UPDATE: Oh my God, Matt Lauer did not just say "Mission Accomplished" to Bush during this interview!
Chimpy angry at mean reporter.
It was such a lovely photo op -- President Bush and his wife joining the volunteers building a house in Louisiana. The perfect backdrop for an upbeat interview, live on NBC's Today Show.Also being covered by Crooks and Liars. And they've got video!
But then Matt Lauer had to go and pull back the curtain and ask: Isn't this all just a empty photo op?
What ensued was an unusually testy interview, with Bush waving off more questions than he answered, chiding Lauer for quoting too many Democrats in his windups and making it clear that he would have been much happier fielding questions about the charitable nature of the American people than about politics.
