Bush vs. Bush... hmmmmm.

[LittleClarkie]

Dubya doesn't even agree with Dubya on the subject of coalition building. Dubya agrees with Kerry... as well as his father, in 2000. I know, I know 9/11 changed everything, including turning bad policy into good policy and vice versa.

From Salon.com

"March 11, 2003 | In his second presidential debate with Vice President Al Gore, on Oct. 11, 2000, Gov. George W. Bush faulted the Clinton-Gore team for not working hard enough multilaterally to keep the heat on Saddam Hussein.

"The coalition that was in place isn't as strong as it used to be," Bush said, calling the previous eight years a foreign policy failure. "It's going to be important to rebuild that coalition to keep the pressure on him." The fact that he was the son of the man who had built that coalition, the 41st president, George H.W. Bush, gave the Texas governor's argument added political credibility.

His statement was representative of Bush's approach to Iraq. Asked about his policy toward the rogue nation in a Dec. 2, 1999, Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H., Bush said simply: "I'd make darn sure that lived up to the agreements that he signed back in the early '90s," Bush said. "And if I found -- in any way, shape or form -- that he was developing weapons of mass destruction, I'd take 'em out."

Moderator Brit Hume of Fox News sought a clarification of the Texan's twangy pronunciation. "Take him out?" Hume asked.

No, Bush explained; "take them out," as in, take out the "weapons of mass destruction," he said.

But that was three-plus years ago, and now President Bush has a completely different take on things. His father's views on Iraq, which once seemed to guide his own approach, have been drowned out by a chorus from a rival school of foreign policy. No longer does Bush say that the U.S. can't be "arrogant," that we "will not be able unilaterally to keep the peace," that the country needs to "be humble partners in coalitions," as he did to the Washington Post in December 1999. A month later, on ABC's "This Week," he talked about the need "to get the inspectors back into Iraq" and pushed the need for the U.S. to lead internationally, multilaterally. "One of the tests of a leader is to convince your allies what's right and what's wrong," Bush said. "And that's what a leader does. A leader builds up alliances."

[Gabi Hayes]

1. great catch!

if only Kerry could/would use this, but, as usual, his campaign will be behind the DU curve

I just don't understand why they don't have a group of volunteers, at least, to monitor the threads here

they could have avoide MYRIAD mistakes, chief among them the failure to respond immediately to the charges of flipflopping with examples of Bush's own, as well as his LIE after LIE....don't forget the swiftboat liars....on and on

not to mention the homerun answers to the 87 billion dollar question, which both he and Edwards have so far, inexplicably failed to deal with.....I just don't understand that one, as it's so EASY

things have changed, obviously, and he's doing a much better job, but is it cause of his new crew at the top, or what?

if he'd been campaigning the way then as he is now, it would be a BLOWOUT

[spatlese]

2. an oldie but a goodie

Here's a link to a video from the Daily Show from a while ago entitled "Bush vs. Bush". Your post just reminded me of this. It's hilarious!!

http://www.thedailyshow.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart/videos_corr.jhtml?startIndex=25&p=stewart

click on Bush vs Bush to see the video

Enjoy!
:)