WP: Bush Talks of Setting New Tone

[kskiska]

Thursday, January 20, 2005; Page A01

President Bush is a politician with large ambitions and few doubts, someone not easily given to mea culpas. But in the run-up to today's inauguration, he has at least hinted at some of the lessons learned in office. From his relations with Democrats in Congress to his approach to the rest of the world, Bush has suggested he will try to strike a different tone -- without abandoning principles or policies.

Balancing those objectives could be one of the biggest challenges in a second term already facing difficult problems. His agenda includes turning Iraq into a success story, repairing relations with other nations, tackling the restructuring of Social Security and the tax code, and revising immigration policy. The question is whether he can aggressively pursue that agenda and still achieve a more accommodating climate here and abroad.

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Still, he has tried to project a willingness to make some changes, if his opponents are prepared to do the same. In an interview with The Washington Post last week, Bush said he regretted his inability to change the tone in Washington, saying he will try in his second term to work more successfully with Democrats in Congress but knows that now he is dealing with a different political culture than he enjoyed when he was governor of Texas.

Washington, "is tough," he said. "It's different from Austin. . . . I'm mindful of my rhetoric when it comes to the Democrats. I've really checked back." Bush paused to acknowledge he had not checked his rhetoric during the campaign, calling it a matter of political survival. He continued: "I think all of us, all of us, have got to work to set the right kind of tone. I will continue to do so."

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[AVID]

1. fuck you, shrubbery eom

[democrat in Tallahassee]

2. with all due respect mr. bush. fuck you.

[BeatleBoot]

3. What a sissy-boy rich kid...

[DELUSIONAL]

4. bushie is a fuck faced liar --

This is the same crap that a spouse abuse pulls -- "I'm going to change . . . trust me" -- bullshit -- they never change and bushie is going to continue to abuse anyone who crosses him.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Look ma, thy are taking away my ball

they are not doing all I tell them!

BAAA....

[Bozvotros]

6. Lying SOS

He set the frickin' tone day one, after his first drunken inaugural. First move out of the box was rescinding Clinton's executive order restraining Enron and the rest of those greedy fricks from manipulating the energy market in California. Then let Cheney huddle up with them in secret to figure out how else they could screw us and get ready to divide up Iraq.

He never checked anything. But if he did, he just had one of his surrogates let it fly full throttle. Delay, Lott, Hastert, Frist, Cheney and a hundred media whores were his attack dogs and he never silenced them once.

Fuck you, Frat Boy.

[pfitz59]

7. Lying P.O.S.!

Yammering monkey-boy! Believe NOTHING this man says!

[itzamirakul]

8. "I'll be good! I'll be good! I promise!...

(Yeah, till I get you Democratic wimps to be even more weak-kneed in my presence and then I will cut you to ribbons)

[BillZBubb]

9. The corporate whores are still printing these lies.

How many times does Bush have to lie to them before they actually look at what he does and not the bullshit he says?

Have they already forgotten how he already again put up all the judges that the Democrats shot down last year? Have they forgotten the Gonzales and Rice nominations? Or the attack on Social Security?

Sure, he's going to be really bipartisan--once all the Democrats get as senile as Zell Miller.

[Fovea]

10. Wow!

We've never heard conciliatory words from ** before...
/sarcasm

Another pitiful tactic to acquire something that looks like the moral high ground when Gonzales gets shivved in the Senate(but only if you squint really hard and rub your eyes first).

[karlrschneider]

11. BOVINE FECES.

That piece of shit wouldn't know the truth if it crawled up his nose.
(Just sent this):
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=20004&letter_id=182285031

[yorkiemommie1]

12. emperor speaks w/ forked tongue

this is nothing but bs concocted to make the Dems come 'round to his way of thinking. rove, cheney, et al are more vicious and vindictive than ever. evil is evil.

[fshrink]

13. Goebbels would be proud of Rove and the other servants.

Very good, very classical, very efficient propaganda. The last thing we need is den competing with that.

[kcass1954]

14. He just doesn't fucking get it...

"From his relations with Democrats in Congress to his approach to the rest of the world, Bush has suggested he will try to strike a different tone -- without abandoning principles or policies."


Yes, the "tone" has been a problem. But it's his principles and policies that I have a problem with.

[EC]

15. Yeah, he sees the Dems aren't going to roll

over as easily as before, so now he's setting it up to make it look like we won't work with him. Screw him, who cares, we don't care WHAT HIS BASE THINKS, the ones that didn't vote probably didn't vote because they figured no one represented them, so why go the party line. Screw his willingness to make some changes...

[leQ]

16. what happened to the tone he said he was setting the last time?

or was that a song of a different era?

[cosmicdot]

17. more media creation-in-process ... a new tone? heard that in 2000 ...

clearly know what he means by it

"...without abandoning principles or policies."



the WP must be camped out in the WH this week ... the image/puff pieces are streaming ...


"As president, I will set a new tone in Washington." - June 8, 2000


we see that new tone in attempting such nominations as Bernie Kerik ... liars and war criminals and just plain criminals being rewarded, awarded and promoted to the highest positions of government and power


... I'm sure the judicial appts. will be dripping in that new tone ...


all code words ... just as in corporate america ... they talk the talk, but don't walk the talk ...

Healthy Forests and Clear Skies ... let's roll ... now, watch this drive ...

we know one thing: the lies will continue

[Whoa_Nelly]

18. "I'm mindful of my rhetoric..."

"I've really checked back."

ummmmm....sure he meant to say, "I've really checked my back frequently."

Anyone with a pic of the chimp with a "Kick Me" sign stuck to his back?

[SKKY]

19. He's going to sing Karaoke to Front 242's "Welcome to Paradise"...

..."Hey Poor! Hey Poor! You don't have to be poor anymore. Jesus is here! Jesus is here!"

[Erika]

20. His "new" tone to Dems "Bring it on"

God, four more years of his BS'ing lies.

[MaineYooper]

21. talk is cheap...

Way cheap. When the policies and actions start originating somewhere this side of Attila the Hun, maybe we'll pay attention.

(on edit) "I think all of us, all of us, have got to work to set the right kind of tone. I'll continue to do so."?!?!?!?!

Maybe first he can let us know when he started to do so. I must have missed it.

[fooj]

22. Blah..Blah..Blah

We've heard it all before...

[Bake]

23. I got your "new tone" right HERE, motherfucker!!

Swinging. Come get it. Asswipe.

Bake

[NVMojo]

24. yeah, fuck you, chimpy!!!

If I made enough money, I could be there to tell it to your uglyass face!!!

[CoffeeCat]

25. What an ultra marooon...

I'm stunned that this frickin nimrod actually thinks that anyone will be moved or affected by his "tone."

Oh please.

As if the world will shift on its axis, if old Bushyboy just changes his tone.

WTF is this pathetic waste talking about?

Son--we're trying to mop up the bloody mess of death and destruction you leave in your wake. We're concerned about the soldiers dying for a war that you lied this country into. We're devastated that you've killed 100,000 Iraqis in our name. We're terrified that Iran is next. We're disgusted that you use religion like a used-car salesman pitches greasy sales tactics. We're astounded at our crippling deficit. We're shocked at how you effortlessly breeze through each day, totally unaware of how many people you've harmed.

Who gives a frick about your frickin tone? What you've done to this country is horrific. Analyzing what you say or how you say it--is like mulling over a few flowers thrown on a big, steamy pile of dung.

You're a complete, inward-focused, self absorbed fool.