I tried to give him (Bush) the benefit of the doubt today

[TornadoTN]

I tried...I really tried to give him the benefit of the doubt and try to put politics aside for this event. It's the most a person can do at this point. But his words are so scripted. His tone is over-coached, almost a slur. These words are coming from a man that couldn't be bothered to attend a soldiers funeral or do anything during Katrina until it was too late.

His presence wasn't needed there, but I thought that maybe - just maybe - I needed to let my feelings go today and put politics and the past aside just long enough to mourn with the community. Another shameless political stunt. Why am I not surprised?

[Little Wing]

1. And he was the one who mocked Clinton for showing up at things like this

because the President being around only complicates things blah blah blah

I hate him.

[rubberducky]

Everything is a photo-op

[librechik]

2. his insincerity is palpable, no matter what the context

why did he have to come and spolit the mood at the memorial with his jingoistic crap??!!!

[Mandate My Ass]

6. Jingoistic? OMG what did he say?

He is so freakin' narcissistic. Everything is about him. :puke:

[bdamomma]

3. and watch him cut students funds again, he says one thing

and then screws us over again. The media will be propping him up, the media can go to hell too. They are as transparent as * is.

[Writer]

4. It's stage-managed empathy.

He's a narcissist and cannot naturally feel for others.

[Monkeyman]

5. There was no Heart in that speech. No 9/11 moment where the Country came as one

I have nothing for him at all

[ends_dont_justify]

7. Bush is guilty for every crime in this country as far as I am concerned, by association

The funding for the police has been so radically cut, most of them aren't even allowed to have partners now. They're unable to do their job, or are replaced with incompetant officers not deserving of the name. The country is a bigger disaster than iraq when it comes to conduct...it may not be worse physically (IE blown up) but it's getting there.

I think that it should be hammered, the only political side of this I think should be mentioned, this is yet another 'most horrible disaster' that happened under the bush regime...that he could have prevented, but did not. Maybe not directly prevented...but indirectly with good leadership.

[Decruiter]

8. Well and how did that work out for ya?

His "presence" was truly not needed. He shamed us all, purely politcal bull shit.

Bush is one sick, truly sick m-f'er. He does not have one caring bone in his body.

[bigwillq]

9. I take pisses

that last longer than that speech and to boot the speech sucked big time.

:mad:

[TornadoTN]

10. Length of the Speech didn't matter as much as content

The content was lukewarm at best and I'll be damned if he didn't sound like he was sobering up.

[bigwillq]

11. My point exactly!

Even though it was short it could've been a dignified speech...it was neither in this case though.

[lancdem]

12. lol

[Annces]

13. Ya and he banks on that sympathy

to keep coming in over and over. Never again for me.

[Thirtieschild]

14. The difference in this and Katrina is that he needed to take action during Katrina.

VA Tech didn't call for anything on his part except a photo op.

[TornadoTN]

15. Precisely

It's just sickening.