So when Bush says, "I accept responsibility," what does that mean??

[Poiuyt]

When someone says that, what does it mean to you? If a person accepts responsibility for something, doesn't that imply that there will be some action from that person? Shouldn't there be some degree of accountability with that kind of statement? Like, is he going to pay for it out of his own pocket, or resign from office? I've noticed that Republicans are defending him now saying to lay off, he accepts responsibility. With a fuck up this big, I think his resignation is the least he could do.

[Tace]

1. He Means The Exact Opposite Of What He Says!

Where you been? : )

[knowbody0]

2. it means nothing

his words are empty. pledges all that money and puts rover in charge of it.
what i do not get, is that we all know that we're on our own in the event of an attack of any type, when he ran on that platform of keeping ameriKa safe. makes me wish i were on drugs ya know?

[spacelady]

3. In this administration, all that it means is that he is the POTUS.

In a sane world it would mean sincere sorrow, admission of mistakes, and a resignation due to gross incompetence.

[HawkerHurricane]

4. It means

that you should shut up, stop complaining about his incompetance or gross negligence, and not mention it ever again, and especially not use it as a reason to vote against Republicans in 2006.

[melody]

5. It means he's lying

As usual

[gulliver]

6. Rove told Bush their usual first option ... evading responsibility ...

... wasn't going to wash. So Bush had to swallow the pill damned fast and get it over with. It means nothing. It is nothing more than a political innoculation against charges that he never accepts responsibility.

[Vincardog]

7. If you listened to his speech he accepted responsibility for anything

the federal government may have doe wrong. He did not accept responsibility for FAILING to act. Since the FEMA response was basically to divert aid and assistance, it is very clear that * accepted responsibility for NOTHING. That is what you can expect from him in the way of responsible action. Nothing stands in the way of the NeoCon's agenda of robbing pillaging and raping the working people of this country.

[quaker bill]

8. what he said was

"To the extent the federal government was at fault, I accept responsibility."

The punchline of this joke is that he believes that the State and Local officials were actually responsible for most of it.

He is accepting responsibility for not doing something that he did not see as his job in the first place. If he had seen it as his job to do this, he would have come back from vacation much sooner.

[rodeodance]

10. bingo!

[kestrel91316]

9. * flaps his lips and the words spill out like a mass of cockroaches.

It means absolutely nothing. It's just sounds.

I happen to think public hara kiri is the least he could do.

[rodeodance]

13. like poverty, and racism and minority business!!!

[H2O Man]

11. It simply means

he wants credit for doing something "good" -- at the same time he blames others for his errors.

[Marr]

12. Same thing it meant when Rumsfeld said it. Nothing.

[Yupster]

20. Add Janet Reno to your list

When she accepted full responsibility for Waco it didn't mean squat either.

I think accountability ends once you get confirmed by the senate. I'll go check my Constitution.

[unrepuke]

14. Like when a kid says "I confess ; HE did it!"

It's not the "I accept responsibility..." part,

it's the "To the extent of the federal government..." part

or Uncle Karl says "Say this" . Remember Reagan thought he was playing a role, so it wasn't lies, it was reciting a script.

[TheStates]

15. He accepts responsibility......For being a callous ignorant man.

Too late for the world though, oops, I really screwed up. Impeach the whole presidency.

It should be shouted everywhere when the 24th comes....

[ogradda]

16. I think it means

someone told him he should say it. Kinda like my Mom used to have me say it when I was fve.

[electron_blue]

17. I think it means he wants us to stop talking about him

A lot of times people say they take responsibility just to shut up the other side.

Sometimes theyr'e sincere, of course. That's not at all the impression I get with Bush.

[Disturbed]

19. It means nothing.

It was a sly move by Rove though. Now if Dems citicize the Silverspoon Sociopath they will be accused of carping. No one will be held accountable and the Bush Regime cronies will make millions off of the Bush Regime screwups. "Same as it ever was."

[rosesaylavee]

18. It means his poll numbers are low and he is desperate to

sound like he cares... which we know he doesn't.

:grr:

[philosophie_en_rose]

21. Shows over. Nothing more to see. Next !! n/t

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[Cleita]

22. From him nothing.

He should resign, but he won't. I guess he's at Camp David for another recreational break this weekend. Too bad we can't get Cindy and her crew there to piss him off.