Bush on fire

Just listening to the president's news conference on NPR a few moments ago you get the sense that there has been no other president in modern times who has such a contempt for the press. The White House press corps are asking questions that need to be asked and the president answers in the same overdone folksy tone sprinkled with a "how dare you ask me that" attitude. He loathes these events and would never do them unless all of his staff implored him to do so. The reason is simple: he is completely at the mercy of accountability and for this president that is about as uncomfortable as a root canal, hence the grinding of the teeth whenever you see him on television.