If Bush could be honest with himself he could have answered the mistakes question easily and, I think, won a lot of points. For example:
At the time I thought it was best to reassure the children, but in retrospect I believe I should have calmly excused myself and devoted my immediate full attention to the 9/11 attacks.
Or:
On 9/11 there were concerns for my safety, but in retrospect I believe I should have overruled them and ordered Air Force One directly back to Washington.
How hard could it be? What’s wrong with him?
Or, he could have saPOSTID:
“When I was warned that alQaida wanted to attack inside the United States, and did nothing.”
But, he would never consider that a mistake – it’s the only reason he’s been able to get away with eveyrthing, these past 3 years.