Robert Novak: "Unlike Bill Clinton, Bush doesn't jump in front of a camera

[Bluebear]

...to say "I feel your pain"......"

DISGRACEFUL. Rove evidently has made his phone calls to get his talking heads to keep repeating this disgusting comparison.

[Stevious]

1. barf n/t

[Canadian Socialist]

18. I see your

barf and raise you a "Well, someone had to say something".

But seriously folks, I'm pretty sure the Big DAWG (how I love that name), was asked a question and then he answered. I don't know if he called a press conference or not.

But, to get back to the first point, someone had to say something, and I would rather it be Bill than George. At least he has a world-wide approval rating (good). And, he's not an idiot. How sad is that the "greatest country in the world" has to rely on an ex-president for dignity? (Not that it's a bad thing).

My thinking is that Bush* & cronies work in dog years. Therefore, Clinton was president only .71 years ago (rounded up). Practically a flash in our lives!

[BrklynLiberal]

23. I believe youare right. He was asked by someone at BBC. He did not

assemble a press conference.


Aid must be co-ordinated, says Clinton
Former US President Bill Clinton has called for the co-ordination of relief efforts in response to the Asian quake, as aid starts to flood into the region.
"It is really important that somebody takes the lead in this," he told the BBC's Today programme on Tuesday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4129579.stm

[txaslftist]

41. wouldn't that be 28 years?

[Sara Beverley]

34. Unlike Bill Clinton, Bush is NOT ALLOWED to jump in front of the camera

His handlers won't let him. They know he is a major embarrassment left on his own.

[jdj]

42. aint that the truth Sara Beverly, I'm sure they had to dose him with

paragoric and thorazine to get him through the one conference today.

[susu369]

51. It takes time to get bu$h* wired up properly

:evilgrin:

[InvisibleBallots]

2. everytime Clinton opens his mouth

He reminds Americans what is was like to have an intelligent president. You can't really blame them for being so upset.

[Sanity Claws]

4. Nice retort

[jdj]

45. more than that.

Clinton is just freakishly brilliant and charismatic.

He is in the 1%. I had forgotten that until his spectacular speech at U. of Ark. last year. He is a freak of nature in a positive way, and the balding bitches of the GOP are so jealous they pee themselves whenever he's on the scene.

[readmylips]

3. I'd like to see that man die of a heart attack on TV....

right before my eyes. Maybe some kind person can shoot him up his ass.

[dryan]

7. Tacky, tacky....

I can't believe that Bush couldn't interrupt his (yet another) vacation in order to clear brush -- to attend a prayer service for the tsunami victims.

[BrklynLiberal]

13. nononon That would too easy. I want a HUGE public humiliation that he

has to live thru and continue to face the public after it happens. I want the people to be forced to realize what an asshole he is, and him to know they know, and still have to live with it.

[tk2kewl]

5. where's that pic

when junior pushed Clinton out of the way to get out the door and in front of the camera before him at the Clinton Library dedication?

[BrklynLiberal]

Wasn't that a riot? He is such a three-year old!!!!.

[Malva Zebrina]

26. here

I thought of that picture as soon as I heard the sneering bush "aides" complaining that Clinton hurried to get in front of cameras.

So typical of little boys--their guy was unconcerned for days, as he walked with Laura, chopped brush and had guests over for the holidays.

It is a riot how Clinton sticks in their craw, even after a first term is finished.

[tk2kewl]

29. doesn't jump in front of the camera... HA!

dickwad

[Lucky Luciano]

6. What I do not understand is

Why does Rove need to do all this work when it would have taken less work to make a public statement?? There is something really ornery and sick going on here and the precise details are not known regarding b*sh(just general details - the fact that he is an uncaring evil sonofabitch, etc).

[mitchum]

46. Because their business is demonising the opposition...

the GOP certainly can't point to their own "attributes" ("There is no there there")

[randr]

8. B* becomes the Anti-Bill

Come to think of it he is the "Anti" everything.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. Yup. I'm sure all the Rove puppets will be reciting the talking points in

unison. They will be blaming the tsunami on Clinton shortly.
I cannot believe that people could really be THIS damn stupid...to buy into the crap of being angry that Clinton spoke out first!!!!!!!!!! DAMN!!!

[DrCorday]

15. haha this is good...

I love it too.

[Stephanie]

10. GWB: ME ME ME ME ME

The tsunami and the death and destruction is apparently all about GEORGE BUSH and his political reputation. What else could possibly matter?

[secedeeconomically]

11. Bush only jumps if there is money to made for his cohorts.

There’s no money in tragedy.

[Canadian Socialist]

22. Actually there is

money to be made in tragedy. Think about Halliburton just slavering at the bit to "reconstruct" the areas devastated. Think about them building back the hotels, etc. so they can then house their employees in luxury. Water purification? You bet. For those resorts that cater to Americans. Clean beaches? Of course. It would be "icky" to have to swim/tan/surf where dead people "might" pop out of the ocean.

I'm done...

padded with power here they come
international loan sharks backed by the guns
of market hungry military profiteers
whose word is a swamp and whose brow is smeared
with the blood of the poor
and they call it democracy
-Bruce Cockburn

Let Canada's songster fill up my dearth of words.

[Sandpiper]

12. Unlike Bush, Clinton didn't need all of his appearances to follow a script

When you have a brain, you don't need to be stage managed.

