During an interview today on ABC's This Week, President Bush tried to distance himself from what has been his core strategy in Iraq for the last three years. George Stephanopoulos asked about James Baker'’s plan to develop a strategy for Iraq that is "between 'stay the course' and 'cut and run.'"
Bush responded, "We'’ve never been stay the course, George!"
The sociopathic ease with which it rolls of his tongue is as impressive as it is chilling, considering his position.
There is no reach-around.
If you think you can stomach it, you can find a longer excerpt from the interview here at Crooks and Liars, the full snake oil pitch.
The usual smugness seems a little forced and I swear I can tell he's slipping, he's not liking looking like he's needing adult supervision, when Stephanopoulos gets around to The Baker Commission.
The other thing that jumped waaaaay out at me was near the end of the clip where he says, "The fundamental question the American people have to make (sic) is d-- (like he was about to say 'do we cut 'n' run') should we stay?"
His stumble seems to indicate his discomfort with the question, as he tries to hold his grinning mask, a couple quick shifts in the sentence for the audience, no doubt. But what really struck me was the content: I thought he was "The Decider?"
Why is he suddenly shifting responsibility back on us?
Get ready for the Great Bush Responsibility Walkaway. The very next stretch is where he again admits (proudly, almost gleefully) that he intends to leave the Iraq problem for his successor.
From our President of the United States: an un-AAed, un-therapized dry-drunk's sense of responsibility.
Of truth.
3 comments:
I've been reading about Teddy Roosevelt and how, when he began to shake off the big-money conservatism of his Republican Party and embrace progressive causes, he was accused of being insane, alcoholic and drug-addicted -- none of which was true. 100 years later we have a Republican president who is clearly insane. I suppose during his next one-on-one with the press he'll look into the camera with that smug monkey-grin and state, "War? What war? We've never been at war with Iraq." Whether his lying is pathelogical or shameless self-preservation, he's still a liar and, even more remarkably, still president!!! Clinton lies about a blow job and nearly loses his job... what the hell is wrong with our country!?!?!
I'll accept a degree of lying in any politician. But it's what you lie about.
I'm not sure it's there, but depending on the outcome on Nov 7th, it's on the way.
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