President Bush has had many Bushisms throughout his term in office. He did not let us down with another Bushism in his final press conference.
Through it all, it's been — I have respected you. Sometimes I didn't like the stories that you wrote or reported on. Sometimes you misunderestimated me.
Misunderestimated has been used by President Bush a few times before as well.
I also enjoyed one of his metaphors.
I wasn't kidding when I said Wall Street got drunk and we got the hangover.
Check out some of President Bush's comments on how the Presidency will affect President-Elect Obama and some of his own thoughts on his term in office. The full transcript can be found here.
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normally I disapprove of armchair psychoanalysis
but Jesselyn Radack made a lot of good points in this diary on Bush’s final press conference:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…
Here’s some background on Radack, by the way:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J…
desmoinesdem Tue 13 Jan 8:25 PM