Bush Quote of the Day
From the Chicago Tribune:
"I wish I wasn't the war president," Bush told an audience Friday in Washington. "Who in the heck wants to be the war president? I don't. But this is our duty."
What a twat. I mean, seriously. Are there still people out there who believe that Bush was somehow dragged, kicking and screaming, into war with Iraq? That his administration does not use 9/11/01 every single day for political gains? Does the man truly have no scruples, none at all? He really is the most callow, corrupt-hearted President we've had in at least my lifetime.
Though I suspect Reagan was close. That's what I always heard, but I wasn't old enough to be paying much attention.
But nw that the campaign is in its final few months, I am really astounded at the whoppers Bush is out there spouting on the campaign trail. And the partisan crowds seem to be eating it up. "Yes, Mr. President, results DO matter." "Yes, Mr. President, we've turned a corner." But while stupid people are statistically more likely to support Republicans (along with the wealthy, the born-again, and the morally bankrupt/corrupt), what about the 50% who simply never vote? What do they make of Bush's assertions that the economy is improving, but that their particular state simply isn't feeling it yet (I heard Bush tell denizens of TWO different states this very same thing on NPR)? With any luck, his absurdly pie-in-the-sky, out-of-touch proclamations will come to portray him in the same light that shone on his father in the 1992 election. Bush Senior was increasingly perceived as out-of-touch, and he was. In fact, all Republicans are. The majority of America does not support the neocons' right-wing agenda. But I think this coming election, however, will even this out a bit. And we'll have Dubya to thank for mobilizing a huge voter turnout, most of them gleefully voting Dems into the house and Senate majorities. You see, normally, GOP-leaning voters are the only ones bothering to show up to vote. And what do we get? Presidents like Bush, a GOP majority in both congressional bodies, a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, etc, etc, etc. But not this time. This time, the right wing is in for a very rude surprise. And we'll/they'll have Bush to thank for it.
It's always darkest before the dawn. Or as Reagan said in his 1980 campaign, it's morning in America.
"I wish I wasn't the war president," Bush told an audience Friday in Washington. "Who in the heck wants to be the war president? I don't. But this is our duty."
What a twat. I mean, seriously. Are there still people out there who believe that Bush was somehow dragged, kicking and screaming, into war with Iraq? That his administration does not use 9/11/01 every single day for political gains? Does the man truly have no scruples, none at all? He really is the most callow, corrupt-hearted President we've had in at least my lifetime.
Though I suspect Reagan was close. That's what I always heard, but I wasn't old enough to be paying much attention.
But nw that the campaign is in its final few months, I am really astounded at the whoppers Bush is out there spouting on the campaign trail. And the partisan crowds seem to be eating it up. "Yes, Mr. President, results DO matter." "Yes, Mr. President, we've turned a corner." But while stupid people are statistically more likely to support Republicans (along with the wealthy, the born-again, and the morally bankrupt/corrupt), what about the 50% who simply never vote? What do they make of Bush's assertions that the economy is improving, but that their particular state simply isn't feeling it yet (I heard Bush tell denizens of TWO different states this very same thing on NPR)? With any luck, his absurdly pie-in-the-sky, out-of-touch proclamations will come to portray him in the same light that shone on his father in the 1992 election. Bush Senior was increasingly perceived as out-of-touch, and he was. In fact, all Republicans are. The majority of America does not support the neocons' right-wing agenda. But I think this coming election, however, will even this out a bit. And we'll have Dubya to thank for mobilizing a huge voter turnout, most of them gleefully voting Dems into the house and Senate majorities. You see, normally, GOP-leaning voters are the only ones bothering to show up to vote. And what do we get? Presidents like Bush, a GOP majority in both congressional bodies, a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, etc, etc, etc. But not this time. This time, the right wing is in for a very rude surprise. And we'll/they'll have Bush to thank for it.
It's always darkest before the dawn. Or as Reagan said in his 1980 campaign, it's morning in America.
posted by Price at 4:42 PM
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