At a Tuesday White House press conference that focused mostly on the current economic downturn, President Bush indicated that he has no intention of calling on Americans to conserve gasoline.
The President explained the justification for his position by saying, “It’s a little presumptuous on my part to dictate how consumers live their own lives.” But past examples show that President Bush has had no problem dictating how “consumers live their own lives,” at least when it syncs with his own political agenda.
