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George W. Bush gave his last press conference today and, as usual, could not restrain himself from his tendency toward long, rambling non-answers to questions and inappropriate smiles and shrugs.

Regarding Katrina, Bush said he’s thought about it a lot. Then he proceeded to give a sarcastic “what if” scenario about landing Air Force One in New Orleans or Baton Rouge, and the fact that the media would then have gone after him for pulling police protection off “the mission.” I don’t recall anyone ever actually wanting Bush to personally pull people out of the Superdome or the attics of flooded homes.

He was the most aggressive after being asked a question about the popularity of the US, raising his voice and declaring that he didn’t believe the US was unpopular in the world, and he wasn’t trying to be popular anyway.

What I found most disturbing was his flippant response to the WMD that were never found in Iraq:

“Things didn’t go according to plan, let’s put it that way,” Bush said with a smile, then a grimace. The WMDs touted by Bush and his advisers were never found. More than 4,000 American troops have died as a result of the invasion; the toll for Iraqi civilians is in the tens of thousands.

The shrug after he said that sent chills down my spine. How could he have such a “who gives a shit” attitude after sending so many to their deaths — when it was entirely preventable?

This has been the longest eight years of my life, and thankfully I and my children have our lives — unlike so many thousands.

The trash goes out on January 20, 2009. Good riddance.

UPDATE: Bush to give farewell address to the nation on Thursday night. Thanks for the warning…

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