So, Bush has a new technique at White House Press Conferences. When nobody gives you the question that you have a prepared answer to, just ask it yourself. Then ask yourself the imaginary follow-up answer to this question, to which nobody in the press asked.:

I thought you were going to ask the question, following up on Sanger, how come you don’t use military action now. You kind of hinted it, you didn’t say it. And some wonder that. As a matter of fact, I’m asked questions around the country, just go ahead and use the military. And my answer is that I believe the Commander-in-Chief must try all diplomatic measures before we commit our military. And I believe the diplomacy is — we’re making progress when we’ve got others at the table.

I’ll ask myself a follow-up. If that’s the case, why did you use military action in Iraq? And the reason why is because we tried the diplomacy. Matter of fact, we tried resolution after resolution after resolution. All these situations are — each of them different and require a different response, a different effort to try to solve this peacefully. And we’ll continue to do so.

Without digging into the press conference together (because, really, what could President Bush possibly have to say about any matter that has any relevance), I presume the You kind of hinted it refers to a question with a general gist that is slightly more complex and nuanced question… The answer regarding Iraq is patently dishonest, but that is par for the course and why I’m not reading the entire thing, and simply dug to what someone alerted to me as an awkward moment.

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