Karl Rove is a marketing guy. That's what he does.

Par for the Bush course. The only way the guy's going to get a favorable audience is to carefully craft one.

If he's too afraid to take real questions from the people he represents, the guy's got no business having the job he does. 

Yes of course, because we know he is without a doubt the first, last and only president or holder of high public office to have his questions prescreened and/or have PR people hovering around trying to make sure he's portrayed in a good light.  I think there's enough people jumping through hoops to portray him as negatively as possible without giving them free shots...

bts

Let's recall folks that Clinton faced plenty of hostile audiences and was capable of fielding questions and giving pretty good answers. For all his moral shortcomings, the man was brilliant. Can't say the current pres has that ability, but then it could be his handlers.

btw my wife and I were watching the news this morning when it was announced that Clinton was starting a new initiative to combat AIDS. Sue wondered if his new initiative was that he would become monogamous. 

What?!  I'm not trendy?  But I read GQ and everything... dammit.  I guess I'll have to console myself knowing that I like in the "swing" state.

Sounds like your wife has a step up on half of Leno's writer's lately...

bts

What next, though I claim no affiliations any particular political party it is a well know fact that both sides have these staged events. It's not just the Republicans.

Tyrant,

I don't hate Bush but I did run to the bathroom, while suppressing a reflexive need to throwup, when I heard that Kerry conceded. I never did throwup but I felt very ill. I realize now that everything will be alright. This clown will be followed by another clown in a few years. The nice thing about our system of government is that our clowns are not invested with too much power and their welcome comes with a maximum term limit.

Here are a few things I don't like:

I don't like Bush's divisive tactics while claiming to be a uniter. That's too cynical for my stomach.

I don't like that our POTUS (not just Bush, but any POTUS) does not believe in evolution and says so. Aside from the fact that it's embarassing, I think it's dangerous, especially when he starts advocating that creationism should be taught in public schools.

I don't like that he doesn't read. I prefer a more inquisitive, knowledge-seeking POTUS.

I don't like his avowed preference for simplistic analysis of a complex world. That reflects a lazy mind to me. If my neighbor wants to be lazy-minded, I don't care. If my POTUS is lazy-minded, that's another thing entirely.

I don't like his world view.

I don't like the way that he defiled America by misleading us into the Iraq war.

I don't like the way he cynically manipulated the mostly ignorant population into believing that Iraq was involved in the September 11 attacks.

I don't like the way he ignores science and facts in favor of partisanship and party platform.

I think he's a poor steward of our nation and I will celebrate his final departure from DC.

Yea, what she said!!  (as he slowly peeked from behind her skirt)