In following Bush's war on Iraq, I've been reading a lot of the British press. I was reading an article on the BBC website tonight and ran across the phrase "At his monthly news conference on Tuesday, Mr Blair said he would discuss..." I had never known that Prime Minister Blair holds a monthly press conference, as well as responding to questions in Parliament. What a difference.
Can you imagine if Bush was required to hold a monthly press conference, instead of the two he has had so far since he took over the Presidency? While it might just provide lots of material for the late night comics, I fantasize that it would force him to respond more to people's concerns, and hew a line a little closer to reality. Given the press corps supine fawning in last week's scripted press conference, I am probably just adding one fantasy on top of another, but a man can dream, can't he? How different our systems has become. It truly is the imperial presidency that Nixon dreamed of.
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