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I actually felt for the guy. OTOH, I think he's itching to get the hell out of there.

There is always more going on than what the public hears and wether you think so or not some of it we don't need to know. I do agree with what Bush did about sending troops after 9/11. If he had not done anything you don't think they would have continued bombing America trying to destroy her even more.

By the way, the last I heard the milatary was still a voluntary military. These people that sign up know there is a very good chance they will be going to Iraq or Iran or where they have to go to defend this country or where or who ever has asked for help. Yea you see from the media how there are protesters that say Americans go home but what we don't see is the ones that don't want the Americans to go home because we are trying to help them and their community from being destroyed.

You might as well get use to war and rumor of wars because until the end of this earth they are going to be around. You can go ahead and protest if you want to.

By the way, my husband was in the Marines for almost 9 years during the Vietnam era and he was very proud of being in the Marines and doing his duty and I was very proud of him and I still am. Yes, he is still with me and yes a lot of people died in that war also maybe not as many as have died now but a lot.

Next time you see a vet or active duty go up and thank them for defending your country instead of slapping them in the face with your protests. Those protests make them think you don't care.

GWB was gwb, and that says it all.....except two words: GOOD RIDDENCE!

I understand the WH had to fill the empty seats with interns.

I'm sure they were all asked to leave their shoes at the door.

good riddance.

Thank You President Bush.....it's good to see you open up with your 'real' thoughts and feelings

IF PRESIDENT ELECT WAS SINGLE THEN SUZANNE MALVEAUX WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD FIT FOR HIM.BUT FOR NOW SHE IS AN EXCELLENT REPORTER AND I ENJOY LISTENING TO HER ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE IS IN THE SITUATION ROOM. I LOST CONFIDENCE IN WOLF BLITZER WHEN HE WENT OFF TO FLORIDA TO INTERVIEW THAT IDIOT SARAH PALIN.SUZANNE AND KARA PHILLIPS AND CANDY CROWLY ARE MY THREE FAVORITES.

suzanne is a good reporter.

she's an OBAMA plant at CNN!

Bush will lie right up until they drag his sorry butt from the White House!

Sociopath.

It should be evident to any rational person that President Bush knows a lot more than what can be made public about the security threats facing this country. Obama changed his rhetoric and decided to keep Gates on as Secretary of Defense once he received his first intelligence briefing. Do you Bush haters maybe think that there is a reason for that? Maybe, possibly, the hard and unpopular decisions that Bush made were for the better interest of this country based on the security threats that his administration was aware of and the public was not? Now, its Obama's turn. I bet many of you Bush haters will see him continue many of Bush's security policies, just made a little more pleasant with a fancy speech.

You call that opening up? It sounded as if he was saying "World I know you hate me but what I did was right". He sat there for 47 minutes and tried to justify his stupidity. I was particularly appalled by the fact that he stood up there with a straight face and said "People doubted me about the surge, and it work" but never acknowledge the fact that he and his administration screwed up by attacking and invading a soverign nation based on lies and deceit! And his stance on Katrina had me cussing and yelling at the T.V.! He lept refering to the 30,000 that wa pulled from rooftops, he didn't order the Coast Guard to do that, it wasa standing order for them to automatically do that in case of a natural disaster after the levies were blown in the 60's. George you didn't give a darn about those people in New Orleans until people like Anderson Cooper and others started blasting you for your lack of response. So quit taking credit for things you did not do. Oh and by the way Goerge, you did not inherit a recession, the recession started in March 2001! Ms Malveaux, you should have thrown your shoes at him.

I miss President Bush already!!

she's cute

Two wars, Two towers, Two terms, Two bone heads, Too long, Too little and too late!

Wars, economy, jobs, housing, natural disasters, foreign relations, american pride, world image, constitution, bill of rights, torture.

You failed at everything you touched.

GOOD RIDDANCE!

Just counting down the days until this failure of a President's reign is over and he goes out to pasture in Texas. Then we can have some real "regime change" that was needed 4 years ago...

leave it to a liberal like Malveaux to focus on the negatives and not the positives. I saw no "rage or begging" in this news conference.

Strange woman–I saw no rage in President Bush. He looked great and was honest. I think anyone would be as relieved as he to return to the beautiful state of Texas where he lives after 8 years protecting the USA. He should be very proud of some aspects of his reign–just like Clinton, Reagen and other Presidents.

