Helen Thomas:Bush feels certain he will be vindicated

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WASHINGTON -- Both President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are leaving office with a spate of nostalgic interviews but no mea culpas.

As they leave, they are passing on to President-elect Barack Obama, two wars involving thousands of American troops and a tanking economy, with no remorse, no regrets.

Both men admit to signing off on tactics against captives that most of the world considers torture and a violation of national and international law. The result has been the tarnishing of the U.S. ethical reputation.

In an interview with The Washington Times, Cheney --citing the need for "good intelligence" in wartime -- said about 33 suspects were subjected to "enhanced interrogation."

He added that the administration put "only three" suspects through waterboarding, a condemned technique simulating drowning.

more:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/394001_helenonline30.html

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In all that soul searching I wonder if it occurred to the president that the families of the fallen -- Americans and Iraqis -- would be happier to have their loved ones alive than a claim of victory in a war based on falsehoods?

To this day, the Pentagon has not made public the number of Iraqis killed or displaced by the war. No matter how they rationalize their roles, neither Bush nor Cheney can justify their actions against Iraq, a nation that had nothing to do with 9/11.

[freesqueeze]

1. hmmmmm

<i>"But I have no complaints," he said, adding he is "a little disappointed" at some of the harsh rhetoric, like "Bush is a liar."</i>

If you fail to point out that Bush is a liar...doesn't that make you a liar?

[salguine]

2. Bush thinks "history will vindicate him"...I have a suspicion that history will, instead,

bend him over the sofa.

[Downtown Hound]

3. If they say 33

Probably more like 333. And that's not counting the ones in Iraq.

[Doctor_J]

4. Let's see. Torture, Katrina, the Second Great Depresssion, treason,

environmental destruction, and the Most Hated Man on The Planet.

Vindication is going to take a loooooooooooooong time.

[Wang111]

5. Bush will never be vindicated relative to his raging racism

Bush will never be vindicated relative to his raging racism.

“WASHINGTON Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the country is not ‘race-blind’ and ‘we shouldn’t deceive ourselves that we’re race-blind,’ but she said the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president was a key moment in history. ‘I think all Americans were quite taken with the fact that we were able, after the long history we’ve been through, that initial birth defect of slavery, that we’ve elected an African-American,’ Rice said in an interview taped recently on CBS’ Sunday Morning. ‘And that’s enormously heartening for people in the country, but also people worldwide who still have trouble with differences.’ Rice, who left segregated Alabama to eventually become the first African-American woman to be secretary of state, warned that the United States still has problems with race. ‘But I do think we’ve gotten to the place that we don’t see a person and say, ‘That’s a black person, therefore they must be ...’ And that’s an enormous step forward’” ((No author listed). (2008, December 29). U.S. still has problems with race, Rice warns. http://www.baltimoresun.com/. Retrieved December 30, 2008, from http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.briefs292dec29,0,6091459.story).

For example, George W. Bush is not race-blind and still has problems with race.

On balance, George W. Bush is a hate-crime criminal (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-did-you-think-of-that-naacp-anti.html: “George W. Bush had better stop committing hate crimes”).

On balance, George W. Bush hates Jews (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-w-bush-dislikes-or-hates-jews-in.html: “George W. Bush dislikes or hates Jews in his heart and mind”).

On balance, George W. Bush hates immigrants (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-w-bush-hates-immigrants.html: “George W. Bush hates immigrants”; and http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-did-you-think-of-that-naacp-anti.html: “George W. Bush had better stop committing hate crimes”).

On balance, George W. Bush hates black people (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/andrew-yu-jen-wang-responds-to-stokely.html: “Andrew Yu-Jen Wang responds to Stokely Carmichael’s comment in Wang’s blog”).

On balance, George W. Bush hates Latino people (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-did-you-think-of-that-naacp-anti.html: “George W. Bush had better stop committing hate crimes”).

On balance, George W. Bush hates Arabs and Muslims (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-did-you-think-of-that-naacp-anti.html: “George W. Bush had better stop committing hate crimes”; and http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/11/george-w-bush-is-racist.html: “George W. Bush is a racist”).

On balance, George W. Bush hates Indian people (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/11/george-w-bush-is-racist.html: “George W. Bush is a racist”).

On balance, George W. Bush hates Filipino people (indicated at http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/11/george-w-bush-is-racist.html: “George W. Bush is a racist”).

Bush is like Adolf Hitler: Bush in such an uncontainable manner wants to maintain that his race is superior to all other races.

Bush’s racial prejudices are shocking to the conscience.

Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993

“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG

http://andrewyu-jenwang.blogspot.com/2008/12/us-still-has-problems-with-race-rice.html