Bush: "War is hard"

Why do I even turn on the TV? I was flipping through cable news channels this afternoon to see what was going on in the world and I stumbeld on Fox News Neil Cauto interviewing President George W. Bush. I always try to avoid watching the president speak in person, as his particular speaking style and constant smirking gets on my nerves. But I did anyhow, and can say I was not impressed with leader of the free world. He didn't say anything inspiring, just trotted out the old, tired Republican cliches to very real questions about concerns facing Americans.

Cavuto asked some tough questions, but allowed Bush to get away with not answering them fully. Here's a sampling:

When asked whether the collapsing bridge in Minnesota indicated that we need to increase spending, and whether it makes sense to raise taxes on higher incomes, Bush said: "My attitude is to keep taxes low and watch how we spend money." That's funny considering how well the federal government careful the federal government has been with money under his tenure. As our sister paper the Denver Post notes:
"The federal debt has soared from $5.8 trillion at the end of President Bush's first year in office to nearly $9 trillion now." I'm sot sure we can afford to watch what we're spending any more.

When asked about government regulation in regards to predatory lending that has caused an upsurge in home foreclosures on regular Americans, Bush wasn't sure the government ought to do anything but wait and see. "The government overrreacts with laws," he said. Yeah, just like that wiretapping law that allows government to spy on people without warrants that he just signed?

When asked about why he isn't getting credit if the economy is so great, Bush said that it's because the war makes for unsettling times domestically. "War is hard. War is difficult. It's negative." Um, ok. Though, that doesn't explain why more people are losing their houses, why the income gap keeps rising and that our infrastructure is literally falling apart from fiscal neglect.

Why do I even turn on the TV?