Bush: Comments had 'unintended consequence'

[Dulcinea]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush says he now sees that tough talk can have an "unintended consequence."

During a round-table interview with reporters from 14 newspapers, the president, who not long ago declined to identify any mistakes he'd made during his first term, expressed misgivings for two of his most famous expressions: "Bring 'em on," in reference to Iraqis attacking U.S. troops, and his vow to get Osama bin Laden "dead or alive."

"Sometimes, words have consequences you don't intend them to mean," Bush said Thursday. "'Bring 'em on' is the classic example, when I was really trying to rally the troops and make it clear to them that I fully understood, you know, what a great job they were doing. And those words had an unintended consequence. It kind of, some interpreted it to be defiance in the face of danger. That certainly wasn't the case."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/14/bush.regrets.ap/index.html

[blueknight]

1. uh,yeah

well macho cowboy fuck, your "unintended consequence" has cost over 1300 deaths for our young men and women

[ladjf]

10. +100K Iraqi deaths, 10K American wounded , 200G bucks,

+total loss of good will from the entire world.

50% of Americans, according to recent polls still this Bush is doing a good job. Incredible! Either somethings wrong with the polls or the American people or both.

[Hekate]

11. But, but, but W said no women are in combat --

-- so how could there be dead female soldiers?

God, he's such a lying jerk.

Hekate

[RPM]

2. asshole

god - i hate the shrub

[Spinzonner]

3. He was trying to be the swaggering, taunting twerp that he always

has been.

[saltpoint]

4. I call on Joan Didion at times like this when Bush --

-- is stumbling through another brainless and cowardly backtracking explanation of his horrendous record.

Joan Didion says:

"The ability to think for one's self depends on one's mastery of language."

[ktowntennesseedem]

5. Beautiful, just f*ing beautiful.

it takes him this long to finally identify a mistake, he does it with a half-assed admission, and yet his loyal subjects will shower him with praise for acknowledging his error and for his heart-felt apology!

America, we are screwed.

[Botany]

6. E Z for * to say

He was half a world away.

But look ....... Iraq is now a breeding ground for terrorists. What a punk!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A7460-2005Jan13?language=printer


LLBR

Long Life the Boxer Rebellion

[Skidmore]

7. BS.

Isn't is a source of pride for him to be a person who "says what he thinks". I take him at his word. He said what he thought and, now that he's in deep doo-doo over it, he's playing some CYA--something else he's does frequently, too.

[ladjf]

16. I responded to wright patman's post that at some point

Bush would be declared the ruler, a la Idi Armin.

My comment was that the real powers behind the Bush administration
wouldn't allow that. They would prefer to appoint another stooge
so that they could keep up the con that there is Democracy in America.
They would probably be able to fool Americans for another 20 years.

Anyone who doesn't realize that the coup is a "fait accompli" is either uninformed or living in denial.

(My previous post was blocked out by my company's censor program, That makes no sense to me.)

[ladjf]

17. Now my first post is back. Strange.

[Wright Patman]

8. There is an upside to this

The fact that he has now admitted a mistake indicates he probably knows his political career will be over at the end of his second term.

Had he gone on any longer with the "infallible" routine, which is straight out of the Karl Rove playbook, he would be signaling that he intended to declare martial law at some point in the second term and appoint himself "President for Life" a la Idi Amin.

[ladjf]

12. The real power behind the Bush administration would not

risk appointing bush as permanent leader. That would be be bad theater. They'd rather select another stooge and continue the con that there is Democratic Govt. in America. They would probably be able to continue to fool Americans for another 20 years. By then, they might be ready to go the full dictator route, openly.

Anyone who doesn't realize that the coup is a "fait accompli" either isn't well informed or is in denial.

[RPM]

14. uh - wouldn't it be over anyway after this term?

with term limits and all?

Or was he going to pull a taft and serve on the USSC afterwards?

[malmapus]

9. I keep thinking of Lord Farquad from Shrek now when I hear Bush

From that scene where Farquad is giving his little schpeel before the tournament for his knights to see the princess

"If the winner should fail, the second runner up shall go in his place...and so on and so forth. Some of you may die, but its a sacrifice I'm willing to make."

[Contrary1]

13. I think the same can be said of Momma Babs...

when she breathlessly uttered, "Yes, yes",
instead of rolling over and going to sleep.

[KurtNYC]

15. They speak their own language

``Sometimes, words have consequences you don't intend them to mean,'' Bush said Thursday
...
Laura said, 'Why did you do that for?

It is as if they throw a dictionary into a blender and just read whatever combinations splatter out on to the walls.

[MsAnthropy]

18. Oh I guess the first term was just on-the-job training then

The entire world has to put up with his "learning curve" and hundreds of thousands of people are dying for it.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

19. not defiance, but IGNORANCE in the face of danger

after all, this is the silver spoon boy who never got a champagne guard unit's length closer to actual combat.
Bush is an idiot and a danger to our troops, not to mention the other 250 million of us.

[PDX Bara]

20. Coward

Unintended consequences from a "Bring 'em on" coward who couldn't even show up for minimum service with the National Guard after Daddy bought the easy way out for him.

"Laura said, 'Why did you do that for?'" This person was a teacher and a librarian? And we wonder why the education level in this country is in the toilet...

[Contrary1]

22. In all fairness...

(Because we know that they always play that way.)

You have to consider that this is the dim son talking. He can't even quote
himself, let alone someone else. Who knows what her exact words were?
In his perpetual drug induced state, I'm surprised he can remember anything.

[pdxmom]

21. This was my favorite line from another version of this story

"He professed no worries about protests planned on his big day, saying, 'I believe dissent is a vital part of democracy.'"

Hahaha! How the hell did he say this with a straight face???

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/10640196.htm?1c

[KoKo]

23. hmmm.....that's exactly why he wasn't "qualified" to be President... n/t