Why I Still Don't Trust George Bush (Mary Lyon)

[Tace]

by Mary Lyon -- World News Trust

Jan. 25, 2007 -- See how they gush.

The spinners on both sides of George W. Bush's seventh State of the Union speech were at it ferociously within moments of his closing remarks. Many of them did what he tried to do -- accentuate the positive. How graciously he tried to reach out to the Democrats by meeting them up front on so many of their pet domestic issues. How much more humble he was. How the smirk was gone. How he didn’t seem so cocky anymore when he finally got around to discussing the matter that meant most to him (and the 1,000-pound gorilla in the room) -- the failed war in Iraq. How adorable and disarming it was to single out those exemplary guests seated up in the gallery toward the end of the evening. How generous and charming it was to acknowledge the historic first two words that would start his remarks: "Madame Speaker." Two words that set a whole new tone and showed us a whole new George.

Well, I’ve got another two words for all of that: “Yeah. SURE.” Because it was the two LETTERS that glared out from his podium within a few sentences of the magnanimous tribute to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that betrayed the true Dubya and signaled clearly to me how shriekingly insincere he was: the missing two words -- “I-C.” "The Democrat Majority." “I-C.” Yes. George. You got that one straight, straighter than you know. I see. Indeed.

Mr. Bush, if you REALLY want to prove to America and all those politicians that you're new and improved and ready to concede to the adverse new realities surrounding you since November's midterm elections, don't try pulling a fast one like that. Particularly one that snarky. If you genuinely wanted to reach out to the party and the voters who sent you and your cohorts a shellacking last fall, the way most of your seemingly soothing words and “kinder, gentler” demeanor would suggest, you wouldn't have tried so blatantly to slap us in the face with that allegedly unarmed hand. If I were Nancy Pelosi, once I'd gotten past the "aw, wasn't he nice?" schtick and the showy handshake, and the blush had cleared from my cheeks, I'd have been looking for the crossed fingers behind Junior's back. And the snake in the grass that revealed itself so early in the evening's game.

I'll say one thing for George, at least he didn't try that hard to bury this little subterfuge, the way he attempted to crowd out the glaring reality of his failing war in Iraq. He threw up almost 15 minutes of economic policy smokescreen before the word "terr’ists" ever broke the surface. As the clock ticked in the lower-right corner of the TV screen, it was 28 minutes past the hour when he finally slid that one in. The main event that hung over his speech with a greater pallor than the Democratic dominance all over the room -- Iraq -- was shoved to the back. The very word “Iraqi” didn’t appear until 42 minutes after the hour, and the root “Iraq” a minute later. The word “Iran” actually beat them both to the punch at 39 minutes past. We didn’t get to “victory” until 44 minutes after the hour, and the ever-popular standard references to September 11th stole their way in only ten minutes earlier (and at that, they were disguised, at first, under such cosmetic adjustment devices as “that September morning”).

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http://www.worldnewstrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=874&Itemid=1

[screembloodymurder]

1. My God, she almost bought it.

He really is the great deceiver.

[calimary]

2. Um... hardly.

Proud member of the "We Tried to Warn You" Club. From the beginning. I think for those who still desperately cling to the old urge to give bush the benefit of the doubt, this one's for THEM. And unfortunately, there are still far too many of them.

[bobbolink]

3. I saw a picture of * handing an envelope up to Nancy, with her

looking down at him.

I haven't been happy with her at all, but I gotta say this--- I think she deserves a medal for not barfing in his face when she had the perfect opportunity.

:rofl:

[calimary]

4. No KIDDING.

Maybe he had an angel on his shoulder, for the first time in his life.

[bobbolink]

17. Naw, she's either too "genteel", or it never even occurred to her.

As I said in the other reply, if *'s father can barf on a world leader, isn't it gander sauce time???

~~guffaw~~

[lligrd]

8. LOL Ok, I'll Hand Her That Much

Would have been great if she had though.

