The World's Most Powerful Person

As related by Patrick Nielsen Hayden, the United States of America has a great leader in President George W. Bush.

In reply to the question “After 9-11, what would your biggest mistake be, would you say, and what lessons have learned from it?” posed by the media during a press conference, Bush answered:


I wish you’d have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it.

John, I’m sure historians will look back and say, gosh, he could’ve done it better this way or that way. You know, I just—I’m sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn’t yet.


Eh... words fail me. Apparently, so did Bush.