In honor of the one reporter present at the Presidential press conference last night with the balls to try and get a straight answer out of our fearless leader, I offer this extended dance mix version of Question Number Thirteen:

REPORTER: Mr. President, why are you and the vice president insisting on appearing together before the 9/11 commission?

BUSH: …because the 9/11 commission wants to ask us questions, that’s why we’re meeting. And I look forward to meeting with them and answering their questions.

REPORTER: I was asking why you’re appearing together, rather than separately, which was their request.

BUSH: Because it’s a good chance for both of us to answer questions that the 9/11 Commission is looking forward to asking us. And I’m looking forward to answering them.

REPORTER: OK, Mr. President, perhaps you don’t understand the essence of the question. I know you’re a bit slow, so let me spell this out for you. What I’d like to know is why you refuse to meet with the commission on your own, without Vice President Cheney next to you; why you refuse to simply sit in a chair and answer some questions. You’ve already said you look forward to answering their questions, and you have even surmised that the Commission is looking forward to asking them, though I suspect you just got your script a little mixed up there. So, why not meet with them separately, as they have requested?

BUSH: (Bush stammers and then puffs out his cheeks while the cameras go wild) Uh…

REPORTER: OK, OK, let’s try another approach. Mr. President, are you familiar with the police drama “NYPD Blue”?

BUSH: Ah, I don’t really watch TV. I believe I already mentioned I don’t read the papers, either.

REPORTER: Well, often the detectives will apprehend a pair of suspects. Invariably, they will place the suspects in separate rooms and quesion them separately. This is in the interest of getting at the truth. You see, sometimes people will try to lie about something they did or didn’t do, so the detectives will split up the suspects and have them each tell their stories separately. This way, they can search for any inconsistencies in the two tales, and possibly expose a lie. You see where I’m going with this, Mr. President?

BUSH: Unh huh. I see. Well, there you go, they ask the suspects questions. I believe in asking questions, because, because—no, I look forward to asking questions… and, when others look forward to asking questions… I look forward to answering them.

REPORTER: Mr. President—