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Bush Endorses Obama

Lee Kane — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:12:51 +0000

At the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence today, our esteemed President, W, took it upon himself to use a pivotal foreign relations platform for mere partisan purposes. On a stage ripe with the opportunity to declare all-too important words of solidarity and world unity, he chose to divide not only our country, but the world as a whole. This is our President. A man that has already won the gold medal for divisiveness before this sickening new display of his anti-talent. A man that started a bloody war based on lies. A man that weilded his power toward crippling those who attempted to expose such lies. A man that was reading "The Pet Goat" to a classroom full of kids while innocent Americans leapt from burning buildings in the fiery wreckage of 9/11. A man that rewarded the National Security Advisor on whose watch 9/11 happened with a promotion to Secretary of State. A man that was playing guitar at a GOP fundraiser while one of our best cities drowned beneath the torrent of Hurricane Katrina. A man that made enormous sacrifices for the benefit of his Iraq War, such as giving up golf. A man that gave record-shattering tax breaks to Exxon-Mobile while Exxon-Mobile made record breaking profit, and all the while gas prices for the American people climbed to record heights. A man that was doing all this in the face of Global Warming acceleration.

Ladies and gentlemen, our President. Taking direct aim at Obama, the Democratic nominee for President (Hillary who?), by obviously lumping him into "some" who offer appeasement to the terrorists like some who offered appeasement to Hitler in the lead up to World War II. Cue the fear. Cue the GOP tackiness machine.

Our President with a job approval rating of 28% -- the lowest for essentially any President since World War II (back when all the appeasers were appeasing).

And in so much as he continues such attacks, such rhetoric aimed at positing his notions of foreign policy as utterly different than those Obama offers, he is only bolstering Obama's support. Key point: Obama's policy will be very different than Bush's failed policy. And in so much as McCain links onto Bush's attacks and drills them in even further, the clearer the truth that McCain is simply a 3rd Bush term. Another 4 years of short-sighted, ignorant foreign policy that ironically spreads the fires it is trying to put out. Like Lennie in "Of Mice and Men" killing the mouse he is trying to save. Only without the whole "retardation" excuse. You can only say "give it another six months" so often before people begin to sense a pattern of endless catastrophe.

Our President. Endorsing Obama.

And he doesn't even realize it.

As For Shared Sacrifice? Bush Gives Up Golf

nahnopenotquite — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:03:17 +0000

It is fortunate that we have a commander-in-chief who so sensitive to the needs of our military families. And it is true that it would have looked bad to be seen on the golf course.

But the question is: why stop there? It looks bad to make stupid jokes at the White House Correspondents Dinner. It looks bad to take August off. It looks bad to not know what you're talking about during a press conference. It looks bad to cut taxes for the rich while sending (certainly poorer) troops off to war. And so on.

Bush made the comment about giving up golf in an interview with Politico and Yahoo News. I've tried to avoid posting about him because what's the point? But the man is still in charge and still has the potential to do more damage, so I thought it might be nice to know where his head is at these days.

At any rate, I read the transcript. Nothing really worth reading. He was disappointed by the flawed Iraqi intelligence. He thinks Congress is stalled (which it is). I'll leave you with Bush's own words:

"Popularity is fleeting, Michael. Principles are forever."

Don't we know it.

Bush Said He Has Given Up Golfing Because Of Iraq War

Suzie-Q — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:30:47 +0000

By- Suzie-Q @ 7:30 AM MST

Bush gives up golfing because of Iraq war.»

In a new interview with the Politico today, President Bush says that he has given up golf because of the Iraq war, to show “solidarity” with U.S. troops and their families. He added that “playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal”:

Q Mr. President, you haven’t been golfing in recent years. Is that related to Iraq?

THE PRESIDENT: Yes, it really is. I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be as — to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.

Evidently, Bush learned his lesson since this incident after 9/11. Watch it:

UpdateCernig writes, "You go to war with the handicap you have…" Brandon Friedman adds, "In today's world, sacrifice is defined in terms of not being able to afford a Hummer; of having to see a few images of war on TV; and of giving up golf."