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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMostly, I remember "that smirk" as he mocked us for being on the side of caution or even, peace.
Bush pressures Hill Democrats over Iraq vote
September 14, 2002
WASHINGTON - With rising international support for confronting Iraq, President Bush ratcheted up pressure on Congress yesterday, mocking Democrats who want to delay a vote on authorizing force until the United Nations acts.
"Democrats waiting for the U.N. to act?" a chuckling Bush said. "Seems like, to me, that if you're representing the United States, you ought to be making decisions based on what's best for the United States.
"If I were running for office," he added, "I'm not sure how I would explain to the American people. You know, 'Vote for me, and oh, by the way, on a matter of national security, I'm going to wait for somebody else to act.'"
http://www.baltimoresun.com/bal-te.bush14sep14-story.html#page=1
onecaliberal
(32,968 posts)hlthe2b
(102,489 posts)slap him... every time I saw him.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Poppy smiles at the thought of a "deluded gunman assassinated President Kennedy":
Smirko McCokespoon smiles at the thought of "money trumps peace."
Got cemeteries and Swiss banks full of more examples.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)That evil fuck needs to die already.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)...like Dorian Grey where everything in a corroded soul is exposed, except no one involved ever goes to jail. More background from DU2:
Poppy Bush brought up JFK Assassination and ''Conspiracy Theorists'' at Ford Funeral
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3029417
More complete video in which Poppy smirks or laughs or grins at the moment he says "deluded gunman" near the 1:09 mark:
George H.W. Bushs Eulogy for Gerald R. Ford
The New York Times
Published: January 2, 2007
Following is the transcript of the eulogy for former President Gerald R. Ford delivered today by former President George H.W. Bush in Washington, as recorded by The New York Times.
EXCERPT
After a deluded gunman assassinated President Kennedy, our nation turned to Gerald Ford and a select handful of others to make sense of that madness. And the conspiracy theorists can say what they will, but the Warren Commission report will always have the final definitive say on this tragic matter. Why? Because Jerry Ford put his name on it and Jerry Fords word was always good.
A decade later, when scandal forced a vice president from office, President Nixon turned to the minority leader in the House to stabilize his administration because of Jerry Fords sterling reputation for integrity within the Congress. To political ally and adversary alike, Jerry Fords word was always good.
SOURCE:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/washington/02cnd-ford-ghwb.html
PS: Of course, to Gerald Ford Warren Commission skeptics presented "no problem."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3772251
PPS: What's even more telling is how there are still people interested in scrubbing the assassination record of any reference to Poppy.
PPPS: For those interested, background...
Know your BFEE: Poppy Bush was in Dallas the day JFK was assassinated.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)I had heard about Poppy in Dallas, but not the Ford statement. I wish one of these guys, looking into the abyss of death, would spill it.
malaise
(269,251 posts)all the time
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)on the planet.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)I also want to smack the smirk off of him.