This kind of thing is hardly new. Other politicians do the same thing all the time, although mostly more carefully than Bush. It's just an unfortunate side effect of the media becoming a more and more dominating factor for polticians to keep in mind, keeping PR good practically demands staging these kind of things. Particularly if the politician in question is someone like Bush, who isn't at his best when it comes to improvising; he does seem to be somewhat overreliant on things being staged though.
Quote Originally Posted by Redleg
Hell there was even a joke about if the President or a servicemember begins to stutter the Captain was to grap the mike and begin to sing. Now that was funny - and it took the Captain about a second to get the joke.
Wasn't that because of the time it took to transmit the video and audio?