Durbin and bushie and Truman

[AnnInLa]

HARRY S BUSH....George Bush met with some Democratic leaders on Friday to review the recommendations of the ISG report and discuss the way forward in Iraq. However, they report back that he wasn't too interested in talking about this:

Instead, Bush began his talk by comparing himself to President Harry S Truman, who launched the Truman Doctrine to fight communism, got bogged down in the Korean War and left office unpopular.

Bush said that "in years to come they realized he was right and then his doctrine became the standard for America," recalled Senate Majority Whip-elect Richard Durbin, D-Ill. "He's trying to position himself in history and to justify those who continue to stand by him, saying sometimes if you're right you're unpopular, and be prepared for criticism."

Durbin said he challenged Bush's analogy, reminding him that Truman had the NATO alliance behind him and negotiated with his enemies at the United Nations. Durbin said that's what the Iraq Study Group is recommending that Bush do now — work more with allies and negotiate with adversaries on Iraq.

Bush, Durbin said, "reacted very strongly. He got very animated in his response" and emphasized that he is "the commander in chief."

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2006_12/010362.php

[leftyladyfrommo]

1. He's gone over the edge.

What do you do with a truly insane president?

[rosesaylavee]

2. Impeach him fast. n/t

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. And then be stuck with Cheney - who is even more insane?

How did we ever get in this mess?

[rosesaylavee]

7. I think we need to go for a twofer then.

:)

[leftyladyfrommo]

9. We would have to. Just getting Bush out won't do it. n/t

[madokie]

3. its hard to sit by and wait until the day he melts down but he is and I guess we must wait

all the while people are dying like flys over there in Iraq, ours and theirs.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. I just love my Senator.

:loveya: He also should have said to the psycho..."You're no Harry Truman!" ;)

I swear, the man is a sociopath! I CANNOT believe that we are letting ONE MAN, who happens to be psychotic, decide the fate of our country because he's too damn IGNORANT to know better! What will it take to stop him? He is going against THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE! He works for US!

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. I don't think he is a sociopath - I think he is really insane

He suffers from delusions. And his mind will simply never be able to accept the fact that his presidency is a total disaster. He may be the worst president we have ever had - and that is saying something.

I think Eleanor Clift was right when she said the Bush family wanted Jeb to be the president. And that was why poppy was sobbing. Jeb got pushed aside and the maniac son managed to get elected. It was all a horrible mistake.

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. He's a classic case of a sociopath:

Sociopath...Antisocial personality disorder (abbreviated APD or ASPD) is a psychiatric diagnosis in the DSM-IV-TR recognizable by the disordered individual's impulsive behavior, disregard for social norms, and indifference to the rights and feelings of others.

edited to include forgotten link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociopath

[PsN2Wind]

8. NATO?

I ain't so sure about that, however, we did enter the Korean War under UN mandate.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

11. There were reports of an earthquake in Independence

MO, until they realized it was Harry Truman rolling over in his grave.....