[DrCorday]

14. Because Bush is always on vacation...

My problems with this:

1. We're not talking about a minor shopping mall closure or something. The death toll is around 100,000. Making a statement, as the leader of the free world, is appropriate, if not expected, in this case. It just would have been nice if he said something earlier, politics aside.

2. Novak? Since when did anyone care what he thought? I wish we'd get him off the air for now.

3. Let's not exploit a international tragedy for the sake of anti-Clinton rhetoric. I don't know why it even matters. This issue is about here and now; Clinton has not been president for four years. Why is he still part of this political discourse? Because the Repukes can't blame anyone in our government for their incompetence (the Repukes control the government...), so my guess is they want to blame this government's incompetence on old governments. Who knows.

4. 35 billion? We had to then go out and correct Bush's mistake. "We're only giving $35 million, not $35 billion." Funny that the press conference was supposed to dispell the myth that the United States was stingy.

I love it.

[China_cat]

52. I'm totally surprised

that the US media was even allowed to mention the tragedy. After all, these are dead people and the sight of dead people might 'upset' the American people.

[crispini]

16. "Unlike Robert Novak and his nasty little friends at the White House,

Bill Clinton doesn't out secret agents to get attention."

What a whore.

[ET Awful]

17. No, he just sits in front of a camera and reads childrens stories while

terrorists fly planes into buildings.

[kskiska]

25. Then it took him 3 days to get on a plane to Ground Zero.

Clinton was out of the country and made it back long before that.

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[BrklynLiberal]

20. You mean that damn "librul" press?????

Isn't it strange that somehow Bush is STILL worried about Clinton, and Clinton is not even President any more.
I think poor W is still upset about all the nice things that Poppy said about Clinton at the Library dedication. W knows that Poppy would never say those nice things about him....

[colonel odis]

21. most people would prefer to still call him "mr. president."

n/t

[madinmaryland]

32. Since we have not had an elected president since Clinton,

then we should still refer to him as Mr. President.

my $0.02 worth

[Kathy in Cambridge]

55. She's not "most people"

if you catch my drift. :eyes:

[comsymp]

31. Must've missed it. Link?

nt

[Pithy Cherub]

24. It chafes & chaps *'s boorish backside that he is coming off unfavorably

compared to President Clinton and the World is talking about it. hehe

[madinmaryland]

27. Novak: STFU

Douchebag of Liberty

[OhioBlue]

48. I second that

Novak - STFU
when is the last time he had an original thought anyway - it's all R talking points from the WH.

[quaoar]

28. Was Novak commenting from the grand jury room?

When is he going to be hauled in front of the grand jury regarding Plame, anyway?

[Karenina]

30. Because he can't...

He's too hungover and NO AMOUNT OF MAKEUP will disguise it.

[BrklynLiberal]

33. another thread discussing Bush's absence until Clinton forced him to say

something about the tsunami tragedy:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1458296

[Disturbed]

35. Shrub is a Sociopath and a SockPuppet.

He doesn't care about anyone and only speaks when his puppeteers write the script.

[mitchum]

47. The odd thing is that he is an inept sociopath...

most sociopaths can mimic the appropriate behaviors and responses. bush is so pathetic that his handlers have to stage-manage the subterfuge.

[journalist3072]

36. What a sicko.

May he find his own special place in the lake of fire.

[Sperk]

37. that's because, UNLIKE Bush...Clinton speaks in complete

sentences.

[mitchum]

38. Both Clinton and Bush may be narcissists, but Clinton...

can express true compassion. Unlike that inept sociopath squatting in the Oval Office.
Lapdog Novak can go fuck himself

[bpilgrim]

39. straight from the GOP script to your evening 'news'

:puke:

a White House official said: "The president wanted to be fully briefed on our efforts. He didn't want to make a symbolic statement about 'We feel your pain.' "

Many Bush aides believe Clinton was too quick to head for the cameras to hold forth on tragedies with his trademark empathy. "Actions speak louder than words," a top Bush aide said, describing the president's view of his appropriate role.

source...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6763683

how predictable...


peace

[sundog]

40. novak is a disgrace to humanity

I heard it too - sick bastard

[maveric]

43. Fuck Novak! Does anyone take him seriously anymore?

Anyone who is to be taken seriously,that is?

[zbdent]

44. Not now, he doesn't . . . now that the Election season is over

I remember when he would pop up for a "press conference" (monologue, no questions asked) at a moment's notice (of a Dem opponent actually making a substantive speech) . . .

[slor]

49. But he does say...

when declaring war, "feels good".

[OhioBlue]

50. BTW - I haven't watched the news much lately

Are there any flowers etc. being left at the Sri Lankan, Indian, Thai embassies (et.al)

I was moved by the symbols left at our embassies after 9-11.

[Lisa]

53. Bob -- both you and the President are PAID to "jump in front of cameras"

... and say something intelligent and reassuring when a crisis occurs.

And, quite frankly, Clinton is better at this than both Novak and Bush. Part of a world leader's duty is to communicate sympathy and support using the media (or as Bush would put it, "the filter") to people at home and abroad. Being distracted because you're on vacation or reading a goat story doesn't cut it. With a disaster of this magnitude, other Presidents would have been addressing the nation within 24 hours, telling people what is going on and how they can help.

And also, sniping at a UN official who was urging all industrialized countries to get moving (and not slandering Americans, as the right-wingers seem to think) looks petty and self-centred. Novak and his colleagues should smarten up.

[PA Democrat]

54. Hmmm.... Flight suit... photo op.... Mission accomplished

No, Bush would NEVER jump in front of a camera for a cheap tawdry photo op!