Bush Again Defends His Presidency

[DainBramaged]

Source: NY Times on line

George W. Bush, now the former president, flew to Midland, Texas, after the inauguration this afternoon and told a small welcoming crowd much of what he has been saying in his farewell speeches and interviews over the last few weeks. But in light of Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address today — and the new president’s stark repudiation of what his predecessor left behind — Mr. Bush’s speech almost seemed like a rebuttal.

“I always felt it was important to tackle the tough issues today and not try to them on to future presidents, and future generations,” Mr. Bush said. “I never took an opinion poll to tell me what to think. And I’m coming home with my head held high and a sense of accomplishment.”


Much of his speech was a defense of his presidency and his decisions, particularly after 9/11 when, he said, “we liberated 50 million people from the clutches of terrorism.”

Perhaps his dominant theme was that he believed he did the right thing, even if it wasn’t popular and he tried to make the case that popularity didn’t matter. He leaves office with the lowest poll ratings of any president in modern times.

“There were some good days and there were some tough days but every day was an honor to be your president,” he said. “I gave it my all. Listen. Sometimes what I did wasn’t popular, but that’s okay, I always did what I thought was right.”



Read more: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/bush-again-defends-his-presidency/?hp

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Little jug-eared fuck still won't accept responsibility, like all of his Freeptard followers.

[tabatha]

1. He sounded drunk on his arrival at Waco.

[Political_Junkie]

5. Absolutely!

I saw that. Smashed!

[NOW tense]

8. Wouldn't you be

He got torn a new one during the speech.

[Sydnie]

12. He absolutely did sound smashed

I watched a few minutes and laughed so hard!

[tucsonlib]

16. Time To Buy Liquor Industry Stock n/t

[XemaSab]

29. I switched over to Faux

just so I could stare in slack-jawed incredulity at how TRASHED that mofo was. :o

[tularetom]

2. Even his "homecoming" is fake

I'll bet he never spends another day in Midland.

If he really wanted to do a homecoming he would go to Connecticut.

[xultar]

3. *crickets chirping*

[Lasher]

31. All is well!

[LiberalFighter]

4. Liar Liar pants on fire!!

[JeffR]

6. Bush who?

:shrug:

[Lint Head]

7. Fuck this piece of shit. He is history. Bad history.

:dem:

[RavensChick]

9. STFU!!!!!!!

No one wants to hear a damn thing you have to say now! But enjoy your freedom 'cause soon you'll be in handcuffs!!! Madea says, "See you in the lockup, asshole!!!"

[glinda]

10. Hope Obama gave him a copy of his speech today to contemplate

[Demeter]

11. Good Practice for His Future Career as War Criminal Defendant

[Aristus]

13. BFD. This idiot gets a sense of accomplishment when he leaves the men's room properly zipped up.

:eyes::crazy:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

28. Even THAT rarely happens...

[MichiganVote]

14. When that asshole can answere where the hell all our money has gone..

I'll start listening to republicans again. Until then...they can all drop dead for all I care.

[roamer65]

15. Make like Hoover, you asshole, and STFU.

[ixion]

17. “we liberated 50 million people from the clutches of terrorism.”

see, he's not talking about Iraq, as he would lead people to believe. He's talking about the millionaires and billionaires in the world who've been liberated because of his bs.

[sakabatou]

21. Well he liberated 300 million+

when he left office.

[XemaSab]

30. .

:patriot:

[Baby Snooks]

18. "Haywired"

He's really the Boy from Brazil. Something went wrong. He was "miswired" and ended up "haywired."

[grytpype]

19. Retarded and crazy -- not a good combination for a President!

We finally have a sane, intelligent President, what a contrast!

Obama is going to make Bush look like a damn fool every day.

[Greyhound]

27. and nearly 40 million or our fellow inmates voted for him... n/t

[ladywnch]

20. 1800 tickets were left over for the event......even though they were FREE! LMAO!!

maybe if they had given away $50.00 bills with the tickets they may have gotten more takers!

[Politicalboi]

22. “we liberated 50 million people from the clutches of terrorism.”

We the people on November 4th did this for the world. If MaGoo would have won, could you imagine what today would have been.

[Betty]

23. suck it, you fucktard

we hate you forever.

[Jefferson23]

24. I bet he never expected Obama to say what he did in his inaugural speech about the Bush Regime, LOL

[MilesColtrane]

25. “I never took an opinion poll to tell me what to think."

That was Cheney's job.

I hope the press shuns this filthy drunk for the rest of his days.

[myrna minx]

26. Little boots will always require HUGE banners and fanfare. Ugh.

I wonder if he's still wearing the presidential seal knit ankle SOCKS as well as the cowboy boots. :puke:

[struggle4progress]

32. They opinion-polled and focus-grouped the Iraq invasion extensively before launching their war

[MarcMus]

33. Bush in Texas

His Texas crowd seemed to really think he was great, and I'll be honest. He gave a better speech than I've seen from Bush is seven years or so. Sadly, everything he said was still a desperate attempt to cover his ass. Here's decent quick alysis of some of Obama's anti-Bush lines.
http://buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/588
It's from a site called Buzzflash.

I want the man to be prosecuted, but I doubt they'll ever get a conviction. I think the attempt would look good for the world though.

[deutsey]

34. For someone who doesn't care about popular opinion (supposedly)

he sure can't seem to stop defending his "presidency."

STFU, Bush. Don't go away mad...just go away.

[Dulcinea]

35. He's gonna be defending his presidency for the rest of his life.

Goodbye & good riddance. I feel sorry for his new neighbors in Dallas. They'll have to put up with him puking in their yards & throwing PBR empties.

[TEXASYANKEE]

36. This makes no sense at all.

“I always felt it was important to tackle the tough issues today and not try to pass them on to future presidents, and future generations,”

I cannot get my head around this line. Just what DOES he think he's left for Obama -- rainbows and pennies from heaven?? He's passed on 2 wars and a recession, fer crying out loud!

The Dallas paper said there was a 25,000+ crowd. Hmfph!

[sofa king]

37. Ahem. Bullshit.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11941620/

Later in the news conference, Bush was asked whether there would come a day when no U.S. forces are in Iraq.

“That, of course, is an objective. And that will be decided by future presidents and future governments of Iraq,” he said.

[DainBramaged]

38. Kick to offset the other lying news organizations who claim "thousands"