Two pithy comments on Bush's speech in NYT article

[Inland]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/politics/16assess.html?hp&ex=1126929600&en=a4c523ffedd97d22&ei=5094&partner=homepage


"He was giving a speech as if the nation were disheartened and worried and had lost its spirit, but that's not what people were thinking," said Mickey Edwards, a former Republican congressman from Oklahoma. "They were thinking, why did the government screw up?"

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George W. Bush...introduced himself to the nation on Thursday night in an unfamiliar and somewhat uncomfortable new role: domestic president.

[ktowntennesseedem]

1. Never heard of Mickey Edwards before, but he nailed it!

The nation IS disheartened and worried and has lost its spirit BECAUSE the gov't screwed up.

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. Kick

[Jade Fox]

3. That first comment is razor-sharp.....

Once again we see Bush's narcissism at work in his speech.

[Wordie]

4. a great article...especially good was the part about * treating poverty as

if it was a regional concern (only happening in the South). Does he not realize that thousands (or more? I don't have precise figures) throughout the country have become poor on his watch?

[Robertwf]

5. My pithy comment

B*** can stuff it.
The credibility gap is wider than the Pacific now that he's said no tax hike.

[bluedawg12]

6. He pulls the CEO stunt- my peeps let me down

it worked for him with the attacks in n.y.- "whaa, no one could have known..." except for is own pdb.memo.

but this time, the people are wise to this: what me doing something wrong? OK, I'll take the hit for the little people who messed up.

no one is buying it