George W. Bush just stared blankly into a camera and moved his lips for 14 minutes in a nationally televised lecture on the issue of a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street companies to save our economy.

You have been addressed, nation. Whaddya think?

P.S. U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, who chairs the Senate Banking Committee, said the phrase “bad assets” on a cable network. Teehee.