"On the Media"
Mark Silva told
President Bush at last week's press conference: "I can't help but read your body language this morning, Mr. President. You seem somehow dispirited, somewhat dispirited."
Bob Garfield asks the Chicago Tribune newsman: "Why all of a sudden with the Dr. Phil?"
Well, because throughout the press conference the President was exhibiting a very dour, downbeat manner. He normally comes out, he's ready to go and he's upbeat and loud and combative. And, you know, he came out -- he was soft-spoken, and the more he was asked about the disparities between everything he's been saying and what this report reveals, he just appeared glummer and glummer, if that's a word. ...My interest was trying to get him to get off that programmed path and sort of deal more candidly. ...I think that's a healthy, good thing in a press conference, to get somebody to talk from the heart.
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