Is it just me? Or is this odd? From a press session Monday morning with Bush in North Carolina:
Q I am.
THE PRESIDENT: You are?
Q Sir, in regard to —
THE PRESIDENT: Who are you talking to?
Q Mr. President, in regard to the June 30th deadline, is there a chance that that would be moved back?
…Okay…and then, shortly after, this:
THE PRESIDENT: I would call it a meeting.
Q A meeting, I’m sorry.
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you.
…Touchy?…The rest of the session then rambled as follows, with this burst seemingly out of nowhere. Picking up precisely where the above left off, which was the only allusion to 9/11 at all to this point:
THE PRESIDENT: First of all, it will be a great opportunity from them to ask both of us our opinions on the subject. And we’re meeting with the entire commission. I’m not exactly sure what the status is of putting out the date. I told them I’d meet with them at a time that’s convenient for all of us, and hopefully we’ll come to that date soon.
I look forward to sharing information with them. Let me just be very clear about this: Had we had the information that was necessary to stop an attack, I’d have stopped the attack. And I’m convinced any other government would have, too. I mean, make no mistake about it; if we’d had known that the enemy was going to fly airplanes into our buildings, we’d have done everything in our power to stop it. And what is important for them to hear, not only is that, but that when I realized that the stakes had changed, that this country immediately went on war footing, and we went to war against al Qaeda. It took me very little time to make up my mind, once I determined al Qaeda to do it, to say, we’re going to go get them. And we have, and we’re going to keep after them until they’re brought to justice and America is secure.
But I’m looking forward to the conversation. I’m looking forward to Condi testifying. I made a decision to allow her to do so because I was assured that it would not jeopardize executive privilege. And she’ll be great. She’s a very smart, capable person who knows exactly what took place, and will lay out the facts. And that’s what the commission’s job is meant to do, and that’s what the American people want to see. I’m looking forward to people hearing her.
Wish I had seen the above on video, cuz the official transcript from the Whitehouse just reads…like he’s coming unglued? Bizaare…
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