CNN's Jeanne Moos looks at the some of the president's famous gaffes including his bad bounce.
The good thing about being president is you get to do fun things like invite the NBA champs to the White House, so you can gawk at Shaquille O’Neal. (A burst of laughing) But the bad thing about being president is that every little thing you do is recorded for posterity. (A burst of laughing again) So, President Bush’s bad bounce will bounce badly over and over again. The embarrassment of , say, tripping, is something we at least experience privately, but not the President. Every awkward move he makes is magnified.
“Here you go. Johnny gave me the exact tip.”
But equally awkward journalists like me, who you never get to see our bad moves, who hasn’t done this?
“I am trying to escape. It didn’t work.” (Sounds of laughing)
When he falls off his Segway, when something goes down the wrong pipe.
“Gag down a pretzel when he is eating.”
“We hear he choked on a pretzel.”
It is practically breaking news. We in the press scrutinized his face for the bruise he got falling on the White House’s floor.
“Always chew your pretzels before you swallow.” (Sounds of laughing)
And when he does something graceful like handling a power saw, (Harsh sounds of power saw) that is not the thing you will see adding tonight on the news. The exception was when the President threw a perfect strike at the World Series shortly after 9/11. (Sounds of hailing)
But, what’s a strike when we have slightly modifying foul footage of the President’s swiveling, bragged down stage by Ricky Martin, clapping out of sync. But, when you are president, that’s just the way the ball bounces.
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
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2007-03-10 
