"I'm the commander --

[H2O Man]

see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president. Maybe someone needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel I owe anybody an explanation."
-- George W. Bush

This quote is found in Woodward's "Bush at War," and Byrd's "Losing America." I think that it should be used in a commercial, or even a series of commercials. WMDs. Flag-draped coffins. His attitude.

[paineinthearse]

1. I'd love to see the video

dzitka, do you have this?

[Inland]

2. His explanation is, he's in charge. Period.

We owe him an explanation of what we do, because we exist for him. The dead soldier in Iraq, for example, had better explain to Bush how that happened. Bush owes him nothing.

Explains a lot. Fascism, anyone?

[H2O Man]

3. It reveals everything

that the public needs to know about him, in a sense. It ranks as the most obnoxious and arrogant statement any American president has ever made.

[jimshoes]

8. I think there are three or four that rank

as the most vile statements that have ever been uttered by this chimp or someone speaking for him. The one in this post, the trifecta comment, the things would be a lot easier if I were the dictator comment, and possibly the most nefarious of all, is the "we are history's actors" comment attributed to a senior admin advisor, reported by Ron Suskind, as the most puke inducing verbage ever uttered.

[tabasco]

4. The commander is supposed to take responsibility ...

for everything the command does or fails to do.

At least that's how it worked when I was a commander in the Army.

Bunnypants just wants the power, not the responsibility. He is not a true leader. Far from it.

I have never heard him accept responsibility for a damn thing.

He IS responsible for tens of thousands of needless deaths and maimed persons. He WILL be held accountable. WE must ensure it.

[TornadoTN]

14. He never has been

He never has been held accountable for anything his entire life. His family had the connections to bail him out of trouble, find him a job or bail him out of a failing business (multiple times).

Its clear that everything he touches falls apart, but he has the mindset that he is not responsible for it, its someone elses fault. Typical behavior for a young child, but certainly not acceptable in the business world or as leader of the free world.

As a business executive, I am responsible for anything and everything that happens under my watch, even if I had NOTHING to do with it. I have to own up and make the changes necessary to ensure that we get back on the correct course. Sadly enough, our own president isn't held to the same standards.

[H2O Man]

17. I can't help but compare

this attitude with LBJ or even Nixon during the Vietnam war. Both were deeply troubled, though they were too weak to do the right thing, by the deaths of US soldiers in that terrible war. LBJ told his associates about the dreams that haunted him. And I think that this fellow is only upset that the American deaths hurt his image, and he clearly has no concern for the suffering he has caused the Iraqi people.

[oblivious]

5. Substitute 'dictator' for 'commander/president' and it sounds right.

[kohodog]

6. He has said so many arrogant things.

He is like a petulant child with a mean streak. This one could make a good commercial, if the Media would let it see the light of day. They have refused a number of ads recently, like MoveOn's Superbowl ad and the UCC ads that were ever so controversial.

[Solly Mack]

7. As a child I was taught that being a leader really meant being the servant

to those you would lead. You don't abuse the trust. You work for those who consented to your position. That when something good happens it's everyones win, but when something bad happens it meant you weren't doing your job as a leader.

I missed the part about a leader being above answering for their actions.

Now while in my private life I don't owe anyone an explanation for my actions (as long as they bring no harm)....in positions of trust and power, I not only owe, I am obligated and duty-bound to explain.

[Mist]

9. That utterance of *'s would be a good caption of him riding his

"out of the loop" bicycle.

[Disturbed]

11. The Silverspoon Sociopath is...

arrogant and stupid. The fact that most Amerikan have not figured this out doesn't bode well for the future of the Empire.

[sweetheart]

10. I'm liking the vision

I'm seeing him on his mountain bike wearing a flight suit, riding
between thousands of coffins, whilst flaming airplanes fly over him
passing people begging for food and medical care.... bopping away
on his ipod to "my sharona."

[H2O Man]

12. Having re-read this quote

from the commander-in-thief this morning, I find it as extremely disturbing as I did last night. I think that we need to use things like this at every opportunity -- in LTTE, in discussions with friends and family, in graffiti -- in order to publicly identify him as unworthy of respect.

[Swamp Rat]

15. Here's something for you to use that I made a few hours ago:

Post it on a bulletin board somewhere, if you like. :D

[tyedyeto]

13. End the spot with an ordinary American asking...

"But you work for all of us and we demand accountibility."

[H2O Man]

16. I remember a news story

that I saw early on in the Iraqi invasion. A father was talking to a reporter about the death of his son, his only child. He was able to articulate in a few sentences the tragic loss he suffered, and ended by asking, "And for what?" It tore me up to watch him, and I'll never forget the question, "And for what?" I do not believe in exploiting people's pain and suffering, but in my mind's eye, I see that question being asked just before the Bush statement.