Bush the great orator

For what it's worth...

This morning while at work, I was half listening to president Bush's live press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert when something caught my attention. I grabbed for the DVR remote and rewound.

He was asked a question by and Israeli reporter about the Israeli people's concern about Bush not taking action again Iran. He started to make his point with a series of bullet points. His responses (along with a timeline) goes like this:

11:50:14 Bush: "Let me remind you what the NIE actually said..."

11:50:54 Bush: "Secondly. There are 3 aspects to a weapons program..."

11:51:15 Bush: "Secondly. The knowledge of how to convert materials..."

11:51:29 Bush: "Third. They have missiles..."

11:51:42 Bush: "Secondly. I have always told the American people..."

That's right. Bush had five bullet points to make. Three of them started with "Secondly".