FATHER OF CONSERVATISM SAYS BUSH IS A FAILURE

[Jeffersons Ghost]

William F Buckley Jr. Says Bush Will Be Judged on Iraq War Failure

March 31 (Bloomberg) -- William F. Buckley Jr., the longtime conservative writer and leader, said George W. Bush's presidency will be judged entirely by the outcome of a war in Iraq that is now a failure.

"Mr. Bush is in the hands of a fortune that will be unremitting on the point of Iraq," Buckley said in an interview that will air on Bloomberg Television this weekend. "If he'd invented the Bill of Rights it wouldn't get him out of his jam."

Buckley said he doesn't have a formula for getting out of Iraq, though he said "it's important that we acknowledge in the inner councils of state that it (the war) has failed, so that we should look for opportunities to cope with that failure."

The 80-year-old Buckley is among a handful of prominent conservatives who are criticizing the war. Asked who is to blame for what he deems a failure, Buckley said, "the president," adding that "he doesn't hesitate to accept responsibility."

Buckley called Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a longtime friend, "a failed executor" of the war. And Vice President Dick Cheney "was flatly misled," Buckley said. "He believed the business about the weapons of mass destruction."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=anN._IfoJo1M&refer=us

[MsKandice01]

1. Cheney was misled??? Bullshit!! n/t

[Arugula Latte]

2. Yeah -- poor, sweet, innocent Dickie was duped!

:rofl:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. If they call him a "Father of Conservatism" can we expect the whole truth?

This might be a little divisive for Republicans.

[MrMonk]

6. "Conservatism" has had plenty of fathers, going back to the 18th century.

Did Buckley give this title to himself, or was he claimed by some conservative bastard?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

12. Actually I heard the title on CNN; they offer a balanced approach to news

I see this as a major condemnation of both the occupation of Iraq and the administration as a whole. Incidentally, this statement also condemns every Republican who supports the president or his policies in Iraq and this old guy is revered by many in that party.

[subterranean]

16. That's the comment that jumped out for me, too

Poor Dick, he was just misled. An innocent bystander, a victim of circumstances!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

18. Dead-eye Dick has already shown he doesn't mind shooting elderly

republicans, maybe the old crow doesn't want a face full of bird-shot.

[pstans]

3. Add this to Kevin Phillips' new book

that makes 2 of the founders coming out against Bu$h.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

15. thanks for the nice addition pstans

I bet stuff like this thread and your post makes those freepers squirm like little worms!

[MrMonk]

5. Buckley: "(The president) doesn't hesitate to accept responsibility."

Buckley has lost touch with reality.

[BlueEyedSon]

7. "If he'd invented the Bill of Rights it wouldn't get him out of his jam."

Hmmm, not likely....

[FarLeftRage]

8. buckley and others of his ilk

are the big cause of ALL of the problems we have today... how soon they do forget that.

[twiterpatted]

9. They would prefer we point to their failure and ignore their EVIL.

Theirs' is the greatest sin of all. Murder!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

13. welcome to DU twitterpatted

I like your attitude

[twiterpatted]

14. Thanks for the welcome Jeffersons Ghost.

I'm in a good mood today.

[MissWaverly]

10. we have failed in Iraq/saw videos Condi in Bagdad

did you see footage, was it just my lying eyes or did the only one the Iraqis approached
was the Brit. Jack Straw, it looks like they wouldn't even go near Condi, let alone talk
with her, it was just a photo op.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

11. "He doesn't hesitate to accept responsibility." It is to laugh.

[Jacobin]

17. Bill is now clearly senile

Pretending that Cheney was 'tricked' into believing the WMD thing that he fucking created

[ClintonTyree]

19. Conservatism and the Neo-Cons are two different things....

the Neo-Cons being the bastardized, mutated version of Conservatism. And not a GOOD mutation at that. A mutation that went way too far and will go the way of many other mutations that passed into quickly oblivion.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

20. That's a very interesting point; it's true too

I've never looked at it like that clinton but now that I do, it makes a lot od sense.