If you had to guess what moment President Bush would say was the one where he was most anxious what would you guess? 9/11? Afghanistan? Iraq? Katrina? The current economic crisis? Heck, just being sworn in the first time, knowing the tremendous responsibilities he was about to assume? If you guessed one of those, or any other momentous moment, you guessed wrong.
So, what moment does George W. Bush say was his most anxious?
Throwing out the first pitch at the World Series in October 2001.
Asked by People magazine what moments from the last eight years he revisited most often, W. talked passionately about the pitch he threw out at the World Series in 2001: "I never felt that anxious any other time during my presidency, curiously enough." http://www.nytimes.com/...
Granted, it was in New York right after the 9/11 attacks. But what was he anxious about? Throwing a bad pitch? Getting booed? Getting lost leaving the field?
Surely he was anxious in the days after 9/11? Surely he was anxious sending men and women into combat in not one but two wars? Surely he was anxious when he spoke with the loved ones of those killed in action or when he talked to those injured at Walter Reed? Surely he was anxious before, during, and after Katrina (as he should have been befor, during, and after each of the major hurricanes that brought destruction to the U.S.) Surely he's anxious about those millions of people who have lost their jobs, homes, retirement savings, healthcare under his presidency. Shoot, maybe he's even a little bit anxious about being held accountable for war crimes.
But, if you believe him, it was throwing a pitch that he looks back on as being his most anxious moment.
All I can say is I'm anxiously waiting for him to get out of the White House.