Bush stubborn streak can make him slow to respond

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/04/03/politics1255EST0504.DTL

While his re-election campaign is capable of lightning-quick responses, President Bush himself is often slow to respond to major dilemmas until forced to do so by rising political heat.

Bush had refused to allow national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to testify before the panel investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks -- even after members of Bush's own party, including the panel's Republican chairman, complained.

He finally relented last week, but not until the White House had gone into full damage-control mode.

Perhaps learning from that episode, the administration did a quick public relations pivot later in the week when OPEC announced a price-rising reduction in oil production of 1 million barrels a day.

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[AZCat]

1. Uh-huh. Sure. Like HE'S making decisions...

Then why are those strings attached to his arms and legs?

Dance little man, dance!

[radfringe]

10. you got it

Cheney's stubborn streak makes bush* slow to respond...

[LiberalFighter]

26. Tie it all together...

Cheney's stubborn streak causes his slow response.
But gw's stubborn streak is even worse and slower to respond.

Therefore, Cheney gets gw to respond faster than would normally but still slower than Cheney because they have to wait until Cheney finally gets around to convincing the oaf.

[MikeG]

2. Being a f'ing moron can also make him slow to respond.

[Mari333]

3. lowlife fratboy thinks hes a dictator

Hes not, and he will find that out very very soon.

[glarius]

6. Gee,,.I thought he was getting his orders from God!......

He's convinced he's doing God's work....I don't think anything will stop him except maybe a lightning bolt!

[TexasProgresive]

16. Cheney is god, didn't you know - nt

[Media_Lies_Daily]

24. In fact, Junior has made mention of his thoughts on that subject...

...three different times:

<http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?ChannelID=96>

Most people thought he was joking back when he made the comments, but I was convinced that was exactly what he wanted to be. He has certainly filled most of the prerequisites, hasn't he?:

*Launched a successful coup in December 2000;

*Had his surrogates in Congress pass legislation to cut taxes on the wealthiest 1% of the American people;

*LIHOP or MIHOP on 911 to allow the NeoCons to begin fulfilling their plan of global domination;

*Had his surrogates in Congress pass legislation known as the Patriot Act I and Patriot Act II to severely limit the civil rights of individuals in the U. S.;

*Launched wars based on lies.

[mouse7]

4. Translation: Cheney is slow to respond.

Bush is too busy eating cheeseburgers to bother with trivialities like policy.

[daleo]

5. I think it is his slow streak

that can make him slow to respond. Maybe his stubbornness explains his odd fascination with "The Pet Goat", though. He may have felt an affinity with the notoriously stubborn creature, and found it difficult to tear himself away from the story.

[AZCat]

7. I thought it was the caterpillar story that he liked

Don't tell me- he's read TWO books in his lifetime? Our great leader is so wise! All hail his literariness!

[daleo]

12. Maybe he read both

He had a fair bit of time to kill that day.

[Malva Zebrina]

8. the stubborn streak is a big yellow one that goes down his back

asshole does not make any decisions at all. That should be obvious--he cannot even testify before the 9-11 panel alone. He simply is not capable of stringing together a coherent thought. His appearance with Cheney at his side, holding his hand, is the proof--no doubt about it--he is a dumassed "war president" who thinks that means he gets to dress up in costumes and land on carriers and declare "mission accopmplished" or worse yet, "bring em on" Wasn't that so very brave of him as he sat in Crawford uttering that big "war president" talk?

No wonder his daddy had tears in his eyes when he tried to defend his little 57 year old, dumb and totally inarticulate progeny. He was crying for what he had spawned--an evil, baby killer, who may even be tried for war crimes, were we an honest nation.

When Bush goes down, may that be the end of the Bush family's foray into politics . Never ever let a one of them get near the White HOuse again and get that other dumass out of Florida as soon as possible too.

Let them all go back to Texas and rot there in the dry gulch.

[Joanne98]

20. Daddy warned him about "holding grudges too"

Daddy knows he's not fit for the job. It doesn't look like he has very much influence either. I wonder if daddy had to pick "the country" or his son which one would win. We can't let these people get away with calling themselves patriots anymore. It's obvious to anyone with a brain, that's NOT whats going on here. We need to "take back the flag" just like Dean said. This is a perfect opportunity.

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

9. Bush needs time to think of what lie

to tell to cover his butt.

[RoadRunner]

11. Oh look, he's growing into the office -- flip-floping faster now!

W = :puke:

[jbfam4]

13. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x43303

[DeepModem Mom]

14. If the AP's Tom Raum has covered D.C. since 1973...

and is as clueless as this article indicates, he should be retired:

EDITOR'S NOTE -- Tom Raum has covered Washington for The Associated Press since 1973, including five presidencies.

[LunaC]

15. After years of booze and drugs

those synapses just don't fire like they should.

Brain damage.

[Joanne98]

17. His will. When he thinks his will is being thwarted, he digs in

I agree that Cheney has alot of influence but not when Bush thinks HIS WILL is being undermined. He takes that personally. In his speeches he talks about "our will" but it's really about "his will". It leaves him vulnerable to making all kinds of stupid decisions. He's putting himself first, the country second. It's all about him and what HE looks like. What a selfish, intitled, spoiled frat boy he is. I'd like to hear what a shrink has to say about his massive insecurity about his manhood. He's easy to bait. That's the good news. I don't know why the Kerry camp doesn't exploit this weakness more. I bet the "miserable failure" remark got under his skin. I bet the word "impotent" would bug him. :)

[schultzee]

18. He is too academically challenged to analyze so he just digs in

[efhmc]

19. People, he is bone lazy! Just look at his record whereever he

is and whatever he is doing. Plus being dumb as dirt doesn't help either.

[PfcHammer]

21. GWB a good reason to keep abortion legal

"I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things." - Aboard AF1

[Democat]

22. The flip flop president

It's hard to believe that he talks about other people flip flopping, when he does it all the time to save his ass.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

23. Well, the word I'm thinking about starts with the first two letters...

..."st"...for "stupid".

[boobooday]

25. Remember his roots

He was born to a family of ostentatious pirates, and he got his father's arrogance, and his mother's brains.

He is the most ridiculous and dangerous thing in the world, an idiot snob without a shred of humanity or compassion.

He sucks.



http://www.wgoeshome.com

[DoYouEverWonder]

27. Give me a break

two year olds have stubborn streaks, by the time you grow up to be the pResident of the United States, you would think a person would grow out of that sort of thing by then.

What a pampered, pompous, spoiled brat, excuse of a human.

[andino]

28. I think that...

I think being stupid makes him slow to respond.

[newyawker99]

29. Hi andino!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: