George H.W. Bush Checks His Watch During Debate With Bill Clinton and Ross Perot
By Alex Markels
Posted January 17, 2008
"Only 10 more minutes of this crap."—President George H. W. Bush on what he was thinking as he
checked his wristwatch on camera in the midst of a 1992 presidential debate with Bill Clinton and Ross Perot.
It was the telltale sign of a man made uneasy—or, at least, bored—by an audience member's question about how a deep recession had personally affected him. The then president's display of impatience seemed to speak volumes more than his awkward response.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/politics/2008/01/17/a-damaging-impatience.html8 seconds in Beijing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89JOEbVnHUY