One valid criticism of President Bush’s last press conference is that the reporters kept trying to get the president to confess for a mistake. If you’re under severe time constraints, which they were, there’s really no point in asking for a mistake two or three times.
Since we’ve apparently swung back to the mode of digging up 30-year-old issues, why not mix things up with a flashback question? The next time Bush fields questions, I think one of the reporters should break out one of these. Could be interesting.
When did they ask Clinton to apologize for Oklahoma City?
When did they ask him to admit mistakes in Somolia?
These questions are political tools from a media more interested in allowing Kerry to score political points than finding any meaningful answers.