Bush says some voters backed Obama ‘because of me’

[MiniMe]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/01/bush-says-some-voters-backed-obama-%e2%80%98because-of-me%e2%80%99/

(CNN) – President Bush told an interviewer that his presidency may have helped Barack Obama win the White House.

"I think it was a repudiation of Republicans," he told Charlie Gibson of ABC News, according to a transcript released by the network Monday. "And I'm sure some people voted for Barack Obama because of me. I think most people voted for Barack Obama because they decided they wanted him to be in their living room for the next four years explaining policy."

Earlier: Bush reflects on legacy


As Obama — who made opposition to the war a centerpiece of his presidential run — continued to assemble his national security team, Bush would not say whether or not he would still have pushed for war with Iraq if he had known there were no weapon of mass destruction in that country.


"A lot of people put their reputations on the line and said the weapons of mass destruction is a reason to remove Saddam Hussein," Bush said. "It wasn't just people in my administration. A lot of members in Congress, prior to my arrival in Washington, D.C., during the debate on Iraq, a lot of leaders of nations around the world were all looking at the same intelligence.

"I wish the intelligence had been different, I guess," he said, but would not say whether he would have pressed forward with the decision to invade Iraq if he had known otherwise: "That is a do-over that I can't do."


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When I clicked on that story, I thought somehow he was taking credit for Obama being elected. But he is admitting that it was a repudiation of the republicans.

[amdezurik]

1. yeah, and gravity sucks

see dumbaya i can state the bloody obvious too...

[Clintonista2]

2. The Bush legacy - the destruction of the Republican party for long, long time.

:)

[BOSSHOG]

3. "I wish the intelligence had been different!!!"

It was "different" because you and your co-criminal cheney. Wow, bush you are pathetic even in your own mind.

[sandnsea]

4. I wish they hadn't pushed bad intelligence

And I sincerely hope President-elect Obama is remembering all the players that did it, and no, it wasn't just the neocons.

[Kurt Remarque]

5. the wonders never cease

[MiniMe]

6. The comments on this story are great. Very few freepers commenting

[driver8]

7. Ha Ha -- the "under statement" of the year!!

Maybe it is finally starting to sink in that the majority of people in this country do not like him.

[Fireweed247]

8. wow, he's finally being honest

:rofl:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. Soon, he'll work his way up to the realization that water is wet and 2+2=4.

Well, not that soon.

[MiniMe]

10. I think the first will come soon. The second,

well, it is Shrub we are talking about.

[karynnj]

11. His comments on the WMD are ingenuous

Phase 2 of the WMD report showed that Bush manipulated the information, rather than it just being "wrong". In addition, he made the decision to invade in March 2003 -after the inspectors were already in and FAR more information was made than in October 2002 when the Congressmen had to vote - when there had been no inspectors there for 4 years.

It is bad enough that the left and the right have equated the March decision to invade with the October decision to give Bush the authority to punish Democrats- now Bush is himself equating them and actually blaming them more because they were in DC longer.

The ONE person completely responsible for the war is Bush.

[guitar man]

12. ha!