Bush: 'I'm Not Making This Up'

[dajoki]

Village Voice
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0602,ridgeway,71574,2.html

Bush: 'I'm Not Making This Up'
Plaintive president pleads case for war, wiretapping

by James Ridgeway
January 5th, 2006 10:52 AM

WASHINGTON, D.C.—No doubt reassuring millions of Americans, President Bush yesterday defended his program of legally dubious wiretapping at home and strategically dubious regime change abroad for fighting terrorists by insisting he isn't in la-la land.
Terrorists want to use Iraq as a home base, Bush told reporters on Wednesday. He then added:

"I'm not making this up."

So now you know: This time it's for real.

Fighting a credibility gap, the president has steadily insisted he needs the National Security Agency domestic wiretap program so as to ferret out information on terrorist plans and empower the government to prevent future attacks. But the kind of power Bush wants amounts to a family coup, carried under the pretense of defending the homeland.

"They attacked us before, they'll attack us again if they can," Bush said in San Antonio over the weekend. "And we're going to do everything we can to stop them."

If Bush is to be king, he'd better get his act and that of his courtiers up to par, at least. All the evidence is that the government knew in one case after another well before 9-11 that we were going to be attacked and did nothing about it.

[htuttle]

1. When my kids tell me "I'm not making this up"...

...they're making it up.

[BattyDem]

3. I don't have kids and even I know that!

:rofl:

[ClassWarrior]

2. "I am not..." what?? "I am not a crook?"

:rofl:

Tasty choice of words George**.

NGU.

[OneTwentyoNine]

4. Be spouting the same crap when his storm troopers kick your door in...

Of course all under the presumption your a terrorist......

[Vincardog]

5. the government knew in one case after another well before 9-11 that we

were going to be attacked and did nothing about it.


Except maybe to plant a few "War Games" to hide the event. Maybe a few high explosives to make sure they the towers came down clean.

[dajoki]

10. and Cheney...

has the balls to say eavesdropping could have prevented it.

[babylonsister]

6. Yes. And I think you're lying. nt

[MindPilot]

7. A line usually reserved for comics halfway through

a the-jokes-write-themselves bit.

[tuvor]

8. Is there audio of that somewhere? Could be his "I am not a crook" moment.

[Nitrogenica]

9. LOLS..."We don't pay attention to polls"

WHOOPS!

[diamondsndust]

22. and today in the news...

President Bush drunkenly stumbles towards home as scared tourists move their bicycles out of his path.

[long_green]

11. I congratulate the President for his commendable innovation

nm

[Acryliccalico]

12. If he has to SAY that he is not making this up,

you better believe HE IS. I think that he knows he has a credibility problem. No other reason to say that.

[dajoki]

13. to borrow...

a "Seinfeld" quote, he lives in the bizzaro world.

[Ikonoklast]

14. Hahahahahahahahaaa!!!!

That line is right up there with, "You ain't gonna believe this shit, but.....":eyes:

[C_U_L8R]

15. He's not making it up....

Rummy and Cheney made it up..
Chimpy is just carrying their water

[AndyTiedye]

16. But They Did Do Something

the government knew in one case after another well before 9-11 that we were going to be attacked and did nothing about it.

Ashcroft stopped flying on commercial airliners.

[Nite Owl]

17. Like the little boy who cried wolf

one time too many.

This isn't a lie like all the other stuff I said, this time it's the truth.

Credibility, it's gone now.

[Imagevision]

18. Then why is he using NSA to spy on antiwar groups???

[Imagevision]

19. Much of what comes out of Bush's mouth only makes it worse for him

now I understand why Rove kept him from making unnecessary comments/speeches...!
Bush's brain (whats left) is shot to shit!

[dajoki]

20. what's left...

since there wasn't much to begin with, my guess is not much.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

21. I'm waiting until he gets to..."Would you believe...?"

although he'll never be as clever as Maxwell Smart.

[LynnTheDem]

23. They wanna use Iraq NOW, bush....thanks to YOU, bush...

They didn't and couldn't use Iraq as their home base BEFORE you lied so many people to their deaths, bush.

YOU did that, bush. YOU.

And who's "they" bush? IRAQIS didn't attack us, bush. Not one single Iraqi has EVER attacked America, bush.

YOU attacked the people of Iraq, bush. YOU. An innocent nation of people who hadn't been doing one damn thing to anyone, and YOU ATTACKED THEM, bush.

YOU.

And YOU FAILED to do ANYTHING to protect America against 911, bush. YOU WERE WARNED, again & again & again. YOU, bush.

YOU made us LESS SAFE, bush.

YOU made the entire world LESS SAFE, bush.

YOU.

[dajoki]

24. yes, and you are not making this up n/t