shrub rewriting history (nsr)

[mghwk]

No, I, literally, broke the dam. Damnit.

[Woodsy]

President Bush feels betrayed by several of his most senior aides and advisors and has severely restricted access to the Oval Office, INSIGHT magazine claims in a new report.

The president’s reclusiveness in the face of relentless public scrutiny of the U.S.-led war in Iraq and White House leaks regarding CIA operative Valerie Plame has become so extreme that Mr. Bush has also reduced contact with his father, former President George H.W. Bush, administration sources said on the condition of anonymity.

“The atmosphere in the Oval Office has become unbearable,” a source said. “Even the family is split.”

INSIGHT: Sources close to the White House say that Mr. Bush has become isolated and feels betrayed by key officials in the wake of plunging domestic support, the continued insurgency in Iraq and the CIA-leak investigation that has resulted in the indictment and resignation of Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff.

The sources said Mr. Bush maintains daily contact with only four people: first lady Laura Bush, his mother, Barbara Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes. The sources also say that Mr. Bush has stopped talking with his father, except on family occasions.

[PNWbrit]

evil emperor goes through paranoid phase - such a cliche

[Tippster]

"I need my Mommy?" Good Lord.

[mr_gyptian]

Your position is so weak you can't even defend your side you just have to try to point the camera at someone else and hope we forget about Bush.

you know it really does suck when we use peoples own words in context to show what absolute hypocrites they really are. I have quite a few more. If Bush was in fact lying. He certainly wasn't alone. From a speech by Hillary Clinton in October 2002. The "Inherent Authority" to take action she refers to is UN Resolution 687( under which Iraq was to reaffirm unconditionally its full compliance with international treaties it had signed against the proliferation of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, and to submit existing stockpiles, subsystems, and components for removal and destruction under international supervision).
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"While there is no perfect approach to this thorny dilemma, and while people of good faith and high intelligence can reach diametrically opposed conclusions, I believe the best course is to go to the UN for a strong resolution that scraps the 1998 restrictions on inspections and calls for complete, unlimited inspections with cooperation expected and demanded from Iraq. I know that the Administration wants more, including an explicit authorization to use force, but we may not be able to secure that now, perhaps even later. But if we get a clear requirement for unfettered inspections, I believe the authority to use force to enforce that mandate is inherent in the original 1991 UN resolution, as President Clinton recognized when he launched Operation Desert Fox in 1998."

keep up the Bush lied people died rhetoric. It really served you well in the fall of 2004.

[Buster Highmen]

keep up the Bush lied people died rhetoric. It really served you well in the fall of 2004.

Now there's a constructive comment, one bound to really sew up an argument, sway the uncertain and build bridges to a future of consensus and understanding.

[yentna]

One more reason to ensure that we (the people) select the most competent person possible and hold that person accountable for their actions. Why the Republicans thought they can put any idiot in there and give him free reign is still beyond the pale of reason.

It's because the "most competent" person is to smart to ever run for office, and if he/she does run for office, then he/she won't lie enough to sway the people, and if the people are still swayed into electing him/her, he/she won't ever make it above the local level because she/he isn't a scummy liar.

[Lurch]

you know it really does suck when we use peoples own words in context to show what absolute hypocrites they really are. I have quite a few more.

It really sucks when the guy you support is caught in a position you can't defend so the best you can do is try to shift focus.

[PNWbrit]

I'm significantly more concerned that the Bush administration adjusted intelligence reports to suit their political aims than Hilary Clinton's politically expediant decision to suport the war in light of said reports.



and let's not forget the real kicker - shortly after having lied about the reasons for starting it he told us we'd won!