FINGER-POINTING DEFIANCE

[babylonsister]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/12/bushs-last-press-conferen_n_157042.html



Bush's Last Press Conference Monday (VIDEO)
AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | January 12, 2009 08:17 AM

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He particularly became indignant when asked about America's bruised image overseas.

"I disagree with this assessment that, you know, that people view America in a dim light," he said.

Bush said he realizes that some issues such as the prison for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have created controversy at home and around the world. But he defended his actions after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, including approving tough interrogation methods for suspected terrorists and information-gathering efforts at home in the name of protecting the country.

With the Iraq war in its sixth year, he most aggressively defended his decisions on that issue, which will define his presidency like no other. There have been over 4,000 U.S. deaths since the invasion and toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

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On another issue destined to figure prominently in his legacy, Bush said he disagrees with those who say the federal response to Hurricane Katrina was slow.

"Don't tell me the federal response was slow when there were 30,000 people pulled off roofs right after the storm passed. ... Could things been done better? Absolutely. But when I hear people say the federal response was slow, what are they going to say to those chopper drivers or the 30,000 who got pulled off the roof?" he said.

:wow: Justifying his inaction while people drowned? And 'drivers'?

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[spanone]

1. his 'take' on katrina shows how delusional this man is

[acmavm]

6. He's not delusional. He's a master liar and manipulator. He's

not a victim of himself. WE ARE HIS VICTIMS.

[Beetwasher]

21. No, He's Not A Master Liar Either

He's a shitty, transparent liar, he just gets away with it because of his powerful friends. He's a total failure at everything he does. He was supposed to be a good, likeable figurehead and liar. He wasn't. Granted, the people behind him accomplished a great deal, but Bush was terrible at his appointed job. He took 90% approval ratings and drove them into a ditch and at the end of his term he has completely demolished the Republican party and become pretty much widely known as the "worst President ever". Imagine what a good liar and figurehead like Reagan could have accomplished with what Chimpy was given? Or Clinton? (as much as I love Clinton, you have to admit he was a great liar and manipulator, though not merely a figurehead).

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

2. Well, I know I'd say, "Why weren't you dispatched more quickly?"

But I'm a jackass like that.

[OneGrassRoot]

5. I'm with you....

and I'd probably address him as, "Mr. Dim Light".....

Oy.

[liberalmuse]

3. What a repulsive, deluded little man.

Good riddance to bad toxic waste!

[ErinBerin84]

4. for someone who claims not to want a pity party

He sure wagged the finger around at everyone, from Clinton to the "Elite Europeans".

[TahitiNut]

7. He engaged in enough fallacious "reasoning" to drown the entire Logic curriculum at a ...

... medium-sized Jesuit university. That entire tour-de-farce would offer a class project in logic-free pathology ... baseless conjecture, supposition, projection and a litany of fallacies that'd fill a textbook. His self-aggrandizement is shored up by a regard for others that's pathologically narcissistic. Others are 'good' (rare) or 'bad' (common) SOLELY based on their attendance to HIS actions. Nothing else.

He uses terms that are based upon ACCOMPLISHMENT in a demeaning and condescending manner. This is the habit of an emotionally-challenged adolescent underachiever. Anyone possessed of intelligence, skill, drive, and/or diligence is cast as an 'elite' to the degree they out-shine him, which even a burnt-out light bulb can do.

Appalling. Sick. Ill. Pathological.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. .

:applause:

[busybl]

13. what a performance

bet we won't see much of him again. Hm, unless his keepers just don't care anymore.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

16. Just a couple of things I noticed

1. Re War in Iraq - "We told Sadaam to co-operate and disarm or there would be dire consequences."

Well, there WERE weapons inspectors there, so he was co-operating. Since they never found weapons of WMD, it is obvious he had also disarmed. But, there were still dire consequences because Bush was determined to invade no matter what anyway. But what he is offering as justification makes no sense whatsoever. Which he knows. Which just makes this bizarre and non-sensical.

2. Re Mission Accomplished

Sees it as a big PR mistake. What I find interesting is that his is acknowleging it as a mistake at all, since I thought the point they flogged over and over was that, no, we had nothing to do with it, the sailors put it up themselves. Which everyone knew was hogwash. And then I think they morphed the explanation into some drivel about the ship had completed its mission, which completely ignored the text of what Bush actually said in his remarks on the deck. Which was also hogwash. So, in some sense, it's ever so slightly gratifying to hear Bush say, yeah, we did it.

