Has Bush changed?

[Frozzy]

Just a quick thought? Is Bush becoming more authoritative in his speeches? Just a noted trend over the past few months... but a recent speech saw him refer to "defeatists who refuse to see that anything is right".

Even Cheney said "The president and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing their memory, or their backbone - but we're not going to sit by and let them rewrite history,"

I don't ever recall the administration seeming as contrite or harsh as it has in recent weeks... which is saying a lot really.

[Winston]

I blame the ruler of Turkmenistan for this development.

No, wait...

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Americans wanted a "tough", "decisive" flip flopper, the one who could do what is right even if he had to kill kittens (or 30k innocent people as it might have happened). he is just doing what you elected him to do, which is speak tougher to make you all safer.

That is what the man does best.

well you elected him again so enjoy the fruits of his labour now

[Patroklos]

There is nothing wrong with those two quotes. While I find the term "Defeatist" a bit much, the idea behind what he says is on mark, and aplicable to anything. It is important to recognize true problems, but it equally important to recognize the successes as well.

As for the second Cheney quote, I bet you every administration, and every other politician in this country, has taken that line.

[SlowwHand]

OFITG, you are so full of ****.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
OFITG, you are so full of ****.

truth hurts

--- if it didn't you would attack the message and not the messenger

[Sava]

OFITG speaks truth

[Tattila the Hun]

OFITG is a fun acronym.

[AnnC]

Bush has merely returned to campaign mode.

He's employing the same tactics and rhetoric that he used to attack opponents in his presidential campaigns, except now the attacks are directed at people who oppose his policies and members of congress who insist that he comply with constitutional restrictions on presidential power.

[Odin]

He's probably drinking too much.

[Arrian]

Has Bush changed?

Nope. He still sucks.

-Arrian

[OzzyKP]

I thought it was remarkable that for the first time (that I can recall) he actually admitted without waffling that we did not find any WMD in Iraq. He also admitted that the intelligence was wrong when we went in.

For all the people who pressed him to admit mistakes or errors, I think y'all should be giving him more credit for this stuff.

[Jon Miller]

I give him credit for that..

still doesn't change my opinino on his choices

JM

[AnnC]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
I thought it was remarkable that for the first time (that I can recall) he actually admitted without waffling that we did not find any WMD in Iraq. He also admitted that the intelligence was wrong when we went in.

He finally admitted that the intelligence about WMD was wrong but insists that he would have invaded Iraq anyway.

So what does that tell you? It means that intelligence about WMD wasn't Bush's primary motive for the Iraq war (as he claimed at the time), there must have been some other reason. He owes it to the American people to tell us what that reason was.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by OneFootInTheGrave
Americans wanted a "tough", "decisive" flip flopper, the one who could do what is right even if he had to kill kittens (or 30k innocent people as it might have happened). he is just doing what you elected him to do, which is speak tougher to make you all safer.

That is what the man does best.

well you elected him again so enjoy the fruits of his labour now

49% of us didn't.