Let's just hope he leaves quietly. What could this Blank possibly have to say that anyone wanted to hear. 7 More days.

Bush doesn't need or deserve forgiveness or sympathy. To enforce a warning to all future administrations they should have been prosecuted, impeached and criminally prosecuted. We really don't ever want more of the same sociopathic mentality again doing whatever they want with arrogance and cocky boldness, self-indulgently totally disregarding their responsibility. He is no longer important but allowing him to just walk away literally sends the wrong message.

If this article and Suzanne's quotes don't end ANY doubt of a "media elite" mentality among journalists today, I don't know what will.

Suzanne
You are the best Correspndent, In a SITUATION ROOM I like Suzanne

Wel our president finally opens up......with a week to go...a bit too late "Prez"

duh, you complain about your name pronunciation?You are a dumb twit,it is spelled Suzanne moron,not Susan,just because you can't grasp the english language and spelling don't blame someone else for your own stupidity.

Malveaux is so beautiful and generally a great reporter, but her bias and obvious Obama love is sickening.

Bush is insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too bad he didn't "open up" in this way during his presidentail campaigns...he probably would have lost!

Bush is not relavent anymore... no one cares that he opens up or not....

President Bush's spin on Katrina make it seem like he has been in an alternate reality. Why does he expect Americans to believe he had to land Air Force One in New Orleans to lead effectively? Seems like he was not qualified for his job if he could not lead from a distance. W's final pressconference highlights why he had hardly any interaction with real reporters in the first place. No "Jeff Gannon" to throw out a scripted question? Arrogant, petulant and incompotent shall be your legacy Mr. President. Goodbye and good riddance.

Now he wants to talk to the press....the American people don't want to hear anymore of his lies and deceit. But serves us right for electing a C grade, unintelligent, intellectually challenges man to the highest office in the land. If your brother hadn't stolen the first election and you hadn't lied to us about the war in Iraq we could have avoided all of you and your administrations "crap"!

Should've thrown your shoes at him.

Good Riddance, Bush!

Here's to pleading your case with me bud....PACK YO ****!

If George W. Bush had not done so much damage to the United States and other countries around the world during his administration, I would feel sorry for this pathetic scarecrow of a man. It is apparent that he struggles daily to understand the confusing world around him and like many people who are not very intelligent, cannot reflect in a meaningful manner about what he's done. In many ways, he is like a three-year old – a very dangerous three-year old – but he behaves as a toddler with a limited ability to see how his actions affect others. His flashes of anger demonstrate how threatened and backed into a corner he feels when confronted with the reality of truth – it is amazing that we have survived eight years.
I look forward to a new administration with level-headed, thoughtful and intelligent leaders who can look beyond their own immediate needs/wants and consider what might be best for the world in total.

Bush reminded me of the convicted felon trying to justify his actions during a sentencing hearing by spinning the truth and the hard evidence of malice of forethought to his benefit to get a shorter sentence. Tha is to say it was a bunch of BS Texas style.

PS: Of course he poo-pawed the burdens of the office – he doesn't have the mental capacity to see or understand the office...

Thank you for leaving us 5 trillion dollars worth of debt, to be paid by Gen X, Y and Z. You have just sold us out to EU for a takeover.

None of your people called him on his bull____. How could you all sit there and let him weave his lies. I wish I was in a position to tell him to his face exactly what a horrible president he has been. Someone needs to speak for the people and tell him that his administration has no redeeming qualities and that he has been the WORST president of ALL TIMES. Shame on the media for not calling him on his attempts to rewrite history!!!

Suzanne:

I didn't hear the whole interview, but I did nearly throw up when heard the Disaster-in-Chief muttering about how unlucky he was that the worldwide global meltdown happened "on his watch".

Did he say anything to suggest that perhaps his economic leadership (or lack thereof) during the past eight years MIGHT have had something to do with the worldwide global meltdown?

Does he really think this calamity just "happened" on his watch and that he had no responsibility for it?

Too bad "W" wasn't this forthcoming earlier in his Presidency. His arrogance, perceived or real, contributed greatly to his decline in public support. In this one characteristic "W" was very similar to Richard Nixon.

It was the root cause of most of the problems of this administration.

Big fan of Suzanne. She is cute.

Bush was pathetic. In fact I wonder if the man is not completely deranged at times.

Someone PLEASE make George shut up and go away!!!!