President Bush, who recently tackled the intricacies of personal computers, appears to be struggling as well with the complexities of being a high-tech couch potato.
In a C-Span interview aired Sunday, Bush admitted to watching "quite a bit" of television."I watch the news and I don't like to tell you this, because you'll think I'm into some weird TV freak here, but . . . I have a set upstairs that has five screens on it and I can sit on my desk and . . . just punch a button if I see one off on the corner, that moves into the middle screen, the other one goes to the side. Then I can run up and down the . . . dial."
Bush was hardly able to restrain his enthusiasm but said he still was unsure how to work his fancy television in concert with the video recorder.
"I don't quite know how to do that yet," he said.
First lady Barbara Bush, the president said, "accuses me of being too much - not too much, but plugged into TV too often, put it that way. Love sports on TV."
The president said he relaxes by watching sports on television. But he also finds relaxation in participating in sports.
"I think competitive sports, still tennis and golf and once again horseshoes, these are . . . the things I really like," Bush said. "And it's the way I relax. My body feels better and my mind is clear. I still run 2 miles three days a week usually, not very fast, but I do it."