Answer the question

Today on NPR they aired an interview with reporter Juan Williams and President Bush. If you want to read the whole transcript or hear the entire interview, click here.

MR. WILLIAMS: All right. You know, you mentioned timetables. NPR has a reporter embedded with the Minnesota National Guard in Iraq, and one of the soldiers there asked the question – says, my name is Specialist Ryan Schmidt from Forest Lake, Minnesota, and my question for you, Mr. President, is what if your plan for a troop surge to Baghdad does not work

PRESIDENT BUSH: Well, I would say to Ryan, I put it in place on the advice of a lot of smart people, particularly the military people who think it will work, and let us go into this aspect of the Iraqi strategy feeling it will work. But I will also assure Ryan that we're constantly adjusting to conditions on the ground.

MR. WILLIAMS: Let's talk about Iran for a second, Mr. President.

PRESIDENT BUSH: And let me also say to Ryan, thanks for serving. I mean, one of the amazing things about our country is that we have people who volunteer to go. And one of the things I look for is whether or not we're able to recruit and retain, and we are. And it's a remarkable country, Juan, where people are saying I want to serve. And I appreciate that soldier, and I hope this message gets to him that not only do I appreciate him, but a lot of Americans appreciate him.

In other words, boys and girls, Bush doesn't have a fucking clue. His big Save the Day Strategy for Iraq is based on a "feeling." Yeah, I get a feeling too. Every time I need to poop.

Someone tell me, please, when in the hell is a reporter going to hold Bush accountable for answering a damned question? No tap dancing. No evasive maneuvers. None of his coy off the cuff remarks but a real honest-to-God answer?

Journalism no longer exists in this country. It's been replaced by the media.