3. Re Trying to grab credit for Katrina rescues he had nothing to do with.

People who care know what really happened and know that he had zilch to do with this. To offer this up as proof of his effectiveness when it was really just the opposite, is close to being clinically delusional. I can't believe he used the words Katrina , roof and rescue together in a sentence regarding himself.

[rrneck]

9. Incompetent fuck, baby killing buffoon, clueless, arrogant

lying-drunken-spiteful-cruel-amoral-cynical-pathetic-goofy-heedless-petty-callous-unrepentant-crude-inarticulate-confused-greedy-vicious-deluded-oblivious-cynical- WASTE OF OXYGEN.

ADIOS FUCKER!

(edited for brevity)

[uppityperson]

10. And WHO pulled 30,000 off the roof? (30,000 off the roof?)

And under whose orders did they act? Whose orders did NOT come in to rescue people, for days? Whose orders actively BLOCKED people from helping.

"There'll be a moment when the responsibility of the president lands squarely on his shoulders," Bush said."

mrbush, we are SO looking forward to that moment and the years following.

[gratuitous]

11. Golly, I hope nobody had the bad taste to challenge Commander Bunnypants

It would be so unseemly for someone to have piped up with, "You know, sir, with all due respect, that was only three years ago, and we remember quite vividly the inaction of your administration and your initial assessment that the country had 'dodged a bullet.' So, while we've been quite content to just sit here for the last eight years and listen to you spout your never-ending line of nonsense, today things are gonna be a little different." And then ask some more pertinent questions and refuse to move on from an issue until Bush had actually answered what was asked.

Oh, and Mr. Bush? I've got a finger of defiance for you, too.

[MadMaddie]

20. He wouldn't call on Helen Thomas because she would have

asked!

[madmom]

12. "chopper drivers" did motorcycles help evacuate people?

:sarcasm: (just in case)

[undeterred]

15. Be gentle.

He doesn't have that many words to choose from. Apparently "pilot" is not in his vocabulary, even though he was supposedly in the Air National Guard.

[Marr]

14. Once again, the little worm hides behind others.

[Avalux]

17. He'll never take accountability for his actions, or inactions. That's how drunks are.

In his stupid little mind, he actually BELIEVES those words; actually believes the response to Katrina was adequate. Sick man.

[jtrockville]

18. The "Mission Accomplished" BANNER was a mistake?

Can this man really be that shallow?

The mistake was planning for a quick in-and-out and "staying the course" of that plan despite Shinseki's assessment of the effort/troop levels/money needed, and despite the immediate chaos and devastation created as a result of the plan.

Of course, the larger mistake was undertaking a war-of-choice-for-profit in the first place.

Does he really think admitting fault for displaying a BANNER is all it takes to get him off the hook?

... and don't even get me started on the Federal Flood known as "Katrina" ...

[rateyes]

19. Take your finger George, and shove it up your ass...

take the other finger and put it in your mouth.


AND ROTATE!

[firedupdem]

22. I'm looking for bumper stickers that say "support the chopper drivers"...

he's such an ass! I'm so happy he's leaving. He has done enough damage and we probably haven't even felt all of it yet. Drunk Fucker.

[nolabels]

24. I am not only happy he is leaving...........

but tickled as pink punch that he is leaving angry while thinking the world if full of ingrates :spray:

[firedupdem]

28. What a dufus he is.....an arrogant dumb ass. Bad combination. n/t

[nolabels]

29. Some people have a hard time warming up to real life satire

This seems especially true when they have beem part of the equation involved in it :shrug:

[Bobbie Jo]

23. "I inherited a recession." ??!?!

What the FUCK?

[spanone]

25. junior really pissed me off this am. he's one arrogant sonofabitch

[Dukkha]

26. “Don’t hate me because I’m stupid”

that's what I got out of the whole speech

photos and video don't like about your "response" to Katrina. give it up asshole.

[SpookyCat]

27. Can't stomach watching the whole thing.

Just watched the snips on Keith and Rachel. Outside of the jaw dropping stupidity and callousness, what was evident to me is that he was drunk. The way he rambled, turned defensive on a dime, hunched and mumbled, more than normal. It wasn't just shrub being his idiot self, shrub was drunk. I'm disgusted more than I thought I had the capacity to be anymore.

Edit for spelling.