Bubblehead's press conference

I've wanted to read the transcript, but frankly, I just cannot make myself do it.

[Bush] answered a question regarding the Bernard Kerik nomination in similar, pedantic man-child fashion: “We’ve vetted a lot of people in this administration. We’ve vetted a lot of people in the first term; and we’ve vetted a lot of people in the second term ... The lesson is to keep on vetting.”

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Ah, it’s going to be a great four years. George W. Bush just wrapped up a rare, hour-long, real-deal press conference, without the usual backup from a visiting world leader that he usually relies on when facing the media. Bush’s answers were alternately petulant and philosophical, all delivered in that dependably incoherent manner the American people have come to know, love, and reward with reelection. We’ll have to wait for the official transcript for verbatim quotes, but here are some highlights...

Update 8:00 pm:
Cursor summarizes:

At a Monday press conference, Bush "repeatedly told reporters that their questions would be better directed at someone else," refused to 'negotiate with himself' on social security, said Rumsfeld is "a caring fellow" doing a "fine job," and added that Bernard Kerik would have done a "fine job" as head of Homeland Security.