Bush: 'I make a lot of decisions'

[EV_Ares]

By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
Wed Oct 3, 5:34 PM ET

So funny; so sad; international embarrassment; never a president like this one!


LANCASTER, Pa. - Give the man a microphone and he'll talk about anything. For 76 minutes, President Bush prowled the stage Wednesday in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, giving a speech and answering questions about everything from his opposition to tax increases to his veto of a bill to expand children's health insurance.

(snip) He offered a pointed description of his job.

"My job is a decision-making job. And as a result, I make a lot of decisions," the president said.

He elaborated on that point later.

"I delegate to good people. I always tell Condi Rice, `I want to remind you, Madam Secretary, who has the Ph.D. and who was the C student. And I want to remind you who the adviser is and who the president is.'

"I got a lot of Ph.D.-types and smart people around me who come into the Oval Office and say, `Mr. President, here's what's on my mind.' And I listen carefully to their advice. But having gathered the device (sic), I decide, you know, I say, `This is what we're going to do.' And it's `Yes, sir, Mr. President.' And then we get after it, implement policy."

(rest of his ramblings @ link)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071003/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_unplugged;_ylt=AqGRYvfhjBCf0y3SAbrxfy.yFz4D

[Solly Mack]

1. back to the I surround myself with smart people

LMAO

and of course those smart people are to blame for giving me.. ah.."bad intel"

[radfringe]

6. I never did get an answer to a question I was asking 7 years ago

during the 2000 campaign, the question of bush's abilities arose.. in a nut shell - is bush competent and intelligent enough to run the country.

There was no direct answer on that, but I was assured time and time again by the bush supporters that bush would "have good advisors"

This brought up another question which has plagued me ever since --

Is an idiot capable of deciding which advisors are good and which are not?

[Solly Mack]

7. lol! Great question!

I'm sure once Cheney decided he was the best choice for VP, the others also made the decision that they were the smart people Bush needed

More seriously though - the "I surround myself with smart people" comes with a ready-made defense built-in...it's always someone else's fault when there are the smart people you are relying on to give you good advice and reliable information (intelligence), etc. Your only "mistake" was trusting them...

Shrub plays it this ways...He gets smart people advice and that makes him smart enough to look to smart people...(shades of I decide so I make the decisions lol)

but he's the decider...so he's strong and knows who is boss...so he's a leader.

but his decisions are only as good as the smart people advice he gets...so it's never his fault

[Tesla]

17. He's not smart enough to pick the right people!!

[EV_Ares]

9. LOL, I think he has proved the answer to your last question.

My question now is shouldn't the "No child left behind" be applied to healthcare as well as education?

[radfringe]

10. the only kids he DOESN'T leave behind

are the ones he can use in a photo op...

[Toots]

14. There happens to be a group that determines that very thing

Bush*'s good buddy Hunt the oil giant that just worked a secret deal with the Kurds happens to sit on that committee. They get to determine whether the intelligence Bush* is receiving is "good" intelligence or not..can't remember the name of the committee but know it is in place.

[irish.lambchop]

2. Clips being played on Air America this a.m.

Would be funny if it weren't so pathetic! He sounds drunk to me.

[EV_Ares]

8. Maybe he fell off of the couch again eating a pretzel just before his

stand up comic act.

[tanyev]

3. An' it's hard werk, boy howdy.

[DrDan]

4. "hmmm peanut butter sandwich or chicken nuggets???" . . . I think the peanut butter sandwich today"

"all this decidin' sure is hard work . . . "

[Loge23]

5. His supporters understand

This ignoramus's inane ramblings are decipherable only to his supporters.
They too are blinded by their zealousness; they shun objectivity; they get their "facts" from sound bites and talking points.
They don't read, they don't believe in intellectual human growth (or evolution), they are content in their ignorance - it fits.
They are Paul Simon's "Rock", they touch no one and no one touches them.

These are the same fools who now tout another media/comic-book creation, Mr. 911, as their next idiot king.

[bdamomma]

11. yea, all bad decisions you stupid man

[Ganja Ninja]

13. You'd think because of the law of averages he would at least be

right once in a while but sadly no.

[Heidi]

12. Perhaps he should get some "device" about how to frame and speak a coherent sentence.

Just an idea.

[SammyWinstonJack]

15. george is still riding high on his hugely inflated ego, I see.

:eyes: Doesn't he hear how stupid and insecure he sounds? pResident Moran. :rofl:

[spanone]

16. the c-student has his stupid finger on the trigger...a fucking shame & sham

[TwilightGardener]

18. Wow--the brain-dead boy king KNOWS he's intellectually inferior, and

boasts about it. Be ashamed, America.

[kskiska]

19. "I like to watch."