October 16, 2007

The title really says it all: Hubris and Fearmongering. Two words that best describe whatever is left of the Bush legacy. David Shuster reports on Bush's latest belligerent press conference. His contempt for the press is really unprecedented.

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Bush: But this -- we got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel. So I've told people that if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from have the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon...

Is anyone else shocked that it was FOX's Bret Baier that elicited the "World War III" soundbyte? Me neither.

Full transcript here if you can stomach it.

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