Bush Sr: "9/11 guaranteed that national security is going to be in the forefront of every election"

[sabra]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,307952,00.html

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WALLACE: OK. But I do have another question, though, in that regard. This is the first real Republican race post-9/11, because your son was running for re-election in 2004. Do you think that national security may now trump social issues among Republican voters?

G.H.W. BUSH: Yes, I do, because I think 9/11 guaranteed that national security is going to be in the forefront of every election.

The president's done a good job. Homeland security is doing a good job. The agency — intelligence is doing a good job. The Congress even here have taken the steps to support the initiatives on homeland security.

But I don't think any domestic issue, at least in the foreseeable future, is going to transcend the interest of the American people in keeping our homeland safe.

WALLACE: Even more than social issues.

G.H.W. BUSH: Yeah, that's my view. Maybe it's — maybe that's my own personal view and, therefore, I don't know what others think, but, you know, if you could predicate there'd be a national depression or something when the economy's been pretty darn good, let's face it, then you might have somebody say, "Well, that will trump national security."

:crazy:

[bdamomma]

1. he can fuck off too.

[charlie]

2. Message: I care

Shriveled old fuckstick is just spinning out his fantasies of how to Atwaterize elections forever and ever, amen. It only took 20 years for the likes of this idiot to turn the US into the new Soviets -- a military state sucking every stray ounce of money, resources, and creativity out of the populace. Their favorite bedtime story is How Reagan Bankrupted the Soviets, and soon our favorite spooky campfire story will be How Poppy's Idiot Son Drove the US Into the Dirt.

[saltpoint]

3. The man's as inept and clueless now as he ever was and always has been.

Poppy's mind, such as it is, is a warehouse of incredibly poor instincts and plenty of corrupt, dirty politics, and he doesn't speak on his feet much better than his son, and his son is a baboon.

[Gman]

4. Poppy, here's one:

SCHIP

[flordehinojos]

5. POPPY BUSH IS WHORING FOR HIS SON'S LEGACY;

CRAP ON THAT!

[Ezlivin]

6. Now ask yourself: Who really, really wanted 9/11 to happen?

Who benefited from it the most?

And we all fall down...

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. LIHOP.