"I'm not gonna pull our troops off the battlefield before the mission is complete."

[Left Is Write]

I'm sorry...were these words spoken by the same man who said "Mission accomplished" more than 3-1/2 years ago?

[calico1]

1. My opinion...

He is desperately trying to create a legacy that will make him look good, or at least not make him look like what he is--the absolute worst president in history. I heard on AA radio this am that his staff has hired writers to try to make him look good. As for the war, I think that since he had stubbornly held his position for so long he can't say now that he made a mistake. I did not hear the numbers but that his library will cost an outrageous amount. I think it is pathetic.

[Left Is Write]

4. Aha!

his staff has hired writers to try to make him look good.

That explains his use of the word "fomented" in his speech.

[ashling]

5. Bush lexicon: " fomented "

Hey barkeep! When you pour the beer straight down in the glass like that your gonna' get fomented.

[MadMaddie]

9. Kinda like Stalin when he had the artists change photos and

rewrite history?

His Legacy is documented for all to see....can't change it..he's stuck with it..

[cynatnite]

2. Does anyone even know what the mission is anymore?

:shrug:

[lonestarnot]

7. A miss'n... mess'n... meshunned... accomplished now get the fuck out you smarmy little short bastard

[hvn_nbr_2]

3. I wish someone would ask him the obvious question

"What is the mission, this week?"

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. He'd throw a hissy fit over that.

:evilgrin:

[Imagevision]

6. Iran is saying Bush is responsible for escalating the Iraq war!!

We blew their country up, killed 650,000+ the american way this time around seems questionable under the current administration...

[jimshoes]

8. Like the mission accomplished

and the major combat operations in Iraq have ended. That mission? What a disingenuous pile of garbage this guy is.

[hamletsophelia]

10. it was over before they started.;

its unwinnable, pointless

[AnotherMother4Peace]

12. All he is capable of is a one sentence explanation - a sound bite - a talking point

Unbelievable destruction & heartbreak & all he is capable of is a sound bite. I get sick to my stomach every time he spews forth his idiocy. WHAT IS THE MISSION? Tell us - elaborate please - We are listening - We want to know! What the hell is it?!!?

[AnotherMother4Peace]

13. K&R - for discussion on how B* can explain away mass destruction with a sound bite. nt

[AnotherMother4Peace]

14. Oops, I can't recommend because of timeliness - this topic warrants discussion

[FVZA_Colonel]

15. So dropping "Stay the Course" as a strategy was just a huge fucking lie.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you!

[Arkham House]

16. My God--Bush really *is* becoming like Hitler...

..."no retreat from Stalingrad"...this has a very unhappy historical ring to it. The "reality-based community" eventually caught up with Adolf...and God help us--it's going to with Bush, too...and the rest of us...:-(...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Too bad Poppy didn't pull out before the mission was complete.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

18. LOL - If only he would have used strategic withdrawal.....

[SeattleGirl]

19. I am not being facetious here, but I think one of the big reasons

is that he's still having a pissing contest with his dad. Remember, Jebby was supposed to be President, not Junior. And Junior has failed at every single thing he has ever attempted (if any of you haven't done so already, I would highly recommend the book "Shrub" by Molly Ivins and Lou DuBose. It's about the years before he was selected President, and, I think, shows what kind of man he really is -- a failure).

He thinks that by saying something, that makes it so. He thinks that platitudes are the same thing as words of substance, conveying ideas of substance. Whatever is reality in his mind, he thinks that is reality for the rest of us.

He does not connect the dots between what he says yesterday to what he says today, or to what he will say tomorrow. Many of us have noted how disconnected he is, not only from reality, but from himself. He doesn't like being questioned, he doesn't like being challenged, he doesn't like being disagreed with, he doesn't like discrepancies pointed out to him, he does not like to put thought into anything, and he has contempt for those who do.

He expects us to put blind trust into him. If he says something, we are supposed to take that at face value, regardless of what we see going on around us. It's like that saying, "Who you gonna believe, me or your own lying eyes?" Junior, I will believe my "lying eyes" any day over what you say.

He would be laughable, were it not for the fact that, like it or not, he occupies the office of the POTUS. God help us all.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

20. SeattleGirl, I read your post & think you might be right. He is nothing more than a sound bite.

There was a part of me that kept thinking that there must be something more - he is our President - there's something I'm not getting - your post sort of sums up my greatest fears - He's a F-ing sound bite - he is wearing no clothes - that's all there is. He's a F-ing cliche.

[SeattleGirl]

21. He IS a cliche, and the cliche is wearing quite thin.

Not only for us, but for people in his own party. While I can understand a person wanting someone from their party to be President, I cannot understand anyone supporting Bush in the things he has done.