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Originally posted by Superbelt
That is the impression that I get when I see Bush go on another month long vacation in Crawford.
Do I think I can discern exactly what is on his mind? No, but that is my impression from the information available.
'endless' hours of questioning is different from the story he might tell reporters, because when in questioning he can't give the dodging answers that he gives when asked why, for example, he is doing the questioning along with Cheney and behidn closed doors.
And I wouldn't call submitting yourself to questioning to the commission tasked with: "...........is chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the immediate response to the attacks. The Commission is also mandated to provide recommendations designed to guard against future attacks." ............. as wasting his time.
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I'll address your last point first. Answering politically motivated questions that don't go to the root causes of the intelligence failures is a waste of everyone's time. There's no doubt been plenty of that. Additionally, going back and forth with a "he said" and "you said" line of questioning is a waste of time.
What makes you think he and every other politician couldn't give "the dodging answers" he gives reporters during the panel questions? They don't give respondents truth serum and there's no magical ability of the questioners to elicit responses. The President and VP will answer as they see fit whether together or separate and the odds of one "slipping up and telling the truth" as their opponents seem to wish would happen to prove their cover up or puppet master theories are outlandishly slim.
Even if they had agreed to testify separately with an unlimited time frame they'd be criticized by their opponents.