Liar, wildly incompetent or both? It's so hard to know what to make of the president sometimes. Witness these comments made by the president after he was asked by Larry King about his decision to continue reading a children's book to small children after being told that the World Trade Center had been attacked:
"G. BUSH: Well, I had just been told by Andrew Card that America was under attack. And I was collecting my thoughts. And I was sitting with a bunch of young kids, and I made the decision there that we would let this part of the program finish, and then I would calmly stand up and thank the teacher and thank the children and go take care of business. And I think what's important is how I reacted when I realized America was under attack. It didn't take me long to figure out we were at war. It didn't take me long to develop a plan that we would go after Al Qaeda. We went into action very quickly.
"KING: So you think the criticism was unwarranted?
"G. BUSH: Oh, I think it's easy to second-guess a moment.
"KING: What was going. . . .
"G. BUSH: What is relevant is whether or not I understand and understood then the stakes. And I recognized that we were at war. And I made a determination that we would do everything we could to bring those killers to justice and to protect the American people. That is my most solemn duty."
So he recognizes we are at war, and decides the appropriate response is to continue a photo op. How in the world does he have any credibility as a national leader if that's true? Why isn't he being more prominetly challenged on this point? Either he didn't know what was going on (which seems entirely possible, but he insists that's not true), or he should be impeached. I don't see any middle ground here. And I wonder if the people working in the Pentagon or in other airliners on that infamous day thought an extra 7 minutes of the president's attention might have been called for? Think we should ask the loved ones of the thousands who died that day?
Posted by armand at August 13, 2004 01:26 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Politicsimpeachment!? it's not like he cheated on his wife.
Posted by: joshua at August 13, 2004 04:16 PM | PERMALINKYeah, I know impeachment has become a sad joke. But I don't ever use the word impeachment lightly. And maybe he shouldn't be convicted. But if his stand is essentially "I knew we faced the greatest national emergency in decades ... but I thought I could deal with it later", that would seem to suggest someone who is willfully not performing his job.
Posted by: armand at August 14, 2004 11:03 AM | PERMALINKBush doesnt deserve to be president. I think he should leave. Just look at him. He looks dumb... No Dick, no Bush...
Posted by: g-whitey at June 6, 2005 10:45 AM | PERMALINK