(CNN) Bush: I'd rather be right than popular

[Bark Bark Bark]

You could be both, George.
But then you'd be Bill Clinton.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/06/bush.lkl/index.html

(Ironic part in bold.)

"When history looks back, I'd rather be judged as solving problems and being correct, rather than being popular," Bush said.

"The president that chases the opinion poll is the president that will have failed policy," Bush said in an exclusive joint interview along with his wife, Laura, at the White House.

Some members of Congress are nervous about the effect Bush's political problems might have on their own fortunes in this fall's midterm elections.

But Bush predicted that Republicans would keep their majorities in the House and Senate, "Because we're right on winning this war on terror, and we've got a good economic record," he said. "People are working under the leadership of the Bush administration and the Congress."

Wow.
Someone actually told Bush he was scraping the bottom, hah?
They're probably looking for a new job right now...

[NEOBuckeye]

1. Screw him

He can't possibly be right when he was wrong from the very beginning. He stole his way into office. History will remember him as the wrong man for the wrong job at the wrong time.

[napi21]

2. Hell, ID rather you be right than popular too George! But you're

NEITHER!!!!

[BlueStater]

3. You're zero for two, Chimp n/t

[Dover]

4. Well he won't have to make that choice. He's wrong AND unpopular.

What a coincidence!

[Captain Hilts]

5. He's neither.

Unfortunately, a large percentage of the US population seems to like misguided certainty over reflective thought.

[HuffleClaw]

6. just WHO does he think he's kidding?

i don't know how the interviewers manage to not laugh in the face of such blatant desperate lies.

[C_U_L8R]

7. That's an awfully assumptive thing to say

for someone who has been wrong on every issue

and unpopular because he's so very wrong.

W=Wrong

[saltpoint]

8. What was that? He'd rather be Reich than optimal?

The blender was goin' and couldn't hear what he said...

[brentspeak]

9. When history looks back, you're going to regarded

as the worst president this nation has ever had. Trust the historians, Bush.

[rpannier]

10. Too bad for him he's neither

He's not right, not is he popular.

[Vidar]

11. You'd rather have power than either

[jobycom]

12. I'd rather him be drunk and in jail, but that's just me.

[Straight Shooter]

13. What a dope. He doesn't solve problems, he creates them. n/t

[neoblues]

16. Guaranteed to keep things exciting...

Apparently, he's easily bored and he learned at a young age how to get attention... kick people and animals, break things, tell lies, etc.

[Ringo84]

14. Maybe both - wrong and unpopular (nt)

[flordehinojos]

15. he said he'd rather be right than popular?

he does not mean at least one of the statements in the phrase.

Yes. he wants to be right (that is a sign of his POWER AND CONTROL sickness. the man is a power and control freak (his father is too, and so is his brother, and babs too, let me not forget her).

he says he can forgoe popularity in the name of being right? i doubt it. this man with such a little ego,such low self-esteem ... he needs to be popular because he cannot handle rejection and he needs acceptance to operate in a half human way.

so there you go george, lying your ass out again on larry king.

[niyad]

17. it's late, I'm tired, but shouldn't it be "the president WHO" rather than

the president THAT"??? just wondering

[Hippo_Tron]

18. It's a direct stab at Clinton

His premise is that Clinton used polls to make policy decisions and he doesn't. Bullshit...
Clinton used polls to determine what the majority of Americans wanted. Bush uses polls so he can fire up his base and further divide the country.

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[Guaranteed]

19. You'd think that if people were judging him as being "correct," his

approval rating would be higher.

[REP]

20. Reminds Me of a Song...

Hey, there's nothing in my art.
I'd rather be cool then be smart.
Hey, what I'm thinking of
I'd rather be cool then be loved.

{chorus}

Hey, I thought that you were tough.
Well, I've had it too, had it rough.
Hey, I don't care if I'm wrong,
'cause right always takes too long.

- "Cool as Kim Deal" (Courtney Taylor)

[NMMNG]

21. He has never been right, and now he's not even popular

Poor Georgie. :sarcasm:

[Vickers]

22. So, your failed policy re: North Korea nukes is because you were

chasing opinion polls? :sarcasm:

Also, YOU'RE A LYING SACK OF SHIT. I just read this article where you are traveling around to try and boost your pathetic poll numbers, you know, the ones you don't care about. :eyes:

Title of the article?

"Bush seeks to build standing with public"

Nice going, DUMBASS! :patriot:

[Toots]

23. IOW I know more than all other Americans

I'm right and most Americans are wrong and I will never question myself. Talk about absolute Arrogance.

[sinkingfeeling]

24. Well, I hate to tell you, Chimpy, but you are neither! And your theory

that "The president that (sic) chases the opinion poll is the president that will have failed policy," has been proven incorrect. You don't 'chase' opinion polls and you still have a multitude of failed policies!

[Hosnon]

25. Not always mutually exclusive but I'd have to agree for the most part. nt

[bemildred]

26. How about being wrong and unpopular? nt

[w4rma]

28. Well, he's neither. (nt)

[Spirochete]

29. He;s not popular, but he's right...

way far right. As far as him being correct, that's never gonna happen either.

[tenshi816]

30. Ha - John Dean wrote,

in his book Worse Than Watergate that, despite their statements to the contrary, the Bush White House is absolutely obsessed with polls. I think of that every time Bush claims not to pay attention to polls.

Edited for typo

[opihimoimoi]

31. Bush "I'd rather be DUMB than Stupid, uhh uhh err, and we are winning

the war on terrah, and we have 1.4 million new jobs since 9/11 ...mostly in the security field...uhh uhh"

[laylah]

32. Too bad he's neither n/t

[baldguy]

33. Zero for three

He wasn't elected either.

[raccoon]

34. One of Bush's spin doctors told him to say these things because

they'd make him look decisive and resolute. That's all there is to this.

[sendero]

35. Yes, and I'd rather be Brad Pitt than George Clooney..

... but I'm neither :)