Molly Ivins: "The perennial suckers who fell for Bush's SOTU address"

[Bluebear]

I like to think that Republicans are having fun. They're such cards. What a wheeze, what a jape. Talking about energy independence in the State of the Union address! President Bush said, "America is addicted to oil," and we will "break this addiction." Oh, what a good trick to see if anyone thought he actually meant it!

I'm not going to embarrass the perennial suckers who fell for it by identifying them, but I assure you they include some well-known names in journalism. Boy, I bet they feel like fools, having written those optimistic columns pointing to how Bush had made a fine proposal -- cut oil imports from the Middle East by 75 percent by 2025 -- and people should take it seriously and stop dissing him.

Of course, the next day the administration trotted out Energy Secretary Sam Bodman and Allan Hubbard, director of the president's National Economic Council, to assure us that the president didn't mean it.

Bodman explained, "That was purely an example." A "for instance." Like, we could set a goal like that....

http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/columnists/molly_ivins/13828505.htm

[applegrove]

1. Thanks for the post.

[Bluebear]

2. You're most welcome. nt

[yellowdogmi]

3. * talks in for instances..

often. Like when he says he consulted justice lawyers for his spying. Makes me nuts. I could almost go off on a rant. If it wasn't for Molly I might rant everyday. Thanks for the post bear!

[unblock]

4. yes! that's it! SUCKERS!

i've been on a tar lately saying we need to HUMILIATE and laugh at the fools who fall for the banana republican lies.

i should have known that molly would be thinking along the same lines!

:bounce:

[Pithy Cherub]

5. Molly Ivins ridicules Tweety's "stained" nobility,

without a warrant, of course.;)

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. what? jr's "Bold new initiatives" were bogus?

I don't get it, he's the president, the president wouldn't lie!

[upi402]

7. my favorite gadfly of all time!

O8) Ivins O8)

[bvar22]

8. K&R for Molly!

:dem:

[Nikki Stone 1]

9. kick and recommend

:kick:

[Gronk Groks]

10. The only question is why the rest of the MSM doesn't get it...

...oh, I remember, they were bought out by Rethug corporations.

Thank God that a (few) journalists still have integrity.

[spooky3]

11. Please let her make a full recovery soon.

[SpiralHawk]

12. k & r fer sure

nice writing, Molly. As usual.