Some great Bush flip-flop quotes!

[gatorboy]

Whoo hooo! I can finally post! :)

Anyway, here are some links to some great flip flop quotes when running in 2000. He chastised the Clinton administration for "nation building" but doesn't seem to have a problem with it now, does he?

http://www.issues2000.org/George_W__Bush_Foreign_Policy.htm

http://www.issues2000.org/George_W__Bush_Defense.htm#General

Here's an Oldy but a goody:
Q: What is the role of the U.S. in the world?

BUSH: I’m not sure the role of the United States is to go around the world and say this is the way it’s got to be. I want to empower people. I want to help people help themselves, not have government tell people what to do. I just don’t think it’s the role of the United States to walk into a country and say, we do it this way, so should you. We went into Russia, we said here’s some IMF money. It ended up in Chernomyrdin’s pocket. And yet we played like there was reform. The only people who are going to reform Russia are Russians. I’m not sure where the vice president’s coming from, but I think one way for us to end up being viewed as the ugly American is for us to go around the world saying, we do it this way, so should you. I think the United States must be humble and must be proud and confident of our values, but humble in how we treat nations that are figuring out how to chart their own course.
Source: Presidential Debate at Wake Forest University Oct 11, 2000

[tandot]

1. hi, gatorboy, welcome to DU

:hi:


When it comes to flip-flopping, Bush beats Kerry big time.

[Bandit]

2. Silly silly boy don't you know 9-11 changed everything

They can now say anything they wish at any time they wish and use 9-11 as their justification. How conveeenienttttt!!!!

[donhakman]

3. .

[Bandit]

5. You left off one I feel is his greatest flip flop

"I Trust the People" He repeated this at every single campaign stop and then before he even got selected to office he said and I quote "Only machines can be trusted because they are objective where People are subjective" This was about the recount and why he didn't want it to occur. He said the machine count was all that was needed.

[NormanConquest]

4. In comparison to his latest public pronouncements...

he sounded almost coherent back in '00. What the hell happened?

[hadrons]

6. his biggest flip-flop ....

"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our Number one priority and we will not rest until we find him!" George W. Bush, September 13, 2001

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and I really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." George W. Bush, March 13, 2002