LMAO! Boston.com Readers Weigh In On Bush/Hurricane

[matcom]

President Bush plans to address the nation from hurricane-ravaged Louisiana on Thursday night. What do you think he should say?

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Message #1198.2 in response to #1198.1Posted by hijaz00 on 10:17 AM
How about "I resign"?

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Message #1198.3 in response to #1198.1Posted by jman978 on 10:19 AM
I think Bush should say:

I'm very sorry and I hope the people of the country will forgive me and accept my resignation as your President.

Thats what I think he should say.


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Message #1198.4 in response to #1198.2Posted by savetoUSA on 10:20 AM
I couldn’t agree more.


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Message #1198.5 in response to #1198.2Posted by daisy1 on 10:20 AM
" for the good of America and it's citizens and its future....."

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Message #1198.6 in response to #1198.1Posted by hopefulbos on 10:21 AM
Hijaz00

you stole my line.

I totally agree, but unfortunately Bush will use the speech to spin the Karl Rove Republican line. same bulls*it as always.


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Message #1198.7 in response to #1198.1Posted by niais70 on 10:21 AM
Frankly, I'm sick of seeing his smug smirk and hearing his tired, recycled rhetoric. If he must speak at all, an apology would be a good start. How about accepting a little responsibility for a change?

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Message #1198.8 in response to #1198.7Posted by Markus on 10:26 AM
"I resign" gets my vote, too. That's what a CEO president should say, after such massive failure.

What he actually does say will be determined by focus groups that are underway right now. Rove and Luntz use "people meters" to test phrases that people like to hear; then Bush says them, regardless of whether they are the truth or not.

Bush lickspittles like David Brooks are now openly admitting that from "Day One" (his words), the Administration came right out and told supporters in the right-wing media that their PR would be completely dishonest. Nice of them to wait til now to tell us.


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Message #1198.9 in response to #1198.1Posted by simba77 on 10:27 AM
"I am an idiot and boy did I mess up good this time"


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Message #1198.10 in response to #1198.1Posted by BigPapiOrtiz on 10:27 AM
"These are troubled times. The people of Lousiana have suffered a terrible tragedy. The American people are saddened. Many Americans lost their lives. We must help these people. I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico."


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more: http://boards.boston.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?nav=messages&tsn=1&tid=1198&webtag=bc-news

[ET Awful]

1. I'm sorry, but that Geico comment has me laughing my ass off

:)

[CatWoman]

2. and which of those responses is yours???

:hi:

:loveya:

[matcom]

3. .

;)

[HamdenRice]

4. Anyone know what the reference to David Brooks is about?

When did Brooks write that the administration admitted its PR would be fake from day one? Day one of the administration or day one of the hurricane response?

Would like to track this down if possible.

[Lucille]

6. Mediamatters.org has the details

http://mediamatters.org/items/200509120003
--snip
On the September 11 edition of NBC's syndicated The Chris Matthews Show, New York Times columnist David Brooks revealed that he has learned from private conversations with Bush officials who "represent" what "Bush believes" that from its earliest days, the Bush administration adopted a policy of shielding itself from political damage by never publicly admitting any mistake -- even if it meant lying to the media and the American public. The fact that Bush doesn't admit mistakes has been reported by the media for years. For instance, in the September 11 edition of The New York Times, David Sanger reported, "Mr. Bush, his aides acknowledge, is loath to fire members of his administration or to take public actions that are tantamount to an admission of a major mistake." Brooks himself has previously noted the Bush administration's unwillingness to admit to mistakes. But what Brooks's September 11 account adds is that Bush is being intentionally dishonest -- in Brooks's words, "totally tactical and totally insincere" -- in resisting such public admissions and in blaming others when failures are too obvious to deny.

Moreover, on the Matthews Show, Brooks disclosed that "from Day One," the Bush White House "decided our public relations is not going to be honest," and that "privately they admit mistakes all the time." Brooks's revelation would appear to be of major significance, particularly in light of recent attempts by Bush administration officials to shift culpability in the Hurricane Katrina disaster away from the White House.

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[melissinha]

8. thats a major point if Brooks speaks about it

I have often seen panel discussions between Brooks and Shields... Brooks is a pretty smooth conservative leaning individual.... for him to even say "totally tactical and totally insincere" means a lot.

[rocktivity]

5. Wow, I AM impressed!

If it weren't for the page design, I'd think I was still at DU!

:headbang:
rocknation

[Zenlitened]

7. Massachusetts liiiiiibrulls!

:yourock: :applause: :patriot:

[spuddonna]

9. "I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico."

LOL That's hilarious! And I wouldn't put it past him to make a crack like that either...

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Beantown is a cool town

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