Remember that all his press conference are scripted in advance and he knows the questions well in advance, but otnight, someone changed his question form the one he was supposed to ask, here is what bush said:
QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President.
In the last campaign, you were asked a question about the biggest mistake you'd made in your life, and you used to like to joke that it was trading Sammy Sosa.
You've looked back before 9-11 for what mistakes might have been made. After 9-11, what would your biggest mistake be, would you say, and what lessons have learned from it?
BUSH: I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it.
John, I'm sure historians will look back and say, gosh, he could've done it better this way or that way. You know, I just -- <b>I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet. </b>
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I hope -- I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. <b> I just haven't -- you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one. </b>
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/13/po...?pagewanted=10