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Quote of the Day

by BooMan
Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 02:44:30 PM EST

"The biggest disappointment in the political process, that's been this kind of bitterness by a few people to the point where they don't want to have a logical discussion or a civil discussion about policy. They just want to tear you down." - George W. Bush

Quote of the Day | 22 comments (22 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Quote of the Day (4.00 / 6)

Good thing he authorized torture that produced total f*cking bullsh*t.

by BooMan on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 02:57:15 PM EST

Obama Will Not Close Gitmo Within 100 Days (none / 1)

Obama: Closing Gitmo 'a challenge'

Barack Obama suggested he's not likely to actively pursue criminal charges against national security officials who were directly involved in unlawful interrogations or wire-tapping, and said it would be difficult to quickly close down Guantanamo Bay.

...
On the question of prosecuting crimes that may have been committed during the Bush presidency in the course of the war on terror, Obama continued the theme of "looking forward as opposed to backwards."

"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."

by Oui on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 03:03:21 PM EST
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Re: Obama Will Not Close Gitmo Within 100 Days (4.00 / 4)

Let's see. Withdrawing from Iraq is going to be "difficult". Closing Guantanamo is going to be "difficult". What next? Putting a stop to torture and extraordinary rendition is going to be "difficult"?

Business as usual will be much easier.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 03:14:10 PM EST
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Re: Obama Will Not Close Gitmo Within 100 Days (4.00 / 3)

Getting out of Afghanistan is going to be extraordinarily difficult and controlling the military-defense complex is going to be impossible. New boss, same as the old boss.

Suppose you scrub your ethical skin until it shines, but inside there is no music, then what? Kabir

by Dongi 2 on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 03:26:09 PM EST
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Re: Obama Will Not Close Gitmo Within 100 Days (4.00 / 4)

Yes, well, at least he has never promised to get out of Afghanistan - on the contrary, his stated plan is to get deeper in.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 03:30:07 PM EST
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Re: Quote of the Day (4.00 / 6)

GW is simply delusional and so deep into denial that he thinks he should be praised for his malfeasance. What a president for these troubled times. I think he is qualified to be captain of the Titanic.

Suppose you scrub your ethical skin until it shines, but inside there is no music, then what? Kabir

by Dongi 2 on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 03:31:46 PM EST

Re: Quote of the Day (4.00 / 3)

Well, IMHO, he is the current captain of the Titanic, albeit for just a few more days. The wealthy are safely aboard the lifeboats, but steerage is drowning in the dark and frigid water.

"I never trust people who don't laugh." Maya Angelou, March 5, 2009

by Indianadem on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 05:33:08 PM EST
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Re: Quote of the Day (4.00 / 5)

The hypocrisy is astounding. The man who had Carl Rove in the whitehouse and he says that? Bush and the repugs live in their own dream world at the expense of the real world.

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; now we know that it is bad economics;" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt

by Salunga on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 04:14:36 PM EST

Re: Quote of the Day (4.00 / 3)

recycled energy. What do you expect from heartless Bush, devoid of any tissue between the ears?

Steve Benen has this catch:

George W. Bush's two terms haven't been successful, but they have been eventful. The president has faced daunting challenges and striking crises, some of his own making.
And given what we've seen, statements like these are just painful.
Asked by People magazine what moments from the last eight years he revisited most often, W. talked passionately about the pitch he threw out at the World Series in 2001: "I never felt that anxious any other time during my presidency, curiously enough."
Specifically, People asked, "Which moments from the last eight years do you revisit most often?" Bush, after talking about meeting with families of fallen soldiers, replied, "I think about throwing out that pitch at the World Series on [Oct. 30] 2001. My heart was racing when I got to the mound. Didn't want to bounce it. Didn't want to let the fans down. My heart was pumping so hard, I wasn't sure if I could lift my arm. I never felt that anxious any other time during my presidency, curiously enough."
"Curiously enough." Bush knows it's a bizarre thing to say, but in this case, he was simply telling the truth -- when he reflects on his presidency, the real anxiety came when he had to throw a baseball 60 feet.
Not on Sept. 11, not when sending troops into Iraq, not when he was told we might lose an American city to a hurricane. Not when the economy collapsed, not...