[bobbolink]

16. Indeed! If George I can barf on the Japanese leader,

surely Nancy could have taken advantage of the opportunity.

Can you imagine the evening news???

:rofl:

[gratuitous]

5. It's not like Bush suddenly got a candor implant

So there's no point in trusting this charlatan any farther than I can toss the Washington Monument.

[calimary]

6. No. It was just more attempted manipulation. It's just that - by now -

FAR fewer people are willing to listen to him, or take what he says as gospel, or swallow his shit without question.

I think the jig is up. And that everybody knows it. I think that would explain why dozens of republi-CONS (or might that be Republicans) have broken ranks now that they widely perceive that the emperor has no clothes, and that Goliath has been cut down by a few flying pebbles. bushco just isn't that fearsome juggernaut anymore. Nobody wants to give him the benefit of the doubt anymore. NOBODY's clinging to their precious rubber-stamp kit anymore. They're now free to look at which way the wind is blowing, and to allow themselves to be caught up in the direction of the increasingly forceful gusts. Look how many votes from the "6 for '06" agenda items in Nancy Pelosi's 100-Hours campaign we got from THAT side of the aisle. It was as though ding-dong, the witch really did die. So the munchkins could come out and DEFY. It's safe to think independently again. It may even be chic and stylish. Kinda like Nancy herself. Granted, a few of those agenda items may falter in the Senate where our margin is more narrow (and the White House is still desperately trying to twist arms while it still has some perceived arm strength). But the initial shots have been fired across the bow - and got noticed, BIGTIME. Godzilla doesn't seem so invincible anymore. Even if they stall in the Senate, the Democrats in general, and Pelosi in particular, are still getting (and WILL still get) high marks for guts and for keeping their promises. I mean, even that sleeze-bag robert novak has begrudgingly given her credit. When he's writing it, MANY others in and around his camp are thinking it. Even moreso now that they'll have seen his latest column. Get a load of this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=34094

And that's not it, either. Just as Chuck Hagel mouthed off today, and just as John Warner joined the Dems against the "surge," that's making it okay for other more timid GOPers to get onboard this new bandwagon, and gives them cover as they do so.

BTW - HI, gratuitous! One of my FAVORITE DUers! :yourock:

Critical mass has been reached. FINALLY! Let the pile-ons begin!

[lligrd]

7. I Think So Too

At least I hope his jig is up. If so, I will be the one dancing. (note to self - take jig lessons)

[calimary]

10. I'll be dancing, too. Happily!

:hi:

[gratuitous]

13. It's bad news and worse news for the Bush administration

"I have some bad news and worse news, sir."

"Whut is it? I gotta go fer a bike ride. I beat everyone you know, heh, heh. Even Lance Armstrong. Heh, heh, heh. Felt kinda bad about that, him bein' from Texas, just like me."

"Well, it seems that the electorate and Congress are no longer afraid of you."

"So? I don't guvvern by the polls. You know that. And the Murkin people understand that it's hard werk. What's the worse news?"

"They're not scared, but they are mad. And they're coming this way. And more people are joining them along the way."

"Well, I'm still not changin' course. Let's go for that bike ride."

"I have some even worse news, sir."

"What's that?"

{Straps on bike helmet} "I used to be on the Suntory sprint team. Take a look at the front of my jersey now, because all you're going to see for the rest of the day is the back of it."

[DeepModem Mom]

9. Let 'er rip, Mary! K&R.

[calimary]

11. Thanks, dahlink!

:hi:

[Philosoraptor]

12. I C what you mean!

[calimary]

18. I M glad U C!

:toast:

Thanks for the kick!

[ClassWarrior]

14. Who'da thought, Tuesday morning, that this would go so big??

I mean, your covering this comes as no surprise, Mar. But look at this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/24/AR2007012402469.html

:wow:

NGU.

