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Friday, May 26, 2006
Mistakes
I've certainly been uniformly critical of Bush and his administration. But I do think Bush said something good for a change:
So here a rare compliment to Bush. Heckuva job Bushie.
UPDATE: It would appear I'm pretty much alone in my praise.
The NYT and WP front Prime Minister Tony Blair hanging at the White House with Bush, where they defended the war, declined to commit to a drawdown of troops, and expressed a few regrets. Bush acknowledged it wasn't a good move to challenge insurgents to "bring it on" nor to say he wanted Osama Bin Laden "dead or alive." Said the president, "I learned some lessons about expressing myself maybe in a little more sophisticated manner."The video of this shows a sincerity that I've not often seen in Bush. Who knows, he probably was coached to look sincere. But his self critical discussion of the cowboy macho BS he was spouting is right on target.
So here a rare compliment to Bush. Heckuva job Bushie.
UPDATE: It would appear I'm pretty much alone in my praise.
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"But of course, it is very rehearsed, everything from the mannerisms you saw, the upwards glance up at the ceiling for inspiration. And for me, the big giveaway was at the end of that answer—I don‘t know if you could see it on camera, but the president flashed a big grin to those of us sitting in the front rows. It didn‘t seem that he was quite as contrite as his performance."
Transcript link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12990267/
Sorry.
Mike
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