is really too rich. The smirks, the cockiness, the winks... sort of like Bush's personal impression of Tony Soprano.

I noticed some of the press was actually using the discussion of his weak response to Downing Street docs - his first, btw - to point out that the president is doing the worst in polls ever. But the press is also still not confronting the Downing Street Memo directly; they discuss it parenthetically or just to have someone dismiss it as a story with "no legs". I did notice that a couple of folks both online and in person have been asking, "So what's this about some memo?" It's not like they can't find out, but the press is going out of it's way not to identify or explain it.