Monday, July 02, 2007

now ask ME... !!

Dig this:
President Bush is holding private meetings "over sodas and sparkling water" in which he asks trusted advisers -- "Why does the rest of the world seem to hate America? Or is it just me they hate?"
See, Dubya's kind of trusted advisors can't be expected to say, "Why yes, Mr. President! You're disapproval ratings correspond precisely with the public's great antipathy toward you." Instead, the boy prez will get a pat on the head and a comforting "There! There!" And then they'll up his Ritalin.

For example:
"I find him serene," Kissinger said. "I know President Johnson was railing against his fate. That's not the case with Bush. He feels he's doing what he needs to do, and he seems to me at peace with himself."
We war criminals gotta stick together, y'know?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow! You can knock me over with a stiff breeze right now. Are you having an aneurysm yet?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/02/libby.sentence/index.html

Had I been paying attention, I might have seen this one coming. In hindsight, it makes sense. Bush has nothing to lose personally, and he never did care much about bending to help republicans stay in office (which has always been a weird disconnect on the part of presidents--they get in and their ears turn to tin). There is also the loyalty thing, which the Dems are going to be F-ing furious over. Finally, think of the major distraction this is making (Alberto who?)

I want to hear any sort of statement that went with the commutation. Is he gonna say the sentence was excessive or that Libby was targeted by the administration's enemies? (IMHO, yes on both counts). Or issue no statement at all (further infuriating the Hill).

I now predict he will PARDON Libby on January 19, 2009. In fact, I probably can't get good odds at Ladbroke's on this bet.

Enjoy your fulminating. This is gonna be interesting.

Commander Guy

Anonymous said...

Now here is the funny part. One person who should be furious is LIBBY. By commuting the sentence, Bush hurts his appeal chances, and also pretty much screws over his future. It makes it a lot harder for Libby to clear his name. Not that he would ever get the sort of clearance the Dukies got, but now he has no shot whatsoever.

Selling short in 2008,
Commander Guy

Anonymous said...

Yup, I was right. Bush commented on both the excessiveness of the sentence and the fact that it appeared to be based on something other than the case sub judice. And he is right. Look no further than Obama yesterday, fulminating about how Libby had compromised national security.

Huh? Whadimiss? National Security? By lying about when he had heard something, in a context in which he had no meaningful role? Even the prosecutor admitted that Libby didn't out Plame. Yet Obama wants to demagogue the issue (obviously for all the people like the folks who turned out Pepper in Florida years ago, who were afraid of thespians and extroverts). This is why, IMHO, you cannot trust democrats with the judicial system. They are far more likely than republicans to use it as a tool of policy implementation, and for political reasons.

Now, G, I expect a vigorous reply. So breathe deeply and . . .

C.G.