Bush smirked his way through an interview on CBS's 60 Minutes last night. Coming just days after the Decider announced a plan to send yet more troops to the deadly nightmare in Iraq, the purpose of the interview was seemingly to sell an escalation of the war to the American people.
The smirk did not help.
Bush said that he does not view himself as "stubborn." The my-way-or-the-highway pResident said he sees himself as a "flexible" and "open-minded" kind of guy.
The laughter was so loud in my house that I had to clear the room in order to hear the rest of the interview.
Bush brought the house down again when he actually referred to himself as the . . . "Educator-in-Chief."
Words fail.
As reported in a previous post, Bush said to hell with Congress, he'll have his surge no matter what Congress says or does. Like so very many things, Bush is wrong about that!
When asked if he thought he owed the people of Iraq an apology, the Delusional Decider said emphatically, "Not at all." Rather, the Iraqi people should be grateful to the American people.
A September poll found that 61 percent of Iraqis approve of attacks on American and/or Coalition forces.
Here's a little something for Iraqis to be grateful for!
PELLEY: Do you think you owe the Iraqi people an apology for not doing a better job?
BUSH: That we didn't do a better job or they didn't do a better job?
PELLEY: Well, that the United States did not do a better job in providing security after the invasion.
BUSH: Not at all. I am proud of the efforts we did. We liberated that country from a tyrant. I think the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude, and I believe most Iraqis express that. I mean, the people understand that we've endured great sacrifice to help them. That's the problem here in America. They wonder whether or not there is a gratitude level that's significant enough in Iraq.
What do you call it when one of the most unpopular and despised presidents in the history of the country has the gall to speak for the American people?
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