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Thu 2 Nov, 2006 08:31 am
Bush's political tactics clearly indicate he his more interested in retaining GOP political power than solving the Iraq war problems. ---BBB
After President Meets Reporters, Sullivan -- Once a Bush Backer -- Now Suggests He May Have 'Lost His Mind'
By E&P Staff
Published: November 01, 2006 10:00 PM ET
In a move that no doubt sent a shiver through several candidates in his own party, President Bush, in a special interview with wire service reporters in the White House, today guaranteed a job for his Pentagon chief for two more years, adding that both Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Cheney "are doing fantastic jobs and I strongly support them."
But it wasn't only endangered Republicans who have been calling for Rumsfeld's ouster who may have blanched. Andrew Sullivan, the conservative writer who was once a key media supporter for the Iraq war, denounced the latest Bush statement on CNN on Wednesday night, stating that the president is so delusional, "This is not an election anymore, it's an intervention."
Sullivan said the president was "so in denial," comparing the Rumsfeld endorsement to applauding the job FEMA's Michael Brown did on Katrina: "It's unhinged. It suggests this man has lost his mind. No one objectively could look at the way this war has been conducted, whether you were for it, as I was, or against it, and say that it has been done well. It's a disaster.
"For him to say it's a fantastic job suggests the president has lost it, I'm sorry, there's no other way to say it.....These people must be held accountable." He added that today, Richard Perle, a leading neocon and Iraq war backer, had today called the administration "dysfunctional."
Rep. John Boehner, the second-ranking Republican in the House, said, also on CNN: "Let's not blame what's happening in Iraq on Rumsfeld. But the fact is, the generals on the ground are in charge, and he works closely with them and the president."
How does one lose what one never had?
Quote:Bush's political tactics clearly indicate he his more interested in retaining GOP political power than solving the Iraq war problems
This is clearly the case.
It may also be the case that he doesn't want to solve Iraq war problems because, in his mind, he's the hero who went in to "liberate" the country, and those who succeed his presidency can fix what he didn't plan to fix in the first place.
Yes, not agreeing with the liberals must surely be a sign of insanity. Imagine the man continuing with his own opinions! The nerve!
Just out of curiosity, do you ever have any opinions of your own? You may have opened a post with your own opinion at some time in the past, but I sure don't remember such an event.
I would think that the opinions of the majority of Americans should be considered over the opinions of one man or the agenda of one party.
Bush has not garnered support from over half the country for years.
That is a problem.
If it's not, it should be regarded as one.
Brandon9000 wrote:Yes, not agreeing with the liberals must surely be a sign of insanity. Imagine the man continuing with his own opinions! The nerve!
Just out of curiosity, do you ever have any opinions of your own? You may have opened a post with your own opinion at some time in the past, but I sure don't remember such an event.
Speaking of thinking for oneself, what do you think, Brandon? Do you think the war in Iraq is going well right now?
Brandon wrote
Yes, not agreeing with the liberals must surely be a sign of insanity. Imagine the man continuing with his own opinions! The nerve!
Does anyone who disagrees with Bushco earn the immediate label of liberal. Wake up the nation has [even some of his past supporters ] finally realized what a dufus their man in the white house is.
Brandon9000 wrote:Yes, not agreeing with the liberals must surely be a sign of insanity. Imagine the man continuing with his own opinions! The nerve!
Read it again, Brandon. Other Republicans are saying he's divorced from reality. Not liberals... or at least not
just liberals....
DD, remember, once you speak out in opposition to this adminstration, you are affixed the label "Liberal".
...and we all know, the only thing worse than an "Islamofascist" is being a "Liberal".
Yeah, I know. The right is now the middle, the center is now the left, and the left is now the enemy.
Personally, I think seriously entertaining this kind of talk is to repeat a blunder of epic proportions and one from which we should have learned a lesson long ago. Much to our chagrin and regret, this administration has proven time and again to be much more wily and politically able than we had thought. All this Bush is crazy, Bush is dumb, Cheney is the evil manipulator, fill in catchphrase of the week here, nonsense is belied by the fact that they have until now (God and Diebold willing) whipped us at every turn. When we underestimate our opponents we make ourselves vulnerable. Labelling Bush stupid or crazy, while it may feel personally satisfying-- and may even have the virtue of being true, tempts us to minmize the threat presented and ignore the fact that he, his party and his administration remain a dangerous and potent adversaries.