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Tue Jan-08-08 12:07 AM
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...I refuse to call him our: Bush's Messiah Complex
By Dan Froomkin Special to washingtonpost.com Monday, January 7, 2008; 1:17 PM
With time running short on his presidency -- and on the eve of a trip to the Middle East -- President Bush seems to have overcome his aversion to talking about his legacy and is now speaking fervently about how he expects to be remembered.
As it turns out, the president sees himself as quite the heroic figure.
"I can predict that the historians will say that George W. Bush recognized the threats of the 21st century, clearly defined them, and had great faith in the capacity of liberty to transform hopelessness to hope, and laid the foundation for peace by making some awfully difficult decisions," Bush told Yonit Levi of Israel's Channel 2 News. Bush held several interviews with Middle Eastern journalists last week in anticipation of his trip to the region, which starts tomorrow.
"When he needed to be tough, he acted strong, and when he needed to have vision he understood the power of freedom to be transformative," Bush said of himself to Nahum Barnea and Shimon Shiffer of the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot.
As for the people of the Middle East, Bush told Hisham Bourar of al-Hurra Television: "I would hope that they would say President Bush respects my religion and has great love for the human -- human being, and believes in human dignity."
The Bush record, the president told Nadia Bilbassy-Charters of al-Arabiya Television, is one of liberation -- "liberation, by the way, not only from dictatorship, but from disease around the world, like HIV/AIDS or malaria."
On a personal basis, Bush told Bilbassy-Charters that he hopes that people would know "that he hurts when he sees poverty and hopelessness" and "that he's a realistic guy."
Bush's self-image contrasts sharply with his image among his fellow Americans. More than 60 percent of Americans disapprove of the job is doing, and a CNN poll in November found that 58 percent of Americans rated Bush either a poor president, a very poor president, or the worst president ever.
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Tue Jan-08-08 12:11 AM
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1. Delusional criminal sociopath |
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Tue Jan-08-08 12:13 AM
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2. I believe that once in a great while... |
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That an event or a person deserves to be described with a word entirely of their own... for Bush... I'll suggest... fucktard.
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Tue Jan-08-08 12:14 AM
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3. what a narcissistic pos he is... |
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Tue Jan-08-08 12:16 AM
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He will be remembered as the vile piece of shit he is.
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Tue Jan-08-08 12:16 AM
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5. He will be remembered for the genocidal, empire building, war criminal that he is. nt. |
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Tue Jan-08-08 12:18 AM
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I wonder why George W. doesn't want to say these things stateside?
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Tue Jan-08-08 12:38 AM
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7. 800 hundred people are touring with him in israel |
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and 10 thousand are protecting him. i`m no biblical scholar but i`m sure that has to be the largest army ever to protect a foreign visitor in the history of the land of the great religions...
he is quite mad isn`t he
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Tue Jan-08-08 12:40 AM
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...he is. Mad as a hatter. Drank a little too deep in the quicksilver did he.
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Tue Jan-08-08 12:47 AM
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He's referring to himself in the third person ... not a good sign.
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Tue Jan-08-08 01:01 AM
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10. Bush said, "Bush... has great love for the human --" |
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Tue Jan-08-08 01:05 AM
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11. I love this exchange with Yonit Levi , too: |
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Q. "You are, you know, reaching the end of your presidency in a year, and it's sort of the season to summarize. Can you tell me what your -- you consider as your biggest achievement, and what, if anything, do you regret?" Bush: "Yes. First of all, I'm going to get a lot done next year." Q. "Of course." Bush: "I really am... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/01/07/BL2008010701413_pf.html
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Tue Jan-08-08 01:41 AM
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12. TOTALLY PSYCHOPATHIC wording: "has great love for the human -- human being." |
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Edited on Tue Jan-08-08 01:41 AM by WinkyDink
NO sane person could begin to utter this phrase. I'm not joking in the slightest.
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Tue Jan-08-08 10:19 AM
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13. Transformative is a four syllable word |
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Where did * learn it? :rofl:
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Tue Jan-08-08 10:21 AM
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