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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

2008 Wimp

Posted by Charles Mudede on Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:20 PM

After nearly a decade of roaring and boasting, George W. Bush all of sudden goes soft with "regrets":

The President said he also wished he had not used such aggressive rhetoric leading up to and during the war.

The US president told CNN that the triumphant words hoisted on the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003 were meant to cheer up the troops.

"They had a sign that said 'Mission Accomplished.' It was a sign aimed at the sailors on the ship, but it conveyed a broader knowledge. To some it said, well, Bush thinks the war in Iraq is over, when I didn't think that. But nonetheless, it conveyed the wrong message," he said.

The speech the president made under the banner became a symbol of his poor choice of words and overconfidence about Iraq, which from that point on deteriorated into a bloodbath.

But with just two months left as president after eight years in office, Mr Bush was in reflective mood.

"I regret saying some things I shouldn't have said," he said, when asked about his regrets. "Like 'dead or alive' and 'bring 'em on.' My wife reminded me that, hey, as president of the United States, be careful what you say."

And what does Édith Piaf have to say about all this?

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Oh, FUCK him. Fuck him, right in the ass, no lube, until he screams for fucking mercy, and then keep going.

"Gee, maybe I have to watch what I say when I'm, like, the prezident." It took 8 years and a "reflective mood" to figure that out?!

FUCK YOU, YOU FUCKING RETARD!

Gawd fucking dammit, that pisses me off.

Posted by violet_dagrinder on November 12, 2008 at 12:52 PM

George Bush is a lying sack of shit. The White House put that banner up, not the ship; and it was explicitly for press consumption.

Posted by Fnarf on November 12, 2008 at 12:52 PM

Uh, didn't W also say "major combat operations in Iraq are over"? Doesn't that sort of convey a "broader knowledge" that major combat operations in Iraq are over?

Posted by DOUG. on November 12, 2008 at 12:56 PM

Still telling that lie blaming the sailors for his failed PR stunt, huh? Pretending to feel bad is a nice touch.

Posted by flamingbanjo on November 12, 2008 at 1:06 PM

Didn't someone else (Condi Rice?) come out with the comment a year ago that the banner was actually "unrelated" to the Iraq War and it "just so happened" to be in the background of this speech? It was for some other mission altogether? And everyone screamed into their pillows.

Now this. This is unacceptable. I feel like staring at a wall.

Posted by bazz on November 12, 2008 at 1:35 PM