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Bush Won't Question Critics' Patriotism — But Others Can
There was a great moment at President Bush's press conference today that's passed completely unnoticed. Asked about GOP Rep. John Boehner's recent remark that Dems might rather protect terrorists than protect Americans, Bush started off by saying that no one should ever question critics' patriotism—then quickly corrected himself to say that he would never question critics' patriotism. His answer: "No one should ever question the patriotism of somebody who—let me just start over—I don't question the patriotism of somebody who doesn't agree with me." So did Bush just unwittingly give away the game by revealing that he'll happily look the other way while others question his critics' patriotism, as he remains above the fray? View it here.
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Yeah, George. That's what I call it too: "The Illegal Eavesdropping Program." Funny thing is --> the Constitution calls it that as well.
Jan Knaus
September 15, 2006 7:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. - Samuel Johnson
September 15, 2006 7:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Jan,
You left off the obligatory "heh, heh, heh..." at the end of his truthful remark. Jon Stewart will have fun with this one.
September 15, 2006 8:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Exactly right. Bush made a similiar comment during a speech a few weeks ago that it is wrong to question the patriotism of his critics. But of course, the entire GOP strategy this fall will be to paint Democrats as traitors and terrorist sympathizers.
September 15, 2006 9:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
If I heard this correctly, he basically said Boehner isn't a leader.
"Leader's don't do that".
What do you know. I agree with Bush on something. Boehner isn't a leader.
September 15, 2006 10:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
In another give away of the game, Bush told Katie Couric that the hardest thing about his job has been connecting Iraq to 9/11, or words to that effect.
September 15, 2006 11:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Typical "Bushspeak"...
Bush: "It's not right but we are gonna do it anyways"
September 15, 2006 11:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
He ought to know, as he isn't much of one hisself.
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September 16, 2006 12:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just like he didn't know all those horrible things were being said about John McCain in the 2000 South Carolina primary. McCain told W not to give him that I didn't know BS.
Tom
September 16, 2006 2:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
I caught the same thing and was going to mention it on my blog, but all the darn college football games sidetracked me today.
America's Least Wanted
September 16, 2006 8:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Any study of Samuel Johnson's writings will show you he was refering to "false patriots" like Murtha, Reid and Pelosi, who hate GWB so much that they are willing to compromise security for political point scoring.
September 17, 2006 1:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually, he was speaking about people that would not act in the best interest of the Country, like Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rice.
They are the ones that allowed the terrorist attack and are busy creating more terrorists and the conditions that breed terrorism.
Our "security" isn't very imprtant to them, they've even decided to let Osama go.
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September 17, 2006 1:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Considering that the high point of his presidency was when he caught a big Pike in his (probably over-stocked) lake, I would think the hardest part was pulling that sucker off the hook. (But he probably had someone else do that for him)
If he had even one cell's worth of empathy the hardest part would be meeting with families of those who have died in vain for his quagmire folly. That doesn't seem to faze him though. He really couldn't care less about them. No wonder his own kids don't like him.
Jan Knaus
September 17, 2006 3:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey Sarge ... Is it true the wife is your commanding officer in the house and she has a tub of spuds on the back porch you haven't peeled yet?
Can some please hit this clown's CD player? It keeps repeating itself...
~OGD~
September 17, 2006 7:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
He said it was a pike a lot larger than any known Pike.
That was a lie.
I agree with Bill Maher, he should be impeached over that. That would be appropriate, after all the lies he's told, impeaching the SOB over lying about the fish would serve him right.
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September 18, 2006 7:04 AM | Reply | Permalink
He's a great one for passing the ball. He never apologizes, never admits a mistake. Let his henchmen and handpuppets (like Snow) do his work for him. A true liar, a true deflector. So if you vote for any Republicans, the problem will be he will still feel strong enough to evade responsibility; if not, his responsibility and the outcome of his actions may be questioned in public.
September 18, 2006 9:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
I thought he was Rove's hand puppet...y'all need to figure out who you really hate here.
September 19, 2006 6:53 AM | Reply | Permalink