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President Bush's Speech

By Gordon Smith, Christine, Hurt, Vic Fleischer, Fred Tung, Lisa Fairfax, David Zaring

I just listened to Bush's latest speech on the financial crisis. Has a sitting president ever been so irrelevant in the face of such a national crisis? Take a look at the WSJ's website:

This is what I could capture using Snapper, the Firefox add-on. No mention of Bush at all. In fact, a video of his speech appears further down the page, but you have to scroll to get to it.

Of course, WaPo provides a report. Bush calls for patience, the same message I just conveyed to a student who was in my office. What else is there to say? Unless you have had your money under your mattress for the past year, in which case this might be a good time to buy ...

Full post as published by Conglomerate on October 10, 2008 (boomark / email).