Trust, Don't Verify - - Bush's incredible definition of credibility.

[papau]

http://slate.msn.com/id/2098810/

Trust, Don't Verify
Bush's incredible definition of credibility.
By William Saletan
Posted Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at 3:27 AM PT


One thing is for certain, though, about me, and the world has learned this: When I say something, I mean it. And the credibility of the United States is incredibly important for keeping world peace and freedom.

That's the summation President Bush delivered as he wrapped up his press conference Tuesday night. It's the message he emphasized throughout: Our commitment. Our pledge. Our word. My conviction. Given the stakes in Iraq and the war against terrorism, it would be petty to poke fun at Bush for calling credibility "incredibly important." His routine misuse of the word "incredible," while illiterate, is harmless. His misunderstanding of the word "credible," however, isn't harmless. It's catastrophic.

To Bush, credibility means that you keep saying today what you said yesterday, and that you do today what you promised yesterday. "A free Iraq will confirm to a watching world that America's word, once given, can be relied upon," he argued Tuesday night. When the situation is clear and requires pure courage, this steadfastness is Bush's most useful trait. But when the situation is unclear, Bush's notion of credibility turns out to be dangerously unhinged. The only words and deeds that have to match are his. No correspondence to reality is required. Bush can say today what he said yesterday, and do today what he promised yesterday, even if nothing he believes about the rest of the world is true.<snip>

[Brotherjohn]

1. Saw this yesterday. It astounds me that he claims to be "credible"...

... based on the fact that he kicked Saddam's butt when he said he would.

No matter that the words used to justify that action have been shown to be not credible at all. Does that render the action incredible? Not in Bush's world!

In fact, because of the lack of WMDs and the fact that WMDs were his major justification for it, the Iraq War is the single biggest strike AGAINST his credibility. And he doesn't even see it!

[papau]

2. At what level - how many lies per minute -will media notice no credibility

The news conference 3 lies while saying he can not think of an err he has made still has not made cable talk or network or cable news.

The condi 27 lies list is nowhere in the media.

Thanks to Krugman, economic lies only continue in the WSJ and Murdoch media or "Scafie influenced/contributed to" think tank whores and media.

[myopic4141]

3. Credible

Hey, I agree that what Shrubby says he means. It is just that what he says has little or nothing to do with reality.

[incrediculous]

4. "Resolve"

That's one thing Bush is, and he's claimed so for the last three years.

He's resolved to turn iraq into a quagmire.