Bush....

Bush....

President Bush was asking for a shutdown of video cameras at a party fundraiser in Houston.

Judging by a tape obtained by KTRK, the ABC affiliate, we now know why. See NBC's report:

"There's no question about it, Wall Street got drunk,'' Bush told his audience last week, adding with a smile: "That's one reason I asked you to turn off your TV cameras.

"It got drunk and now it's got a hangover,'' the president said of the economic turmoil the nation is facing at the moment. "The question is, how long will it sober up...

"And then we've got a housing issue -- not in Houston,'' he said, adding of his own eventual retirement homestead and a house-shopping first lady: "Evidently not in Dallas, because Laura's over there trying to buy a house.

"I like Crawford,'' Bush said of his Texas ranch. "Unfortunately, after eight years of asking her to sacrifice, I am no longer the decision-maker. She'll be deciding.''