Seriously, you ever notice that? Or at least get the feeling that a lot of people who lean Right, and many in the media, would scoff at that? But imagine what would happen if someone like Catie Couric would get the balls to be like, "Some have said that you don't know what 'accountability' means." What would you say to them? (And she'd be happy to be our patsy because she'd expect him to actually give an answer that has some semblance of meaning.)
But if he had to actually respond to such a question, you know damn well that you could bet your left arm that he'd say something that would leave no doubt with anyone, anywhere that the man does not fucking know what the word "accountability" means. The non-reality-based nutjobs who call up c-span every morning at least have enough sense to believe in accountability. And Rush and Sean will be left speechless if they couldn't deny that W proved that he doesn't even understand what "accountability" means.
And while we're at it, let's point out to these people that this is the same man who...
- GEORGE AND LAURA ON 9/11 -- A BARREL OF LAUGHS!
The following is an interview with the First Couple from the current issue of one of my favorite magazines, Ladies Home Journal (Oct. '03). They are asked about what September 11, 2001, was like for them personally, and, although over 3,000 people had just perished, George W. was able to find some humor by the end of that day:
Peggy Noonan (the interviewer): You were separated on September 11th. What was it like when you saw each other again?
Laura Bush: Well, we just hugged. I think there was a certain amount of security in being with each other than being apart.
George W. Bush: But the day ended on a relatively humorous note. The agents said, "you'll be sleeping downstairs. Washington's still a dangerous place." And I said no, I can't sleep down there, the bed didn't look comfortable. I was really tired, Laura was tired, we like our own bed. We like our own routine. You know, kind of a nester. I knew I had to deal with the issue the next day and provide strength and comfort to the country, and so I needed rest in order to be mentally prepared. So I told the agent we're going upstairs, and he reluctantly said okay. Laura wears contacts, and she was sound asleep. Barney was there. And the agent comes running up and says, "We're under attack. We need you downstairs," and so there we go. I'm in my running shorts and my T-shirt, and I'm barefooted. Got the dog in one hand, Laura had a cat, I'm holding Laura --
Laura Bush: I don't have my contacts in , and I'm in my fuzzy house slippers --
George W. Bush: And this guy's out of breath, and we're heading straight down to the basement because there's an incoming unidentified airplane, which is coming toward the White House. Then the guy says it's a friendly airplane. And we hustle all the way back up stairs and go to bed.
Mrs. Bush: [LAUGHS] And we just lay there thinking about the way we must have looked.
Peggy Noonan (interviewer): So the day starts in tragedy and ends in Marx Brothers.
George W. Bush: THAT'S RIGHT-- WE GOT A LAUGH OUT OF IT!
(end)
Although America had just suffered the worst attack ever on our own soil, somehow this man was able to end his day on a funny note. I wonder how many of the 3,000 families who lost someone earlier that day had a funny ending before they went to sleep? Please read the above exchange aloud to anyone who will listen. It speaks volumes.
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The same man whose mother said: "Why should we hear about body bags, and death? Oh, I mean, it’s not relevant. Why should I waste my beautiful mind on something like that?" http://www.commondreams.org/...
If you're going to write me that my idealism is silly, because nothing will change these people's minds, then why are you even bothering to participate in blogs, let alone vote? I thought the point of these discussions about current events was predicated on the notion that doing so would make more and more of the general public aware of the reality of the Bush administration because if enough people are cognizant of their transgressions, we wouldn't have to tolerate him for another day.
I've written plenty of other diaries with the lofty notion that we're entitled to expect justice and I always get people telling me to take my medication or some such cynicism. And they never even offer an alternative plan. They'd rather believe that we've no choice but to be complacent about Bush and thus acquiesce to the MSM. Only crazy people act like we the people have that much power.
I repeat: THE MAN OCCUPYING THE WHITE HOUSE FUCKING LAUGHED ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 11. AND the story they told probably wasn't true in the first place because I have a hard time imagining that on that night, in that airspace, that one of our own men could for one nanosecond be mistaken for a possible unfriendly.
...and yet we all just keep marching foward.
"The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object." ~ Thomas Jefferson