Presenting The Leader Of The Free World

It is one thing for Michael "Wakco Jacko" Jackson to make faces at the press. Despite his musical genious and my fond memories of him as the lead singer of the Jackson 5, even I can acknowledge that he may be one tick on the otherside of crazy. But THIS is the President of the United States of America and the defacto leader of the free world.

Irked by a reporter who told him he seemed to be 'off his game' at a Beijing public appearance, President George W. Bush sought to make a hasty exit from a news conference but was thwarted by locked doors.

At the end of a day of meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao and other Chinese officials, Bush held a session with a small group of U.S. reporters and spoke at length about issues like religious freedom, Iraq and the Chinese currency.

The final reporter he called on critiqued Bush's performance earlier in the day when he stood next to Hu in the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square to deliver a statement.

'Respectfully, sir -- you know we're always respectful -- in your statement this morning with President Hu, you seemed a little off your game, you seemed to hurry through your statement. There was a lack of enthusiasm. Was something bothering you?' he asked.

'Have you ever heard of jet lag?' Bush responded. 'Well, good. That answers your question.'"

My God! I honestly don't think I can take another three years of this man!