[calimary]

19. Yeah, I saw that, too. All the MORE reason to turn it back on them.

Taste of their own medicine. See how they like it. We've tried to ignore that crap for a long time. Back to Joe McCarthy's day, evidently. Look how well it's working for us. Just like taking the high road and not dignifying the swifties' swiftboating of John Kerry with a response. If we ignore it, maybe it'll go away. YEAH. SUUUUUUUUUUUUUURE.

I think it continues because nobody's stopped and yanked 'em by the collar and pulled 'em up close, nose-to-nose, and tell them they WILL stop this, OR ELSE. Nobody's made a big enough stink about it. Perhaps if somebody did, for a change, it would stop. And I think if they have a chance to see how it is on the receiving end of this shit, perhaps that will be a deterrent to further bad behavior.

WE decide what our party's name is. NOT THEM. WE say what our party's name is. THEY don't. WE'LL tell THEM what our party's name is. It ISN'T the other way around.

:grr:

[Sapphire Blue]

15. The little twit said "DemocratIC" 4 times in his speech; "Democrat" 1 time

Snips from the SOTU address...

"In 2005, the people of Afghanistan defied the terrorists and elected a democratic legislature. And in 2005, the Iraqi people held three national elections, choosing a transitional government, adopting the most progressive, democratic constitution in the Arab world, and then electing a government under that constitution."

"Our goal is a democratic Iraq that upholds the rule of law, respects the rights of its people, provides them security, and is an ally in the war on terror."

"... and pursuing the establishment of a democratic Palestinian state living side-by-side with Israel in peace and security."

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

"Some in this chamber are new to the House and the Senate -- and I congratulate the Democrat majority."


http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070123-2.html#

On a side note - isn't it ironic that he pretends to promote Democracy in the Middle East, while destroying in the West?

[calimary]

20. That's the telling part. He knows how to say "democratic." He knows

how to use it in a sentence. That's saying a lot, considering who we're dealing with. And his script, copies of which were circulated beforehand to the media, referred to the "Democratic Majority." Brian Williams even noted that. I watched on MSNBC during the "post-game show" where he described noticing that discrepancy, and tapped with his pen on the table to get the attention of his anchor partner, tim russert, and point that out to him also (which is noted in the column). He did it deliberately. Thought he was sneaking in the snarky little dig. Pulling a neener-neener-neener like the "refined, generous, mature adult" he is. I don't for ONE MOMENT buy that it was somehow inadvertent. Not for a split second. It was on purpose. And it betrayed his real motives here - he had (and has) absolutely no intention of being truly conciliatory, or reaching out to the opposition - except perhaps to pick their pockets when he thinks they aren't looking, make an attempt to wring their necks, or drop a scorpion down inside the back of their shirts. Don't forget, too, this schmuck has a life-long track record of duplicity, pettiness, vindictiveness, sneakiness, and dirty tricks. AND he keeps score. I wouldn't trust him any farther than I could throw the U.S. Capitol Building.

[Sapphire Blue]

21. "neener-neener-neener" from the "refined, generous, mature adult" ...

This is an excerpt from a recent thread posted by DUer truth2power...

Bush's mental, developmental, and cognitive deficits..Reasons why he must go.

In addition, I think our pResident is operating at a much earlier stage of psychological development, as indicated, among other things, by his little "hissy fits" and various other recalcitrant behaviors, not-so-cleverly framed as being steadfast in the face of danger. I think his behavior is pre-pubescent. This tells me that he is likely to respond to the complex and, "dire," state in which we currently find ourselves with the problem-solving ability of a 9-12 year old. A truly terrifying prospect!

Regarding his developmental stage, there's a mannerism that he displays that's very unsettling to me. It's where he turns his head, hunches up his shoulders and appears to be giggling. It's very discordant, I think, because it's a mannerism that you often see in children, but not adults. Here's a link to a photo. It's not the most telling. There are others I've seen that are more descriptive. This is just my opinion. I'd welcome other's input on this.

Read the rest (quite excellent) @ http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=3114072