Bush Iran Press Conference Open Thread

This is going to be fun. Surprise! The media dropped the ball and let Bush off the hook. Anyone surprised?

10:04am: He sounds horrible. "And now I'll be glannered your questions" - huh?

10:05am: First question was a softball. What idiot asked that question?

10:07am: Are you concerned that the US is losing credibility, looking like the boy who cried wolf?

10:08am: The media STILL hasn't asked him why he lied about Iran publicly after he already knew that they were no longer seeking nukes.

10:11am: Bush says he wasn't briefed about the NIE until last week? Oh really? But was he AWARE of the NIE before that? He's saying that his staff let him publicly lie about Iran's nuclear program, about an impending World War III, and no one bothered telling him, uh boss you're wrong? So who is he planning on firing for letting him lie?

10:13am: Oops, he lied. From the Washington Post:

Hadley said Bush was first told in August or September about intelligence indicating Iran had halted its weapons program, but was advised it would take time to evaluate. Vice President Cheney, Hadley and other top officials were briefed the week before last. Intelligence officials formalized their conclusions on Tuesday and briefed Bush the next day.

Bush just said, in response to a reporter's question, that NO ONE in his administration told him that maybe he needed to be careful about what he was saying about Iran because there was other intelligence out there. Well, he just contradicted his own National Security Adviser who just said that Bush was told just that in August or September.

10:19am: You know, the media still dropped the ball on this one. No one has called him directly on this and said "Mr. President, your own national security adviser told you in August or September that there was intelligence that Iran had ceased its nuclear program, yet after that date you publicly warned of World War III with Iran. What do you say to those Americans who think you lied to them?" Come on guys. Oh well, CNN's Ed Henry just switched to the topic to Saudi Arabia and now the Wall Street Journal guy wants to talk about the economy. So much for Bush lying to the American public in an effort to get us into another war. That topic is so six minutes ago.