There.

The. worst. president. ever. He won't be dislodged.

Well, "You can't vote for war and disown the results"

by idredit on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 04:46:57 PM EST
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Re: Quote of the Day (4.00 / 5)

White House spokesperson Dana Perino said the president wasn't aware that it was his last scheduled flight on Air Force One until he was told by an interviewer.

GW is just the worst president ever. If Sarah Palin was a man her name would be George Bush. If you can't remember little crap like above or your staff doesn't tell you shits coming to end, because they don't want to disturb your bubble of ignorant solitude.

by americanforliberty on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 04:22:56 PM EST

Re: Quote of the Day (4.00 / 3)

this from the loser who was for eight interminable years the cheerleader for "the political process, that's been this kind of bitterness by a few people to the point where they don't want to have a logical discussion or a civil discussion about policy,"...the only thing he got right was "We need a new group of leaders."

afuckingmen! rah, rah, and buh bye asshole:

the revolution will not be televised...

by dada on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 04:37:55 PM EST

Re: Quote of the Day (4.00 / 3)

I look forward to the day when there won't be banks of microphones around to record his moronic utterances, because they don't allow that sort of thing into the penitentiary.

by Geov Parrish on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 04:42:06 PM EST

Won't happen (4.00 / 3)

We have to look forward, not backward according to 44 when Stephanopoulos asked him about this this morning.

He also said that Cheney was right that he (Obama) needs to look at the whole program and the intelligence that was received by the torture.

Wiretaps, OK. Now it looks like Torture,OK.

by The Voice In The Wilderness on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 05:42:43 PM EST
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Re: Won't happen (none / 0)

I feel sick. And betrayed. Already.

by Heart of the Rockies on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 07:03:33 PM EST
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Re: Won't happen (none / 0)

I had such low expectations for Obama that I did not think I could be disappointed.

I was wrong.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 07:18:54 PM EST
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Re: Quote of the Day (4.00 / 3)

aside from the privatization of social security, i can't think of anything that wasn't ultimately given to him by the Congress. Petulant brat

Latino Político | "We are condemned to kill time, thus we die bit by bit." - Octavio Paz

by Man Eegee (man.eegee at gmail dot com) on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 06:15:36 PM EST

Re: Quote of the Day (none / 1)

Quitting smoking is almost as difficult as quitting drinking.

Our pols are tough enough for any challenge as long as there is a scapegoat.

How dare they talk like this? Life is difficult, but they both asked for it.

take me away...

by Alice on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 04:24:31 PM EST

Re: Quote of the Day (none / 0)

Would he actually be capable of a logical policy discussion?

Oh, there you are, Perry. -Phineas -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 04:50:55 PM EST

Re: Quote of the Day (none / 0)

Would he actually be capable of a logical discussion about anything?

OK, nevermind. Would he actually be capable of a coherent discussion about anything?

OK, nevermind. Would he actually be capable of an intelligible discussion about anything?

OK, nevermind.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 07:20:28 PM EST
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Re: Quote of the Day (none / 1)

Compared to Palin, though, he's practically Cicero.

Frightening.

by no3reed on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 08:52:09 PM EST
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Re: Quote of the Day (none / 0)

Yeah, that IS scary. As badly as he mangles the English language at least you can always figure out what it is he is trying to say. With her, unless she is reading from a teleprompter, it is difficult to impossible to construct any meaning at all.

And some people took her seriously! That's the scariest part of all.

by Hurria (Muslawia@gmail.com) on Sun Jan 11th, 2009 at 09:36:32 PM EST
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"It's very important for our party not to narrow its focus, not to become so inward looking that we drive people away from a philosophy that is compassionate and decent," said Bush.

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Ye shall know them by their fruits.

The compassionate conservative. This man is totally and hopelessly out of touch.

"Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"

by MikeInOhio on Mon Jan 12th, 2009 at 08:05:55 AM EST

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