Something's Got to Break :: The Time is Coming
"These people are used to wielding their power with such impunity that they've become petty, and that should scare the crap out of all of us."

exactly. I think G.W. has such a huge sense of entitlement that he has no idea how it looks for him to get snippy with a reporter. Just like he had no idea what it would look like when he cleaned his glasses on the back of one of the letterman's shows producer's during a commercial break... Everyone is there to serve him. If they aren't he can't figure out why they are there.