Ava's Journal - Bush's Last Press Conference

Four years ago George W. Bush was asked if he thought he had made any mistakes as President. He was unable to name one. This morning Bush held his final press conference and was again asked if he believed he had made any mistakes as President. You can read the full transcript here, but I believe this portion sums up his answer:

"There have been disappointments. Abu Ghraib obviously was a huge disappointment during the presidency. Not having weapons of mass destruction was a significant disappointment. I don't know if you want to call those mistakes or not, but they were -- things didn't go according to plan, let's put it that way."

"Disappointments" and "things didn't go according to plan" are such nice ways to say "My Presidency was a miserable failure from the start," and "my lies caused the deaths of over 4,000 American troops and tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians."

In true Bush-style, George couldn't even get his last press conference right. He's had 4 years to contemplate his answer to the question asked, yet he considers the war in Iraq among other failures of his Presidency to be "disappointments." Then again, what does he have to worry about? He'll retire to a ranch in Texas where won't be held accountable for his actions.

Heck of a job Georgie.. heck of a job.

Let's hope that President Obama will hold himself responsible for his actions, unlike George Bush.

now that i'm finished with university applications i'm back to blogging(finally). i posted this one here- http://www.avasarmy.com/node/295