As you have probably heard by now, President McDumbass will be giving a press conference tonight... in the East Room of the White House. Why the East Room, you ask? Simple. It's a naked ploy to keep the White House press corps in line.
The East Room of the White House is usually reserved for formal events. Only two of Bush's 11 press conferences have been held there -- one on Oct. 11, 2001, in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, and another on March 6, 2003, on the eve of the Iraq invasion, the White House said.But don't take my word for it. Listen to what our fearless members of the press say:
Elisabeth Bumiller, The New York Times White House correspondent, on criticism that reporters were too easy on Bush on the eve of the Iraq war: "I think we were very deferential because ... it's live, it's very intense, it's frightening to stand up there. Think about it, you're standing up on prime-time live TV asking the president of the United States a question when the country's about to go to war. There was a very serious, somber tone that evening, and no one wanted to get into an argument with the president at this very serious time."Great. And I'm not even going to get into the fact that this is Drinky's whopping eleventh press conference.