So he's willing to take responsibility for FEMA's failure...

[Seen the light]

but not the failure of the CIA for producing false and skewed intelligence? Is that really Bush's official position? Can someone explain how this makes any sense at all?

[XanaDUer]

1. Bush was told to go out and

take it like a man to shore up his tanking poll numbers. If it worked for Clinton, I believe the thinking goes...

[lvx35]

2. I'm still shocked it got to the point where Bush had to take

responsibility for something! It MUST be bad!!

[xray s]

3. how about blowing off "bin Laden determined to strike in US"

be nice to see the chimp step up to the plate on that one too

[XanaDUer]

4. Check out today's

talking points memo page www.talkingpointsmemo.com

and scroll down to the blurb about * taking responsibility and actually BEING responsible for the mess.

[Imagevision]

5. No-way! - Bush will find out what went wrong and why as he distances

himself from this travesty/debacle caused by his incompetance.
His day will come...and payback is going to be a super-bitch...!

http://downingstreetmemo.com/

[bain_sidhe]

6. Well, not really...

He parsed his words carefully...

"And to the extent that the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility."

That's a far cry from taking responsibility for a "failure" - more like taking reponsibility for... well, you know... some stuff that didn't go right, exactly, to a certain extent - but ONLY to that certain extent...

Talk about weasel words.

[Inland]

7. If there WAS a failure...Bush isn't admitting any failure of any fed.

So he's basically giving you a job description.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. "Doesn't work for me, I gotta have more cowbell!"

[applegrove]

9. Bush's advisors were "encased in amber" so nothing get to them.