Mikaela says:
Bush was asked in an interview what he hopes to be remembered for.
BUSH: You mean, just kind of a blanket statement?
Fox's HUME: Yes.
BUSH: I hope that first, as a person, I'll be remembered as a fellow who had his priorities straight: his faith, his family and his friends are a central part of his life.
Secondly, I hope to be remembered, from a personal perspective, as a fellow who had lived life to the fullest and gave it his all. And thirdly, I'd like to be remembered as the president who used American influence for the good of the world: bastioning freedom and fighting disease and poverty, by recognizing to whom much is given, much is required and that -- that I wasn't afraid to make a decision.
He's President of the most powerful country in the world (although he's doing his damndest to undermine this), and his top priorities are faith, family, and friends? Is that why he goes on vacation so often?
And LASTLY he wants to be remembered as someone who makes decisions, right or wrong?
Yep, that about sums it up, doesn't it?
But really, what Bush will be remembered for is the deadly hypocrisy that led to a war in Iraq, the undermining of public education, massive corporate takeover of government, and the spread of dictatorships and terror around the globe. Woo-hoo! Go America.
I mean, really. We go to Iraq to spread freedom and end up imprisoning thousands of Iraqis with no system of justice and torture them by directive of our Secretary of Defense. No hypocrisy there. We defame torture and then kidnap and fly citizens of other countries to countries where we know they will be tortured? Hmmm... We say torture is not acceptable and then add an Army training manual for how to torture within international law? We say no torture ever, except for our CIA? Really?
Here are some of the latest tidbits of hypocrisy.
Bush on Cheney:
And the good thing about Dick Cheney is when he discusses a topic with me and he gives me his advice, I never read about it in the newspaper the next day. And that's why our relationship is so close and his advice is so valued.
This depite the fact that Cheney's office is embroiled in the CIA operative leak scandal that led to Libby being indicted and forced to resign!
Bush on Rove:
[W]e're still as close as we've ever been. We've been through a lot. When I look back at the presidency and my time in politics, uh, no question Karl had a lot to do with me getting here.
Only, where's HERE, exactly? The lowest approval rating of an incumbent President? At war in two countries? In the midst of White House scandal? Maybe Bush is really telling us who the leaker really is. It's an admission of Rove's guilt! Finally!
But it's okay for a Texas buddy? What the hell!
Bush on Iraq:
We will not leave until victory has been achieved.
As Iraqis stand up, we will stand down.
Peter Baker: "What he did not do was reconcile those two ideas. Will U.S. soldiers withdraw from Iraq only after the insurgency has been vanquished? Or will they withdraw when Iraqi security forces become adequately trained to take over the battle themselves? Or somewhere in between?
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