Wow, what a leader Bush is, to be sure. He can even "spontaneously" lead an orchestra without any training! Anybody else reminded of Professor Harold Hill?

Please don't try to tell me this wasn't staged:

JoAnn Falletta was doing what a conductor should — concentrating on the orchestra in front of her. No wonder it took her a few seconds on Sunday to realize someone behind her was motioning for a try.

President Bush.

"Smiling at me kind of devilishly," Falletta said.

She gave him her baton and stepped aside.

Gesturing exuberantly, the president led [yeah, right] the orchestra during part of its performance of "Stars and Stripes Forever."

"We didn't expect him to know the score so well," Falletta said afterward. "He was not shy about conducting at all. He conducted with a great deal of panache."

No, Bush isn't shy. Sociopaths seldom are. But seriously, does anybody think that Bush was really doing anything other than waving the baton around? Does anybody believe the players actually allowed themselves to follow his lead?

And now comes the good part: