It is downright scary how long president Bush has kept up his self righteous stance. Despite all the evidence against what he says, in light of the fact he's a proven manipulator and liar, he continues to defy reality and sticks to dangerous rhetoric full of falsehood and deceit, insisting he is winning in Iraq when the whole world knows otherwise.
A reporter recently asked president Bush this three part question during a press conference that he and French President Nicholas Sarkozy were holding on television:
"Can France, for instance, help to get out of the Iraqi quagmire? And President Bush, where do you stand on Iraq and your domestic debate on Iraq? Do you have a timetable for withdrawing troops?"
president Bush responded by saying:
"You know quagmire is an interesting word. If you lived in Iraq and had lived under a tyranny, you’d be saying: God, I love freedom, because that’s what’s happened."
"And there are killers and radicals and murderers who kill the innocent to stop the advance of freedom. But freedom’s happening in Iraq. And we’re making progress."
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/11/07/bush-iraq-freedom/
Bush's response is a perfect example of rhetoric in action. He doesn't answer questions. He speaks like a politician, and what I mean by that is someone who is directing their speech so as not to expose themselves to any harm, to serve in their best political interests. Instead of taking on a question which holds a valid concern that Bush would rather evade, he sidesteps off into some rambling venture, incoherent beyond any sense. Look at how straightforward the reporter's questions are:
- Can France help to get out of the Iraq quagmire?
- Where do you stand on the domestic debate on Iraq?
- Do you have a timetable for withdrawing troops?
Bush's responses:
- That's an interesting word.
- Iraqi's love freedom, because that's what happened.
- Radicals and murderers kill to stop the advance of freedom. And we're making progress.
Bush is completely defying reality, ignoring legitimate concerns and moving on with his agenda, at the expense of untold deaths of Iraqi civilians and those in the Iraqi and American forces. Go to the link above and watch the actual footage. You can observe Bush struggling to figure out how he is going to get out of this one. He calls the word quagmire interesting. That's what I find interesting, the fact that he finds it interesting. It's humorous but it's not really. Real people are dying and none of the individuals who have deceived us into this mess are being held accountable for their actions, and Bush continues on fabricating this story. Congress is equally accountable as the president, but it's the system that is the underlying fault. Our system of checks and balances needs to be rewritten so that our leaders are held accountable for their actions, and responsible for their words.
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You're not the only one - Bush's AND Congress approval ratings are at near record lows - Bush's lowest, 26%, is only 3 points from Nixon. It's apparent that Americans like to represented by government and that government is for the good of the people (even thought most probably don't realize it).
You might find this interesting on Wikipedia that I stumbled on while doing research:
"On November 14, 2007, President Bush topped the annual Film Threat Frigid 50 list of Hollywood's coldest people. President Bush was cited because of the large number of hostile film and television programs that criticized his presidency, and because of the excess number of documentaries that called his domestic and foreign policy judgments into question. "With all due respect to Hollywood, the mighty W is as much a cinema celebrity as the next despotic tyrant," said Film Threat, adding: "President George W. Bush has been a fixture on the big and small screens for the length of his historically tragic run."
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