I’m watching the President’s news conference and can’t help but be reminded of Tom Hulce’s character in the movie Parenthood.

He doesn’t really know the details about what he’s selling, but he won’t admit it. Instead, his annoyed deference to “generals on the ground” or “leaders in Iraq” sounds an awfully lot like “you know, someone in a lab coat makes those kinds of decisions.”

More than that, though, his attempts to convince the public that everything is actually hunky dory, garnished with a clear disdain for being questioned in the first place, make me wonder when he’s going to just blurt out “I’m better than that!”

Too bad we can’t just give him a $1,000 to go away.