the idiot opens his mouth
and idiocy emerges! Well duh!
Bush: ‘I regret saying some things I shouldn’t have said’
CNN
By Alexander Mooney NEW YORK (CNN) —NEW YORK (CNN) — As his presidency nears its end, a reflective President Bush suggested Tuesday that he regrets some of his more blunt statements on the war on terrorism over the last eight years and said he wishes he had not spoken in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner only a month after U.S. troops in Iraq were deployed.
President Bush says his wife told him that as president, he should watch his words carefully.
“I regret saying some things I shouldn’t have said,” Bush told CNN’s Heidi Collins when asked to reflect on his regrets over his two terms as president. “Like ‘dead or alive’ and ‘bring ‘em on.’ My wife reminded me that, hey, as president of the United States, be careful what you say.”
The interview, aboard the USS Intrepid in New York, came after the president addressed a Veterans Day ceremony.
Shortly after the attacks of September 11, the president said of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden: “I want justice. There’s an old poster out West that said, ‘Wanted, dead or alive.’ “
“There are some who feel like that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring ‘em on,” he said then.
On Tuesday, the president also referenced the moment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, during which he declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq.
“They had a sign that said ‘Mission Accomplished.’ It was a sign aimed at the sailors on the ship, but it conveyed a broader knowledge. To some it said, well, Bush thinks the war in Iraq is over, when I didn’t think that. But nonetheless, it conveyed the wrong message.”
The president, whose legacy is sure to be hotly debated for decades, said there also is much he is proud of.
“I am proud to be the commander in chief of people who are so selfless and so courageous that they would volunteer to serve our country in a time of war,” he said. “I’m proud when I see people feed the hungry. I’m proud when I’m in Africa and see volunteers helping those citizens dying of HIV/AIDS.”
In the wide-ranging interview, the president also discussed his Monday meeting with President-elect Barack Obama and said he consulted former President Clinton before his meeting with the future commander in chief.
“I remember the conversation I had with my predecessor Bill Clinton,” Bush said. As a matter of fact, [I] called him yesterday and said, ‘Bill, I’m getting ready to meet with the new president, and I remember how gracious you were to me. I hope I can be as gracious to President-elect Obama as you were to me.’ ”
Bush described the atmosphere in his Oval Office meeting with Obama as relaxed and said he offered the future president advice on the transition process. Bush also said Obama was specifically interested in how his two young daughters would adjust to life in the White House.
“It was interesting to watch him go upstairs,” Bush said. “He wanted to see where his little girls were going to sleep. Clearly, this guy is going to bring a sense of family to the White House, and I hope Laura and I did the same thing. But I believe he will, and I know his girls are on his mind and he wants to make sure that first and foremost, he is a good dad. And I think that’s going to be an important part of his presidency.”
Bush said he plans to return to Texas after he leaves office January 20 and “may write a book” but otherwise has few plans. “No doubt I’m heading straight home. I miss Texas; I love Texas; I’ve got a lot of friends in Texas.
“I’ll probably get back and take a deep breath,” he said.
Bush said he has begun to think about an outline for the book.
“I want people to know what it was like to make some of the decisions I had to make,” he said. “In other words, what was the moment like? And I’ve had one of those presidencies where I’ve had to make some tough calls, and I want people to know the truth about what it was like sitting in the Oval Office.”
In the words of dick cheney, GO FUCK YOURSELF! W.
…and then he giggled and doodied.
Regards,
Tengrain
i wonder who wears the “i’m with stupid” shirt when george and laura go for a walk?
Title: Mister Clusterfuck Goes To Washington.
Author: George ‘Dubyuck’ Bush
Language: Connecticut Texican
Description: The mystophysical philosophy and pithy sayings of a dilithium intellect.
Paper Bound: 3 pages, 2 photographs, Cover Illustration
Published: Jan. 25, 2009
Status: Out of Print
Customer Review: Perhaps Mr. Bush’s literary debut would have met with greater success if he had earlier identified the difficulty occasioned in distributing ebooks with individually crayoned covers.
It’s funny how the “tough calls” always seem to hurt innocent people and not the tough guys who make those calls.
BettyJeanLee asked me to post this for her:
reverend:
you gotta figure it’s the security guards wearing the tees.
John Derbyshire at The Corner is being roundly scorned, snarked and mocked on the ProgBlogs for his advice to Obama to choose his words carefully and avoid gaffes….LIKE BUSH!
This is friggin’ beyond parody, and I think it deserves some attention here!
Derbyshire said that? Oh, that’s rich. Chimpy makes Quayle the brain trust of the GOP. Rgds, Tengrain
PS Thanks for the BettyJean illustration of a defiant Chimpmeister!