Bush gets snappy with USAToday reporter: "You can ask the legacy question 20 different ways. "

[sabra]

http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20070122/a_bushqna22.art.htm

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Pondering legacy is left to others

WASHINGTON — President Bush talked to USA TODAY's White House reporter David Jackson in advance of Tuesday's State of the Union address. The interview included this exchange about Bush's legacy.

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Q: Did you see The Washington Post historical forum on your legacy? One of the historians, Eric Foner, called you the worst president ever.

A: No, I didn't see it.

Q: Is that something that bothers you?

A: My legacy will be written long after I'm president.

Q: I know you're a fan of history, though. Do you see yourself as a possible Truman?

A: I've got two years to be president. I guess people with idle time like yourself can think about this. I've got a job to do, and I'm going to do it.

Q: Have you read about Lyndon Johnson in Vietnam?

A: Yes.

Q: Do you draw any lessons from that?

A: Yes, win. Win, when you're in a battle for the security … if it has to do with the security of your country, you win.

Q: Are you worried about suffering LBJ's fate?

A: You can ask the legacy question 20 different ways. I've got a job to do as president. People are going to analyze my presidency for a long time.

All you can do is do the best you can, make decisions based upon principles and lead. And that's what I have done and will continue to do.

[Cass]

1. "...people with idle time like yourself...."

Real nice guy. I see he takes after his mother.

:eyes:

[tanyev]

4. This from the most-vacationingest president ever.

Incredible.

[Marnieworld]

22. My thought exactly

Did he say this from Camp David or the Ranch? Or in between naps and workouts?

:grr:

He played guitar while a city was underwater and read a children's book while another was attacked and he has the nerve to say he's doing his job and has no idle time?

:grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr::grr:

[babylonsister]

2. That reporter has stones!

:wow: "Q: Did you see The Washington Post historical forum on your legacy? One of the historians, Eric Foner, called you the worst president ever."

And legacy, principles? Dimson has neither.

[PCIntern]

3. OK...

What the Heck should he say: "Well, he's probably right, I am the worst President ever."? Nothing anyone has said in this Admin. has been a higher-order truth for 6 years. Why should they start now?

I give the reporter credit for saying this directly to his face. There must be other stuff going down that we don't even know about, and they're all piling on.

[lpbk2713]

5. His legacy will be the construction of a new wing at Leavenworth.

To house AWOL Monkey-Boy and all his co-conspirators.

[mac56]

6. A president who isn't an asshole would have answered this

without resorting to an ad hominem attack.

Just sayin'

[Toots]

7. Lesson from Vietnam is win win for the security of your country

Hmmm Was our country so much less secure after Vietnam. Vietnam is now a friendly nation and every single bad thing the right wingers said would happen did not. I would say there was no lesson learned at all by his own admission...

[CrazyOrangeCat]

8. The lesson from LBJ was WIN???

What a sick fuck.

I was a ten year-old reading Life magazine, and I understood the situation better than this fool.

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[Imagevision]

23. The lesson from LBJ was; "Create your own Gulf Of Tonkin Incident" when forced to ...

especially when your numbers are tanking!
especially when your Iraq war isn't going so good

[CrazyOrangeCat]

27. yeah.

this guy is a real piece of work.

grrrrrrrrrrr.

[Seldona]

9. Those questions were brilliant, and brutal.

I so hope there is video available for this interview. I would love to see Shrub's face on the worst president ever and Vietnam questions!

It is about time he starts facing the truth.


:thumbsup:

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. LOL! Bush has some serious self esteem issues, he needs to address, asap.

I guess people with idle time like yourself can think about this. I've got a job to do and, and I'm going to do it. Touchy touchy there, george. :evilgrin:


My legacy will be written long after I'm President. :dunce:

I've got two years to be President. :dunce:

He really is stupid, isn't he?

[C_U_L8R]

11. win?

the problem with Bush is he doesn't
even see what he's winning... what
the heck is all this "win" talk... win what ????

perhaps he'll win the America's Biggest Bozo trophy

[Bonhomme Richard]

12. The guy is seriously delusional. He really thinks............

he's Lincoln.

[sinkingfeeling]

13. No, Bushie. We're not going to analyze your presidency for a long time. It takes about 30

seconds to conclude you're the WORST EVER!!

[JohnnyLib2]

14. Well, the dude doesn't plan ahead on much else---

as evidenced by thousands of lives, billions of dollars, the lost confidence of his country, hostility of most of the world, etc.

Da-yum, maybe he's honest on this answer.

[peekaloo]

15. No, you sorry heap of parrot droppings, they'll be writing about the damage

inflicted on the world for years after your pResidency ends......your legacy is shit.
You can remove the cheer leading uniform off the boy but you can't remove the cheerleader out of the boy.

[Ganja Ninja]

16. This is the really scary part.

"I've got two years to be president. .... I've got a job to do, and I'm going to do it."
:scared: :nuke:

[Forrest Greene]

17. When Oh When

...will somebody just up & slap this punk?

[Frustratedlady]

18. That jerk is "leading" us right into hell.

His war has made us LESS "secure"....idiot!

It has always bothered me to hear people be disrespectful to their president. I have never hated a president in my life....too bad I can't continue to state that fact.

[mentalsolstice]

19. "People are going to analyze my presidency for a long time".

Yup! Ya got that one right buddy! However, it won't be about the quality of your term, but about how we can prevent deranged psychopaths from ever again getting as far as you did.

[Supersedeas]

20. principles or princely prezels

[Imagevision]

21. Bush has emotional/mental problems, his actions indicate it!

[Catherine Vincent]

24. I guess he'll be calling this reporter the new major league asshole.

Adam Clymer will be relieved.

[shadowknows69]

25. The lesson he learned from Johnson was WIN?

better read that one again GW.

[Javaman]

26. Always love when moron* pulls the "above it all" bullshit...

When asked direct questions about his* failure.

Yet, he* gets snippy, doesn't he*?